Free Web NovelChapter 1016: Chapter 372 Postnatal Dragon Zodiac
"If your side loses, your army will retreat one thousand one hundred miles.
And we will help you move the Great Wall back in sync. freewebnøvel.com
If we lose, then your forces may advance five hundred miles to the south.
And we will not interfere with your progress along the way."
Lord Liú presented the chips.
Upon hearing this, General Zebra became even more tempted.
Do not be fooled into thinking that a loss by Kung Fu Beasts means retreating a greater distance.
But within this, there are some key points.
Firstly, with the technology and manpower of Gun Beasts, it is possible to move the Great Wall.
Then, advancing five hundred miles to the south just crosses the plains terrain most favorable to Gun Beasts.
The Great Wall is not only the barrier of Kung Fu Beasts but also the terrain in front of it serves as a natural barrier zone for Gun Beasts.
If Kung Fu Beasts lose, it’s tantamount to ceding a thousand miles of territory.
If Gun Beasts lose, it’s tantamount to a painful loss of the barrier.
No matter which side loses, it will hurt greatly, and the winner will be very pleased.
The key is that now Kung Fu Beasts are on the relatively weaker side.
Even if Gun Beasts were to renege on their loss, there is actually no loss for them.
"This matter is of great importance, I need to report to His Highness."
After a brief contemplation, General Zebra gave his answer.
The implication was that he agreed with the proposition.
"Before leaving, I had already received the imperial consent.
Here are the details of the proposal, along with a personal letter from my monarch.
The general can take them back."
Lord Liú nodded slightly and pulled out a series of documents.
In fact, they desired the territory of Kung Fu Beasts, but at the same time, they did not wish to have excessive population loss.
More importantly, since they had put forward this proposal, they were naturally confident of a sure win.
"Alright, then please, Lord Liú, patiently await our response."
General Zebra picked up the documents, cupped his fists, and then mounted his horse and departed.
In the following days, messengers and civil officials continued to travel between the two armies.
An entire month later, a battlefield was set up in the middle area between the Great Wall of Kung Fu Beasts and the camp of Gun Beasts.
Today is the day representatives from both forces will battle, and Kung Fu Beasts’ warriors already filled the Great Wall.
On the Gun Beasts’ side, the situation was similar, they had erected a temporary high platform to facilitate a better view.
The competition adopted a king-of-the-hill style tournament, with the winner staying and the loser leaving the platform.
The rules were set for 21 rounds with the first to win 11 being the victor.
The responsibility to send soldiers and generals for both parties lay with their respective leaders, General Zebra and Lord Liú.
It wasn’t long before the personnel for the first fight were determined.
Kung Fu Beasts fielded an ancient founder from a sect.
After General Zebra’s secret message reached The Imperial City, dozens of messengers skilled in long-distance raids set out that night with the imperial decree to conscript the nation’s top warriors.
One could say that although the match might have a maximum of 21 rounds, the top warriors who arrived from the Kung Fu side exceeded this number.
And this ancestor from the Hoof and Claw Sect was one of them.
His strength was of the fourth tier of Heaven level.
The reason for choosing him to fight was simple: among all the masters, he ranked eleventh.
Indeed, in this grand showdown of Kung Fu versus Firearms, even General Zebra of the second tier of Heaven level was not qualified to participate.
But the person Gun Beasts sent out, to everyone’s surprise, was... Lord Liú.
Here we had one camp’s leader ineligible to fight and the other could only serve as the opening vanguard.
This was the intensity expected on the battlefield for territorial struggles.
Atop the Great Wall, General Zebra’s brow furrowed slightly when he saw Lord Liú take the stage.
"What worries the general?"
Next to him sat a broad, corpulent old master with bushy white eyebrows, his ample belly exposed.
Besides the old master, there was also a lean man with a tiger’s head dozing off with arms crossed and a sharp-faced young lady with the countenance of a serpent.
These three were seated together with General Zebra, on equal footing, without distinction between front and back.
If one observed carefully, they would notice General Zebra’s seat was even slightly lower than theirs.
The illustrious statuses of these individuals were evident, such that even the commander had to respectfully defer to them.
Of course, the origins of these three were profound.
For this tournament, the monarch of the kingdom even sought out experts from the Zodiac Temple.
The Twelve Zodiac Halls each had twelve hall masters and twenty-four vice-masters.
The hall masters are the chief servants of the Zodiac and must not leave the temple.
Thus, those who came were three vice-masters.
They were from the Tiger Zodiac Hall, the Snake Zodiac Hall, and the Pig Zodiac Hall, respectively.
"Vice-master, there is something you are not aware of."
With a sigh, General Zebra explained, "Lord Liú gives me an uneasy feeling. As it’s well known, among the seven royal households of Gun Beasts, I have continuously been investigating but have never been able to discover this person’s background.
It is unknown whether he was previously very low-key and left no trace.
Or he truly does not belong to any of the seven households."
"It is rumored that within the Gun Beasts’ royal clan, there exists a secretive lineage."
At this moment, the Snake Vice Palace Master spoke up: "Their primary responsibility is to lead the development of secret firearms.
The technological innovations in Gun Beasts’ bodily enhancements throughout the years have all been under their covert guidance.
And besides secret weapons research, the main tasks of this lineage are mostly other clandestine matters that cannot be disclosed publicly. freewebnσvel.cøm
If there is a member of the Gun royal clan whose origin cannot be traced, then he is very likely from this lineage."
Hearing this, General Zebra grew even more worried.
"Don’t worry, the Hoof and Claw Ancestor is also quite formidable,"
Seeing his concerned expression, the Pig Vice Palace Master offered words of reassurance: "As a rare hybrid of bovine and avian blood, he possesses profound expertise in both hoof and claw techniques.
Several acolytes in our temple’s Chicken Zodiac Hall and Horse Zodiac Hall were once his disciples."
