Chapter 828 - Encountering the main forces of the Pyro Company! (1/2)

The devastation in Stronghold 176 had far exceeded everyone’s imagination.

In just three hours, corpses were strewn all over the stronghold.

Just a month ago, Stronghold 176 had fallen once before. However, Yan Liuyuan restrained his subordinates and did not allow them to go on a killing spree. The tribe that went around slaughtering the residents was also hanged by Yan Liuyuan.

But it was different this time. The northern tribe had gone on a killing spree in Stronghold 176 and massacred everyone in the city.

Amid the screams, Stronghold 176 turned into a living hell.

In the past, there would always be trails of white smoke puffing out from the chimneys of the factories in the stronghold. But today, there were no longer signs of that white smoke. Instead, it was replaced by a cloud of black smoke that seemed to be everywhere in the air. Fires were burning all around the stronghold.

After over a 100 years since the Alliance of Strongholds was set up, a massacre of a stronghold had finally happened.

The Wang Consortium’s garrison troops did not engage in a bloody battle with this northern tribe to the very end. They only had time to see the enemy plant a flag of a white bear at the highest point of the stronghold before immediately retreating south in an attempt to join up with the main forces of the Wang Consortium’s reinforcements that were on their way over.

There were not many garrison troops stationed at Stronghold 176 to begin with. The speed at which the Wang Consortium mobilized their troops to the north was a step too late in the end.

To the north, the burly man who commanded the expeditionary army’s advance guard walked into the city with his giant axe in hand. He looked at his deputy beside him. “Where’s Black Robe? Why don’t I see him around?”

“He was supposed to coordinate support for us in the stronghold, but we did not see him after we stepped inside. Later on, even those death row convicts under his command disappeared without a trace,” the deputy commander said.

The burly man, who was almost two meters tall, sneered. “He’s so secretive. I wonder what the general sees in him. Why does he indulge that fella so?”

The deputy commander reminded him with a serious expression, “Commander Valentin, please don’t ever question the general’s decision in public again.”

“Go and find him.” Valentin said, “Yegor, if you can’t figure out what he’s up to before sunset, I’ll deploy you back to your company.”

Yegor did not say anything further. He carried his giant axe and led a group of men away. Meanwhile, Valentin sat on top of a pile of rubble and admired the ruins of Stronghold 176. This was the work of the expeditionary army.

At this moment, there were too many casualties in Stronghold 176. So no one noticed that the gray Experimentals had not killed everyone they encountered. Rather, they captured some of them and brought them to an underground laboratory.

The incandescent light in the underground laboratory was flickering, and the Experimental who was shrouded in a black robe was standing at an operating table. Hundreds of humans were tied up on the ground as they screamed in fear.

However, no one could hear their cries for help. The Wang Consortium’s garrison troops had been defeated, so no one would come and save them even if they heard their pleas.

Dozens of strong-looking Experimentals were crawling around in the huge laboratory. They were patrolling the premises to prevent any humans from escaping.

Black Robe was a little surprised as he did not expect to find such a well-equipped laboratory in Stronghold 176. However, it seemed the controllers of the stronghold only had the equipment, while the research they carried out was totally worthless.

But it was different now. This research laboratory had become more important due to his arrival. In Black Robe’s eyes, this was probably the only thing worthy of praise that he had for the useless stronghold overseers.

He picked up a syringe and slowly pushed the tiny bubbles out of it before walking towards a young woman.