THE ETERNAL DRAGON
CHAPTER 29 | Servants in the past

Russia is known to have some of the coldest temperatures in the world. While in Russia, John took advantage of his time by increasing his cultivation in the cold remote area.

While Ken always reports information about Sara and Cindy on expeditions, Sara and Cindy call him to talk because of their busy lives.

Sasha and Selena run the task of investigating about the Longevity Sect, assisted by Jiro and Williams. Meanwhile, they also began to recruit and form groups to be trained to face the battle later.

As John was running his cultivation for a week, his phone rang came the name “Sasha” which he then replied with “Halo”

“Mr Araga” heard a male voice across the phone that made John squint his eyes.

“Who's this” asks John

“I Brandon” sahut the man

“Why is Sasha's phone with you?” ask John back

“Sasha is visiting as my guest. Would you like to talk to him?” brandon said as he brought his phone closer to Sasha's mouth.

“J..John..” says Sasha disconnected.

“Have you heard?” brandon said

“What do you do?” john asked angrily which made him emit a great aura around him which caused a sweep of wind on the snow and trees where he secluded himself to cultivate.

“I want to meet you” continued Brandon

“What makes you I will obey you?”

“Because Sasha is here with me.”

“I was waiting for you in Red Square” then the phone was decided.

“Secte Longevity, how dare you bother me directly” furious John while gritting his teeth.

John immediately headed to Red Square crowded by visitors, John looking for Brandon's presence around the field. Then he saw a smiling figure at him in a bar in front of the field. Soon John walked towards the man.

“Please sit Mr. Araga” replied.

John sat across from the man and the waiter began to prepare a warm drink for them.

“Just go, what do you want” asked John without further ado

“Mr Araga, I want to get acquainted with you directly” Brandon said as he sipped his drink.

“You can contact me personally without involving Sasha” John replied furiously while sharpening his hearing senses to look for Sasha's whereabouts around them.

“Hahahaha, Mr. Araga, I'm not that stupid. You can kill me in seconds. So Sasha is a guarantee on my life”

“Sasha is not around here. If I don't contact my subordinates in 10 minutes, then you can find his body later”

“Say” John doesn't like pleasantries for too long.

“I know who you are Mr. Araga, I don't know how many decades we've been looking for you, at last I've managed to find you.”

“Why are you looking for me?” asked John curiously.

“Have you ever heard the name Sherman?” ask Brandon

“Alright, I'll tell you a short story. My ancestor who founded this Longevity Sect was named Sherman, a servant of yours in the past”

Hearing that, John also remembered a timid little boy he had raised and cared for in the past.

“Don't Sherman have died in our last war” said John

“That's what you think. In fact, it was my ancestor who was seriously injured that you left on your battlefield” replied Brandon in a furious tone

“My severely injured ancestors crawled for help, but did not see you there. In the midst of her despair, she met the woman from Ukraine who took care of her then married her”

“But my ancestor's grudge because you left him never extinguished, and passed down by generations until today”

Hearing these words, John's anger subsided. He felt guilty hearing this story. He did not expect, the friends he considered dead at that time were still alive and were seriously injured because of him and Khaga.

I really regretted not re-examining the piles of corpses on the battlefield back then, John thought.

“Do you know how frustrated my ancestors were back then, he believed in you a lot, but you left him there. He wanted to kill you, but he realized it couldn't happen”

“Until one day luck sided with him, he found an ancient book that mentioned that you could be killed. This makes him have hope again. He then set up a group called the Longevity Sect to find the murder weapon”

“And this story was passed down from generation to generation over the decades to arouse the grudge of ancestors to you” continued Brandon who stopped for a moment and dialed his phone number.

“I'm still alive, wait the next 10 minutes” he told his subordinates on the phone.

“I'm not a cruel man, Mr. Araga, but to find you is very difficult. We have to repeatedly perform tests to sacrifice human lives that we suspect is you”

Hearing this, John's anger rose again. For the sake of finding himself, this person had the heart to commit various murders against people. Just like what happened in Turkey just to make sure he finds himself.

“True, the incident in Turkey is one of them” said Brandon back as if he could read John's mind.

“Then what do you want?” ask John next

“Because we have found you, of course we do not need to test again on others. Free my people, I will free Sasha.”.

“It is not my authority to release your people. The Russian government is holding him” John said.

“You think the Russians will just give it to him John? You think for yourself how to free my people. I gave you 2 days.” continued Brandon as he was about to pass.

“One more thing, Of course you can choose not to do it. You'll know the consequences for Sara you left behind. Didn't you used to leave your people” said Brandon then while passing laughing.

John, who was still sitting alone there, was unexpected because of his negligence in the past to form a monster during this decade.

At the hotel where John was staying, he contacted Jiro to investigate and sent him the location where the Russian side held the Longevity Sect members they had captured.

It didn't take long, with his expertise William was able to get a place where the Russian side detained suspected rioters including members of the Longevity Sect. Then send location info, photos and blue print the place to John.

Gulag Prison? John was surprised to see the information sent by William. Has this prison been closed?

“True sir, but there are still hidden dungeons to hold the ruthless criminals including the members of Sect”

“They are considered to have disappeared from the world when entering the place” William said on the phone.

After understanding all the information received, John then closed his eyes devising a strategy that he would do in the rescue mission of the Longevity Sect people from the Gulag prison.