270 Morgan (1/2)
Unbeknownst to him, there was an old man, looking upon the battlefield curiously.
He was Minister Morgan. Even though he locked Putri in prison, he couldn't shake the uncomfortable feeling from his heart. He felt that she was telling the truth, but his rationality kept telling him it was impossible.
For that, he decided to look at the battlefield from the city wall.
When the battle started again, he was shocked by what he saw. There were another five Martial Lords in their ranks. From the report, all Martial Lords should have been killed by a yellow-haired man.
The most troubling thing was he couldn't see any reinforcement other than those five. There was no difference in their number.
He observed for a little longer before coming back. He went to the prison.
When Putri saw him, she immediately greeted him, ”Putri greets War Minister, Morgan.”
”Lass, what do you know about the enemy?” Morgan asked.
”I... I have told you everything I know, Minister Morgan.”
Morgan narrowed his eyes, but Putri seemed not lying to him. He asked again, ”Then I will change my question. Where did you get that information?”
”I...”
”Tell me!”
She bit her lips before telling him, ”My Junior Brother from the sect.”
”Your Junior Brother?” Morgan released his Spiritual Energy, and asked her again with a cold tone, ”Don't tell me, you never suspect your Junior Brother as a spy. Why do you believe such stupid information?”
”No! He is not the type of person who will lie to me!”
”It is because you have been brainwashed by him, so you will think like that.”
”He... he is lying to me?” Putri began to doubt Alex in her mind. But after recalling Alex's power, his identity as an Array Master, or even Alchemist, that doubt immediately crumbled.
With his power, Alex didn't need to do such a trick. With how fast he increased his power, He could control the entire Southern Kingdom in one or two decades.
Back in Zwaka's place, he could easily give her five million Spirit Stones. Alex didn't even consider it as he gave it to her without batting an eye. In other words, Alex should have far more than that.
”No, I trust him.” Putri shook her head. Even in front of Morgan's pressure, she didn't back down as she looked at his eyes with full confidence.
”...” Morgan looked at her eyes. ”Then where is he? You got the information yesterday. So, I assume he should be near. Is he in this town?”
Putri bit her lips but didn't tell Alex's location.
”Then he must be inside Nemu Forest.”
”!!!”
”I see, he is inside Nemu Forest.” At first, he said that to bait her. But, when he said that, there was a change in Putri's expression. Although it was minuscule, it didn't escape his eyes.
He started walking outside to meet this Junior Brother of her to interrogate him.
”Minister Morgan. You can't touch him. No matter what you do, don't touch him!” Putri immediately grabbed the jail's bar and shouted as hard as she could but to no avail.
Morgan didn't stop, nor he listened to her. After he got outside of the prison, he immediately flew toward the forest.
Unfortunately, he didn't escape from Njomo's observation. Njomo immediately informed Alex about this. Alex took out Njomo's card, but the report he got was...
”Woof Woof! Woof Woof Woof!”
”...”
Alex couldn't comprehend what he said. Alex then took Ngina's card and put his card in front of Njomo's card. He said, ”Tell me again.”
”Woof Woof! Woof Woof Woof!”
He also activated Ngina's card, so after Njomo finished his word, Alex said, ”The Translation, please.”
”He said there is a Martial Lord that swiftly flew into your position. His power is far stronger than Leoz, but he didn't know whether his target is you or not.”
Alex was startled. He immediately rose from the ground and shouted to his spirits, ”We are going to hide for a while.”
The spirits were ready to move after they heard his shout. From his tone alone, they could understand there was something serious. They fled from their base.
...
Morgan flew above the woods while searching for anything he could spot. Before meeting Alex, he stopped when he found numerous dead bodies on the ground.
He was startled to see many soldiers' bodies on the ground. There were many signs of battles inside the forest. But because they were pretty deep, they went unnoticed from the battlefield.
He also saw many arrays on the ground or trees. He thought those arrays must be the one that killed the soldiers. But to activate the array, there should be a controller around here.
Judging from the blood, the battle must have happened not long ago. He continued searching for clues more carefully. He recognized the Wistful Shackle Array.
It was a rank 3 array. He checked everything he could find, and the more he could find, the tenser he became.
He found numerous Martial Grandmaster corpses as well as Martial Lords. He then found the base that Zhou's soldiers used to camp.
He immediately frightened by the fact that the enemy soldier camped in this place without him knowing. The camp was a bit far from the edge of the forest. Although he had soldiers to investigate the area, the soldiers must haven't investigated a deeper area like this.
He cursed in his mind. He found more than three thousand soldiers in the forest. He was wondering who could kill all of them.
But he remembered that Putri got information yesterday from her Junior Brother. He thought about him massacring all of these soldiers. He got a goosebump.
He then shook his head, trying to deny it in his mind. It was impossible to fight these many soldiers alone. He should have his own armies, and his troops should be stronger than these Zhou Soldiers.
But he couldn't deny another possibility that he did it alone because he didn't find any dead bodies beside Zhou's soldiers. He sweatdropped.
Without trying to meet Alex again, he immediately left the forest with his back covered with sweat.