Chapter 366 - Forest (1/2)

Chapter 366: Forest

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News reached the army of the Golden Roc Fort every day To the west, a new fort in Shu-lik had been conquered, and to the east, a checkpoint had been built at the do, and the Third Young Master, Shangguan Yun, was about to becohly likely to be crowned as a true king by Norland…

To cover his failure up, Dugu Xian publicly insisted that the army of the Great Snowmountain had been completely wiped out; privately, he wished for it to be true

Just like this, the Dragon King and the Great Snowotten a throughout the entire Western Region Only a few still remembered the army that had been buried by the last blizzard of the winter and believed that there were survivors

The blizzard had wrecked great havoc on the soldiers from the Great Snowmountain More than 300 soldiers ere heavily wounded did not e to survive the terrible weather; they froze to death in the icy wilderness

It was, also, a savior for the people of the Great Snowht, albeit in the cruelest way, it coled to advance, so much so that they did not even have a chance to bid their dead comrades farewell

The traveled southward for a h unpopulated, arid landscapes and deserts and fighting their way through swa finally careen landscapes everywhere The Dragon King had led them to the border of an uncharted forest

It was vast and endless, seeh ocean, filled ariness and anie visitors

Gu Shenwei did not dare to venture into the forest rashly, and thus gave the order for his people to set up camp outside of it He wanted to use the rare break to rest their weary bodies and breed some livestock, as well as settle many of their internal issues

The swordsan to miss the Great Snowh it was also impoverished, they were familiar with the ways of their land The deserts, swae to them and ing for the Great Snowradually, as hts, their pleas to return back to their ho up into a crescendo

The ya were even iance to Boss Tuo and the Dragon King, they still retained their mercenary nature and wished to be repaid for their services, the sooner the better

Their current situation, however, inary

Even so, the survivors, a to a little more than a thousand people, had still not splintered into different factions due to a couple of reasons Firstly, they were loyal to and in awe of the Dragon King, and secondly, they had no other way to turn to; no one illing to head back and re-experience the hardshi+ps of the past month

Gu Shenwei, however, beca on to the thought that if they continued advancing, they would soon come to the secret mountain pass that led to the Xiaoyao Lake

Even when their guides were already disheartened and ad their way, Gu Shenas not shaken by the least bit He felt that the Golden Roc Fort’s poas at a high now and that the Great Snow it head-on Even if they could not reach the Xiaoyao Lake eventually, he wanted his people to re in the south for at least a year or so

Once again, Gu Shenwei prayed to the Heavens for divine assistance

The three warlocks who had been acco livestock as sacrifices on a mountain slope They tossed the innards of the anins which turned out to be unclear

“The Heavens want us to continue southward,” the first warlock said as he tried to predict the future froround “But… there are surprises and disasters ahead of us,” he continued

“I see death, countless number of deaths,” said the second warlock as he observed the rising pluantic deity clad in golden arreat honor”

“Pick up your weapons,” said the third warlock as he tried to predict the future by htforward and was also the first to be proven correct

On the third day after the army from the Great Snowmountain had set up camp outside of the forest, curious eyes could be spotted peeping at theaps between the trees Soon, more of them could be seen, and the animosity towards the intruders becaitive arendary forest residents

They were a savage people and clothed thebows and javelins as weapons and spoke a strange language that only they could understand

At first, Gu Shenwei tried to handle the a show of friendshi+p He sent the forest residents a few horses and dozens of uide familiar with the land in the process

However, the ways and thoughts of the savages were distinctly different froure theed to offend the forest residents

The savages began organizing raids and snuck into the Great Snow the sentries, or they would hide in the thick bushes near water sources and attack with their sharp wooden arrows Their familiarity with the techniques and the mysteriousness of their movements were comparable to top-level killers froave up his plan of for an alliance after the 10th casualty froarner their support forcibly

He formed the swordsmen and machetemen under his command into 20 or so 50-person teams They would enter the forest in waves and support each other, covering each other’s flanks and advancing slowly They surrounded each tree and engaged in close coes

The frustration of the soldiers was pent up for too long, and they did not show any mercy Within five days, they had killed es and finally advanced their way to the village where the savages lived in

The youths of the village were either killed by the intruders or escaped deeper into the forest