GDK 750: Don’t make it too bloody


    Sanguis, Bonds, and Gilbert were currently the strongest in Celestial Pearl after Han Shuo. Of the three, Bonds had been working in the Third Cords and were therefore the most experienced. Although Sanguis was the strongest among the three, hecked real-life experiences and need to be further tempered. Gilbert and Han Shuo couldmunicate via telepathy, which could be useful in certain situations.


    Han Shuo decided that rather than bringing a ton of people for the mission, he would just take the very best few with him.


    Han Shuo had delegated all other tasks to his family n members. He believed that the Celestial Pearl will do just fine while he was away and that they would move into the former Lavers Residence soon.


    Fort Lasberg was located near the edge of the City’s influence and rather close to Hushveil City and Darksoul City. If one were to head north from Fort Lasberg, after crossing vast oceans and expansive mountain ranges, one would set foot into the Destruction Dominion.


    Of the numerous forts under the City’s influence, Fort Lasberg was the biggest in size and had some of the most abundant natural resources in the surrounding. Other than being a little far from the City, Han Shuo couldn’t find any ws toin about.


    After half-a-month, Han Shuo, Sanguis, Bonds, and Gilbert arrived at Fort Lasberg. As the official documents had yet been issued, Fort Lasberg was not yet the House of Han’s. Erebus’ men were in charge of running the fort for the time being.


    Han Shuo did not immediately look for Erebus after arriving. Instead, he went strolling around the Fort with his three apprentices. Fort Lasberg currently housed approximately five thousand in poption, with most of them being basegods. Lowgods and midgods were also present but highgods were rarely seen.


    The Elysium was vast andrge number of gods live there and yet, they lose to mortals when ites to poption size and density. Although Fort Lasberg wasrger than the territories of Lancelot Empire, it housed merely around five thousand godspared to at least several tens of millions of mortals living on Profound Continent.


    The situation of most cities on Elysium were simr to that of Fort Lasberg. They never live as densely as the mortals on low-level material nes. Even the City of Shadows housed just tens of thousands of people. It was said that the most popted city on Elysium had two to three hundred thousand gods, a number that pales inparison to cities of mortals.


    After strolling around Fort Lasberg and learning its condition, Han Shuo and his apprentices finally headed to Erebus’ temporary residence at the center of the Fort.


    The residence, as with the Fort, originally belonged to the House of Lavers. The buildings were tall and massive. It was many hectares in size and upied morend than the Lavers Residence in the City as thend price here was cheaper, not to mention the lower poption.


    Although this residence of the Lavers’ upied arger tract ofnd than that in the City, it was far behind in terms of facilities and decorations. There were no energy towers and boundary towers covering every space, nor were there sophisticated boundaries that protects the gymnasiums from intense bursts of energy. The interior of the buildings were not sumptuously decorated but rather minimalistic in style.


    Erebus was abnormally delighted by Han Shuo’s arrival. He led the four into the biggest room of the residence before he said smilingly, “The City Lord have bestowed Fort Lasberg to your House of Han. You, Bryan, is the real host and master of this residence. I’m just a visitor who is staying here for a few days.”


    “My House of Han have yet to receive the official documents. Until then, Fort Lasberg is under yourmand!” replied Han Shuo smilingly.


    “Bonds, now that Bryan has returned, are you really going to leave the Third Corps?” Erebus asked after turning to Bonds smilingly.


    Before Han Shuo left to refine his demonic weapon, he had arranged Bonds to work under Erebus. Unlike Ayermike Cotton and Stratholme the old monster, Bonds’ strength would improve the more he kills. Butchering a god would cause his killing intent to condense into substance, forming an energy simr to demonic yuan and divine energy, allowing his strength to soar.


    Bonds was an infamous assassin back on the Profound Continent he originated. He was a professional in the art of murdering and had assisted Erebus in eliminating countless enemies during his service in the Third Corps. He was such a good helper that even Erebus felt somewhat reluctant about Bonds leaving the Third Corps.


    Bonds wore an emotionless expression and nodded. He said, “It is my Senior who taught me every skill I know and asked me to work at Third Corps. Now that he has returned, I must leave the Third Corps and go back to him.”


    “Bryan, why are you always so lucky?!” Erebus said enviously.


    “You know, I have the Goddess of Destiny’s blessing!” Legend has it that the Goddess of Destiny controls the fate of others. From Aobashi and Erebus’ ount, Han Shuo had certainly won the favor of the Goddess. Therefore, these words Han Shuo said was half joking and half true.


    “Alright, let’s get to business. I know your objective ining here as Lord Andre has previously told me a thing or two. I have been paying attention to a mountain rtively far from Fort Lasberg and my men had went to scout it. I did get some useful information from it,” Erebus’ face turned solemn and said in a deep voice, “The mountain doesn’t belong to any city. It is between Hushveil City and Darksoul City. The incident began when a few divine guards of our City hearsay that an enormous energy crystal deposit was discovered in that area. Andre then sent his men to scout out for information, but they have not returned any news even till now. They have probably met their demises.


