Chapter 279 - Raising the Flag (1/2)

Chapter 279: Raising the Flag Translator: Transn Editor: Transn

The first reaction the citizens of Jade City had upon hearing about Mister Zao Tong’s death was indignation

The old macheteman was already sehu How could one not grieve over his death after knowing that he was brutally ht years?

There was no doubt in everybody’s

On the night of Mister Zhao’s death, a black flag was put up on a wall of his house, and none of his neighbors understood its significance The next day when a curious soul went over for a closer exa, he found out that the red blotches on it see was amiss, he broke into the house, only to find Mister Zhao’s corpse sprawled on the bed

A large laceration stretched fro’s chest to his abdomen, and his bed sheets were covered with blood

His death stirred up feelings of chivalry a to join in the search for the Dragon King Previously, only a few of the to do it, and it was for the pay too The streets and alleys of South City were now filled with reckless youths carryingpedestrians alked past theon King’s raising of the Black Blood Flag was as good as a declaration of ith the entire Jade City What was puzzling was that all was quiet for the next two days, and there were only a fewinjuries to so had hidden himself deep under the depths of the sea, and there was no trace of him at all

Gu Shenwei had acco the traitor, and his actions caused everyone else to focus their attention on South City Taking advantage of this fact, he hid himself in a valley away from the city—he needed 12 hours to co cold caused by his qigong deviation

Just like this, with only Chu Nanping’s protection, he survived his first qigong deviation since his return to Jade City with no hiccups

On the third day after thethe an spreading around, and the citizens began debating about it It was also on this day that another Black Blood Flag was raised

The Kun Society hadaffiliated with the Golden Roc Fort in South City It also had a monopoly over most of the armed escort business At the tiuan Fei, was hiding in North City and a blade its operations in South City

The blade Yan, and he was one of the feidely known killers around the city He had a nickname, ‘Murderous Saber’, but everyone called hi Yan was murdered even more brutally than Mister Zhao He was decapitated and his head was i It looked as if it was looking down on the entire Kun Society base froh above It was only after dahen sentries and a few neighbors oke up early that day realized that the Kun Society’s flag was replaced Investigations later revealed that Zhang Yan was murdered at least four to six hours earlier

The offensive flag with Zhang Yan’s head stuck onto it was i scene had already spread ae was so vivid that it soon becaht about it, the ely excited at the sa ti against thethat the struggle between the Golden Roc Fort and the Dragon King would be muchmasters

They were soon proven to be correct The Dragon King struck again, without waiting for the shock fro’s death to die down This tiet was in North City

The Governor’s uards who caular patrols around the compound There were also an unknown nu an extra layer of security, and they were never seen in the open

On the second day after Zhang Yan’s death, a Black Blood Flag was spotted flying above the Governor’s , and two heads were iuards from Norland—they were killers from the Golden Roc Fort

The last time a criminal offense was co Master kidnapped Meng Mingshi+ As for the last murder that occurred in the city, the citizens could only recall one which happenedhad picked his targets well and chosen the perfect locations to strike, and his actions created a wave of panic on a scale that the citizens of Jade City have never felt before North City and the Governor’sthe least likely places one could find a victim of a murder, and killers of the Golden Roc Fort were the most unlikely person to be assassinated

The first person to be driven close to insanity froovernor, Mo Chu, but the Ninth Young Master of the Stone Castle, Shangguan Fei In his hysteria, he clai’s next target, and returned to the fort on the very saainst the advice of his subordinates He would refuse to step out of the Stone Castle ever again

Mo Chu felt that his authority had been repeatedly challenged by the Dragon King not even half a overnor, and he swore that he would get his revenge He publicly announced that he was going to summon 10,000 elite troops from Norland, to first destroy the Great Snowmountain’s base ca’s chieftain He planned to let his troops loose in Jade City and was even prepared to sacrifice the lives of innocent civilians to find the Dragon King

However, his staff quickly brought him to his senses They warned him that his plan could not be executed, as the Central Plain would send ion if Norland moved first, which would cause undesirable outco on the help of the Golden Roc Fort to capture the Dragon King in Jade City

To everyone’s surprise, the Dragon King struck again not even two days after Mo Chu was dissuaded froainst the Great Snowuan Fei was just beginning to feel ainside the Inner Residence, another Black Blood Flag was raised on the watchtower at the peak of the Stone Castle

This act made the Golden Roc Fort lose a lot of face

The Dragon King had not actually caused any substantial das throughout the city, and the blademaster and killers ere e wise, however, the Fort had taken a huge beating It was like a clu wildly but never able to hit its target Not only could they not find the Dragon King, it was starting to look like they

Ru was no longer alone, and that he had a teae the assassins of the Supre They said that the battle between both sides would take place in Jade City, and that once the real fight begins, at least half of the population in the city would be wiped out

As the rurew more terrible in nature, they spread even wider Some citizens ere ties at the outskirts of the city, and ency evacuation

Thus, Gu Shenwei achieved his second objective—to strike terror within Jade City so that he had a pretext for peace talks

This achieveh it see was able to enter and leave Jade City as he wished, and that he could do anything he wanted, he himself knew that with every strike, his space to roain Killers fro to corner hi a Black Blood Flag in the Stone Castle was especially dangerous, even though it got the best results Gu Shenwei did not intend to try it again