Chapter 43 - Blood (1/2)

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”Attention!” Shouted Lt. Kuo as he heard Hao Xuan's 'speech'. Everyone stood up straight.

”Who are you?!” he asked loudly, looking at the legionaries.

”We are the Mad Saints!” They all said in unison.

”WHO ARE YOU?!” He shouted even louder.

”THE MAD SAINTS!” Their voices reverberated throughout the forest, reaching even the villagers. Just as the poor souls were getting back to their business, the words ”Mad Saints” reached them, scaring them once again.

”Good! At ease. You heard the captain, start setting up camp,” Lt. Kuo said as he dismissed everyone. Within 20minutes the surroundings were filled with perfectly pitched tents.

A few soldiers came up to Hao Xuan, ”Captain, is there anything you would prefer for dinner? We can go catch it right now.”

Hao Xuan was amazed by their efficiency and looked up at the soldier, it was a young man of about the same age as him. Actually, all 100 were very young, Lt. Kuo was the oldest soldier in the Mad Saints. All the rest were less than 25 years old, filled with potential. And they all had higher cultivation levels than Hao Xuan.

”No, I brought some meat, use that for everyone. Set up a protective formation first though,” Hao Xuan said as he handed the soldier a huge piece of meat still left from the Ice Flood dragon.

”Yes!” he took the meat and saluted Hao Xuan and left to make the food.

”Captain, that meat must belong to a very high-level beast, you shouldn't waste it on these guys,” said Kuo from beside Hao Xuan.

After making sure everything was set up properly he had come and sat down with Hao Xuan to talk about the mission, introduce the specialties of the soldiers and different strategies the Red Legion employed.