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VPnA – The Prequel Volume 2 Chapter 45

Happy Chinese New Year everyone! In order celebrate CNY, here’s a five chapter release today~

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VPnA – The Prequel Volume 2 Chapter 44

Happy Chinese New Year everyone! In order celebrate CNY, here’s a five chapter release today~

And yes, Chinese New Year is a not actually over until the 15th of the first lunar month.

Here’s the first of the batch!

Big thanks to kookie for editing the chapter~

If you’re liking the novel, do go over to the NovelUpdates page to rate it and add it to your reading list!

Remember, the Very Pure and Ambiguous – The Prequel Fan Art contest is ongoing, only a few days left till the deadlien. I’ve had three great submissions so far, I hope more comes in~

Chapter 49 – Auction



“Then alright!” Guo Qing knew my personality, so he didn’t fight over it with me, and said. “I’ll get my subordinate to get us a few entrance tickets for the auction!”

During that night, Guo Qing and I carefully decided our plan for the next day… Wakaka, the Chen family can just wait to cry.

Within recent months, Guo Qing has already become a famous person in Hong Kong’s business industry, as long as they were in Hong Kong, there was no one that didn’t know Guo Qing! You can not know the Chief Executive, you can not know the current trending stars, but you can’t not know Guo Qing, or else, that’s using your turning your financial future as a joke, turning your life into a joke!

That’s why, when Guo Qing appeared in the auction place, everyone there started guessing about Guo Qing’s intentions. When they knew that Guo Qing appeared as the chairman of the newly established Three Rock Real Estates, some people that wanted to participate in the auction directly left. The remaining people only hoped that Guo Qing came for the crowd, and because the allure of these two pieces of land is truly too great!

“Secretary Chen, what do you think the Three Rock Gang means by establishing this real estate company?” In a place not far away, a young man who looked more than deserving of a beating asked the person beside him. This person was obviously Chen Zelong!

“Young Master, the real estate industry still has a lot of profit, if it wasn’t for our family, I think the Azure Gang would have set foot in it as well!” said Secretary Chen.

“****, this Azure Gang, laozi gives them so much money every year, yet they can’t even beat a foreign gang!” Chen Zelong swore angrily.

“Be quieter, Young Master, it would be bad for us if someone from the Three Rock Gang heard that!” Secretary Chen reminded him carefully.

“Scared your ***! Laozi has tons of money. Worst comes to worst, we’ll smash them to death with a hundred million!” Chen Zelong said without caring a single bit.

Secretary Chen shook his head and didn’t say anything. He had wanted to advise Chen Zelong a bit more, but then he thought about it and found that Chen Zelong was right. If worst came to worst, they could just buy off the Three Rock Gang like they did the Azure Gang. In their minds, the mobs couldn’t possibly be too rich, how could they compare to the Chen family! However, their thoughts couldn’t be more wrong.

“The first piece of land is in Yau Ma Tei, the precise details are in the auction booklet. The starting price of this is two hundred and thirty million…” said the auctioneer.

Actually, neither this piece of land, nor the one in Kowloon was very good. Its size wasn’t very big, but it was close to the sea, so it was rather ideal to build a mansion.

“Three…” Just as the auctioneer finished speaking, a fatty tried to raise the price up to three hundred million, but before he could finish, Guo Qing stood up and heavily coughed.

“Hai! I call two hundred and forty million!” Guo Qing said slow and calmly.

The fatty quickly retracted his sign in shock, nearly getting a heart attack whilst doing so. He internally screamed about how lucky he was for having good reflexes, otherwise, if they raised the price because of him, he wouldn’t even know how he disappeared from this planet.

All those remaining real estate agents immediately forgot about their wish to make a bid after seeing Guo Qing call out first. They did not want to have enough money to buy the land, but not have the life to build houses on it.

“****, how does he have so much money!” Chen Zelong swore in anger.

“…” Secretary Chen didn’t understand how this Three Rock Gang had so much money. You have to know, the Azure Gang only earned several tens of thousands per year.

“Secretary Chen, do we call out a price?” Although Chen Zelong was spoilt and proud, he was terrified of dying as well. Currently, the Three Rock Gang and their Chen’s Corporation didn’t have many interactions, but who knew what these mobs might do.

“Never mind, give him this land, we’ll spend our efforts on the next one!” said Secretary Chen.

Thus, Guo Qing successfully acquired the first piece of land. This was exactly the same as the plan we decided on the previous day.

Although the second piece of land was larger than the first and was in a better position, due to it being a problematic piece of land, the price was even lower than the first. However, everyone on the scene knew that it was a business district, and the business value it could bring about was endless.

After the auctioneer announced the second piece of land, the real estate developers all silently and sneakily looked towards Guo Qing. No one dared to call out a price first. However, Guo Qing acted like nothing was going on, as if this piece of land had nothing to do with him, and instead started chatting with the subordinate next to him.

On the other hand, I, who sat not too far away from Guo Qing broke the silence, raised up my sign and shouted out, “Five hundred million!”

The minimum price was a hundred and forty million, yet I directly raised the price to five hundred million. At this time, I represented a different company to Guo Qing, so, on the surface, we were two groups of people who didn’t know each other. The company I represented was a newly established construction company from the mainland.

Everyone looked at me weirdly, but when they saw the name of my company, they understood and thought to themselves. So it’s a new company from the mainland, no wonder he dared to be the first to call out a price!

They had thought that Guo Qing would continue to bid or trouble them, but they never would have dreamt that even after a long while, Guo Qing still wouldn’t take any actions. At this moment, the auctioneer was about to drop the hammer on the price. The auctioneer was very confused as well, he knew what Guo Qing does, so it was normal for no one to compete with him for the first piece of land, yet he had never seen the person who called out the price for the second piece of land.

Only then did the real estate developers finally realize that Guo Qing had no interest in the second piece of land. Thus, they quickly started competing.

“A billion!” Chen Zelong immediately joined the fray after seeing the Three Rock Gang not join in for the second piece of land.

However, the other developers weren’t just for show, everyone knew about the potential value of that piece of land. Although Chen Zelong called out one billion, the fatty who had tried to call out a price for the first piece of land immediately raised his sign and shouted, “1.1 billion!”

“1.2 billion!” Chen Zelong called out without any hesitation as he swore in his heart, ‘Damn fatty, normally you call us bros, and now you’re fighting over land with me!’

“1.3 billion!’ The fatty wiped away his sweat and said while clenching his teeth.

“1.5 billion!” Chen Zelong had already lost one piece of land, he was fully determined to get the second piece.

The fatty thought about it, then finally put down his sign. Although there was still profit to be made at a higher price, the fatty couldn’t pay that much money for the land.

“1.6 billion!” I raised up my sign and said.

Only then, did Chen Zelong finally notice me. He clenched his teeth and said to Secretary Chen, “So it’s that brat! I was wondering why he looked so familiar just now!”

“Young Master, this person seems very influential in the mainland, we got silently screwed over by him,” Secretary Chen reminded.



 

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Chapter 48 – Lose Everything



Hearing him say that, I couldn’t help but look towards Lyles. Could this old man be someone important on their planet? He doesn’t look like it!

However, that wasn’t any of my business.

“Anyways, little fellow, if, I’m saying if you get the chance to visit our Planet Animas, I will welcome you with our greatest honor to thank you for your help towards me!” Lyles nodded solemnly and said. “Okay, we have left our planet for twenty-six days. We have to hurry back, otherwise some trouble might arise!”

I faint… It seems like this fellow really is someone important! However, this basically had nothing to do with me. No matter how amazing this support is, he’s someone who lives several billion light years away.

As I waved my hand, the spaceship let out a dazzling light and slowly rose up from the ground. There was no air flow at all, it spun around once in the air to signal their farewell to me, then disappeared into the horizon.

I shook my head, this was essentially like a dream! I had to look at the disk on my hand to make sure that it was real.

I placed it somewhere safe on me, then with a teleportation, I was in Hong Kong, which was known as Asia’s greatest port.

Although I didn’t have any registration for entering the borders, Guo Qing had already helped me prepare the necessary identification. However, it should be noted that even without it, no one would disturb us with Guo Qing’s current position in Hong Kong.

“Boss, I missed you so much!” Seeing me, Guo Qing gave me an intimate hug.

“Hello, Chief!” There was a group of black suited subordinates behind Guo Qing who immediately went up and greeted me.

“Chief?” I asked in confusion.

“Boss, you’re Chief! I feel like titles like Old Ancestor is a bit too… Since all the international mobs like to call their leaders chief, I just decided for them to call you that!” Guo Qing smiled.

“Hai hai!” I nearly choked to death. However, I should just let it be, it’s so much better than Old Ancestor and the likes.

“Chief, please get on the car,” At this moment, an extra-long Hongqi limousine stopped beside me. Behind this car were ten odd cars of the same model.

“Not bad, you’ve got good taste here!” I looked at the luxurious car filled with our characteristics happily.

The by-standers all looked over, and upon seeing the reception, those who didn’t know were wondering which international company’s director came to Hong Kong.

However, it seems like I was one of those people!

Guo Qing and I got on the first car that had the car plate “Three Rock Corporation 00”. This car plate was like the car plates of many famous people, they were specifically applied for and also demonstrated the position of the car owner within the society.

The car squad slowly moved along the road at a constant pace. Even when they encountered red lights, they would directly go past them.

“****, Old Zhang, look, that car squad ran a red light, let’s hurry up and stop them!” On the side of the road, a police on a motorbike got pissed off immediately after seeing more than one car run a red light.

“Old Wu, leave it. I think you should go and get a pair of glasses tomorrow! Just what kind of eyes do you have! Haven’t you seen what their car plate is, how do you dare to stop them!” Old Zhang, who was standing on the side, mocked him.

“****, what car plate! I don’t believe that there’s any car in Hong Kong that you and I don’t dare to stop! Both your old man and my old man are police chiefs, are we scared of anyone?” said Old Wu.

“Heng, that car belongs to the Three Rock Corporation, even their 00 car is there. Just think about who’s on it!” Old Zhang shook his head and said.

“What! Three Rock Corporation!” Old Wu immediately shut up. They, as motorcycle police, knew clearly what the Three Rock Corporation did. Even the largest gang in Hong Kong, the Azure Gang, had to submit, what could they say!

“Boss, there is an auction for two pieces of land tomorrow. According to reliable news, Chen’s Corporation borrowed two billion from the bank, it could be said that they were determined to get it!” said Guo Qing when we arrived at the hotel.

“Oh? Then let’s participate in the auction tomorrow and get these two pieces of land,” I immediately said after hearing it.

“En, the position of these two pieces of land are pretty good, we’ll definitely make a profit after getting them!” Guo Qing said. “However, one of the pieces of land has a bit of an issue…”

“What’s the issue?” I suddenly realized that this might be a great chance to mess with the Chen family.

