The Coward Who Was a War God

In Greenstone Town, officials and merchants were deeply entangled in a web of corruption. The mayor's son, Bryan, conspired with the chamber of commerce to forge debt contracts, seize the Cole family's century-old ranch, drive the upright rancher Lucas Cole to his death, and force Lucas's lover, Emma, into an engagement with him by threatening innocent lives. The whole town, cowed by their power, dared not speak a word. Lucas's elder brother Ethan, who had been missing for five years, suddenly appeared at the funeral—shabbily dressed and unshaven. The townsfolk jeered at him as a coward who had fled in the face of danger, and Howard—a fake military officer—and Bryan publicly humiliated him. No one knew that Ethan was the legendary “Invincible War God” of the military and the supreme commander of the Ghost Strike Force. Five years earlier, he had been betrayed and ambushed, and had since gone underground to carry out classified missions. He saw at once that his brother's death was no accident. With a single phone call, he mobilized resources to freeze his opponents funds and weapons supply lines. At Emma and Bryan's engagement banquet, he exposed Howard's fabricated military achievements and had the mayor and his son arrested on the spot. Following the trail, he uncovered corrupt police officers and a coroner who had given false testimony, gradually tearing apart the smuggling network protected by local officials. The mastermind behind it all, Morgan, struck back repeatedly—cutting off the ranch's water and supplies, bribing officers to frame Ethan for overstepping his authority, and setting a midnight fire to eliminate him once and for all—but Ethan turned every move against him. One by one, his former subordinates surfaced to aid him. The deeper investigation eventually revealed the truth behind Ethan's ambush five years earlier: Morgan had bribed the mole to steal credit for a military achievement and pave the way for his smuggling operations. In the end, Ethan upheld the law, presented an airtight chain of evidence, and brought every perpetrator to justice, avenging his brother's death. He stayed behind to rebuild the ranch, reunited with his long-lost love Emma, and found peace—though he never truly left his soldier's life behind; a single call could still summon him back to the battlefield.