Rising from the Ashes (Andrew) novel Chapter 1713

After a moment of stunned silence, Leslie was the first to react, quickly ordering people to carry Ryder away.

"Get him to the infirmary and check him over. We must make sure he's fine. Otherwise, we'll be disgracing the General's reputation, so move it!"

A lieutenant—an actual commissioned officer—reduced to this!

Without even thinking, Leslie knew that when Luna returned and found out about this incident, she would be furious and tear them all apart with her scolding.

After all, the one thing Luna absolutely could not tolerate was her subordinates embarrassing her. They could lose their lives, but they absolutely could not lose or bring shame to her name.

She may have been a woman, but she ruled like a warlord.

Xavier clenched both fists and stared at Andrew. "If you hadn't interfered, Logan would be down on the ground right now. In other words, we wouldn't have lost."

Andrew chuckled. "If you hadn't jumped in, then I wouldn't have stopped you. But since you made the first move, I had to. So really, the ones who embarrassed themselves first were your own people."

He added, "Ms. Phelan might be brilliant, a natural talent, but the ones under her command? It looks like they're not the brightest bulbs."

They knew Andrew was deliberately provoking them, but that did not stop Leslie and the others from feeling humiliated.

They trained every day, wore the uniform with pride, and served under Luna herself. Yet, some outsider just came in and wrecked them?

Even thinking about it made their cheeks burn.

Leslie gritted her teeth. "Andrew, don't think I didn't notice! If you hadn't fed Logan tips from the side, he wouldn't have won!"

Andrew scoffed. "All I did was talk. If that's all it took for Logan to win, then… Lieutenant Terrell, are you saying I'm just that good? That I beat your guy with nothing but words?"

Leslie was speechless. "You arrogant piece of—"

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