“Due to historical reasons, one of the pieces that’s in Kowloon does not allow buildings that are more than three floors!” Guo Qing explained.

“Since it’s like this, then why is the Chen family buying this piece of land? Does he not know? That’s not quite possible, right!” I asked.

“That’s is true, the Chen family knew about it ages ago. However, the position of that piece of land is great, they will earn a lot if they build a business tower or a residential area there!” said Guo Qing.

“However, since there’s an issue with the land itself, no matter how good it is, it’s not much use!” I exclaimed.

“Here is a bit different from the mainland, whether they can build a tall tower is just decided by the planning department. I think that the Chen family has already used their inside contacts. Once they get the land, the department will change the regulations!” Guo Qing said.

“Does the ICAC not care?” I remember seeing on the television that Hong Kong’s ICAC is amazing.

“Hehe, they usually hide it rather well, leaving no evidence behind. What’s more, with the Chen family’s current influence in Hong Kong, not many people will offend them!” Guo Qing said. “Since they just returned to the country, they still have the capitalist market.”

I nodded, thought about it and asked, “Is the news of the Chen family borrowing two billion accurate?”

“It is, the bank he borrowed it from is coincidentally within our Three Rock Gang’s region. Although the people in the bank are all with the Chen family, he doesn’t dare to hide what the Three Rock Gang wants to know! What’s more, they don’t know that Chen Zelong pissed us off in the mainland,” said Guo Qing.

“That’s good, then we’ll participate in this auction tomorrow! We’ll make him lose everything,” I said.

“Alright, Boss, I’ll transfer five billion over so we can toy them to death,” said Guo Qing.

I waved my hand, “Guozi, the development of the Three Rock Gang needs money as well. Don’t worry about the money, I have enough.”

“Boss, that’s where you’re wrong, isn’t my money yours?” said Guo Qing.

I felt really moved, this person was my only bro since I was reborn. Our relationship was beyond what words could describe.

“Hehe, what I mean is that we’re going to make the Chen family bankrupt, how is five billion enough!” I smiled.

“Ah! Boss… The Three Rock Gang can only take out so much from its liquid funds, it’s at most 5.5 billion!” Guo Qing said in a troubled manner.

“That’s why I said that your money should be left for developing the gang. I, your boss, have the money!” I patted Guo Qing’s shoulder and said.



 

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Chapter 47 – Advanced Alien Technology



Hearing that, I nearly leaped up in excitement! Although I was someone who had travelled back from the future, the technology I possessed was only from several tens of years in the future. However, the Animasian technology was more advanced than mine by who knows how many times!

“What can I do to help you?” I calmed myself down and asked.

“Let me introduce myself first, I’m called Lyles, the engineer on the spaceship is called Kirk, please forgive him for not coming out to welcome you. His personality is really weird, hehe! Although our spaceship is very advanced, the unknown shock in space used up all of our energy, and the energy on the spaceship now is only enough to maintain some signal sending,” said the alien elder.

“I’m called Liu Lei. What is the energy source of your spaceship, it can’t be oil, right?” I asked.

“Oil? Of course not! We have already eliminated this sort of rare thing that produces a lot of pollution several thousand years ago!” Lyles replied. “Our fuel is freshwater. However, it is all ice around here, and our current remaining energy is unable to melt them!”

My god! I was wondering how hard it would be to get fuel for them. So it’s that easy! The ice in the Antarctic was all freshwater, I just needed to think of a way to melt it!

“Since all of our equipment uses freshwater as the fuel, none of the heating equipment is functioning. As long as you help me get 5 kilograms of water, that’s enough to get my equipment functioning again!” Lyles continued.

“So it’s like this! Then what about your food?” I asked.

“Hehe! You don’t have to worry about that, our technology is very advanced, it can produce a lot of food using atom conversion through absorbing all sorts of elements! Although it isn’t as delicious as natural food, it is very useful for us space voyagers! Furthermore, it can prevent our body from taking in some unhealthy elements!” Lyles explained. “As long as we have fuel, we can do anything!”

****! This technology was truly advanced. I started to plan in my heart, if I get it and opened a food company… These were completely healthy products with zero pollution! This was too profitable!

I nodded, isn’t it simple to get water! 5 kilograms of water would be able to get me a bunch of alien technology and the thanks of the Animasians, this was super worth it! My luck is truly amazing! It really can’t be helped!

I walked to a wall of ice not far away and started using my superpowers. Entering my super-powered mode, the temperature of my hands instantly rose to five hundred degrees Celsius, causing large amounts to melt off the wall of ice.

Lyles’s face once again showed a shocked expression. He thought to himself, the people on this planet are too powerful, right? If this hand struck someone, wouldn’t they immediately turn into gas!?

When a large pool of water appeared in the valley of ice, Lyles shouted, “Alright, alright! Enough, any more and we will sink to the bottom of the ocean!”

Since I was too occupied with getting excited as I thought about what I could get, I didn’t pay attention at all. When I looked down, I couldn’t help but become shocked, and quickly retracted my hands.

Lyles joyously ran back to the spaceship. When he came back down again, it was with a young man. I think he’s the Kirk that Lyles spoke about! Kirk looked at the melted ice excitedly and ran over, then started using something like a pump to suck it all up, which instantly sucked up all the water.

This time, it was my turn to be dumbfounded! I pointed at the small water pump, which was the size of a fast food lunch box, and said in surprise, “Such a small thing can actually hold so much water!!”

Kirk gave a rare smile, “What’s there to be surprised about! There is another dimension in here, technically, it is infinitely large.”

Another dimension! Why does it feel like the storage ring or treasure bag in novels!

“Little fellow, you gave us a lot of help, I won’t go back on my promise. I will teach you the technology from our Planet Animas, the creation of this subdimension is actually the easiest technology!” said Lyles.

It was truly too profitable this time, this was a super treasure. In the future, when I go and travel with my beauty wifeys, even if I brought my entire home with me, it would be just the size of a little box.

“Alright, little fellow. Please forgive me for calling you little fellow, your name is truly too weird. Hehe! Please come with us onto the spaceship!” said Lyles.

I nodded, the names of the people from Huaxia were rather special, they were very weird in the eyes of westerners as well.

The interior of the spaceship wasn’t very big, but it was very organized. There were rows of electronic screens that were made from material that even I, someone who had returned from the future, couldn’t tell. When the screens were booted up, the scenery outside could still be seen clearly, as if it was seen with the naked eye. There wasn’t any different at all.

The other screens showed the picture of a position and some text. Lyles walked in front of a machine like a computer, and reached out his hand to type a row of commands on the input device. After around five minutes, he took out a small disk similar to a CD, then said to Kirk, “Kirk, you’re in charge of translating this information into the language of this planet.”

Kirk immediately nodded, received the disk, then started busying himself.

“You can translate it into the text from our country?” I asked in surprise.

“Of course, I already sent out a harvesting satellite that can instantly gather this planet’s cultural history, technological level, etc. Furthermore, our satellite can directly read information from your computers, without needing any medium or admin authorization!” said Lyles.

“Then how do you feel about our current technological level?” I asked in curiosity. A person’s curiosity was intense, even if I knew that we weren’t as great as them, I still needed to ask.

“Hehe, sorry, I feel like… it’s nothing. It’s like our planet… three hundred years ago!” Lyles smiled apologetically.

I shrugged, signally my understanding. Kirk came out from the workshop very quickly and handed me the disk, “Alright, I processed this disk. It can be directly plugged into the USB drive of your planet’s computers. The information inside has already been translated into the language of Huaxia!”

I received the disk and immediately thanked them. This was a treasure!

Kirk waved his hand and said, “This is what you deserve. Actually, we feel like it’s not enough to express our sincere thanks to you! You don’t know, Pre.. Lyles… His identity is very important on our planet!”



 

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Chapter 46 – Alien Lyles



I gave a call to Uncle Zhao to tell him that I would be delaying the journey to Hong Kong for a few days. He didn’t ask for the reason, since he knew that I had some sort of important business.

After I came out of the washroom, I saw Liu Yue standing at the entrance looking at me.

“Why did you come out?” I laughed dryly, as if my secret was seen through.

“I feel like you’re acting really weird today, so I came out to see if anything happened to you!” said Liu Yue.

“No, it’s just that I’m kinda annoyed with the Daxing Gang’s stuff!” The thing about aliens was a secret, I couldn’t even let the people around me know casually.

Liu Yue looked at me in confusion, as if she didn’t quite believe what I said. However, she didn’t ask anything else. This was how this woman was smart, she knew what should be asked, and what shouldn’t be.

That night, I slept with Chen Weier in my arms. Without dealing with Zhao Yanyan’s issue, I didn’t have the interest to do anything else. Chen Weier also understood me very well, so she just silently lay in my embrace.

This was my first proper sleep in recent days. I didn’t know how long it would take when I planned to go straight to Antarctica the following day, then go directly to Hong Kong after that, so I didn’t want to leave any regrets for Chen Weier. Ever since I arrived at Yanjing city, this was our first intimate contact.

“Hubby, don’t worry, I’ll take good care of Yanyan-meimei,” Chen Weier didn’t know that I was going to Antarctica, she just thought that I was going to Hong Kong to deal with the Chen family.

“En,” I nodded. “I’ll trouble you in this period of time!”

“Hubby, what trouble, this is what Weier should do! The relationship between Yanyan-meimei and I are like real sisters, taking care of my own sister is what I should do!” Chen Weier said to me softly. “What’s more, Liu Yue will also help. Ai! I just don’t know if Yanyan-meimei can forgive her, I think that Liu Yue is a very good girl deep inside, she was just impulsive that day…”

The moment she mentioned Liu Yue, my heart sank. I didn’t know how to face this girl. Whatever, I’ll stop thinking about it. I’ll leave it all until after Zhao Yanyan woke up!

Seeing that I didn’t say anything, Chen Weier also guessed what I was thinking and didn’t bring it up anymore.

“Hubby, you must be careful when you get to Hong Kong, don’t be like how you were in Songjiang last time, or else I’ll be worried! Last time, you helped me get even. You almost couldn’t come back from Liu Zhenhai’s place!” Chen Weier said worriedly.

“Hehe! Your hubby, me, isn’t just stronger than then by onefold! What’s more, Guo Qing’s there, nothing will happen!” I patted Chen Weier’s cheek and said.

The next morning, I got Du Xiaowei to help me prepare the necessary equipment I needed when I was adventuring. Although I am confident that I didn’t need these with my powers, it was better to be safe. Oh, on that note, ever since Du Xiaowei returned from City S with me, I sent him to South Africa to start a bodyguard company, which is also a mercenary company. This was because this brat was very familiar with South Africa (No ****, he nearly died there, could he not be familiar with it!). What’s more, with my powerful financial backing, this company called the Iron Blood Mercenary Group quickly became famous in the industry. One of the services of this mercenary company was providing safety and defense consulting for adventuring teams. They had had all of the leading equipment needed to go on an adventure in the South Pole.

