Free Web NovelChapter 279: Uprising [1]
With the alarming and uncontrollable rise of a mysterious organization or clan in Quanzhi Province, led by Ji An, the second son of the successor of the Fang family of Chaotic Shadows, his name became a threat to the whole Xiaozhin province as it was the next province from the east. And as his name had risen to a level that could not be underestimated, equivalent to his influence and people, the Fire Storm General, Charles Zhui, built a group to fight against his organization that took over the Province of Quanzhi.
Due to the ongoing war, the capital of the continent couldn’t support their needs. It would also take months until they arrived, as the problem with the Western Continent became more difficult.
And now, marching there, was an army equivalent of 50,000 soldiers, officials and commanders included. But, the Quanzhi Province didn’t feel any pressure from them as this was already expected.
From Fire Storm General’s call, Banglang brought five officials from the board with him. Each official was a cultivator in the General Spirit Realm and a Master Spirit Realm peak. However, even though it would lessen the defense of the capital, there were no known threats, and at least he left three General Spirit Realm cultivators, who were also the three remaining officials from the board.
And this opportunity, Lucas didn’t leave unattended. He had observed the capital absolutely. With Jake’s help and report, he was able to see the weak points in their defense. And so, a legion of previous White Lead members, as well as citizens that had become cultivators, attacked the capital.
"A breach! A breach! An ambush by an unknown enemy. Everyone, prepare for defense and kill those trespassers!"
It was as if an entire colony of ants attacked the castle due to their inexplicably large number. Furthermore, they just appeared out of nowhere, as if their senses were faked, and they couldn’t even prepare properly from panic.
"What is happening?" Del Dai, the main brain of White Lead had arrived at the main gates of the capital, where the sudden report came from.
"Rebellion, my Lord."
"Rebellion?" Del was perplexed, that he instinctively looked in the direction where the supposed rebellion was coming from. And looking at it, his eyebrows furrowed. "This isn’t a normal rebellion. They are all cultivators, at least at the Apprentice and Warrior stages. Call out the defense department, and have them prepare "that" weapon. At least, we can bring a huge number down before the remnants reach the gates."
From the outside, this appeared to be a stupid ambush. However, this wasn’t a simple attack that could be easily wiped out like that.
Del calmly went down the walls and walked to the armed forces of White Lead. Passing through different factories and other insignificant buildings to his eyes, he finally arrived. However, he was dumbfounded to see what had just greeted him.
The whole structure of the armed forces was in chaos. There was so much blood in the surroundings as if the people present were dissipated and lives were taken from them. Seeing how their corpses were scattered, Del couldn’t help but be infuriated.
"This is a planned attack. Rebellion... no, this is not a simple rebellion. Perhaps a challenge to the Wubao family and the White Lead." Del clenched his hands into fists and turned his back.
’There is no life essence around. This might have happened earlier without our knowledge. But, that attack from the front wasn’t only a distraction. The whole operation started earlier, so that means... it could be a trap.’
Del ran immediately to the defense department to see if the "weapon" he was asking to take out was present. But, as he passed through the panicking ground, what he could only realize was that it was already too late. The walls had already collapsed, and there were more people from the sides apart from the front gate.
"My Lord! My Lord! We are now in a state of calamity. On the orders of the officials, you are asked to bring your commission to safety. That will be the only way to save the brains of White Lead."
"What do you mean? And who are you?"
"My Lord, I am the Third Son of the Merchant Board, Haian Lun. You are higher than I in ranks, but in influence, I am more powerful than you. However, this is not the right time to talk about it. We are facing such a difficult operation from rebellions. Such perfect coordination of their plans, we still haven’t killed one of their men, but they have already killed hundreds of us."
Del clicked his tongue and looked around him. It was what the young man in front of him told him. They seemed to have planned this attack, and it wasn’t a simple plan since they knew where the weak points were in their defense.
He then looked again at the young man and then nodded.
"There are at least a total of 100,000 warriors in White Lead, including the slaves. Use the slaves as meat shields if you want to fight up front. Furthermore, make sure that the resources of the Wubao family will be protected. We will fight until we get reinforcement from the expedition teams sent out."
Del still had his enthusiasm with him. He was able to devise plans to counterattack the possible defeat of White Lead. But, as the young man heard his plans, his head lowered for some reason.
"What is it? Why do you seem down?"
"I’m sorry, my Lord, but I think it is already too late to expect the expedition teams to return. They were also attacked, so the Information Board requested reinforcements to the Yong region, but we still didn’t receive anything from them."
Del paused and contemplated. He was disturbed by what he had just discovered by now. And thinking more about it, he couldn’t help but be hysterical. Furthermore, he clicked his tongue more and shook his head.
"No way..."
"What is it, Commissioner Dai?"
"This operation must have been known to other regions. Yong region and other regions might have already known that this is a challenge to White Lead, hence, they might be letting us get attacked since these rebels have already announced their pledge to the province and as soon as they win."
"R-Really?"
Del had already thought of it deeply, and he wasn’t wrong about it. It was the process of challenging power in a region. As long as it is official, even without the knowledge of the leading group in the region, they could be challenged. Fighting against ambushes was also part of the power that a leading group should have, thus, they didn’t warn White Lead about this.
"This is already over for us. What we can only do is fight properly and carefully think of our tactics. No one will back out. Call everyone and have them defend themselves. This will be a long fight."
A long fight was already expected if the other party resisted the attack. Hence, the more they protect themselves, the more the attacking party feels exhausted. However, for both sides, they would be exhausted since the other party resisted and defended themselves.
Therefore, the best method to have a victory was to end the war immediately. With good planning and assessment of their power, the rebellion would win if they defeated the White Lead immediately. ƒгeewёbnovel.com
But this wasn’t even supposed to be a silent one. It was a huge scale attack, which the organization against White Lead heard about as well. Their attention was gathered. Even though it wasn’t time for their meeting, and they wouldn’t meet at any other place apart from their base, they gathered at the peak of a mountain where they could see the ongoing war in the capital.
They were panting. They just hurriedly put on their masks and uniforms and made their way here. Moreover, they were not completely present as the only ones this time was just nine.
But, there was one person they least expected to appear; it was the Mastermind.
"Mastermind, Lucas is now attacking the White Lead. What should we do? They seemed to be already facing defeat."
Five hours had just passed since the uprising, and the organization had already observed the flow of the war.
"This has become war..." Mastermind mumbled with the voice of a man.
Mastermind had a different uniform from others. Others had black headwear, while he had a white one with a few black lines to emphasize. However, the body parts were just the same as others. freewёbnoνel.com
"Our purpose is already over. We won’t be getting it again as someone made a plan faster than us and challenged the White Lead quicker than us. He had gathered people at an incredible speed, and all of them were the citizens that were suffering from White Lead. At this point, this is just a normal rebellion led by Lucas, and the signs showed that he was on the side of the people."
"We already know that, Mastermind. But what should we do? We can’t entrust the Wu region to some person we didn’t know. You also don’t know anything about him, right? So why would we entrust our region to him?"
"Please stop... This is already over. We can only do this: pledge to him and live for the sake of our people. And if it turns out that our decision was wrong, we are already inside, so we won’t have a hard time assessing his powers."
