Free Web NovelChapter 465: Chapter 271: The Impossible Suicide Mission
Alexander’s expression turned serious as well.
Among the Curse Sealers, Karen was the quickest to react, chattering away anxiously.
"Our Lanxi City is located downstream from Xitan. If the Eternal Night Council has their soldiers build a dam upstream to hold back the water, they could let it build up for a while and then suddenly break the dam. It’s possible the flood could smash our city gates wide open."
"Our city walls might even be breached." The more Karen spoke, the more frantic he became, overcome with anxiety.
Knowing Fang Zhen was unfamiliar with the terrain, Alexander continued to explain.
"Xitan, on the upper Lanxi River, is a natural pool. Water flows down from it, and our territory is in a low-lying area, putting us at a great disadvantage."
"Since no enemies had ever come to Glan Island before, and this spot had the most suitable terrain, we chose to build our city here. However, that makes us extremely vulnerable to a water attack."
West recalled something as well. "We haven’t seen any of the corrupted soldiers for a while now. Could they have already gone upstream to build a dam?"
"When I led the raid on their soldiers at the beach, I remember seeing ships transporting tools like shovels."
"The Eternal Night Council might just be using the Aberrants to distract us. What if their real plan is to flood Lanxi City with a water attack?"
Karen’s face paled even further after West finished speaking.
Karen said, "The Vice-Councilor of the Eternal Night Council is more than capable of coming up with such a vicious plan. Their people are treacherous, and they’re damn smart."
"They’re probably employing multiple strategies. If the Aberrants can conquer Lanxi City, they’ll take it that way. If not, they’ll use the water attack to breach our gates and walls."
"Plus, they’re being secretive about it. While the Aberrants were attacking, we had no time to pay attention to Xitan."
"We’re in the rainy season now, so the water levels are already high. A water attack would be an even greater threat."
Listening to Best and his son Karen explain the situation, Alexander grew grave.
Fang Zhen’s brows twitched.
’The Vice-Councilor of the Eternal Night Council builds a dam upstream at Xitan. When they’re ready, they’ll blow it up. A flood will surge downward. The massive torrent will collapse the walls, smash the gates, destroy the city’s infrastructure, and wash away our military supplies and provisions.’
’Even if the city isn’t completely destroyed, the water will still flood the barracks, ruin some of our supplies, crush morale, and weaken our soldiers’ fighting strength.’
Water and fire show no mercy. In this kind of pre-modern warfare, a water attack is a devastating tactic. It would cause immense destruction to the city’s people and buildings, not to mention the natural environment.
’The Vice-Councilor of the Eternal Night Council wouldn’t hesitate to use it.’
"What do we do?" Karen was clearly frantic. His eyes darted around, flitting from person to person before finally settling on Alexander and Fang Zhen.
He wasn’t the only one. Many others subconsciously turned their gazes toward Alexander and Fang Zhen.
It seemed that at a time like this, when everyone was at a loss, only those two could set the course or find a solution.
Alexander said, "First, we need to confirm whether the Eternal Night Council actually has their corrupted soldiers preparing a water attack upstream. We have to verify this is happening before we can decide how to respond."
"We need to send out Scouts to investigate the upstream water source and see if those corrupted soldiers have built a dam at Xitan."
A hush fell over the room the moment Alexander spoke.
The members of the Whig Society present knew that leaving the city to act as a Scout right now—even after so many Aberrants had been killed—was a near-certain death mission.
The area outside the city wasn’t defensible like the walls. It was a paradise for Aberrants. Even with Blood Burst Secret Medicine, there were simply too many of them.
Fang Zhen had just slaughtered thousands, even tens of thousands of Aberrants, but beyond the city walls, there were still at least several thousand more—maybe three thousand, maybe five thousand Aberrants of all different kinds.
There were Ghost-faced Spiders, Vicious Ghosts, Poison Cannon Ghosts, and other such fiends, as well as the remaining Poisonous Soaring Ghosts in the sky.
One didn’t feel it so much while defending the walls, but leaving the city now would be like a lamb to the slaughter.
The party of Scouts leaving the city couldn’t be too large. Sending out too many Curse Sealers would weaken the city’s defenses.
If the Aberrants were to launch another assault then, the walls could be breached. Especially with siege units like the Heartless Warriors and other wall-climbing monsters in their ranks, which require Curse Sealers to handle. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
But that would make the Scout team’s chances of survival even lower.
It was at least a few kilometers from here to Xitan, possibly even farther. Over that distance, the opportunities for an attack were endless. The enemy could easily overwhelm quality with sheer numbers.
A Scout sent to see if Xitan was dammed would be on a near-certain death mission. It could even be called a suicide mission.
Although the members of the Whig Society were people of faith, united in their will and high in morale, they couldn’t help but fall silent upon hearing of such a suicide mission.
It was no wonder. Survival is the first human instinct.
It was impossible to expect everyone to have achieved a state of mind where they would readily sacrifice themselves.
’Aside from a certain period in the Xia Country’s history I know of, an age where noble patriots advanced one after another without fear of death, this kind of thing is nearly impossible under normal circumstances.’