From the looks of modern transport, it was impossible to have a plane that went to the South Pole, but this didn’t stop me. I found a place without any people and directly used my powers to enter my super power mode. Then with a teleport, I appeared near the target at the South Pole. Since the surrounding areas were all valleys of ice, it wasn’t easy at all to find an alien spaceship. However, it wasn’t too difficult to me. I used my superpowers and sent out a brain wave encoded with the same space code as the one Fatty Wu showed me, essentially saying that I was an intelligent lifeform from this planet, and had arrived after receiving the request for help.

Not long later, I got a reply. The other side replied back with an encoded message using my brain wave, telling me of their exact location. It turned out that they were actually in a small ice valley less than a kilometer in front of me.

Since there weren’t any bystanders here, I didn’t need to hide anything, so I directly teleported and arrived at the bottom of that ice valley where I saw the spaceship from a foreign galaxy on a hill of ice.

This spaceship was very similar to the legendary UFO, it was in a disk shape. The size of it wasn’t too big, it was slightly larger than a helicopter. When I got closer, a small door opened from the smooth surface of the disc, from which an elder who looked exactly the same as a human walked out. The only different was that he was wearing some sort of radio headset on his head.

“Hello, are you a lifeform of this planet?” An encrypted electromagnetic wave was sent directly to my brain.

“Yes, I came here after receiving your signal for help!” I replied.

An expression of disbelief immediately appeared on the elder’s face as he said, “I didn’t think that the people from your planet actually have such powerful spiritual energy, you can directly use brain waves to communicate with us without any equipment!”

I smiled without denying or explaining anything. I think that outside of that old Daoist, Jiaoyazi, there probably wasn’t anyone like me! However, I had some reason for doing that. When I saw how powerful the alien technology was, I was kind of scared that they would attack Earth, so I had to show some sort of powerful strength to make them worried.

“But your technology here seems rather behind, why don’t I see any machinery here?” The alien elder asked in confusion.

I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry after hearing that, this was the South Pole! Who would drive their plane or car here if they had nothing to do! However, I think that even if we brought our most advanced spaceship here, it would seem very behind in their eyes!

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to look down on you! Every planet’s lifeforms have their own strengths. For example, your spiritual energy is something we can never achieve!” Seeing my awkward expression, the alien elder quickly explained to me.

“Hehe! No problem! This is an uninhabited zone on our planet, that’s why there is no technology here. However, our technology would definitely be very behind in your eyes,” I answered honestly.

“That’s nothing! Us, Animasians, know how to repay a favor. If you help us, I will give you all of the high-tech things from our planet!” The alien elder said with a smile.



 

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Chapter 45 – Weird Telegraph



“Yeah, this is also the reason why we, the police, still haven’t made a move on them! Although they are only an outer organization of the Situ family, their behind-the-scenes relationships are too complicated! A single move will affect a lot of thing. There are people of the Situ family’s faction in both the political world and the business world. Once they are put on the list to be targeted, I think that the Situ family will definitely not sit there and ignore it. When that happens, the pressure for us, the police, might be…” Zhong Yang sighed and said.

“Then you’re just going to let them continue down like this?” Although I had the powerful Three Rock Gang behind my back, I couldn’t help but feel disgusted by the Daxing Gang’s actions. That was because although the Three Rock Gang that Guo Qing led was a group of mobs in name, they never did anything like forcing prostitution, selling drugs, robbery or anything that harmed the civilians.

“Right now, we’re just waiting for a chance. On one hand, we’re gathering a lot of criminal evidence on the Daxing Gang, on the other hand, we’re waiting for the Situ family’s side. If the Situ family gains a competitor, we can use the time when the Situ family is busy with their opponent to take the Daxing Gang down in one go!” said Zhong Yang.

I nodded, I also understood that he was troubled. However, this chance wasn’t nonexistent; even if it was, it could still be created! It seems like the fellow who stuck a foot in when I was getting nostalgic with my first love was called something like Situ Liang, and seems to be someone from the Situ family. Fighting over a woman with me, see if I play you to death. If you’re going to blame someone, blame your family’s dog, the Daxing Gang that pissed me off!

Seeing me smile evilly, Zhong Yang asked, “Say, Liu Lei, you can’t be thinking of dealing with the Situ family, right?”

“I have that intention!” I nodded.

“Xiao Liu, I also understand some of your circumstances. Since we’re friends now, I won’t hide anything and will just be blunt! Xiao Liu, I know you have some money, but as an older brother, I want to tell you that your money is just a tiny amount compared to the Situ family’s! The Situ family’s financial ability is beyond your imagination! You know the Hurun Billionaire list, right! The richest man in China on there is just on the surface, our Huaxia has such a long history, and there are plenty of ancient families whose true wealth is unimaginable!” Zhong Yang advised.

I didn’t say anything after hearing that, perhaps their Situ family was truly that rich, but so what! No matter how much they had, it was a like a droplet in comparison to the ocean that is the profits of the Shuguang Corporation in a year, it can’t be compared at all!

However, I’ll pay them back after I deal with Chen Zelong.

As we chatted, we dragged the topic onto the army. Zhong Yang said, “Oh yeah, Old Wu, did you manage to decipher the signal you intercepted a few days ago?”

“Quite a few professionals from national security and elites from the army looked at it, but they couldn’t manage to figure it out. They suspect it’s a telegraph from enemy countries, but right now, there isn’t such a combination in the world. I think it’s either some sort of signal interference. Otherwise, it’s from aliens!” Fatty Wu’s imagination was truly great.

My interest immediately arose with the mention of aliens! That was because, in my previous life, the company I was in had helped the American government crack a lot of unknown coded telegraphs from space, contributing immensely to USA’s military, scientific, and technological development. Since I was coincidentally one of the main people in charge of this project, I did have a lot of knowledge about cracking telegraphs from space. Thus, I pretended to answer casually, “What telegraph, can I take a look?”

“Oh yeah, I completely forgot, boss, you’re a computing genius! I’ll let you have a look!” With that, he took out a printed piece of paper from his briefcase.

“I fear that isn’t too good, right? These are military secrets…” I said.

“Hai! What military secrets, those professional already finished looking at it. They said that there is no possibility of cracking it, that’s why it has no militaristic value. This is just a piece of scrap paper. I am just curious and want to see if it’s something from aliens. That’s why I didn’t throw it away!” Fatty Wu explained.

Hearing Fatty Wu’s explanation, I let out a sigh of relief. Otherwise, if it was truly some sort of national secret, not only would I have to be taken to national security, I would cause trouble for Fatty Wu as well. Fatty Wu’s words must have meant that this was identified as something useless, and thus it is out of militaristic protection.

Upon receiving the piece of paper to have a look, my expression couldn’t help but change! Fatty Wu actually guessed it right, this was an encoded signal from aliens looking for help! This sort of code was impossible to decipher with the current technology! In my original era, this sort of code was already rather widely known in a certain group of scientific workers; it was a type of very frequently used code in the universe, just like our Morse Code!

I took a deep breath and calmed down, then continued reading. On the telegraph, it claimed that they were two organisms from a planet in the Animas Galaxy. While exploring the universe, they failed their spatial jump and accidentally entered into another dimension of the universe. When they came out, they arrived on Earth. Since the fuel of the spaceship had already been used up, they were unable to go on their return voyage. There wasn’t much remaining food left either, it was only enough to last the two of them one more month. That’s why they used the barely remaining energy from the spaceship to send out a few signals requesting help, in hopes that someone on the planet would see it. I looked at the coordinates on the telegraph. ****, it’s actually the South Pole! No wonder nobody found them…

“How is it, Xiao Liu, can you understand what’s written on it?” Seeing that I was so focused on the paper, Fatty Wu quickly asked in curiosity.

“No. I just feel like these look like the sigils that daoists have drawn in the past…” Since it was a huge issue, I didn’t speak the truth. That was because with the current scientific knowledge, if the public knew about aliens coming to earth, it might cause widespread terror. More importantly, those western militaristic countries might capture the two aliens for research! This would threaten those two aliens a lot!

I memorized the coordinates on it, then returned the paper to Fatty Wu. Fatty Wu didn’t treat it as much and threw it back into his bag. From the looks of it, he didn’t have any hope of deciphering the code on it!

I continued to smile during the rest of the meal, but I started worrying about the two alien lifeforms. My response to Fatty Wu and co. become perfunctory. During the meal, I used an excuse to go to the bathroom. The journey to Hong Kong was not pressing, but the two aliens’ issue could not be dragged on!


 

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Continue reading Chapter 45 – Weird Telegraph

[Vol. 4] Chapter 8 – Lost Item



The military exercise ended and we returned to my mansion in Braham.

“I got really disappointed this time around. Isn’t that right, Lunos?”

 General Marcus who dropped down on the sofa without prior permission like always commented as such.

“True. I thought I could at least take Carlo-sama’s head but I got surprised because he ran away.”

 That guy Lunos looked at me again while smiling.
 Of course I would run away! 
 I was unarmed after all.

“A General leading an army has to calmly without losing one’s head has to view the whole picture and plan ahead.”

 Those lines I uttered kind of felt like excuses.
 But as one would expect from the loyal F, he strongly nodded.

“Having understood that I launched an attack there you lured Sir Lunos towards me, as one would expect of Carlo-sama”

 That’s right, that’s right, F understood me after all.
 I’ll raise your salary next time.

“Is that so? Though it looked like it was by chance that he was able to meet the leader while running away. Well, fine.”

 Lunos had a doubtful look in his eyes.
 What’s with those eyes?
 Do you think its okay for you who has the same status as a servant to act like this towards your employer?
 You, acting all self-important when you actually lost!
 I’ll definitely lower your salary.
 I’ll make you realise what will happen if you make light of the villain and feudal lord Carlo.

“Well, it’s all good, isn’t it? It’s been a long time since these old bones last moved around in an exercise like this”

 Old man Marcus who watched me and Lunos bicker turned his neck while seeming tired.
 At such an age a military exercise like this should have been hard on him, huh?

“Right, how about going home and resting for a- -”

 As I began to talk Marcus interrupted me.

“You might want to rest at home but I want to take my time talking and drinking liquor after such a long time”

 He grinned as he said so.
 Ah, that old man’s expression.

“Moulin Rouge, huh?”

“I see, it’s not a bad idea to have a cup after a long time”

 Hearing my words Lunos immediately agreed.
 In that aspect, we get along well.
 Well, maybe I should reconsider the thing about lowering his salary, huh?

“Well then, let’s go.”

 F who noticed what was about to happen tried to quickly retreat but he won’t get away so easily.

“F, you’ll come with us, of course. This outing will also serve as today’s reflection meeting.”

