Vol 2 Chapter 1 (1/2)
You ran away! After taking everything from me, you actually dared to run away!
Gong Hua!
No, I can’t be iht now, not at all I have to beco!
A spiritmancer, a spirit charmer, or a spirit binder… No! I obviously don’t have any other options
Gong Hua, don’t you agree?
Oh right, I had cootten You aren’t even hu a person?
Hahahaha…
—Cas
“The Danji Yate White reigns supreme in their tribe The four colors in succession are verold, and black”
West raised an eyebrohen he saw his tent flap open He then looked at the younghimself comfortable in the tent
The youth smiled and said, “What kind of expression is that? What I’ve just told you is the latest news froht after I had reported to Alfven Xi Jiang”
“I have no complaints about your report, but I do have a complaint about you If I’lass you’re holding is alsosmells like the Xialan wine from my collection!”
At that lass, and carefully sat the glass aside He then saluted West and said, “Co to report!”
West replied in an unhappy voice, “Well, aren’t you polite Speak, Yehv What is it?”
Yehv gave a smile, and said, “About what I’ve said earlier, the Danji Yate is what is co of Danya is referred to as ‘White’ It is said that he has a head of completely white hair, which does not bode well for us White serves as the base color for all Danyas’ hairs On top of that, they can have a old, and black in their hair They can range fro either one or all four of those colors Danyas with fewer colors in their hair are th is not to be underesti he is”
West nodded at the explanation and asked, “Then what do you o, gold, and black?’ ”
“Danya is divided into four great families, which are the Zhu, Dian, Jin, and Xuan Each of the four families would send so a ‘Color’ when they assume their post For example, someone from the Zhu family would just be called Vermillion”
West understood, and commented, “So these Colors are similar to the Warlords of our own country Our own four Warlords each coreat clans…”
Yehv shook his head and said, “No, for the most part, the Colors are the children of the leaders of the four families Normally, the Color is the most capable and talented child in the family If a more talented child appears, however, then the Color could be changed by White Also, only Colors who have served under White are able to succeed their family in the future”
“That is quite baffling If it’s like that, then is the social status of a Color higher than that of the fa Yehv’s explanation
“I haven’t investigated that yet,” Yehv replied, a hint of apology in his voice “Alfven Xi Jiang only asked h I’ve researched a bit of their country’s internal affairs, it’s not enough forof them”
“It doesn’t matter We don’t have time to worry about another country’s internal affairs anyways” West then continued solooh the Zangxia Gates Since then, they’ve attacked and occupied Zhong Zhen, our country’s easternmost town They’ve even crossed over the Eastern River without difficulty, and now they’ve pushed us to Dong Zhen! The ht now is to hold on toChakou City If we lose the battle here at Chakou and let them pass over the Cha River, ould lose our last line of defense The rich and prosperous Old Zhan Plains would be like a fat sheep waiting for the slaughter”
Yehv nodded in response and said, “To the north of Chakou, we have the Southern Gulf Mountains And to the south, we have the Linhai Marshes Plus, we have rivers acting as natural moats around the city on both sides Chakou is easy to defend and hard to attack However, as the city is quite soxia Gates, we have not built a th of the city walls can’t coxia Gates”
Upon those words, West growled furiously “That bastard who abandoned the Zangxia Gates deserves to have his head chopped off, a hundred times!”
“The person you’re angry at is a zong jiang, and your superior at that” Yehv lifted an eyebrowHe then s jiang anymore; the result of his court-martial will most likely be worse than death Despite that, you probably have to thank him”
West stared in surprise He didn’t understand what Yehv meant by those words
“Our Alfven Xi Jiang now has one fewer zong jiang under his co Fla so to what I’ve heard, you have a pretty good chance of rising two ranks and directly beco of the Left Division”
West’s heart thumped when he heard Yehv’s words, but he was still so xiao How can I skip xi xiaoand directly becoainst the law”
“Things are different e are at war Not tohas already especially summoned you to join ht? Only officials ranked as xi xiao and above can attend those ht just be the one to succeed the entire Racing Flaiment in the future”
Faced with Yehv’s words, West’s heart couldn’t help but race in excitei far htened his state of mind and lashed out at the other “Stop with your nonsense If we lose this battle, we’d all probably end up dead in Chakou There’s no point in talking about succeeding the Racing Flaht now!”
Hearing that, Yehv’s expression becaht This will be a difficult battle After we lost the Zangxia Gates, the troops’ h spirits, attacking and breaking our defenses with unstoppable force We are at a severe disadvantage It doesn’tuard a small treasury!”
At those words, worry appeared on the faces of both men West muttered, “We need a victory to boost our troops’ morale”
Yehv s at the present situation, that would be very difficult The ht now is to defend Chakou To steal a victory while doing that would not be simple”
“Right If we can defend it until the end, it would be our victory” West couldn’t help but feel a little dejected, though he then pulled hi the city co?”
Yehv understood what West was really trying to ask and sxia Gates has crippled the Left Division, reducing it to half its original size So thethe city are the Central and Right Divisions”
West abruptly stood up and yelled, “Even if the Left Division has been reduced to half its size, it still has around ten thousand soldiers capable of fighting Even if we are down to the last soldier, we can’t lose Chakou to the Danyas! Don’t tellhasn’t realized this?”
