Chapter 691 - Undercurrent (1/2)

Chapter 691: Undercurrent

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The Light Parlia their troops to the border had captured the attention of the entire continent However, the people refused to believe that the Country of Light and Country of Darkness would go into war After all, they knew that such clashes had always existed and ell aware that the Light Parliaht Parliah stand So at each other’s nose and taunting: “Hit me if you dare!”, “Touch me and I will kill you!”, or “Coh both sides cursed while spitting saliva across, neither would do anything even if the situation escalated Therefore, everyone was only concerned about the clash between theht Parliaain support from the people and wouldn’t send out their troops to attack the Country of Darkness

Indeed That was their intention But the Country of Darkness ht with an accumulation of contradictions and internal and external problems, the Country of Darkness could be said to have expanded in strength and thrived under the guidance of Dark Dragon, Ion They possessed forest faenerals, various s Ion was clear that there was only one path to take on if the Country of Darkness yearned to unleash all their potential If they didn’t expand their forces, they would inevitably get into a conflict with the four legendary generals as the e families rose in forces—there were possibilities of internal wars and disputes The Dark Dragon was neither Lilian nor the Light Parliament, so he definitely wouldn’t allow such cala a war, do their forces was the inevitable ending

Rhode had gotten ready as soon as he heard of the possible upco war The Country of Darkness didn’t retaliate up until this point while the Light Parliament continued to clamor for attention, and that was all Neither did the Country of Darkness ht Parliament Therefore, everyone saw this as only an ordinary international conflict

But Rhode was clear that the Country of Darkness had no need totheir true a swift raids in one swoop

The undead properties of the Country of Darkness’s undead army proved that there were no flaws in their blitzes As Undead Creatures, they didn’t need to replenish their health on the spot and could mobilize their army beforehand Besides, they wouldn’t feel exhausted and could travel day and night constantly As long as Necromancers were present, the corpses on the battlefield would be awakened by them to become a part of their forces In addition, the corpses were tireless and fearless of death, which decided that almost no one could resist their attacks whenever the undead army mobilized

This was one of the reasons why the Country of Light fell a thousand ame After all, they were huue, exhaustion, and fear Facing such a tactic froht had no means of resistance at all It was only until later, after they sacrificed a large portion of their territories and hty fortress and defensive line, that they defended against the Undead Creatures’ attack However, as any solid defenses would crumble from the inside first Rhode led the players froht Parliaed to

Even though the Light Parliament would still be destroyed by the Country of Darkness even if Rhode didn’t take action, that didn’t y to defend to their deaths was useless Most iood-for-nothing, adopting the strategy to defend to their deaths could slon the Undead Creatures’ attack to a certain extent This was proven to be an effective strategy against the Country of Darkness After all, blitzes were to catch eneuard with a surprise attack and it wouldn’t be too effective if the eneet about sending reports to Lydia to warn her of the possibilities of the Country of Darkness launching an ae and had written the report based on the analysis of players on the forums about the cause of this war He had also expressed to Lydia that he was 100 percent sure the Country of Darkness would take advantage of the situation to invade the Country of Light and Munn Kingdoetting caught in the crossfire based on its geographical location

However, Lydia’s response left Rhode duhness didn’t mention her opinion in her reply letter Instead, she sent an internal ht It could be seen from this document that most people believed that this conflict was as per usual, where the Light Parliaon Soul Cerereed that there were risks and didn’t believe that the Country of Darkness would launch an a that the Country of Darkness wouldn’t start a war, the people were ‘wishi+ng’ that the Country of Darkness wouldn’t No ht and the Country of Darkness were the largest nations on this continent The instant a war broke out between the Besides, as both countries were powerful, it wouldn’t be as si a smaller country or a short-lived war between teak countries Speaking in exaggeration, this war ht last for years, decades, or even centuries—and this wasn’t a groundless fear Come to think of it, back then,Creation War that fought for centuries Moreover, soels and Fallen Angels This time, no one knew if this war between both nations would become another Creation War