“That’s right, leader, we have to properly reflect on today’s military exercise. I want to hear more about that especially splendid strategy.”

 As Marcus said that the entrance door was vigorously opened and a loud voice was raised.

“Did you completely forget about the one who made that strategy?!”

 ―-Ah, I did have the feeling that we forgot something…….

 Looking towards the opened door there was – – the tactician, Nals.
 Oh crap, he’s extremely angry.

“Y, yo, Nals, aren’t you late? We were waiting.”

“That’s right, I looked forward to hearing your side of the story”

 As one would expect of this old man who went through many battles, he followed up on my words without hesitation.

“Ahaha, what’s that about waiting for me?! You completely forgot about me and returned!”

 It’s useless, Nals found us out.

“Wha, what are you saying. We couldn’t have forgotten you like that”

“Carlo-sama, I told you, right? I would wait in the camp for further reports”

“Oh? So it was like this? I completely misunderstood you and thought you were waiting here, I’m sorry, I’m sorry”

 Hearing my excuse Nals send me cold looks.

“Hohoh, a misunderstanding, huh? Thanks to you I was met with serious hardships. I who hates horses had to be brought back by a knight while sitting behind him.”

“Is that so? That must have been hard. But wasn’t that a good thing? That he let you ride together with him”

 Null scowled at Lunos.

“Yeah, totally. One of the knights was patrolling the north side while I was there, otherwise, I would have had to walk the whole way back alone.”

 Oops, Nals is seriously sulking.
 If I can’t improve his mood there’ll be a long way until Balhart castle can be built.
 Mmm, something good…….

“Oh right, we were planning to go out. How about you, master tactician?”

“That’s right, it’s really good. It’s my recommended shop were beautiful girls gather. How is it, master tactician?”

“I won’t go. I’m not interested in such shops”

 Marcus’ and Lunos’ invitation got bluntly rejected as well.
 That’s only natural, Nals is, similar to the me of my original world, an otaku with shut-in tendencies.
 So to say I kind of understand his feelings.
 Ah……Right!

“Wait, Nals. Come over here for a moment.”

 As I said that I pulled Nals closer to me.
 Then I secretly whispered into his ear.

“Actually, there’s a girl called Lily in that shop. I think she might be the perfect model for your next figurine.”

“Eh, really?”

 He took the bait.

“Yeah, she’s a straightforward and bright girl rarely seen in such shops, when I went there before I immediately thought she would make a great figurine model.”

“Heeh, there’s a girl like that?”

“Don’t you want to take a look even once?”

“Well, if it’s about that… … I can trust Carlo-sama. Understood, I’ll go”

 I’m relieved, he added “about that” but I was somehow able to succeed to get him to come with us.
 Let’s pray that Lily will perform well.



 

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[Vol. 4] Chapter 7 – Military Exercise VII



Lunos, while raising a battle cry, started to swing his wooden sword at me from left and right.
 I desperately try to block them.
 Mmm, this turned into a desperate situation.

“How is it? If you don’t get serious you’ll get defeated, you know?” 

 Just seeing a good-looking man such as Lunos smirking like that made me even angrier.
 That guy, he completely forgot that I’m his employer!
 Is it even possible for such an unreasonable thing to occur in a world using the feudal system?
 It’s generally strange for the villain Carlo to receive such a treatment.

 ……That’s what I thought despite fighting desperately, then at that time.

『Uwaa, it’s a surprise attaaack』

 I heard the blue army’s soldiers’ cries drifting over behind Lunos.


(PoV – F)

“- – Honourable Leader, we received a message from Carlo-sama. Their unit will soon engage in battle with the blue army.”

“Understood. Alright, from this point on we’ll leave this place and start our charge. For the opposing team not to see us we are going to sneak around the blue army’s forces and attack their flanks.”

“Finally, huh, Leader? A call to arms.”

“Umu. Don’t let anyone escape as best as you can. Charge!”

 A while later it was the cavalry unit led by F who abandoned the fort and assaulted the retreating blue army’s soldiers who tried to reach their camp.


(PoV – Carlo)

“What’s with this uproar?”

 Lunos who got distracted by the noise coming from the back took some distance from me and stopped his attack.
 Phew, I was able to take a break as well.

“Looks like they weren’t allowed to simply retreat.”

“Right, do you feel like quietly admitting defeat now?”

“No way. Rather, their sacrifice would be in vain if I don’t defeat the enemy commander”

 Lunos, why can’t you just give up?
 What should I do…….?
 That’s it, though I never tried that before but let’s try it, shall we?

 The method of increasing one’s speed and power by pouring magical power into weapons such as the Oricalcum Sword is a skill originally used by the Hero and now by me.
 However, its power varies depending on how well the weapon’s material can absorb magical power.
 In that respect Oricalcum is superior but it’s quite inefficient with common iron etc. Furthermore, one can hardly expect anything happening with a wooden sword like the one I’m using right now.

 In the novel I wrote, I created a finisher I thought about letting the villain Carlo use as a trump card when he’s fighting the Protagonist, the Hero.
 It’s to pour magic power into “one’s own body” not a weapon, thus strengthening it.
 In other words, it’s magical body remodelling (Though one’s appearance doesn’t change).
 It’s exactly what a villain, or rather a monster man would use.⌈1
 If it’s that it’ll be fine, right?

 As I didn’t practice it up until now I don’t really have any control over it but I feel like I can at least land one blow.
 Let’s go for something like “Thunder” with which F defeated me in the Sword Fighting Competition’s finals.
 Alright, first let’s charge the magical power.

“- – Fine. Lunos, I’ll go at you seriously now.”

“Finally feeling determined? I’m glad, because, although I got defeated by the leader, I wanted to make sure whether I ‘m the third or second.”⌈2

“Take care, even though it’s just a wooden sword you’ll get hurt if you get hit”

“For Carlo-sama to look that serious, I’m looking forward to it. Please don’t hold back”

 ……Phew, I was somehow able to gain some time with that exchange.
 I can’t afford to charge my magical power while he attacks me with the same vigour as some time ago after all.
 But causing such a delay isn’t much of a problem as I’m a villain.

 I threw away my wooden shield which I held in one hand and raised the wooden sword I held in the other.
 I had Satsuma’s Jigen-ryu’s saying “There is no need for a second blow” in mind.⌈3
 Swinging one’s sword without considering the opponent’s counter attack, bringing certain death, it’s a “One-hit-kill” technique.
 When I read it in a book I thought about wanting to use it someday because it is cool.

“……Lunos, here I go”
“Did you throw away your shield because you think you don’t have to defend? Fine, I’ll keep you company.”

 Lunos and I faced each other on top of our horses.
 We looked at each other and judged each other’s breathing.

 ――Now.

 As White King started to run I released all the magic power I loaded in my body at once and swung my sword as we pass each other.

“Kieeeeei!”

 As I raised a shout filled with my fighting spirit I swung my sword down on Lunos.
 Lunos wasn’t able to wield his sword as it was too fast and powerful but he was somehow able to block it with his shield.

 This result.
 My sword which should bring certain death and was blocked by Lunos’ shield – – splendidly broke.
 What’s more, it got smashed into smithereens.

 
 Well, that’s obvious, it’s only a wooden sword so it’s natural for it to break.
Though I broke Lunos’ wooden shield at the same time but I’m the one with just the wooden sword’s handle left in my hand.

“My, that was an amazing strike. This Lunos admired it. So, what do you plan to do now?”

 At first, he was dumbfounded by this excessive force but after Lunos turned his horse and saw my situation he smirked again.
 Well, it turned out like this.
 As I threw away my shield I’m now empty-handed, Lunos, on the other hand, still had his wooden sword in his right.
 This isn’t even a match anymore!

“That’s……Escape”

 I gave White King the signal to run and like this, I started to run away.
 I’m worried that I’m just villain-like in that aspect.
 Though it would be a problem to just leave the soldiers and escape but it’s better than a general getting killed.

“To run away at the last moment. Please wait!”

 Though Lunos followed me if it’s White King I’ll somehow be able to escape.
 As I thought this a familiar figure appeared in front of me.

“Carlo-sama!”

 Ooh, isn’t that F?
 A present sent from heaven.
 F who assaulted the opponents back as per Nals’ strategy seems to have come over while worrying about me.
 Honestly, I’m saved.

“F, Lunos’ opponent!”

“My pleasure”

 Then.

“For the leader to come from the rear, you sure are careful. I give up, I don’t have the confidence in winning against the leader without a shield.”

 Lunos plainly surrendered to F which ended the fight and secured a big victory for our red army.
 Many of the blue army’s soldiers who wanted to retreat were killed by the action of F’s cavalry unit and old man Marcus recognised his defeat obediently as we surrounded their camp.

“We wonー!”

『Ooooh!』

 With the red army’s shouts of victory the military exercise safely came to an end.
 Good grief, like this the military reform should advance more smoothly as well.

“Marcus, F, Lunos, shall we return?”

“””Yes”””

 Like this, we returned to Braham.

 ――Hm?
 I feel like we forgot something……Oh well, whatever!



 


  1. Kaijin. A humanoid Kaiju like those from power rangers for example 
  2. Best swordsman 
  3. For the ones interested: Jigen-ryu 

Chapter 209 – Erstarren Pearl

 


The starlight was dim, and the moon was hiding behind a black cloud, so only a little moonlight was leaking out. Looking down from the high altitude, the Celestial City was brightly lit and resembled the residential area of immortals.

Xiao Chen was as quick as the divine light, he had already broke away from everyone’s line of sight a long time ago as he continued to rise higher into the sky. He was getting further away from the earth and rose even higher, until he soared above the clouds.

While hiding in the clouds, he calmly adjusted his breathing for a moment. Then Xiao Chen began to ponder in silence, did he successfully escape from the city?

Draco once said, so long as he left the city, the tiger duo would immediately make their moves. Xiao Chen was not very convinced; the Celestial City was so big, and the sky so vast, even for the tiger clan, there’s no way they’d possess a divine ability so powerful that it was capable of sealing the four sides right?

Xiao Chen stood atop the clouds with a beauty that seemed to have come out of a painting in his arms. He looked at the clear bright moon and began to go through hundreds of simulations; how could he escape from this place safely?

Under the bright moonlight, Fairsnow’s lily-white skin was flickering with a crystal clear luster, as if she was an artwork carved out of jade. No words could do her beauty justice.

However, at this moment, this beauty of peerless elegance seemed like nothing more than a puppet in Xiao Chen’s eyes. She was completely neglected by Xiao Chen. The person in question had a sharp glint in his eyes as he was gazing at the starry sky while thinking deeply.

“Xiao Chen, let go of me and I’ll help you obtain a chance at survival…” Fairsnow had a sweet breath, and her tone was gentle. There wasn’t the slightest hint of panic even though she was taken hostage. On the contrary, she was incomparably calm and easygoing.

