Free Web NovelChapter 326: Xiaozhin War [2]
After a long time of planning and executing each phase carefully, the second prince, Jaspher, finally captured a city for his army. Their execution was perfect, and the people within the city walls weren’t able to fight back and had no choice but to surrender. And as this instance occurred, that Jaspher hadn’t thought to be that easy, his confidence in war rose as he thought he had already got it easy.
’I have a good team of strong and smart people. My younger brother also has a good scout squad, which makes it easy for us to have a good sketch of what we should expect. Furthermore, we have the guidance of the Right Guardian, so taking the side of the Xiaozhin Province, which we planned, would be easy.’ A smile couldn’t be hidden from Jaspher as he walked on top of the walls of the city.
He watched beneath him and just saw a wide land with overgrown green places, as trees and other plants filled the spaces in this land. He could see the river stream as well as the downriver that came from the river from the city as well. And just as he filled his lungs with the fresh, cold air, he returned to his team.
This time, things should not be deemed as easy anymore, but Jaspher didn’t care about it. He forgot things like that as confidence gained his pride. And as the time of planning began, he suggested a simple thing that everyone was already aware of.
"We will expand our eyes. The scout squad should create a sketch of what we should be aware of from a hundred kilometers starting from here." ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
Things should be done to make sure that the city would be recaptured permanently. As they had captured the people here, they didn’t intend to kill everyone. A massacre wasn’t the plan, but the retrieval of the provinces and slowly driving out the enemies.
A prison was created for 5,000 people. Half the city became a prison for them as a grand array formation with the restriction of going out. It was their very own prison, and the people inside couldn’t be angry about it. It was already comfortable.
"Your Highness, I think it is best if you take a rest now. The Crown Prince had contacted us that they had already got the Limao Province, and now we should hasten our activities. So, as your guardian, I suggest that you should have a good night’s rest." Peigh Lai suggested.
As soon as he heard that news, Jaspher’s face beamed. He couldn’t hide his pleasure, leaping for joy multiple times while banging his fist on the table for noise. He shouted as well, getting the attention of other members of his team.
"What is it, Your Highness?" Zack Thieu rushed to him with a worried expression.
"My older brother captured Limao Province back!"
"Really? That is good!" Zack joined the celebration. He joined Jaspher in jumping, but he had another purpose for celebrating.
’Yes... office work is waving...’
The next day... everyone became alarmed. As soon as the sun peeked, shouts greeted everyone, waking them up from their rest. They walked out of their rooms and looked at the gates that were opened by the people that entered. The scout squads entered, but in a different state compared to when they left the city.
They had exhilarated faces, but now it was all worry and agony.
"What happened?" Jaspher and Husaf rushed to the injured scout squads. None of them was dead, but all of them were brutally wounded as their faces and limbs had already had the second layer of skin peeking widely.
"Who did this to you?"
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Provocation... It would be best to drive the second prince to the corner. Without him knowing his enemies, his decisions would result in something absurd or immature. His enemies already knew him. Even with just a small amount of information, they had already assessed who he was. Hence, provocation wouldn’t be a problem.
A group of three people observed a city from afar. There was a huge visible array formation covering half of the city, and also noises arising even from a distance could be heard.
"Ho... that second prince of the Northern Continent... He had a good and reliable arrogance."
"For you to call arrogance something reliable, I think you have gone senile, Senior Brother Wang."
"Hohoho... Don’t talk like that, Junior Den. That is something I won’t tolerate."
"It is indeed reliable."
"You think so, Junior Sister Ban?"
"Yes... his arrogance would be helpful for us. He doesn’t protect his people out of humanity; instead, he sees them as his tool. Furthermore, he wouldn’t be happy to see a tool of his damaged. Surely, I would be an insult to his ego as well."
"You are good at observing things, Junior Sister. You should follow her example, Junior Den."
"Please forgive me, Senior Brother."
"Thank you for the compliment, Senior Brother."
"Enough with this... Let’s go. Let us show ourselves to our enemy."
At the same time, Jaspher noticed how Leon Thum raised his hand, reaching for the hilt of his sword. His eyebrows twitched, and he saw that Leon was looking in a certain direction. He stood up, then followed where he was staring.
"An intruder?" he mumbled. Leon nodded.
"Show yourselves! We had already noticed you!" Jaspher shouted, his eyebrows meeting each other. He had already been fed up with the sight of the scout squad returning to the city. And knowing that the perpetrator of it was just near them, he couldn’t wait to kill them.
Leon couldn’t help but hiss in annoyance. Three people appeared, and they were just flying above them. ’Flying above us... what an insult.’ However, he couldn’t react at first as his position with the second prince present was insignificant. Ignoring his presence would be like ignoring the presence of Dan Bloodline.
"Who are you ?!"
"We are from the Eastern Continent, the people who invaded your land. And seeing your army here, I guess you succeeded in infiltrating this land." Thomas Wang said with a serene expression on his face.
Jaspher gritted his teeth as he felt that nonchalance came from him as a jeer to his identity. However, he endured it and questioned him more.
"The three of you, what is your intention of showing yourselves? Aren’t you afraid to die? Did you hurt the scout squad?"
"That is plenty of questions you have. How about I answer them one by one, and I will have the initiation of another topic? Let us be civil here."
Jaspher still had his blood boiling, but just reassessing things, he slowly calmed down, and again, his confidence accessed his thoughts.
"Don’t you think you are asking too much? But don’t worry, I will let you have the chance to waste your saliva. So, what is it? Answer my questions." fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
Thomas Wang just looked at his companions and then laughed for a few seconds.
"We are here to give you a suggestion on how we will settle this. Because truth to be told, we don’t like acting like cowards, sending our troops to waste. How about we settle this with a huge risk? Since we are not afraid of dying, we will have a fight; just representatives of each side, and if anyone dies, they get the city and the troops."
’Do I really need to entertain this stupidity? But, let us not just ignore this opportunity and give this old man a chance to live his thoughts.’ Jaspher thought as he inwardly smiled.
"We already have the city. What can you offer?"
"Hmm... Nothing much. We will just put our positions at stake. If your representatives get all of us, then you will get an army equal to yours. And if you lose, we will get the city and your army as well. How about it? Isn’t getting my army an advantage to your retrieval?"
Jaspher gave Thomas a chance to explain more, but after that, he just laughed at him as he thought that Thomas was fooling himself. Although he knew that the three were already at a cultivation level above the Master Spirit Realm for them to be able to fly that long, probably even at the General Spirit Realm, he still hadn’t thought that they were much of a problem. He had confidence in his team as well.
However... "Do you think I will accept those terms? We will have to kill you here once and for all. Everyone, prepare your weapons!"
Thomas chuckled. "What...? You don’t accept our terms? Oh... so you want to put your people’s lives on the line. How inhumane you are."
"They are serving me as the second prince. So their lives were not significant to me."
Thomas laughed. "Are you perhaps afraid? What a joke, as expected of a spoiled golden spooned brat. You have no guts, just the privilege of ordering. Coward!"
Jaspher became silent. His face suddenly became gloomy, and as he raised his head to face Thomas, his eyes were already solemn.
"Who is a coward? I accept your terms. Give us a hundred kilometer radius starting from this place, and we will select the location. Instead of war with soldiers, let us do it in the most courageous way... You geezer, it’s kill or die."
Provocation success!