    “It was then that Andre informed me about it. As I happen to be around the area, I dispatched a small squadron for scouting. Based on the news that came back, an enormous energy crystal deposit is definitely present!”


    “Other than that, did you find any useful information?” Han Shuo smiled mischievously as he said, “You should know the City Lord’s intention. I must take over the crystal deposit in order to take the Fifth Corps. The three major family ns must have started exercising their power and resources, which surpasses mine. If your don’t have sufficient information for me, I doubt I could find it before they do!”


    “I have confirmed the exact location. Other than forces from our City of Shadows, there are divine guards from Hushveil City and Darksoul City. I’m sure that by then, conflicts are unavoidable. Be mentally prepared!” Erebus thought for a moment and continued, “You shall learn the details of the situation from Anito. Just get in touch with him when you are there.”


    “How do I contact him?” asked Han Shuo.


    “That, you don’t have to worry, Bonds should know how!” Erebus put on a smile and said, “Although you too have worked at our Third Corps, you haven’t spent much time with us. Bonds, however, have learned our ins and outs. He did actualbor here, rather than just tagging along for the credits like a certain rascal!”


    Han Shuo turned to Bonds and saw that he nodded. Bonds indeed knew how Third Corps’ agentsmunicate on the field.


    “Well then, I shall get moving. Hopefully I’ll be the first to be there!” after obtaining useful information from Erebus, Han Shuo decided not to stay longer than necessary and quickly depart for his destination.


    Erebus knew that the sooner Han Shuo get there, the better. Therefore he did not ask him to stay and said smilingly, “Good luck on the journey. Hope you wille back with good news!”


    “The Fifth Corps will be mine when I return!” said Han Shuoughingly. His rtionship with Erebus was deep and therefore he wasn’t scrupulous in speech. After mastering the Avicii Godying Sword Formation with his seventeen flying swords, Han Shuo had sufficient confidence in his strength. Han Shuo believed that he could take over the crystal deposit sessfully if they do not run into any mishap.


    “Master, what are we going to do?” Gilbert asked after they left Fort Lasberg with Han Shuo.


    “That depends on the situation there, but our end goal is to take over the crystal deposit. Energy crystals are some good stuff. They are universally in demand in very city with gods!” replied Han Shuo.


    After travelling around Fort Lasberg, Han Shuo discovered that although the Fort was great at producing all kinds of ores, there were plenty of room to improve in terms of defenses. He found that the number of energy towers and boundary towers avable to be deficient. In order to upgrade the defenses, Han Shuo would need arge amount of energy crystals. upying this enormous energy crystal deposit that had yet to be imed by anyone will be useful to serve the purpose.


    The party of four travelled for five days and in the evening, arrived at the mountain Erebus pointed them. Immediately, Han Shuo deployed his demon generals. He noticed that there were many gods in the mountain.


    Bonds discovered several unique symbols on a few big trees soon after arrival. He thought about it for a moment before going to Han Shuo and said respectfully, “Senior,e with me!”


    Han Shuo knew that Bonds had discovered Anito’s message and followed Bonds along with Sanguis and Gilbert.


    In one of the caves in the mountain, Han Shuo saw Anito. A small squadron of divine guards was usually ten men strong. However, Han Shuo saw just three people beside Anito who looked dispirited. His clothing was dirty and torn. There was also some blood stains on his chest. They seemed to have suffered great losses.


    Sadness disappeared from Anito’s face when Bonds came into his view. Then, when he saw that Han Shuo too hade, his face lit up with delight. He even eximed, “Lord Bryan hase!”


    The three divine guards beside Anito knew Han Shuo’s name. Dispiritment lifted from their hearts and dness appeared on their faces.


    “Anito, what happened? You seemed to have been severely injured!” Han Shuo asked puzzlingly with his brows bunched.


    “It’s those from Hushveil City and Darksoul City. Six of ourrades were killed!” Anito said angrily.


    “The most abominable of them is that guy called Eugene, who partnered with our City to raid the godhunters. Unexpectedly, he wouldy such vicious blows against us just to get his hands on the deposit!” a divine guard named Deco said furiously. Han Shuo had seen him around Erebus when they went to assault the godhunter’s base.


    “Eugene?” Han Shuo was stunned for a moment but a cold grin soon appeared on his face. “How unexpected, an acquaintance!” Eugene had been mocking and ridiculing Han Shuo throughout the raid of godhunters. He was prejudiced against Han Shuo because of his close friendship with the owner of Celestial Pearl, Hassling. Han Shuo did not expect that he wouldy his deadly hand on divine guards from the City of Shadows.


    City of Gorging Clouds, Darkwater City, Dark Stone City, Mirage City, Darksoul City, City of Shadows, and Hushveil City were the seven major cities of the Darkness Dominion, ranked from the most powerful to the weakest.


    Although all seven cities served the Overgod of Darkness, they were independent from one another. There existedpetition and minor frictions with each other. Although there had never been any all-out war between the cities, minor shes had never ceased between them.