“I bet you just want to save yourself.” Xiao Chen tightened his arm around Fairsnow’s limber waist, then he sneered, “We were originally in wedding festivities, but now you and I are standing atop the clouds. Although it is a little unconventional, the moon and the stars shine upon us, the hazy night scene, I guess this could also be considered romantic. As a matter of fact, there is this delicate feeling.”

“You want to kill me?” Fairsnow glanced back at Xiao Chen.

“Why talk like that. You are such an outstanding beauty, how could I have the heart to kill you.” The corners of Xiao Chen’s mouth curved up. He had a very splendid smile and his snow-white teeth flickered under the illumination of the moonlight. However, his eyes were not smiling the least bit.

“Because you know it yourself, that you won’t be able to escape!”

“Nonsense, the world is so big, who can stop me from leaving?”

“The tiger duo had already left a soul imprint in your body. Regardless of how big the world is, they will be able to find you no matter where you run?” Fairsnow very calmly declared something that made Xiao Chen feel fearful.

“How could that be?”

Fairsnow smiled sweetly and overshadowed the splendor of the starlight. Her lily-white face transmitted a peculiar charm as she said, “I can tell you how to break the spell, but you need to leave me alive.” It seemed like a compromise, then again, it was like an exchange. However, Xiao Chen was very wary of her. This girl was a clever schemer, it was hard to believe her.

“How can I trust you?”

Fairsnow smiled lightly, her red lips were exceptionally enticing. She opened her cherry-colored lips slightly, and said, “The only question now should be, can I trust you to let me off? I should be more worried on whether you will truly let me go. You have the upper hand, there’s no need to worry.”

Xiao Chen revealed a smile, then he nodded and said, “Alright, please talk.”

“Try to concentrate. There should be a strand of dense white fog in your sea of consciousness.”

Xiao Chen focused his attention and sure enough, he did find an anomaly. Thus, he nodded and said, “That’s right.”

“This is it, that’s the special trick of the tiger clan; by attaching the soul imprint inside your body, even if you run to the ends of the earth, they will still be able to find you. In order to break the constraint, you need to have enough power, otherwise it is impossible to dispel it. Outsiders won’t be able to provide any help in this regard. Obviously, you are not as strong as the tiger duo yet. However, there’s still another method. That is, to use a divine pearl to seal that strand of soul imprint, making it so that the tiger woman is unable to detect its presence. And I just so happen to have this kind of precious pearl with me, it is known as Erstarren. Not only can it seal the fluctuations of the soul imprint, it can also allow you to avoid detection from a powerful expert. It can provide you a chance to escape from a dangerous situation.”

“Seems like you’re fully prepared.”

Fairsnow said calmly and earnestly, “Because I want to live, I know that once you are in danger, you will kill me without hesitation.”

In the dead of night, within the Fair family’s mansion, all the guests had already left. However, nobody in the Fair family was able to fall asleep. Just at this very moment, few old men suddenly opened their eyes. They had detected Xiao Chen’s presence.

“Swish! Swish!”

Few figures flew out, with Xiao Chen in the center of their formation.

“Don’t act rashly, I forgot a few things here.” Xiao Chen pressed the longsword against Fairsnow’s neck as he said to the few elders, “I know you guys are powerful enough to seal an entire domain, but I’ll let you know that, I have a really sharp spiritual sense. If I feel even the slightest energy fluctuation, I will immediately swing the sword to behead Fairsnow!”

Without any sound, the elders slowly moved back.

Xiao Chen left an afterimage in the sky and instantly charged into Fairsnow’s chamber.

“This brat really should be put to death by a thousand cuts!”

“Just let him go wild for a little longer.”

“He will be in a world of pain sooner or later!”

The younger generation was very furious, but they were also helpless.

Within Fairsnow’s chamber, a sweet scent drifted in the air. It was like the scent of orchids. However, the interior chamber was pitch-black. Xiao Chen walked into the chamber with Fairsnow in custody, but he stopped in an instant. That was because there was a person standing in the darkness.

“You guys are here, I have been waiting for a long time.”

It was actually Fairsky. His eyes were filled with helplessness, and there was also a hint of sadness. He looked at Xiao Chen quietly and said, “I knew my sister would definitely bring you here to take the Erstarren Pearl.”

As he finished his words, Fairsky spread out his palm, and the pearl in his palm gave off a gentle radiance that made his palm almost transparent in contrast.

Xiao Chen remained silent. After all, Fairsky was one of his friends in this city. As for how deep their friendship went there’s not much to say.

He directly walked over and passed the pearl to Xiao Chen, then he said, “With this, the tiger clan will not be able to track you down anymore. I hope that you will not harm my sister.” Speaking until here, Fairsky turned around and spoke with his back facing Xiao Chen, “No matter what happens in the future, I will always remember I once had a friend like you.”

“I will also re—” Before he could finish his words, Xiao Chen suddenly jumped back as a bloody light was launched from the front. Fairsky actually used a longsword to pierce through his rib cartilage in order to stab Xiao Chen. With such a cover up, and the fact that there’s no energy fluctuation, it was truly a very savage move.

“Swish!”

With a flash of the longsword, Xiao Chen left a bloody scar on Fairsnow’s neck. That immediately caused the elders who were about to make their move from the shadows to stay their hands.

“I told you, I have an exceptional spiritual sense, you guys shouldn’t rashly use your divine abilities, as that will only speed up Fairsnow’s death. Fairsky, you are pretty good, I couldn’t even tell you were acting. In the end, this kind of thing still happened…” Xiao Chen put away the Erstarren Pearl, detained Fairsnow, and instantly flew towards the distant sky.

“ROAR!!!”

A world-shaking tiger roar pierced through the vast skies as an extremely powerful energy fluctuation pressed in from ahead. And from the back, another prolonged roar reverberated as an expert was cutting through the air.

“Why do they have to appear with such a timing? It’s as if they were waiting for me!” Xiao Chen’s expression changed as he seized Fairsnow and dived towards the ground. He rushed into the complicated living area like the flickering light and passing shadows.

Just when he got hold of the Erstarren Pearl, the tiger duo appeared. Their figures were as quick as lightning. They appeared in the sky of the Fair family’s mansion in what seemed like an instant.

“Why did it suddenly disappear?” The tiger woman had a fierce nature as she was sweeping her cold eyes all over from the sky. The other old man looked to be around sixty to seventy years old. His eyes were also glistening as they let out sparks in the night sky.

“Xiao Chen got his hands on the Erstarren Pearl, he can seal your soul imprint. Making it so that you are unable to detect his presence.” After Fairsky tended to his wound, he could already move unhindered. He looked up at the two powerful experts in the sky and continued, “However, we modified the Erstarren Pearl a little, our Fair family can still find him, you guys don’t panic, he will not be able to get away.”

Wordlessly, four experts of the Fair family appeared in the sky.

“Heh-heh, good, then we will follow the previously agreed plan. We already know what to do. That damned Draco. If not because he was hindering us, it wouldn’t have led to this. However, he already said it. Xiao Chen’s life and death is no longer related to him. He felt that it was pointless to play with you guys anymore.”

“That son of a b—!” The lord of the Fair family, Faircloud, let out a curse.

They dispatched troops all over as the Fair family didn’t want to alarm Xiao Chen. However, they planned to surround him. This night was definitely going to be a stormy night. Many big clans were watching this event closely. In regards to them, the good show was just beginning.

In the commoner’s living area, Xiao Chen pointed the longsword at Fairsnow and asked, “Why is it that your family can track our whereabouts? Did you guys do something to the Erstarren Pearl?”

The blood leaked down from her snow-white neck once more as Fairsnow explained calmly, “Concentrate your power and infuse it into the Erstarren Pearl to crush the light ball within. That can sever the linkage to foreign forces.”

Xiao Chen acted in accordance to her words, but in that very instant, his power flowed towards the Erstarren Pearl like a torrential river, it was impossible to stop. It was as if there was a black hole frantically swallowing his power. Xiao Chen was sealed on the spot like a clay figure.

Fairsnow did not hesitate, she broke free from Xiao Chen’s control like flickering light and shadow.

“Hmph! The Erstarren Peal has much more functions than that, wait till your power dries up, I will let you taste all kinds of torture!” Fairsnow wiped the bloodstain on her neck and the expression on her beautiful face was as cold as ice. The glints in her eyes were even colder.

“Hmph!” Xiao Chen let out a cold snort and shook off the Erstarren Pearl directly.

“How is this possible, what kind of secret arts are you practicing?” Fairsnow was very shocked as she quickly fell back. However, she was not worried, because the expert from her family had already arrived. An elder was standing guard in front of her.

“I can even refine a vicious dragon, what can an insignificant pearl amount to.”

Fairsnow let out a melodious laugh and said, “The most important point is, it was able to buy me some time. Xiao Chen, this is the end of the line!”

“Fairsnow, you are really scary indeed. You are too calculative!” Xiao Chen did not panic at all. Since things had already escalated to this point, there’s no point regretting it.

Fairsnow said with a calm, yet cold tone, “You are a rare talent, if not because you have offended the tiger clan, I could still make use of you, such a pity……”

“Haha…” Xiao Chen laughed out loud and continued, “Looks like you are going to kill your husband tonight, are you not afraid that people would talk behind your back?”

Fairsnow did not get angry, her figure was as fuzzy as a celestial being standing high in the clouds. She answered calmly, “I originally wanted to let the tiger clan take you down. However, I feel that you are more and more scary the more time I spend with you. I must see you die with my own eyes, otherwise… with your talent, your name might really shake the whole world a few dozen years from now. I don’t want that kind of thing to happen. Even more so, I don’t want to let those senseless people say I don’t have good insight.”

The four elders from the Fair family had arrived. They’d already trapped Xiao Chen from four directions, it was practically impossible to escape.

Loud laughter transmitted over as the tiger duo flew over from the sky. The old woman said with a fierce tone, “Although we are unable to catch that little thing, it should be enough even if we offer you as sacrifice to the White Tiger!”

“What about you guys?” Xiao Chen snorted coldly, “To make a move against a younger generation like me with your seniority, have you no shame? The name of the tiger clan is famous in the Middle Earth, having two people like you in the clan is such a loss of face.”

The tiger woman immediately became hostile as she said with a sinister tone, “Brat, don’t try to flaunt. The tiger clan always handle matters like this, who dares to talk back?!”

“I see, so the shamelessness already became some kind of tradition!” Xiao Chen was brimming with disdain.

To be despised and humiliated by a younger generation, the tiger duo immediately wanted to put an end to Xiao Chen’s life.

“And you guys from the Fair family, you guys are such a hypocritical family. In order to fight for fame, you guys brought about such a huge joke. Hey, the news that your pearl of the South killed her husband will definitely be spread all over the Southern Wasteland. The other major clans are waiting to see you make a fool of yourselves.”

