Vol 9 Chapter 187 (2/2)

“Lord Xu Shu.” Zi Long said to Yuan Zhi who smelled of alcohol.

“Ah…” Yuan Zhi said as she looked at Zi Long and swayed about, “Lord Zhao Yun~”

It was clear that she was at her mental limits. Even so, she had a wide open smile on her beet red face that would have been really beautiful if it were not for the fact that it was a result of her chugging down liquor.

“Lord Xu Shu, this battle was won thanks to you.: Zi Long spoke up as she stuck her spear into the ground and saluted Yuan Zhi, “If it were not for you and Xuan De, we would have died by now.”

“… No need to thank me,” Yuan Zhi said as she shook her head, “I was actually proposing to attack from another angle.”

Eh?

“Yuan Zhi, this was all you…”

“If you really want to thank someone, then thank him.” Yuan Zhi interrupted me and pointed at me. No, she probably was not interrupting me and this was simply because of her slower mental faculties from being inebriated.

“As for me, I was just making up for my past misdeeds.” Yuan Zhi continued softly as she nodded to herself.

Making up for her past misdeeds huh? Looks like she was still hung about what happened in the last battle and never forgave herself about the failed raid on Fan city. That is why she worked so hard in this battle to the point where she had to rely on chugging down liquor to boost her guts to lead the charge.

“D-does e-everyone think that m-my… Guidance in this battle was… U-useful? Have I… Fulfilled the role of a strategist…?”

“Of course you have,” I immediately replied, feeling tearful from grat.i.tude, :You’ve contributed so much in this battle.”

“Yes, I admit that I spoke out of turn before.” Zi Long said as she frowned, “I was too anxious back then and what with my personality as well…”

Zi Long seemed to really feel bad about what she said, to the point where she found it difficult to put into words how she felt.

“…” At this, Yuan Zhi merely waved her hand dismissively as she shook her head and lay down against her horse as she closed her eyes.

“Even though… It was really risky this time…” Yuan Zhi continued, “But we have reaped rewards… I used my own methods to break the 8 Doors Golden Lock.”

“Of course you did.” Feng Xian said as she nodded. There was no way that she understood that there was an even better way to deal with the formation. But as we discussed before, there was no way we would use it if we could not save Zi Long in the process.

*Tatatata*…

“Report! Report! Report!” A figure on horseback galloped over as he yelled anxiously.

“What is it?” Zi Long asked as we made our way towards him.

Only Yuan Zhi stayed where she was and looked at us as she slowly spoke up, “Alright, it’s finally ended.”

“Ended?” I asked but then immediately understood what she meant, “Ah~ I see.”

“Un un, we can be happy now.”

Yes… Now that the final step is completed, we can finally rest easy now. Just from seeing the courier, I can tell that we can already begin with the celebratory preparations. Of course, the first thing for me to do would be to go and check on Yi De.

“Well then, what needs to be done now is the easy part.” Yuan Zhi continued with a smile while her eyes remained closed, “When we return to the city, Lord Zhao Yun should bring her troops back to the encampment and the rest should prepare everything needed for administration work and we can then move to Fan city…”

*Dang*!

Eh? Just as we were looking at a drunken Yuan Zhi happily as she explained what to do next, she fell off her horse and landed with a dull thud.

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