Chapter 487 - The Price to Pay (1/2)

Chapter 487: The Price to Pay

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Shangguan Jianyi looked into the distance at the aftermath of the naval battle It was a weird and terrible scene: a fire was blazing on the surface of the lake and dozens of warshi+ps were engulfed by the flas made of paper when seen from afar The terrible cries of his soldiers, as they were attacked with fire and water, were frighteningly heart-wrenching

“So, this is the Dragon King’s secret weapon?” asked Shangguan Jianyi He was nonchalant about the huge loss suffered by his navy; he had merely lost a few dozen warshi+ps, and even the oarsmen and soldiers on those vessels were mostly freshly supplied by the four nations on the north coast of the Xiaoyao Lake

The advisor standing next to hi a little uneasy He was the person who had provided Shangguan Jianyi with the intelligence report that said the Dragon King had gotten hold on a new type of weapon and suggested that they should attack pre-emptively to find out what it was He had not expected the turn of events The warshi+ps of the Dragon are and had won the battle even before both sides had barely e was that the liquid, which looked like black oil, was flaer as the battle went on As such, the round projectiles containing such liquid hurled froets on fire without requiring ence report was passed on to the advisor by word of mouth and it would never be possible to trace it back to its source

Shangguan Yun did not appear on the battlefield personally Even though he did not have any rank or title in the Golden Roc arly proactive and wandered all around It was getting couan Jianyi silently accepted his nephew’s shenanigans; as long as the Third Young Master did not interfere in military matters, he could freely order his devoted followers and the Golden Roc killers around

“Prepare to engage the enemy”

Commander Yi’s order was quickly executed

The main body of the Golden Roc Army was deployed on the north coast of the Xiaoyao Lake and its right flank was close to abridge, which was in the final stage of repair

The first rank of the army was just a few steps away from the levee and made up of a closely packed row of ballistas, followed by another row of huge catapults Coon ar the ‘Fierce Bombs’ were no uan Jianyi waited for the enee

The two opposing forces were separated by the lake, with the Golden Roc aron army had also seen the results of the naval battle and discussed about it excitedly ast themselves All of a sudden, victory did not seem so distant to theon King unexpectedly ordered his troops to retreat 15 kilo on the Lake had even died down

When the Right General Shang Liao arrived back to shore, he realized that he had becoon ar the path to welcodom were especially excited and they displayed the respect a subject accorded to his or her ruler toward the newly crowned king of the Kang Kingdo Liao was feeling a little sotten used to yet That said, when he entered the , the only expression he as that of indignation

“May I ask why are we retreating, Dragon King? The fire will soon die down and our forces can go straight for the bridge during that tih-ranking h they were surprised by the Right General’s perforressiveness

“We’ve decided that the decisive battle will be on land and that there’s already no need to destroy the bridge,” replied Gu Shenwei

Shang Liao understood that he had been too rude; perhaps it was because he had sensed the faint hostility from the other officers As such, he bowed and replied, “Everything will be carried out as per your orders, Dragon King”

He was the Right General and newly crowned king of the Kang nation As such, he did not have to kneel before the Dragon King

Next, the Dragon King delegated tasks and duties to his ar Liao was to produce even more Fierce Bombs and supply the was thus concluded and Shang Liao found an excuse to reon King in private

“Dragon King, we’ve used the Fierce Bombs just to destroy only dozens of enes?”

“I believe we’ve already reached an agreement The purpose of the battle is to test the effects of our neeapon It’s all good, I’ve seen it now”

The Dragon King’s nonchalance caused Shang Liao to feel even oing on in his ?”

Gu Shenwei nodded his head He had alreadyof the Kang nation was Shang Liao was a person who looked amiable and low-key but was inwardly proud He was also the type of general the Dragon aru Xian was overly conservative and the military officers of the Great Snow Liao’s character was a beneficial addition to the Dragon army

“I trust you and therefore I want to discuss about the issue about ‘price’ with you,” said Gu Shenwei

During his first official discussion with the Dragon King, Shang Liao had boasted of helping the Dragon King to defeat the Golden Roc ar him 10,000 soldiers He had also requested for codoner

Shang Liao was extreain It was because he had originally just wanted the latter to quickly value his i to treat it seriously “I… still the sa Kingdo Fro, he realized that he should have requested for better terms

Gu Shenas even clearer on what sort of person Shang Liao was now He was extreotiation experience “I’ll offer you an even better ‘price’,” he said