Upon hearing this, Faircloud said coldly, “Xiao Chen, stop trying to flaunt to us with your words. Do you think your fate will change if you humiliate us?”

Xiao Chen laughed unrestrained, “I am fully aware of my situation, but I am not afraid of death! What a pity though, that I cannot cut you guys down with my sword. It feels somewhat regretful.”

The tiger woman and many people from the Fair family shouted loudly in succession.

“On what basis do you dare to spout such nonsense?”

“You only just broke into the Historia realm not long ago. You want to kill us? Try again in your next life.”

Xiao Chen raised the longsword high into the sky. His cold voice reverberated, “If time turned back thirty years, which of you old ******** here would dare to speak to me like this?! If we were of the same generation, I could sweep across all of you with one hand!”

“Arrogant!”

“You are asking for it, brat!”

The tiger woman and the others were very resentful. However, they couldn’t help but admit, if time really turned back thirty years, it was very likely that they wouldn’t dare to make a move against Xiao Chen. This made them strengthen their resolve to exterminate Xiao Chen no matter what. They must not give this brat any chance. Otherwise, it would be very troublesome in the future.

“Haha…” Xiao Chen laughed loudly as he looked at everyone in contempt, “If you guys were thirty years younger, I could kill you like slaughtering chickens. Now, who among the younger generations could fight toe-to-toe with me?”

“What’s so special about Historia? There are also young experts as talented as you in the tiger clan.” The tiger woman stared at Xiao Chen bitterly as she said, “Enough talk, I will kill you at once!”

“Slow down, I will kill him!” Just at this time, a youngster shouted from beyond the group of people. He walked over with large strides, faced Xiao Chen coldly, and said, “I am the youth generation of the Middle Earth’s tiger clan, named Eurus. As you wished-for. You will be killed by the same generation!”

“Swish!”

The sword-qi rushed forth, over hundred rays of light fell towards the earth like shooting stars. The dazzling rays of light fell from all directions and submerged Xiao Chen’s location in a flash.

Everyone was exceptionally shocked. A young expert like this actually showed up, perhaps he might be close to, or had already broken into the Historia realm.

However, before everyone have had the chance to exclaim in admiration, a shocking change already took place. Xiao Chen went against the hundreds of sword-qi, and all the swords were smelted without exception, unable to harm his body. And his longsword was unstoppable! The sword left a streak of light as it slashed through the hundreds of sword-qi. Soon after, blood gushed towards the sky as a head went flying away.

Eurus’ headless corpse stood there for a moment before it fell into a pool of blood. The fresh blood was gushing out like a fountain.

All of this happened too fast and it was carried out efficiently. People were practically unable to believe a youth with unlimited potential would get beheaded by Xiao Chen just when he made his move!

“I already said it, if time turns back for thirty years, all of you are nothing more than chickens, unable to withstand even a single blow!” Xiao Chen stood unmoving as his long hair was brushed by the wind. However, his heart was very calm as he fixed his eyes on everyone, with his longsword raised.

“Eurus!!!” The tiger woman shouted loudly. She didn’t expect that a potential expert among their clan’s youth generation would get killed just like this. She didn’t even have time to save him. She was not of the direct line of the tiger clan, she was just an old slave. Now, a direct descendent of the tiger clan is dead, all the blame will fall onto her. And in addition to the tragic death of the White Tiger, she really hated Xiao Chen bitterly.

The tiger servant also had a pair of incomparably cold eyes as he said, “We cannot leave this child alive! He has actually grasped a divine ability already. If I did not guess wrongly, that just now was Weapon Fusion, a rare divine ability that can smelt everything provided one have enough power!”

The people from the Fair family looked at Xiao Chen with vigilance. Many of them were having seconds thoughts, it was truly a loss for them that they were unable to pull him into the family. He just broke into the Historia realm, yet he had already grasped such a formidable divine ability. He was truly talented in the path of austerities.

Perhaps his name could really shake the whole world a few dozen years from now. The more they thought about this possibility, the more these people hardened their resolve to eliminate Xiao Chen at once. No accident was to be permitted!

At a distant place, experts from various major clans were watching from the sidelines quietly.



 

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Chapter 208 – Wedding Night



The three storied building was remarkably beautiful and gorgeous. The base was made out of precious stones, and the window frames were made of red sandalwood, set with agate stones glistening in the background, the fragrance of lavender penetrated deeply into the heart. Although the small building was not grand, it was extremely refined and had rich aestheticism.

The rowdy crowd was not willing to break up, they kept pushing Xiao Chen towards the second floor and pushed open the amethyst door. The crystal lamps embellished the bridal chamber with a gentle light. The warm radiance was rippling with a comforting vibe. However, all of these were only the outer appearance, the few person at the heart of this incident had a substantially different mood.

Fairsnow was wearing a wedding dress that resembled a fiery cloud. She was sitting in front of the bed calmly, with two servant girls on her left and right respectively. The pearl head chain hanging down from her head remained motionless. That was the proof that she was very calm, and did not feel nervous in the slightest.

That’s right, in her eyes, the wedding was only a formality. Xiao Chen was absolutely not a good fit for her. Her heart had already flown out of the Southern Wasteland and drifted towards the Northern land. The boundless Middle Earth, it was home to countless illustrious heroes that one could sing or cry about. She didn’t want to confine herself to the small Southern Wasteland…… Xiao Chen didn’t have any background, how could he compare to a sovereign who ruled over the whole world, how could he compare to the ancient aristocratic families with a millennium of history? Fairsnow was a girl who couldn’t be satisfied by an ordinary life. She wanted to dedicate herself to a great power that could sweep across the whole world. She didn’t want to remain a nobody, she wanted to become a celebrated figure.

She felt that she was living in a completely different world compared to those ordinary girls who desired for glory and splendor. She felt that her own choice was not at all outrageous, all because she was comparatively calmer and more realistic. Standing on top of a “huge mountain” would get her a little closer to the “high sky”. She wanted to begin from a high starting point and not to start climbing from the foot of the mountain.

Xiao Chen had already lost the support of the Dragon Kings, there was nothing much he could provide for her. Fairsnow had already sentenced him to the death penalty in her heart; Xiao Chen must not survive after the wedding, all traces of the wedding ceremony needed to be erased.

After opening the door, Xiao Chen walked in with a faint smile. Behind him was the rowdy crowd who kept shouting how they wanted to disturb the privacy of the bridal room from the doorway, so much so that even some of them had charged in without restraint.

“Lift the veil!”

“Carry the bride in your arms!”

Since it had already come to this, Xiao Chen was very calm and unperturbed. What was there to be afraid of this late in the stage? The one who should be worried was the Fair family! After lifting the veil, what was exposed, was a devilishly charming face. Fairsnow had fair skin and was as beautiful as a goddess. She was beautiful to the point where people felt dizzy just looking at her. Many of the youngsters who wanted to disturb the privacy of the bridal room felt that they had talked too much. The noise completely subsided in but an instant as everyone stared blankly.

“Such a pity!” A soft whisper transmitted a sentence from who knew where, “If possible, even if I know it will be certain death, I am still willing to switch this one night with Xiao Chen.”

It was as if everyone had been roused up from their dream. While they were sighing with sorrow, they all shook their heads and began to create a disturbance again. They knew Xiao Chen wouldn’t have the pleasure to enjoy this kind of beautiful girl. The Fair family definitely wouldn’t let this wedding become a reality.

“Exchange cups!”

“Bite the apple!”

Fairsnow finally couldn’t maintain her calm demeanor anymore. She didn’t know why her family had yet to get in touch with the tiger woman and allowed Xiao Chen to live until now. Moreover, why didn’t they put a stop to these people, how could they allow these people to come and disturb the privacy of the bridal room?

She stared at Xiao Chen coldly. She didn’t have any affection in her beautiful eyes. Her gaze was brimming with criticism.

“You guys are too excessive…” Xiao Chen laughed as he rejected everyone’s suggestion. Since he had already let it go, then what else was there to be scared of? The glimpse of divine light in his eyes that could be seen occasionally indicated he was very calm and cool-headed at the moment.

Xiao Chen ignored Fairsnow’s criticising gaze and reached out his hand to lift Fairsnow’s chin. He borrowed the words from the predecessor to praise her beauty.

Xiao Chen did not feel flustered due to Fairsnow’s otherworldly beauty as he asked in an indifferent tone, “What do you think? Isn’t my newlywed wife pretty?”

The crowd was feeling envious, yet endlessly confused as they yelled in succession:

“Of course! She is a goddess after all, one of the pearls of the South.”

“Her beauty is comparable to the higher beings.”

“More superior than the fairies of mythology.”

“She’s like a fairy that has descended to the mundane world.”

Everyone had a somewhat dazzled expression. Despite the fact that they came here to cause disturbance, the greater part of these compliments were sincere.

That old man who was always following Xiao Chen felt very anxious. There were actually two people beside him with uncharted power blocking his path, making it so that he was unable to target Xiao Chen.

Damn it! He cursed in his heart. Although this two were hiding their real visage by means of a secret art, he could instinctively feel that they were not young anymore. At the very least, they should be around fifty to sixty years old. Why was someone their age coming to the bridal room to cause disturbance? They were obviously here to stop him.

The old man from the Fair family was gnashing his teeth in anger. He knew this must definitely be the dirty tricks of the other major clans. But even so, there was nothing he could do at the moment. The two’s power were so profound that it was somewhat exaggerating. He was completely locked into place from the left and right, making it so that he was unable to budge an inch.

And just at this time, how could Xiao Chen let this chance slip by. Although he didn’t know there were people blocking that old man from the Fair family, he could feel that the aura that was locking on to him had vanished gradually. This opportunity couldn’t be missed, and thus, he immediately grabbed Fairsnow’s lily-white hand with great force and said with a smile, “From now on, we are husband and wife, may our two hearts beat as one.”

Hearing this, everyone shouted in succession, “Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!”

Although Fairsnow was wearing a faint smile even under such a circumstance, Xiao Chen was still able to catch that chilly glint in her pair of beautiful eyes. There were hints of killing intent, anger, and contempt.

Xiao Chen smiled. Since he was already in a dilemma, he was able to let it all out. What could be worse than death? Once the tiger woman came, he would be doomed, but now, he could completely let it all out.

One of his hands firmly grabbed onto Fairsnow’s lily-white hand, the other one supporting Fairsnow’s chin as he said, “Kissing her is not out of the question, but letting you guys see it is too indecent.” While saying this, Xiao Chen moved his palm and lightly brushed Fairsnow’s cheek. After that, he carefully separated his palm from her cheek while pulling a strand of hair before her eyes.

If they were really husband and wife, then this action should be intimate and comforting. However, the relationship of the newlyweds could even be said to be very subtle. There were hints of blazing anger in Fairsnow’s eyes. This was as if Xiao Chen was assailing her with obscenities, but very quickly, she calmed down and smiled sweetly.