“Indeed, aofficers have not realized the importance of this battle,” Yehv replied honestly “Our troops have been repeatedly pushed back during this whole war Our casualty ranges around twenty-thousand soldiers, which includes around three thousand spirit from those numbers, it can be said that our losses have been disastrous so far But beside our Racing Flai the Old Zhan Plains Moreover, Qi Feng has the spiritest regiment in the country Due to that, the officials aren’t too worried”
West frowned and said, “The Danyas are stronger than e’ve expected If we let them into the Old Zhan Plains, our country would suffer extremely heavy casualties”
“To the superior officers, the Danyas are merely barbarians They don’t even have spiritmancers or spirit charmers What is there to fear?”
“Nonsense!” West yelled, alht of a Danya male is two th Not to mention, Danya’s battles techniques are far e soldier, no, even a spiritmancer wouldn’t be able to defeat one of them!”
“Alfven Xi Jiang understands at least that He’s not an inco of the Left Division has been court-martialed The Left Division is crippled and only has half its soldiers left It wouldn’t be strange for thenored However, that sort of situation wouldn’t last long Alfven Xi Jiang would never do so ten-thousand capable soldiers to use”
Hearing those words, West’s expression ihtly
“You shouldn’t worry tooxiao Even if you worry, you can’t change the current situation Just be patient and wait Alfven Xi Jiang truly looks favorably upon you In my opinion, the Left Division will be yours sooner or later”
West’s furrowed brow relaxed at Yehv’s reply He patted the other’s shoulders and said, “You’ve worked hard Thanks for the trouble I’o and spy in another division You even had to forge a good relationshi+p with Alfven Xi Jiang If it weren’t for you, I would never have been able to obtain such valuable infor xiao”
“It’s simply my duty” Yehv smiled in response “Besides, all you would lose is information if I’m not here If you weren’t here, then I would certainly be in a more otten alley, I would certainly be reduced to stealing to survive”
At those words, West couldn’t help but feel grateful to his unruly younger self When he was young, he had sneaked out to play once and got his pockets picked by a thief Losing his wallet wasn’t anything big, but his i he had received at that ti the thief, he found that it was a beggar he had passed by before on the streets The iar was only six years old
He becastock after everyone found out that his pockets had been picked by a six-year-old child So under the guise of wanting an attendant, he asked his father to bring the little beggar to him But what kind of an attendant could a six-year-old possibly becoar a lesson
But contrary to his expectations, when his fifteen year old self stared down at the six-year-old child, he found that he didn’t have the heart to raise his hand Plus, the child always addressed hi Brother that” In the end, he even sent the child to be properly trained as a spiritrown to be this big
Looking at Yehv, West couldn’t help but sigh Then he remembered he was only thirty years old How could he already be re about the past?
“You’re just like ,” Yehv said in an appreciative voice
“It’s ‘Big Brother!’” West alhed up blood when he heard the word “father”
Yehv chuckled “Alright, Big Brother it is—”
Yehv stopped halfway through his sentence and turned towards the tent flap West followed and turned in the same direction At that moment, a voice yelled out “Report” outside the tent
West wrinkled his brow and called back, “Speak!”
“Zong Xiao, someone’s here to see you His name is Zhan · Owen · Paladin He says he’s your cousin”
West was surprised andhere?”
Oas a spiritreat help in the war However, West didn’t want hiuard and hard to attack, the Danyas were attacking with relentless force Guarding Chakou would not be an easy task Even if they did round would probably turn into a river of blood in the process
The Paladin clan was already spread thin In the previous battle, several young members of the family had already died If it continued like this, then they would all certainly die off
Looking at West’s expression, Yehv i He quickly said, “To be able to cli, help froh the situation is dangerous at the moment, it is exactly this sort of situation in which soldiers can climb ranks the fastest The more members of the family join the army, the faster they can rise in position This will be of help to you in the future”
“They’ll probably die faster than they can rise in rank…” West ht, I understand You can take your leave now You’re the xi wei of the Central Division’s reconnaissance team If someone sees you in the Left Division’s barracks, it’ll be troublesome for both of us You can meet Owen after I have a talk with him and explain the situation”
“Yes”
Yehv nodded and draped the long coat especially worn by scouts across his shoulders Even uise complete, he stepped out of the tent
The guards standing outside weren’t surprised They were trusted confidants especially picked out by West himself They knew very ho the masked man was
The Yehv without a mask was the xi ho co Flame’s Central Division He was just a little over twenty years old Once the uard, a position he’d held ever since he was young His face had been disfigured by a fire, thus he wore a e as West, a little past thirty
West watched as Yehv left the tent He couldn’t help but be grateful that he hadn’tYehv to the Left Division If he hadn’t secretly sent Yehv to the Central Division, he wouldn’t be able to gather to all these top secret intelligence today A ithout secret intelligence was like a roadside without a brawl
The tent flap was lifted once again and West turned his attention back in its direction What he saw next made him pause in shock
Oalked in while holding a girl’s hand Both of their clothes were battered and torn The girl’s black hair was even antica skirt, then it’d be hard to tell if she was male or female
What kind of situation is this? West was surprised and suspicious at the same time If it hadn’t been Oho before hiuards in to throw the two out
“You…” West opened hishis questions He thought for a bit and decided to start with thebeside Owen?
“Who is this girl?”