    The seven cities bordered each other and therefore it wasmon that some conflicts would arise in territorial ims. It wasmon for a few divine guards to perish. The seven City Lords were all fine with such minor conflicts and insignificant casualties. After all, the shes between smaller family ns in opposing cities were much worse, where massacre of an entire family n was often the oue.


    All three Overgods of the Death, Darkness, and Destruction Dominions considered benignpetitions as helpful in promoting their servant’s fighting power. As long as the conflicts doesn’t jeopardize the stability of their Dominions, they would just ignore them and let them be. It was only when major conflicts that could severely impact the overall strength of the Dominion arises that the Overgod would step in.


    Conflicts due to ims of natural resources weremon urrences in the Darkness Dominion. Wace who had dispatched Han Shuo for the task wouldn’t care less what Han Shuo did. All he cared was that in the end, Han Shuo wields control over the deposit.


    “Tell me the whole story,” asked Han Shuo in a deep voice.


    “Eugene and his divine guards are also here. There are many deposits on this mountain. We imed a rtively big deposit in the name of Lord Erebus. But before we could extract the ores, Eugene came and asserted that they had discovered the deposit first, demanding that we leave. When we wouldn’t, they attacked us. We lost three of ourrades to them!” Anito said angrily.


    “Eugene must still be holding grudges at Erebus for being impolite to him and therefore took advantage of the situation to vent it on us!” remarked Deco. He had seen the friction between Erebus and Eugene during the raid on godhunters. As Aobashi and Blightsoar were there, Eugene had no choice but to hold grudges in silence. He dared not to sh against Erebus.


    But the situation now was different. As Wace made the task of upying the deposit as apetition to decide the new Chief of Fifth Corps, Erebus did note over in person. With Erebus absent, Eugene had no qualms about attacking Erebus’ divine guards.


    “Which deposit is Eugene at? Show us the way!” Han Shuo said calmly after learning the whole story.


    “Lord Bryan, Eugene have brought around fifty divine guards with him. Isn’t our forces a little too small?” replied the startled Anito, “I have reported the situation to Lord Erebus. We were instructed not to do anything rashly and to wait until otherpetitors from our City arrives before attacking Eugene.”


    “Nope, just the few of us is enough,” Han Shuo said proudly. If he was to wait for otherpetitors to join him, even if they then managed to take down the deposit, disputes would arise when it came time to divide the spoils. It was in Han Shuo’s best interest not to let any of hispetitorsy any im on the deposit.


    “What are you being so wordy about? Just do whatever my master asked and cut the crap, “ yelled Gilbert bluntly.


    “Anito, lead the way!” said Bonds in a menacing voice. He was giving off a murderous air!


    After having worked in the Third Corps for seven years, Bonds had developed friendships with many of hisrades. Eugene’s deeds of killing his formerrades had enraged him. Bonds had killed many divine guards from other cities and possessed extremely intense killing intent. After practicing demonic arts, he grew more and more murderous and bloodthirsty. Other than Han Shuo, absolutely no one could keep him in control!


    Anito was well acquainted with Bonds and knew that this old fellow is cold-blooded, bloodthirsty madman. He was somewhat terrified at Bonds and replied in a trembling voice, “Alright then. But you need to be careful. Eugene, our opponent, is a highgod!”


    “Eugene is nothing against my master,” remarked Sanguis coldly.


    Sanguis, like Han Shuo’s apprentices and women, held blind faith towards Han Shuo. They believed that there is nothing he cannot do. Although Sanguis had never met or know Eugene, he was confident that Eugene would lose against Han Shuo!


    Bonds and Gilbert both nodded their heads at Sanguis’ remark, agreeing with his words.


    “Well then,e with me!” said Anito. For whatever reason, when Sanguis shot a re at him, Anito felt an even greater pressure than from Bonds. In his eyes, Sanguis, Bonds, and Gilbert were all ferocious, ruthless characters. As Anito had never seen the fierce side of Han Shuo, he couldn’t understand how Han Shuo, someone who always wear a smile and polite toward others, could keep the three monsters in check.


    Soon enough, with Anito leading, the party arrived at an enormous cave.


    “Eh?” a divine guard who worked under Eugene guarding the cave entrance smiled sinisterly and asked, “You still have the guts toe back? Do you think that Lord Eugene was too merciful in not killing all of you thest time?”


    “Haha, they havee back to die!” another divine guard saidughingly. They obviously did not take any of thoseers as a threat.


    Anito turned to look at Han Shuo as though pleading for help as he said, “Lord Bryan?”


    “Oh no, you have brought in backup. Haha!” the divine guard eximed in a ridiculing manner as though he had not noticed Han Shuo until Anito spoke.


    “Senior, shall I?” had it been before, Bonds would had charged ahead long ago. But now that Han Shuo was with him, he will ask Han Shuo for instructions. He dare being disrespectful to Erebus and even Wace the City Lord. However, he will never be rude towards Han Shuo or go against his wishes as he knew that everything he had was bestowed upon him by Han Shuo!


    Han Shuo still wore a warm and calm smile on his face as he nodded at Bonds. He said, “Go ahead, but don’t make it too bloody!”