While following the spartan soldier, he noticed several more spartans guarding the mansion. Apart from the spartans, there were many slave maids cleaning the floors, furniture as well as walls. The mansion's interior was just as fancy as the outside. The marble floors cleaned by the slaves were spotless, reflecting the golden light produced by the miniature chandeliers on the ceiling. The corridor gradually opened up to a spacious hallway where Michael saw several paintings of a man in a toga hanging on the walls. The man looked like a typical roman nobleman with a short haircut.

A few slaves cleaning the floors took a peek at Michael but they quickly turned their eyes at the floor before the spartans could notice them.

"Clean it thoroughly lowlives, the rug is worth more than your filthy lives' ' a legionary soldier shouted at the slaves cleaning the floor near a maroon carpet.? The hall was decorated with a classic roman sofa set with a gold inlaid tea table as a centerpiece.? The dark brownish sofa set did not match with the white marble floor per se but it gave a unique charm to the hall along with a huge chandelier hanging directly above the tea table.

The spartan soldier threw a glance at Michael and Gaya expecting them to be shocked by the grandness of the mansion yet what he saw in their eyes was nothing but indifference.

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Soon, the soldier led them towards the curved stairs on the far end of the hall. Heinberg walked forward on the stairs carrying Jonah on his shoulder. His heartbeat began to rise nearing the Senator's room. To this moment, he had no idea what these two were planning to do with Senator Caius.

After they climbed the stairs, they saw a majestic two-door with golden doorknobs. The door was guarded by two spartan soldiers, one was a normally built soldier while the other looked huge, almost double the size of Logan. The soldier wore full golden metal armor from toe to head, there wasn't a single place in his body that wasn't covered by metal. He was at least seven and a half feet tall with the same size spear in his hand.

"He's the Giant, Senator Caius's personal guard"

"Wait inside, Senator Caius will meet you in a few moments" the spartan standing beside the Giant opened up the door.Ñøv€l--ß1n hosted the premiere release of this chapter.

"You heard him, don't do anything stupid while you're inside"

No one accompanied the trio inside the room. As far as the spartans concerned, who would be stupid enough to steal something when the Giant standing right outside the door. If they were caught stealing or anything that could harm Senator Caius, the Giant would rip their bodies apart. Even the spartans were afraid of the Giant.

The room they stepped in was large yet looked cozy with thick carpet, a large oak table with two comfy chairs on the front for the guests while white throne-like sofa for the Senator. There were no windows though which was logical considering no one could assassinate the senate from a distance through the windows.

The walls were full of more paintings except this time, they weren't the paintings of the Senator but abstract paintings.

"So much money wasted" Michael sighed looking at the paintings. He could tell the senator was a fanatic for paintings by looking at the room. Back on earth, there were rich people who would spend millions of dollars on paintings. Michael never understood these people and now he knew the senator was one of them.

The table was empty without any documents or pacers on it. The golden light radiated by the chandelier lightened up the room, He wondered what's powering up the chandeliers.

"Take the bag off" Michael ordered Heinberg as he removed the black cloth from Jonah's head.

"I don't know who you are but you just made a big mistake"

However, Senator Caius was still looking at Michael. Although the senator looked calm, Michael could see the killing intent in his eyes. If gaze could kill one, he would have died by now. The senator walked towards him while the spartans surrounded the room, waiting for the senator to give the killing order.

The senator stopped by the Giant's side. He glanced at the Giant, wordlessly telling him to wait for his order.

"H, I have some questions for you. But before you answer them, you better explain to these two the crimes they committed against the kingdom" Senator Caius could see that they have probably returned from the undead island completing the task but what Michael did was a crime against him.

To this moment, Caius didn't see Jonah's face because he was facing Jonah's back, not his face front.

"He doesn't take orders from you anymore, Caius" Michael calmly said.

"GRRRRR!" the giant growled more after hearing Michael address Caius by his name. Addressing a Senator by his name before others was a crime and considered insolence against the kingdom itself. Therefore, the Spartans became enraged.

"Why don't you take a seat beside your son?" Michael pointed at Jonah as Caius's eyes went wide in shock. He slowly moved towards Jonah before looking at his face. Instead of acting happy to see his son, Senator Caius creased his frowns while scanning the room for someone.

"How did he? Where is Ross?" Finally the senator asked for Ross.

"Did you really think they would survive on that island the second time?"

Michael's words stunned the senator. For the first time, the anger in his old eyes faded away while a hint of panic emerged in his eyes.

"I offered him the chance to live. All he had to do was swear his loyalty to me"

"You? You killed him?" the senator gritted his teeth,

"I don't believe it, you couldn't have killed Ross in a million years. He's a spartan captain" the spartan soldier yelled at Michael. To the spartans, Michael was just a youngster in fancy armor. They couldn't even imagine him killing Ross, a highly decorated spartan.

"oh, he was a spartan?" This was a piece of new news to Michael.

"That doesn't matter now. Let's get onto business, shall we?"