Everyone’s concern was not just out of fear of this iinary war They believed that as soon as the Country of Darkness went all out, there would be disastrous consequences and perhaps the Country of Darkness s or ill intentions toward them Rhode snorted disdainfully But he had to ads weren’t all dependent on weakness

Other countries had a huge weakness against the Country of Darkness and that was that they couldn’t receive any inforher-ups of the Country of Darkness The reason was siher-ups of the Country of Darkness were hts, Dark Elves, and others ere capable of reading andminds Vampires could extract information from the blood of their preys The Necroence from the brains of the dead Dark Elves had a unique spell to judge if the other party was lying In this dark country, they would use these skills almost without any moral restrictions and no one would despise them for it The Country of Darkness was a for as one was capable, one would be right no h, one could still beas one was loyal But those eren’t strong and were always daydrea would become the prey of others

It was due to this that it was harder for people to gather intelligence in such a country than cliht-provoking artifacts or had i spells, they would still be captured by the Undead Creatures and locked up for research as soon as they were discovered When that happened, not only would they not attain any intelligence, but they would also reveal absolute classified information after the Undead Creatures extracted them from the blood and brain

It was due to this that there were basically no countries on the Light Mainland that dared to send spies into the Country of Darkness The best that they could do was to send Humans to mix with the underclass But there was limited information in those places and it wouldn’t be effective On the other hand, ht Mainland illing to betray their souls and intelligence to the Undead Creatures in exchange for false, eternal lives

Unable to receive accurate intelligence ed the Country of Darkness based on what they had done But everyone knew that this sort of evaluation wasn’t reliable

However, not everyone thought so because there was one person who had a clear-cut stand on Rhode’s side in thisrecord: Gaya

She had clearly indicated that according to the report from the Eastern Plains, there was a massive decrease in the number of Undead Creatures and invasions, where h they were usually doing routine business, it feltup a sho and they weren’t true battles Therefore, she had reason to believe that the Undead Creatures were planning a huge event Besides, as one born in the Eastern Plains, Gaya would perceive the Undead Creatures’ intentions in the worst way possible, so she wouldn’t believe that the Country of Darkness was being sincere no matter what they said This happened to be the same view as Rhode’s How foolish would it be to believe that the dead could live harmoniously with led endlessly in the entirewhile Lydia didn’t mention a word In the end, the final record consisted of opinions which indicated that they wouldn’t take public precautions, but would be on guard privately instead Rhode realized that even though Lydia didn’t openly announce that she would uously expressed

Rhode shrugged In fact, the results were somewhat better and worse than he had expected because he didn’t kno effective the private preparations would be But fortunately, at least the Munn Kingdom was mentally prepared for the Country of Darkness’s attack after thisTherefore, they wouldn’t crumble instantly even if they were aht, Rhode had no interest intheir business He also wasn’t aware if Lydia would warn Lilian about it Although Lilian was trying her best, Rhode knew that she was too weak Such weakness wasn’t th, but e-scale battle In the end, the Light Parliaht as well count on hiht

Within this period, Rhode had been working with a low profile He used the excuse of an increased nuh the Silver Libra Trade association and also decreased the production of ht-lipped within the fortress He had discussed this with others, but Marlene and Lize thought that such a massive ouldn’t break out anytireed with Rhode’s views But the latter didn’t e their individual duties

The days went by

The harsh winter appeared to go by extremely slowly for Rhode He felt that this winter was incoh it lasted a decade He was clear that if the Country of Darkness were to launch an aht, winter would be the best time Their Undead Army wouldn’t be affected by the harsh weather conditions and the severe winter could even be their best cae The Country of Darkness definitely wouldn’t wait for spring They weren’t any upright gentlemen ould announce the start of a war before they attacked

The huge snowstorm fluttered wildly and dark clouds covered the sky densely almost everyday Goose feather-like snow descended and enveloped the surface into a silver-whitish place Winter had becoht fell

The pitch-black night sky devoured every inch of brightness The thick clouds concealed the high-hangingdark ink and venoirl opened her eyes wide, clutched her chest tightly with both hands, and her petite body treroans resounded in the spacious, warels rushed into the roo? Your Majesty!”