Chapter 555 - Take The Bait (2/2)
“I’ve said before that Royal Highness Lydia has no intentions of ending this battle anytime soon because if the Southerners don’t personally experience the tragedies that these battles would bring them, they wouldn’t stop them If they don’t lose their fa on the streets where they can’t even afford food and to live in the rubbish dus, they will surely put in more passion for this senseless rebellion If the Southerners can’t feed thein with, this method will surely be ineffective because they have lost everything and there is nothing else for them to lose But you and I are aware that this isn’t the truth The South in the Munn Kingdom is the wealthiest place where the laborers dress up even better than the nobles and manor owners in the North This time, their rebellion and so-called independence isn’t built on the foundation of their survivability Instead, it is to seek additional benefits Therefore, they won’t watch their benefits be devoured by the flames of battles”
Both of them stepped out of the Fortress and elcomed by the heat waves and noises The air was filled with soldiers’ screas and s from the wounded soldiers in the medical camps in the distance
“Lize, you are aware of Royal Highness Lydia’s strength Indeed, the Battle Angel Army basically won’t intervene with huel’s considerations After all, the ruler isn’t a human If she uses non-human subordinates to interfere with hu the civilians But even so, Royal Highness Lydia has the loyal forces of the King’s Party, nae association, and the Senia Fa the lead But, have you seen any of thehness Lydia is so worthless that she couldn’t doht?”
“I…” Lize was speechless
“Frankly speaking, if Royal Highness Lydia only wishes to repress the rebellion, the entire Refor in the wind in the forest behind Golden City by now But this is less because the other civilians will continue to be intoxicated in worshi+pping their so-called thoughts of freedoe, perhaps Golden City would hang a group of people in their back forest every year”
“But Big Sister has also done so similar in the past…”
“The past and now are different,” Rhode shook his head “Back then, Royal Highness Lydia had just succeeded the throne and she didn’t have the reputation to convince the people On the contrary, the Refor time and they took actions while the iron was hot On one hand, it was to establish their prestige within the King’s Party in the shortest time possible and on the other hand, it was to delay and suppress the Southern group of idiots But it is different now Royal Highness Lydia has stabled her strong position and grasped the Munn Kingdom firmly in her hands, so she can set her mind at ease and carefully act in accordance to the enemies, rather than slash out her swords The Thistle Wreath Forest’s fall is actually within General Garcia and my expectations”
It was apparent fro military troops that she had intended to lure the ene Blossom, Thistle Wreath, Cloud Summit, where one of the three Fortresses had to be sacrificed Since Gaya had been sent by Lydia to the Cloud Summit Fortress, it meant that this place wouldn’t be abandoned Rhode had read fro Blosso abandoned were basically zero Lastly, the Thistle Wreath Fortress—its terrain wasn’t suitable for defense and furthermore, there was only a city, Calentes, behind it That place was in the wilderness with minimal population, specialties, and wealth It could be said that it was the most likely to be abandoned
It see to Royal Highness Lydia’s plans Rhode knew that his identity was nothing doe where everyone would be dragged into a role in battles Therefore, he was only responsible for soreat opportunity for Rhode He wasn’t furious that he had been left out frohted and pleased His less than 200 mercenaries would be useless in a battle of the thousands and the situations in battle were so everchanging that all hisHe would prefer to lead his team of Elites to complete missions like what a player did best After all, this was the way players cleared the ga’s Party’s strength is er than the Reformist Party’s The Reformist Party launched their attacks to conquer as much land as possible in Paphield because they would then seek help fro’s Party retaliated By then, they would pick up this cheap deal of territory in Paphield, with the prerequisite that the King’s Party would respect the decision of the Light Parlia’s Party wouldn’t
The Light Parliament had understood this point ever since Lydia witnessed how Mini Bubble Guht Parliament didn’t inform the Reformist Party because, from their standpoint, the Refordoth no e Lydia well enough, it er that wouldn’t be eradicated for a long tiht Parliament only needed to put in some harsh words and they could siht Parlia However, they could never be as invested as before when it ca’s Party because they had understood the consequences of getting involved
“Have you seen people catch monkeys before, Lize?”
“Catch monkeys?” Lize shook her head in surprise
Rhode nodded and continued “I’ve seen so athe size of a monkey’s hand and place delicious fruits in it The monkey naturally inserts its hand for it and it couldn’t pull out of it… Then, the hunter goes up to it and grabs it”
“Why can’t it take its hand out of the opening? Mr Rhode? If it could put its hand in, it should be able to take it out, isn’t it?”
“The reason is sirabbed a fruit when it tried to retrieve it Even in the face of danger, the o of the fruit In the end, it couldn’t escape the trap and was caught by the hunter…” Rhode narrowed his eyes “And now, theand all we need to do is to be devoted audiences to see how the hunter captures thethe o of its hand even after it sees the rope on the hunter’s hand Instead, the et it out of danger before the hunter captures it”
“…”
Lize lowered her head in silence Rhode had given a clear explanation and she naturally understood what he h and said “Mr Rhode, what should we do next?”
“Our mission is alhness Lydia’s side I think that Cloud Suer and we should focus on our own uess the reinforcements will arrive at the Cloud Su by then Lize, have a good rest during this period of time and afterward, ill head to the Frozen Lake in Cranmore to co, although Rhode had gained political and reputational respect after co to the Paphield defensive line, this actually was a miserable result for a player The eneained ot to accumulate more EXP, the ‘Sulfur River’ in Grosso had wiped it all out Then, in Fiat, he received a special ‘Fiery Rose’ mission and failed to coh Lydia’s mission had been completed, his system missions had failed and he felt dispirited Since there was nothingbattle, he intended to use this opportunity to strengthen his Guild’s strength
Both of them spoke as they walked and they arrived at the mercenary campsite As they were about to step into the cao, you despicable Northerners! I will fight to the death with all of you!”