Xiao Chen felt a chill in his heart. This girl was very scary indeed, for she was still able to maintain her calmness even now.

“That won’t work, you must kiss!”

“Exchange ceremony cups!”

Everyone wished for the whole world to be in chaos and shouted in continuous succession. It was rare for the pranks to get this out of hand.

Xiao Chen laughed out loud and said, “What’s that? It’s just a kiss, there’s still something more exciting. How about we start a new tradition instead? Let’s go outside, where there’s more space, we will put on a show for you to see!”

Speaking until here, a powerful force flowed from Xiao Chen’s palm into Fairsnow’s body. She was unable to resist at all with her power. Xiao Chen pushed the windows open, pulled Fairsnow along and flew towards the night sky. His first priority was to get away from the Fair family’s mansion. With a hostage by his side, they probably wouldn’t dare to make a move.

The crowd was very shocked and was immediately startled awake. They knew Xiao Chen was going to take action now. The crowd started to shout one after another and rushed out of the elaborate building immediately afterwards, then they jumped onto the roof. Everyone’s main purpose for coming tonight was to watch a play, the good show had only just begun.

The old man from the Fair family that was in charge of locking Xiao Chen in place was so furious that his intestines were turning green. This reckless Xiao Chen was really too audacious! He actually dared to do this! In fact, since Xiao Chen had detained Fairsnow, even if he was able to make a move, he had to be careful. What’s even more irritating was that, the two warriors from unknown major clans were still detaining him, giving him no chance to make a move.

Xiao Chen did not attempt to escape via the sky, he seemed to be very easy-going as he pulled Fairsnow and stood calmly in the empty sky. It’s not that he didn’t want to run away, but rather the Fair family’s security was too tight. In the skies to the east, west, south, and north, there were actually old men standing guard in each respective location.

If he could get away, he could hide for a period of time, provided how big the Celestial City was. It was not impossible for him to get out of this alive.

Slowly descending from the sky, Xiao Chen grabbed Fairsnow’s slender waist and said towards everyone, “Ladies and gentlemen, you guys should have watched enough already, how about sending us husband and wife off?”

Fairsnow did not attempt to struggle and allowed Xiao Chen to embrace her easily. She didn’t have any hint of fear in her eyes.

Everyone jumped down from the buildings one after another. They knew Xiao Chen was about to lay his cards on the table. He was currently making preparations to completely break free from here, there would only be one conclusion for him if he waited at this place; the tiger duo would surely kill him. However, everyone also felt apprehensive. This Xiao Chen was really so daring, he actually dared to kidnap the precious daughter of the Fair family.

“It seems like my ending is already set in the stone. Regardless of what I do, is there anything worse than death?” Xiao Chen laughed out loud and shouted towards the old men in the four directions, “If you guys want to kill me, go ahead and do it, but let me remind you, with my power, it is easy for me to pull your family’s precious jewel along before death.”

“Xiao Chen, you… My Fair family is treating you so kindly, and even betrothed the most beautiful girl in the Southern Wasteland to you, how can you be so undiscriminating and bite the hands that feed you? Why are you doing this?” A middle-aged man from the Fair family shouted loudly.

“Hmph! I’m not inclined to explain myself to you. There’s no need for me to waste my time explaining, everyone here should have a rough idea of what’s really going on. If you guys from the Fair family continue to feign ignorance, then you guys are totally insulting my intelligence. Get out of the way, if you don’t want Fairsnow to get hurt, make way for me!” Xiao Chen’s disordered hair was brushed by the wind. The murderous aura he emitted made the surrounding flowers wither as the petals fell and fluttered like butterflies.

That old man of the Fair family finally regained his freedom. The two experts who locked onto him had already disappeared among the crowd in that very instant. However, even if he had regained his freedom, it was already too late.

For a wedding reception to cause this much commotion, the Fair family’s mansion immediately blew up with a cauldron of voices. Everyone left the room in succession and rushed over here.

Everyone couldn’t help but admire him. This Xiao Chen boy was really wild and decisive. He actually dared to make his move under this kind of occasion. Moreover, he successfully pulled it off even with an expert nearby.

“Xiao Chen, how can you do this?” The lord of the Fair family, Faircloud, asked with a cold voice.

“I want to keep on living. Get out of the way, I don’t want to talk nonsense!” With a wave of his hand, the longsword of a practitioner at the side flew towards his hand. He replaced his palm that was pressing against Fairsnow’s lily-white neck with the ice-cold sword.

“Let him go!” Faircloud was also very straightforward.

Without turning around, Xiao Chen led Fairsnow towards the foot of the wall rather than the main entrance. The divine light flashed with a slash of the longsword and destroyed the tall backyard wall with a loud rumble.

As such, Xiao Chen directly walked out from the Fair family’s premises like this. His keen spiritual sense was raised to the utmost limit; everything within a radius of a hundred meters were clearly charted in his mind.

It was impossible to continue the wedding after this unforeseen event. Everyone originally came to watch a show anyway, but this show was too blunt and far from intense enough.

Everyone followed Xiao Chen’s footsteps and chased after him altogether towards the main street.

Xiao Chen unfolded the Undying Divine Wings and directly soared into the sky, but was soon forced to descend from the sky.

“You want to get away from the Celestial City? Hmph! Then you have to let Snowy go first. If you really want to kill her, I dare you to give it a try!” The voice of the elderly was very cold. It made people unable to harbor any suspicions in his words. The Fair family couldn’t allow Xiao Chen to get out of the Celestial City.

“What is there not to dare? If you want me to kill, then I’ll do it!” Xiao Chen was very decisive. Without showing any mercy, he pressed the longsword in his hand against Fairsnow’s neck. The blood gushed out right away as a cut wound appeared on her neck.

“Hmph!” The face of the old man in the sky changed immediately as he said in a cold voice, “Pretty good! If you really became my Fair family’s son-in-law, that would be really great indeed, such a pity…”

Xiao Chen flipped his hands. Fairsnow’s neck had stopped bleeding. Without so much as a single word, he transformed into a streak of divine light as he soared into the sky.



 

[Vol. 4] Chapter 6 – Military Exercise VI



“Then, shall we start? All units, charge!”

 As Lunos uttered these words the blue army started its charge.

 Each unit was led by a knight, the foot soldiers charged and the archers advanced while shooting arrows.

(PoV – Carlo)

“Here they come, use the Echelon formation!”⌈1

 As Nals told me I ordered them to take a diagonal formation with the hill on the right-hand side in front and the forest on the left-hand side behind them.
 The well-trained foot soldiers were immediately able to form a diagonal line while the ones at the front raised their shields to protect the spear wielders behind them.

“Archers, nock your arrows! After having attracted enough of them shoot!”

 The archers nocked their arrows at once and waited for instructions in a posture ready to shoot at any time.

“Alright, shoot!”

 At my command, 100 archers poured their arrows down on the closest enemies.
 It seems like they were able to splash paint on some soldiers with that single volley.
 I hear the frustrated voices of the other party.
 On the other hand, thanks to patiently waiting most of the arrows could be blocked and the damage to our infantry was just minor.


(PoV – Lunos)

“Don’t be daunted, attacking their front won’t work, attack their flanks!”

 At Lunos’ words the soldiers of the blue army turned around to attack the red army’s flank, but then they used the Echelon formation with the soldiers holding long spears in the back stabbing them instead.
 The 5 meter long spear’s effect was tremendous, not only did they splash red paint on foot soldiers one after another but also on horsemen.

“Ku, if it’s like this then……!”

 Lunos showed a sour expression as he saw his allies engaging in this hard fight, at that moment the unit which took a detour through the forest charged at them.

『Uooooo!』

『There they are, turn around and defeeend!』

 The blue army’s surprise attack corps vigorously aimed their charge at the last troop of the Echelon formation but the red army’s pike men who had not yet engaged in battle changed direction in a splendid movement as if they were awaiting them and were able to deal with them.
 Furthermore, the archers who were standing behind them were able to reduce the blue army’s assault group’s numbers.

“The surprise attack also failed, huh? Then, above all”

 Lunos shouted to his allied units.

“Whole army, retreat to the camp! Ask for further instructions from General Marcus in the camp! Retreat!”

 After he shouted this he looked towards Carlo who was giving out orders and then muttered.

“Well then, this is a precious opportunity. Please keep me company a little longer.”


(PoV – Carlo)

 Yeah, it went well.
 It was Nals who prepared for this, so of course.
 Though I was a little surprised by their surprise attack operation but the soldiers acted calmly and were able to deal with them thanks to this formation.
 If it’s continuing like this we’ll be able to win without a problem……I also had some time to think freely.

“Whole army, retreat to the camp! Ask for further instructions from General Marcus in the camp! Retreat!”

 As I heard Lunos shouted this I thought “We won this” but why is the person himself coming over here?!

 Eh? Eh?
 Why won’t you retreat?

 While I was still puzzled Lunos came over and stopped in front of me.

“Carlo-sama, I want to have a fight!”

 What is he saying?

“Wai, wait a minute, this isn’t the right place to do this”

“I don’t think it’s particularly strange for enemy commanders to engage in combat”

 As he said that he attacked with a wooden sword and shield in his hands.
 Is there no room for discussion?

 As I saw his match with F in the Sword Fighting Competition I understand Lunos’ strength all too well.
 When I had a fight with Lunos as the masked mercenary Akatsuki because of that incident with the kidnappers we only exchanged 2 to 3 blows.
 Originally it was just a farce and I immediately escaped using magic but I was able to experience his strength on my own body.
 As one would expect from the “Ex” strongest knight of Braham, he’s a powerful enemy.
 Besides, he’s a handsome guy popular with the girls so I don’t want to fight him!

 Even if I win I can’t be happy about it as his female fans will hold a grudge against me and if I lose I’ll get frustrated.
 That’s why I feel like I won’t be forgiven even if I say I didn’t want to.
 Why does this guy want to fight me that much?!

“What’s wrong? Wouldn’t it be bad if the commander gets defeated?”

 Oops, while I was thinking about such things I was nearly killed (Though it’s just paint).
 As I heard Lunos’ words I pulled myself together.

“Why are you trying so hard? This is just an exercise, right?” 

“Because it is an exercise. Wouldn’t it be a shame to let this golden opportunity slide? Ever since I saw the Sword Fighting Competition’s finals I thought about wanting to fight you once!”

 I tried to persuade him while parrying the wooden sword which was about to cut me as he said that.

“Well then how about doing that on another day? Would you obediently withdraw from this place then?”

 Lunos’ fast sword swings became faster and faster but thanks to it being a wooden sword I was barely able to block.
 I can’t use my Oricalcum sword and if I use magic the thing with Akatsuki will come out, so forgive me.

“To talk while still being able to deal with this speed, as I thought Carlo-sama isn’t an ordinary person.”

