<h4>Chapter 667: Streams in the Shadows</h4>
<strong>Trantor: </strong>EndlessFantasy Trantion <strong>Editor: </strong>EndlessFantasy Trantion
“We’ve defeated Netherw earlier. This is the gauntlet that he has dropped. I suppose he wouldn’t be returning to the battlefield in the next few minutes... Bruvver, I suggest we make use of this opportunity topletely defeat all Netherspirit’s w’s forces and end this quickly.” Dark Dragon, handing over Netherw’s equipment to Bruvver, suggested with a heavy heart.
There was no doubt that Netherspirit’s w would end up being defeated in this war...
Dark Dragon and Netherw had been long-time partners. Therefore, it pained him to see Netherw suffering more humiliation by drawing out and prolonging this war. In the meantime, there were many friends and acquaintances on the opposite side of the war, making every single fight unpleasant to him.
Now, he only wanted to end this war as quickly as he could.
Yet...
After hearing Dark Dragon’s suggestion, Bruvver smirked at him coldly. “You’re no longer one of Netherspirit’s w. There’s no need to care for any of these losers... you ought to move on and cut off these unnecessary sentiments.”
“This war... is our, the Hall of the Exalted’s, first war. Even though Netherspirit’s w is nothing but a stepping stone, we must give it our all. After today’s war, there will be bad blood between Netherspirit’s w and us. They will be our enemies. So, how are you expecting me to give Netherw any chance to rise up again?”
“Hmph! I, Bruvver, will not give him any chance at all... tell him toe out and fight! He will know the taste of hopelessness and despair only after going through defeat after defeat. I want them to know, just how weak they arepared to us! I want Netherw and everyone in the Netherspirit’s w to taste great despair!”
Dark Dragon felt deeply disheartened after hearing Bruvver’s cold and heartless replies.
Completely wipe out Netherspirit’s w?
Pushing Netherw into deep despair?
There was no way Dark Dragon could bring himself to do that...
Looking at Dark Dragon’s sour face, Bruvver gave him another belittling nce.
“Look, doing this is going to be beneficial to both you and Snowmelt too. After forcing Netherspirit’s w to disband, they would no longer exist. Hence, you’re no longer a ‘traitor of Netherspirit’s w’ again. After we be the Number One League in the Angel Faction, I will bestow the posts of Field Commanders upon both of you. By then, no one would question your past ever again. This is for your own good too.”
“...”
Dark Dragon finally sighed defeatedly. Bruvver was right... he now had no other choice but go on with this heartless n...
“Oh, right.”
Bruvver suddenly nced at Moonrise City and frowned.
“I’ve heard Qin Ruo, Majestic Hero, Scarlet Bauhinia, and ck God are all here?”
Hearing Qin Ruo’s name, Dark Dragon’s eyes suddenly shone with excitement. He quickly nodded and replied, “Yes, they’re all sitting on the city walls.”
“So these big shots came all this way just to sit and watch?” Bruvver suddenly started inquiring with a serious tone.
“Tell me. Does Netherw get along with these four League Leaders?”
“Netherw isn’t really having a close rtionship with both Scarlet Bauhinia and Majestic Hero. As for Qin Ruo and ck God... let’s say he and they aren’t on the best of terms. However, during the construction of Winter Demesne, every League did show up and lend them a hand in the Underworld. So... seeing Netherw’s in trouble, I suppose the Fallen Angels wouldn’t just sit idly and watch him suffer...”
Then, Dark Dragon suddenly remembered something important and continued, “Yet, we, the Hall of the Exalted, have expanded far bigger than Scarlet Bauhinia, Hall of Heroes, and ck Prison... so they aren’t a threat. As for the Fallen Angels, even if they do sh with us... they would endure a lot of damage. If I were Qin Ruo, I wouldn’t risk my hide saving Netherw... after all, Netherspirit’s w is now not a strong League, so saving it wouldn’t grant them a formidable ally.”
“...”
Then, Bruvver started to ponder.
“So, you’re saying that... even you don’t know if they’ll lend Netherw a hand?”
In fact, Bruvver did hope to make as much ruckus as he could through this war–not just to make a name for the Hall of the Exalted by taking out Netherspirit’s w but also to spook the other four Leagues, putting them in their ces.
Yet, there was something else that he was worried about that Dark Dragon didn’t know...
Other than the Netherspirit’s w, Bruvver had also tried to recruit Champions that were from the four Leagues too. Although he didn’t acquire as many people as he would like from these Leagues, if they were to catch wind of this, there was a chance that they would retaliate.
Not knowing these, Dark Dragon replied with a confused look, “Well, that’s based on what I know about them... Majestic Hero and Scarlet Bauhinia wouldn’t simply barge into others’ business. The former is an old-school good-hearted sage who has too many rules; thetter is a more practical man. He has nothing to gain from shing with Hall of the Exalted to save a weak Netherspirit’s w. As for ck God, he had always hated our League Lead... Oh, I mean Netherw. And finally, Qin Ruo... it’s even less of a chance for him to aid Netherw.”
After hearing Dark Dragon’s analysis, Bruvver didn’t feel relieved at all. Dark Dragon didn’t know about his dirty tactics of recruiting champions from other Leagues. This was a secret operation that only a few in the Hall of the Exalted knew.
If one were to include this variable in the equation, the result would be much different from what Dark Dragon had analyzed earlier...
“Fine, let’s proceed with the n. We’ll force Netherw toe out of the city!”
