Chapter 209: Brewing Storm. (2/2)
Do you think, they would just leave it at that? If my guess isn't wrong, that Patrick must have been reporting his father by now.
Anyway, all you have to know is that you have to be careful for the next three weeks, there would be all kinds of methods they would use in guise of the competition. This is one of the reasons I asked you guys to buy extra cards. Don't take your original card with you when you go out.
From tomorrow, we won't be taking any missions, we are going to focus on the hidden cards. I will give you the locations and you will be retrieving the cards, if they are not in someone's hands, we don't even have to do that, I have a way to get them easily.
But remember, you will be targeted by the whole candidates, their subordinates, hired thugs, assassins, the four towers' people, honey-traps, even the city guards will be giving you a hard time.
It is going to be a real nightmare; you would experience an oppression that is hundreds of times higher than the previous time in the southern star.
You cannot be killed, but you would be tortured mentally.
If you take a mission, someone would steal it, you would be targeted by groups of candidates, you would see the real influence of the four professions and the imperial family to the full extent.
Simply put, we are against the whole city.”
As soon as he said that he saw Philip dropping his head low.
”Why am I even a friend with a guy like you?” Philip yelled as he pointed at Sam.
Sam raised an eyebrow and said.
”I am not the one who shamelessly latched on to you and stayed in your house shamelessly for days.”
”Okay, okay, don't bring out the dirty laundry. What is your plan now?”
”Nothing much, first thing is noticing the targets, I need to get to know who are the key roles that are targeting us, then we can take some precautions, leave your cards with me, and go to the places I give you every morning, stay together if possible, even though they will target us, the pressure will grow on us gradually, so we can just get used to the situation gradually too.
Always take all your five cards to the field. If you are in a pinch, just throw out your card with the lowest points at them and leave. We should thank the system that there is no possible way of getting info on how many cards a person has.
So, use them as the life lines, if you are in a fight, take the opponent out as fast as you can or outrun the opponent as fast as you can. Try to escape, just don't get into a fight with multiple opponents, even if you are sure to win.”
”Why don't we just take them right now? Why don't we make the first move?” Jack asked.
”Then we would be surrounded by all the enemies at the same time. If they get a slightest inkling of threat the, whole gang would mess us up.
It is good thing that we are in this competition, otherwise the day we entered the capital, I would have been captured. Now, this competition rules are the only things holding us and them up at the same time.
Be mentally prepared as it would be quite tiring.”
”Wait, what would you be doing if we are going to collect the cards? Are you going to stay here just like that?” Philip asked from behind.
”Nope, I am going to guard the house, there would some people coming here to sneak in or set some traps, if I leave this would become the most dangerous place for us. We cannot move out of this place now, if we do so, we wouldn't be able to get another residence except for that estate for the candidates which is nothing less than hell.
And, I have to go into hardware mode a little, since we are battling in a city, I will show you my version of urban warfare. From tomorrow, you guys will be training with me in a special place. The last week before the competition ends, we would devour the whole storm that is about to hit us. Till then, just endure.”
At the same moment, in the top most floor of the artisan tower.
Patrick just recounted everything to the tower head and the latter went into a deep thought.
”Are you sure, he just directly threatened with their lives without any visible expression?”
”Yes, father. That kid is so arrogant.”
For this, the man didn't reply and only muttered.
”That guy is interesting, how can he be so calm when his work and expert idea and design was valued so little, a normal young man would have flipped the table and kicked Patrick's ass.”
His voice is so low that Patrick didn't hear it clearly.
”Father, that guy is so arrogant. How dare he reject the proposal? Why don't we just attack him directly?”
*Pak*
A crisp slap landed on Patrick's face and the tower head said to his agonised son.
”You are twenty-two and a Pseudo Rank 4, weapon artisan. He is at most eighteen, he is a rank 6 scholar artisan, which equals my rank, a rank 3 formation and inscription master, which was only limited by his cultivation and a Rank 3 in two other artisan crafts.
Yet you have gall to say he is arrogant? If anybody has right to be arrogant, it was him. Remember, Patrick, you can hate a person, but you have to respect the abilities of a man if you see one. All you have is given to you because of me, your father who is a rank 6 artisan, but he earned it from the scratch.
He alone, gained all these with his abilities.
You ask me, why we don't attack him, because he is not as dumb as you, he is a real genius. Once we are forceful, he would be alerted and he would leave this empire, with his abilities, he would come back and take our lives like taking weeds in a field. Remember, we not only need his designs, we should make sure that after we get them, he wouldn't be able to retaliate against us. He has to at least become helpless and hopeless, even if it was impossible to kill him, he should die emotionally and mentally.
Don't act impulsively and ruin this plan, otherwise even I cannot save you from Nathan.”
As the father lectured his son, he didn't notice a small mouse was in the extreme corner of the room hiding in a shadow listening to everything.