 As he said that Lunos started to attack more and more with a grin on his face.
 Even if I wanted someone to help there were just foot soldiers and archers around.
 As that was everyone’s first time seeing someone fight toe-on-toe with a knight in a one-on-one they completely forgot to chase the enemy army and just watched.
 How disappointing.

 Even if we win overall if the commander gets defeated it doesn’t feel like a complete victory, I mean, it’s not cool at all.
 Or rather doesn’t that practically mean our defeat?
 Mmm, I unexpectedly got myself in to a desperate situation――



 


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VPnA – The Prequel Volume 2 Chapter 43

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Chapter 44 – Daxing Gang’s Background



However, there was nothing he could do. Zhong Yang had already discussed the matter concerning the Daxing Gang with the police chief. The chief was troubled as well, Daxing Gang was backed by the Situ family, which was very powerful and deep. They were not something that a police department, like them, could pull up. If they were to make a move on the Daxing Gang, it would definitely get the Situ family involved.

In these few years, ever since Zhong Yang joined the police, he paid attention to the Daxing Gang, this underworld organization. Although Yangjing city’s underground did not just have the Daxing Gang, it was the gang that infuriated the people the most.

As a policeman, Zhong Yang also knew that the underworld was unkillable. Wanting to get rid of the entire underworld was an impossible mission. As a policeman, what he needed to get rid of were those underworld organizations that hurt people and went against the people.

That’s why, as long as the other gangs didn’t act too over the line, Zhong Yang would act with one eye closed. Since the people didn’t complain, the officials would not target them. Yet, ones like Daxing Gang had to be eliminated.

Hearing Zhong Yang say that, Li Dalong also felt that it was kind of troublesome. Although Daxing Gang had the Situ family as their back shield, he couldn’t truly go against the police outright. He might even lose himself by doing so.

However, just leaving like this made him lose a lot of face. Thus, he found a way, “Since Captain Zhong said it, then how could I, Li Dalong, not respect that? Brat, you got lucky today, next time… Heng heng! Let’s go!”

Just as Li Dalong was about to leave, Fatty Wu spoke up, “Where do you think this is? Do you think you can leave whenever you want?” With that, he muttered a few words quickly to the security beside him.

Hearing Fatty Wu say that, Zhong Yang’s expression changed a bit, but didn’t say anything.

Seeing the fatty beside Zhong Yang speak up, Li Dalong was a bit confused, yet he couldn’t be sure of the background of this fatty. However, he searched through his memories of the people from the police station, and the fatty doesn’t seem to be there? So, he didn’t treat him as anything. He just treated him as Zhong Yang’s friend, thus he said without any care, “Hehe, if you want to be a busybody, you have to look at your own strength. Captain Zhong didn’t say anything, so who do you count as…” However, before he finished, he found himself unable to. That was because a group of soldiers poured in through the hotel entrance and encircled Li Dalong and co., and the people encircling them were holding real guns!

“Take them back, we’ll deal with them later!” Fatty Wu said to the soldiers.

“You… You are someone from the army?” Li Dalong pointed at Fatty Wu a bit frantically.

“Now you know who I am! Hehe, but it’s too late!” Fatty Wu said.

“Even… Even if you are a person from the army, you don’t have the right to capture me, right?” Li Dalong was truly scared now. These soldiers didn’t care if you were the mob or not, if you pissed them off, they’d just outright erase you! Furthermore, you couldn’t do anything about it, since going against the People’s Liberation Army was just courting death.

“This Mr. Liu is an important guest of our army. I suspect that you threatened his personal safety, so I suspect you of military espionage. Therefore, I have the right to detain you and hand you over to the court martial. Of course, if you want to, you can sue me in the court martial!” Fatty Wu was just scaring Li Dalong. The situation wasn’t that serious at all, there was no need to go to the court martial.

However, how could Li Dalong know that much, he did see some sort of special agent movies on the television and knew about the military espionage crime, but he didn’t know what counted as that. Hearing Fatty Wu say that now, his face immediately went pale, since he knew that if he was charged with that, he wouldn’t even have to think about getting out of jail in his entire life!

Seeing Li Dalong’s frantic expression, those subordinates didn’t know what to do. They were mobs, so they really couldn’t explain themselves in the court martial! That’s why they just stood there with uncertainty.

Seeing Li Dalong’s terrified expression, Zhong Yang found it rather funny, thus he said quietly to Fatty Wu, “Fatty, it’s about enough, are you really going to capture them? If you let my old man know how much trouble you caused, wouldn’t he call your old man and complain?”

Fatty Wu didn’t actually want to do anything to Li Dalong, he just wanted to scare them since the army couldn’t randomly arrest people either. Thus, he waved his hand and said, “How about this, due to giving Zhong Yang face, I’ll leave it this time, since arresting someone in front of the police captain isn’t that right. However, you won’t be so lucky the next time I see you!”

Hearing that Fatty Wu was going to let him go, Li Dalong immediately expressed his thanks! That was truly the feeling of rising to heaven from hell. Li Dalong felt like he just walked past the door of death! He immediately thanked Fatty Wu, then dragged his lackeys and ran away.

Watching their fleeting images, I said to Fatty Wu, “Fatty, you are amazing, you’re not even scared of the underworld!”

“Hai! When have I been afraid? These people are just capable of bullying the civilians normally!” said Fatty Wu.

Zhong Yang also smiled, “Say, Old Wu, you scared that brat, Li Dalong, I originally wanted to stop you. However, once I saw his expression, I stopped myself.”

The three of us chatted happily, ordered a few dishes, then went upstairs to the room. A lot of people merely treated the scene just now as military exercise and didn’t care. In places like the capital, anti-terrorism training was very frequent, so people got used to it.

“Xiao Liu, how did you piss off Li Dalong, from the looks of it, he seems to have a grudge with you!” asked Zhong Yang.

Thus, I told him about how Chu Gao accidentally pissed off Shen-ge.

“So it’s like this!” Zhong Yang nodded. “This Daxing Gang is terrible, if it wasn’t the chief reminding me to be careful, I would have arrested them all already!”

“Zhong-ge, I heard that the Situ family is the behind-the-scenes supporter of the Daxing Gang?” I asked.



 

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Continue reading Chapter 44 – Daxing Gang’s Background

[Vol. 4] Chapter 5 – Military Exercise V



“So, shall we begin?”

 At the tactician Nals’ words, I also started to move.

“Nals won’t go?”

“I’m not good with horses. I’ll just wait here for the results.”

“Then, let’s depart. Don’t let them destroy our rows. Show them your training’s results.”

『Ooh!』

“As soon as we encounter the enemy party on our way we’ll immediately engage in battle. Show them your might!”

『Ooooh- -!』

 The farmer-soldiers’ morale was high.
 They worked diligently while doing such a hard and monotonous training.
 I fully understand how boring marching practice is as I had to do it in school.
 However, after I told them this is training for the sake of protect their own land they started to work hard without complaining for unknown reasons.
 Thanks to that their movements seemed to have significantly improved during these few months.
 Even though I say that I only heard about it as I left the training mostly to F.

 ――Considering the soldier’s speed we’ll encounter the opposing party soon, I guess.

 While recalling the location Nals showed me on the map we advanced.
 It seems like the other party was going through the forest in order to hide, otherwise they would be seen from the fort so we advanced on the border connecting the grassland and forest.
 As they were trained and the road was easy to walk on they appeared to move faster.
 Since all the foot soldiers held five metre long spears it would be rather difficult to advance through the forest.
 After a while, I saw a horseman coming over.

“Reporting, the enemy is still advancing through the forest. Their numbers are approximately 200, 1.5 kilometres ahead.”

“Did they notice our movement?”

“That does not seem to be the case.”

“Is that so? Good work. Please continue searching for enemies.”

“Yes!”

 Before long the knight took off again.
 Good, good, the highly mobile reconnaissance unit is functioning well.
 It’s advantageous to know the movement of one’s opponent.

“We should be able to encounter the opponent moving through the forest in a while. Get ready to fight as soon as I give the signal.”

 As I didn’t raise my voice while giving these orders to not get noticed I didn’t receive an answer either.
 However, looking at them nodding I knew they understood me.
 They were all well trained.
 They want to win, huh. We came this far after all.

 While I was thinking about such things and having moved forward for some time a different horseman came out of the forest.
 I raised my right hand signalling everyone to stop.

“Reporting! The enemy is very close! You will soon be able to see them.”

“Got it, then, please go and deliver this report to the fort.”

“Understood!”

 The knight rode up the hill.

“Everyone, our opponent will soon arrive. Give it your all. Get ready to fight!”

 At my command they got ready for the battle.
 The 150 foot soldiers got divided into troops of 30 standing in 3 rows with one row consisting out of 10 soldiers.
 There were five infantry troops wielding 5 metre long spears lined up next to each other and 100 archers positioned in the back.
 Like this, we waited for our opponent to arrive.
 I also held a wooden sword and shield in my hand.


(PoV – Lunos)

“Sir Lunos, I see the red army approaching from the front! It’s the enemy!”

 A knight reported to Lunos who was advancing through the forest.

“What? Let’s go immediately”

 Lunos also hurried his horse and went to look at the situation.
 He saw Carlo himself leading the soldiers at that place.

“Looks like he mostly took foot soldiers and archers with him. To appear at this place, have our movements been read?”

 Lunos didn’t expect his opponent Carlo would leave his camp unguarded.

“But what’s with those spears’ length? They won’t be able to move properly with these.”

 The adjutant who also came to look at the situation was similarly surprised.
 The spears of the foot soldiers who came together with Carlo were surely awfully long.
 Lunos who felt it would be troublesome to launch a frontal attack made a part of his soldiers circumvent the other party and attack their flank.
 He gave his adjutant 50 soldiers and ordered him to go and attack their side from the forest.

“Well, even if the other party has a strong front they still would be weak against a side attack. At the time we started to engage in battle you attack them from the side.”

“Certainly, Sir Lunos”

“Until then we’ll earn sometime somehow”

 Lunos exited the forest with the remaining soldiers.
 Carlo took his position at the front and waited.

“Carlo-sama, so it was true that you read our movements!”

“We were just following Nals’ readings, I didn’t do anything.”

“Again with the modesty. Besides, what’s with these? Those enormously long spears”

“Those are, well, you’ll understand when you fight them”

“Is that so? Please let us pass through”

“I can’t do that either. If I let you pass through here there aren’t any soldiers back there, you see”

 Carlo’s words weren’t lies.
 There was only Nals back there.

“I’ll show you what foot soldiers and archers can do even without knights”

“Fine, then shall we start soon?”

 At Carlo’s words, Lunos judged that it would be time soon for the detached unit to attack.

“Then, shall we go? All units, charge!”

『Oooooh!』

 The blue army led by the knights raised a courageous shout and started their charge.



 

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