“And you! Yes, all of you! Tell everyone in your n that no one should cause problems with yers that are not from Netherspirit’s w. At least not today!” Bruvver quickly ordered the other n Leaders in his League to be vignt in the diplomacy between the other Leagues. Hearing this, Dark Dragon finally realized there was something else going on in the shadows.
***
As a raging war was burning outside of Moonrise City, a huge flow of people was also moving about in Winter Demesne. Many people were moving in and out of the Warp Portal and the city’s base.
Uno, the Base Portal Handler, was busy mming his mighty staff on the ground, again and again, sending waves after waves of Fallen Angels into the city’s base.
There were also many yers from the other four Leagues appearing on the Warp Portal. However, they were there to use the Warp Portal to teleport out of the Underworld and back to the Mythical Continent.
Although no one in the Four Leagues had talked to one another, they all knew just what was going on in this huge drastic stream of people.
Something big was about to happen!
***
“Wandering Soul, what’s going on? You’ve been asking everyone to hurry back to the base since an hour ago.”
“Even the ones from the Violent Army n and Scarlet n are here. Heh, now now... perhaps our Boss has found another Divine Specter, eh?”
Inside the Fallen Angels’ base was a huge crowd of people gathered around, discussing and specting happily.
Wandering Soul and ck Rock didn’t have any answer for them, though.
All they were doing was just gathering the members of the Fallen Angels in the base as Qin Ruo asked.
So, they were not able to give them any direct answer as to why they were summoned.
As a result, this lingering sense of mystery had further ignited everyone’s imagination and curiosity.
Many people thought they were going to fight another Divine Specter. Some yers who thought this was about the Hall of the Exalted.
In just minutes, there were crowds of yers from the three ns, Fallen Angels, Violent Army n, and Scarlet n, in the base. In an instant, there were already over 6,000 people gathering about.
After catching wind of this, many Executors and Ascendant Sabers felt quite disheartened about this. Just what was going on? There seemed to be something huge going on in the League, and no one ever thought of inviting them too? Weren’t they a part of the League?
After knowing this, Remorseless Warrior quickly abandoned his n to grind for levels and flew back to the base. He was shocked after hearing what ck Rock had to say.
“The heck? You don’t know why everyone’s gathered too?”
ording to ck Rock, Qin Ruo didn’t tell them the objective and destination of this new operation at all. Remorseless Warrior was so puzzled after hearing this. And he couldn’t really demand Qin Ruo tell him why he was excluded from this operation too. So, he could only approach Xiaoxiao to inquire about what was going on.
Sure, ck Rock might not know anything at all... but Xiaoxiao knew.
From the moment the three ns’ Monster Cavalry Troops were all called back to the base, Xiaoxiao already knew what was about to happen.
This time... the enemies were yers.
And it was most likely going to be the Hall of the Exalted.
The Executors and Ascendant Sabers were family; so, Xiaoxiao didn’t feel the need to keep this a secret from them. After asking for opinions from Qin Ruo and Violet Orchid, Xiaoxiao then told Remorseless Warrior and sh everything about the Monster Cavalry.
“...”
Remorseless Warrior and sh were so stunned that they couldn’t say anything at all.
So... the three ns were seen busy with something peculiar during the Grand Tournament... that was to make preparations for training these Monster Cavalries?!
Qin Ruo...
Just what on Earth was he doing? Training some actual proper army? Like, an actual army?!
As he was pondering as to why he was not included in this operation, Remorseless Warrior finally received news about the detailed n from Moonrise City.
“...”
“This is nuts!”
“If we’re going to do this, those snobs at Hall of the Exalted would be so pissed!”
Remorseless Warrior and Ascendant Saber looked at one another with a puzzled look.
***
Back at Moonrise City.
After Netherw was defeated, the Hall of the Exalted had now regained their momentum and proceeded to purge everything that wasn’t on their faction on the battlefield.
Five elite squads were quickly seeking out and eliminating any enemy they found while a group of yers guarding the city gates fiercely. The Winged Champions took control of the airspace, giving air superiority to Hall of the Exalted. As the minutes went by, the winning chance for Netherspirit’s w was bing slimmer.
In an instant, the ns that joined Netherw in this war had mostly lost their will to fight and had left the battlefield.
As for Netherspirit’s w, their men were also being gradually eliminated...
As more and more people were blocked in the city, no one was able to leave to rejoin the battle.
Besides that, they were also constantly bombarded with insults by the members of the Hall of the Exalted. Many prideful Netherspirit’s w members couldn’t handle the humiliation and had rushed out to face their conceited foes... and were quickly killed before crawling out of the Resurrection Portal.
Thus...
Even if there were yers who could fly out of the city, they were gradually unwilling to leave the city.
The forces outside of the city, on the other hand, had mostly been eliminated.
There were only a few yers left on the Netherspirit’s w’s camp that could face off the Hall of the Exalted.
This war... the result was quite evident.
Still, Netherw was not giving up yet.
pping his Angelic Wings, Netherw was hovering in the air with his remaining dozens of Winged Champions, facing off hundreds and hundreds of Winged Champions from the Hall of the Exalted.
There were many people on the Netherspirit’s w’s camp, including Netherw himself, were filled with rage. All they had in mind at the moment was to obliterate these snobbish enemies on the other side.
Meanwhile, Bruvver was grinning arrogantly at his foes, alongside with the silent Snowmelt and Dark Dragon. There were over thousands more Hall of the Exalted members on the ground, waiting for theirmanders to order them to strike.
“Netherw!”
“Can you see that? Three hours are almost up. And most of your men were defeated and chased off too... now, perhaps it’s time for you to admit defeat, eh?”