Free Web NovelChapter 459: Chapter 269: The Whig Society’s Secret
Hearing the soldiers’ cheers, Fang Zhen felt quite satisfied.
It was the feeling of being acknowledged by the masses.
He glanced at Alexander beside him.
He wanted to see how Alexander would react.
Fang Zhen had won the support of the lower-ranking Curse Sealers and soldiers. For someone in power, this could be seen as a threat.
If Alexander were the slightest bit narrow-minded, jealous of the talented, or even greedy for power, Fang Zhen would have already become a threat to him.
However, he saw not a trace of jealousy or displeasure on Alexander’s face. Instead, it was filled with pleasant surprise and admiration as he looked at Fang Zhen.
Seeing Alexander’s reaction, Fang Zhen thought, ’This guy’s alright.’
’The man seems to be an idealist, someone who is step by step realizing the ideals he truly believes in—specifically, leading the Whig Society to overthrow the evil rule of the Eternal Night Council.’
"Fang Zhen, you did an absolutely amazing job! Without you, we really wouldn’t have known what to do."
"If we can defend Lanxi City this time, the greatest credit will be yours!"
Alexander came over, grabbed Fang Zhen’s hand, and spoke with sincerity.
’Alexander’s camaraderie was genuine. Is this what they mean by a bond forged in the crucible of battle, a friendship worth dying for?’
Fang Zhen could see that Alexander was a true saint.
A true saint is not one of those self-righteous hypocrites.
Fang Zhen despised self-righteous hypocrites, but he didn’t despise noble actions. He only disdained those who used the pretense of nobility to guilt-trip and coerce others for their own selfish gain.
In short, he just hated the hypocrites who spouted lofty principles while harming the interests of others; he didn’t hate the true saints who would sacrifice themselves for the greater good.
Truly noble and idealistic people, the kind who worked for the welfare of others, weren’t so bad. As the saying goes, "Never let the one who gathers firewood for the crowd freeze to death in the snow."
Just then, a warning flared in Fang Zhen’s mind.
His precognitive danger sense perceived an immense threat.
At that same moment, a red line shot out from an unknown distance.
The red line seemed to transcend both distance and space, shooting toward Fang Zhen in an instant like a beam of light.
Suddenly, at that exact moment, a figure leaped out, shielded Fang Zhen, and pushed him back!
It was Alexander.
The moment the red line shot out, Alexander had also sensed the distant warning. Perhaps because he, like Fang Zhen, was close to becoming a Transcendent, his instincts were far superior to others’.
And Alexander’s first, unthinking reaction was to push Fang Zhen away and shield him with his own body.
The red ray struck Alexander. His Gang Zan Seal was already active, and with a sound like shattering glass, he let out a muffled grunt and stumbled back two steps.
After staggering back those two steps, the armor on his body flared with a brilliant, pale yellow light, completely blocking the red ray.
That sound, like shattering glass, had been Alexander’s Gang Zan Seal being broken.
Seeing this, Fang Zhen immediately grabbed Alexander and pulled him back.
Just then, West and several other high-ranking members of the Whig Society lined up, spontaneously forming a human wall to shield Fang Zhen and Alexander.
"Leader, Fang Zhen, nothing can happen to you two! Get back, get out of the line of fire!" West’s body was trembling slightly, perhaps out of fear of the impending attack, but he still shouted it out and stood his ground. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
In that instant, Fang Zhen gave West a deep look.
Alexander caught his breath and immediately stepped forward again.
"I’m fine!"
"It only shattered my Gang Zan Seal. The attack didn’t break through the runes and armor underneath. Its power is limited," Alexander said.
Alexander wasn’t a leader who just gave orders from the rear; he stood out on the front line.
Fang Zhen took a deep breath. His own Gang Zan Seal unfurled, its power coalescing and conforming to his body.
With a wave of his hand, the AWP sniper rifle from his King’s Belt materialized in his grasp.
Fang Zhen strode past the human wall in front of him, mounted the battlements, and rested the AWP sniper rifle on the wall.
That red line had just destroyed two drones and launched a sneak attack on him, which Alexander had blocked.
By attacking, the Vice-Chairman of the Eternal Night Council had also revealed his position. Although the red line was fast, Fang Zhen had pinpointed the direction of the attack.
The Vice-Chairman of the Eternal Night Council was located at the edge of another forest to the south, beyond the Burning Forest and not adjacent to it.
Fang Zhen propped the AWP sniper rifle on the wall, looked through the scope, and aimed in that direction.
What should have been a dim night was, to Fang Zhen’s eyes, a world of grayscale. There was no color, but he could see far into the distance. This was his fixed ability: Dark Night Walker.
The Dark Night Walker ability included a fixed power of rapid adaptation to dark environments. Thanks to this passive skill, Fang Zhen could often use his naked eyes in place of thermal Night Vision Goggles.
Through the AWP’s scope, Fang Zhen saw four or five people gathered together, nearly a kilometer away.
