Chapter 189: Spies? (1/2)
The youth stood on a massive Chinese serpent dragon descending from the skies, giving him an even more intimidating vibe. His body was filled with various tattoos and even though he didn't wear shiny armor like the others everyone could tell this kid was incredibly strong.
Whoosh!
Lucien jumped of the azure blue dragon and shot towards the white horse left for him. Even though he moved at a terrifying speed, the moment he reached the horse his body stopped abruptly and he began to descend gracefully. His eyes were as bright as two silver stars glowing brightly in the night sky!
”No retreat, no defeat! When we return you will only hear one word from us! Victory!” Lucien roared at the top of his voice before he charged forwards with his horse.
His speech was short but rather effective! The two hundred thousand strong armies roared at the top of their voices and charged forward fearlessly! Even the foot soldiers ran with all their strength as they chased after their imperial knight!
”That kid sure knows how to make an entrance!” Klaus laughed loudly as he chased after Lucien too.
He didn't know why but he could feel his blood boiling and his body itching for battle. He didn't know if Lucien used some sort of skill or mag I since he found it hard to believe that Lucien can bring out so much strength in people with just a short speech. Gazing at Lucien's figure from behind they couldn't help but remember Emperor Fei in his younger days. At this point, even the clan heads who were part of the coup couldn't shake the sense of loss eating them up from within.
As If the mood is contagious the civilians began screaming madly as they watched the army charge forward energetically without stopping! The capital remained noisy and loud until the army left the gates and vanished in the distance! Only then did the chanting stop as well, leaving the capital in total silence as they silently prayed for victory over the enemy forces.
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The Libet empire is located just farther north from the Fotia empire, so Lucien led the army north and after marching for half a day, he had the army setup up camps and rest for the night. Since the army was too large he could not possibly take note of what's going on in all the camps so he left that to the generals while he focused on the meeting at hand.
In a well-guarded tent at the center of the camps set up Lucien and the other top-ranking officials sat and pondered on everything going on. They had an army that mostly consisted of warrior realm fighters and mages with a considerable amount of mortal realm experts who are considered the commanders of each thousand man unit and then the generals were at least at the spirit realm with Lucien as the only exception.
He had instructor Han lead one of the units and from what he was told. Instructor Emma works with the Vladimir family right now so she is one of the thousand-man commanders but Lucien couldn't care less. He hasn't met her since the day he was locked up in the dungeon after absorbing the grade two sealed artifact but what was more important is that she never made any attempt to reach out to him so he let their relationship die out. As long as they don't cross paths and she doesn't get in his way, he doesn't have a reason to kill her.
”You can't go in alone!” Klaus said adamantly with his hand wrapped around his chest.
They had already agreed to set up an ambush point when they get to a certain point on their journey but letting Lucien act independently is out of the question. In his opinion, with the emperor gone, the only thing stopping the coup d'etat planners from completely swallowing them up is Lucien. He is the unknown variable and the most likely to become the new emperor! He strongly believed they agreed to let him lead this battle because they hoped he would be killed off in battle. That explains why no one educated him on the dangers of war formations and unison spells. Even the emperor had to fight with an army talk less of a child.
”Don't forget! I am not alone and if this ambush is going to work perfectly well we need a bait… which one of us has the most survivability skills… Do not forget I have an army of over a thousand demonic beasts in my small army of undying beings…. I am the one with the best shot at this… And honestly, I am feeling great right now… I cannot be killed” Lucien said with a bright smile that irritated Klaus.