Chapter 398 - The Valley (1/2)

Chapter 398: The Valley

Translator: Transn <i class="_hr">Editor: Transn

Although the army of the Great Snowmountain now had more than 10000 soldiers, Gu Shenwei did not feel that their strength had iinal troop, of about 1500 or 1600, were still the ones that he could rely on

After defeating the reinforcements hired by the nobles, the ed to find a substantial number of healthy slaves both in and outside of the capital With the addition of the tribal soldiers who had surrendered and the few nobles who had survived the forest, their army had expanded, but the newly joined were either illed or cowardly They were like a big group of children which constantly required supervision, ultiy from the veterans

The battle before them was a major test for the 8000 or so new recruits Not only did they need to prove their combat power, they also had to show the extent of their loyalty to Dragon King

It was already co to a month since the army of the Great Snowhout this time, they had travelled across mountains and rivers and even trast the wilderness into a road that was able to accoes They had left a few soldiers behind at certain locations to ensure that there would be a sh this route in the future so that supplies could be transported frorance

Gu Shenwei and Maid Lotus pushed on with their journey without a stop and caught up with the main body in just a few days’ time

There were three to four hundred voluh priest which were, surprisingly, not thrown out by the illiterate soldiers Still, it took considerable effort to dig theether the entire text of the eighth chapter of the Wayless Book together froed in order and matched with each sentence of the incantation, but their sequence had been juh priest If anyone wished to cross-check the texts with the incantation, he or she would have to read through the books at least once to ain

Gu Shenwei had no energy to perform such a task

Maid Lotus used spare tih dozens of the books Once she noticed sentences that were sireat detail Utilizing such a tedious ether so Fu uan Ru’s deduction was possibly correct

As they drew nearer to the Western Region, her role as Dragon King’s protector grew increasingly important and she had to set the books aside

Gu Shenwei ordered men to take proper care of the books and decided to turn his attention to thes had somewhat settled down After all, the ion was not extraordinary Kung Fu but a strong, loyal and dependable ar ar mountain slope They looked like rows and rows of trimmed trees

These were the coalition forces made up of the Wushan tribes frouarded thethe exit for the army of the Great Snowdo, Sha, and Hui Kingdododoe contained the best iron ores as well as the ion

No one knew exactly how ion; conservative estile to gain control over the profitable ore lodes, the tribes engaged in battle with one another and sometimes joined forces for alliances Likewise, no one could understand the relationshi+p between these tribes

To the southwest of the rew on it and it did not contain rich iron ores; it was an area disliked by all tribes As such, it becarance

Every year, the nobles frorance would send out a se and trade their native products with anything except the precious ores from the Wushan tribes

For centuries, these small merchant caravans did not attract any attention from any tribe; the tribes could not even tell the difference between theion

Therefore, when the seven sons of the shi+li fa for reinforcements, the merchants who knew them were shocked

The native products of the Land of Fragrance were various herbs Norood price and the merchants would spend some of the money earned fro in before bringing the rest of the taels back

Years of accue reserve of valuable wealth It was this reserve that the shi+li family used to hire reinforcements in an attempt to save their country from invaders

The 3000 reinforcerance and traveled without pause They ed to cover a journey that usually took about 20 days in just half a endary riches of the Land of Fragrance and even got to pack the taels into boxes personally However, they ended up benefiting others instead: more than half of theotten ahold of, fell into the Dragon King’s possession

Not only was it a double loss to the tribes who had sent out their soldiers in response to the shi+li fae eet

Ha Chilie, the son of the Dongshan Mountain Tribe, ran back to his hoht and was dirty froe who had lost his way and almost died at the hands of his own people

He requested for his father to gather the neighboring tribes and conveyed the news of their annihilation

Before they entered the Land of Fragrance, the Wushan tribes had beenthat they would be facing a bunch of bandits froined that their ene and the swordsmen from the Great Snowmountain who had disappeared for several months

“The Great Snowmountain has already been destroyed, how could it…” The chiefs from the dozens of tribes had come over and were unable to believe Ha Chilie’s news

However, the truth was right in front of them; only one of the 3000 soldiers had returned and they did not see any of the proed and swore to seek revenge at all costs

Initially, they wanted to gather more tribes but the ar well; it was only three days after Ha Chilie had returned home before the army of ten thousand closed in on the border

The tribes hastily prepared for battle and e and high raphy of their own land

However, once they saw the ar the mountains, every one of thean to panic

Just like that, even before the fight began, each party already felt that the other was stronger

There were more than a thousand soldiers in the army of the Great Snow had instructed theet their weapons froes