Chapter 498 The Warlord (1/2)

Chapter 498 The Warlord

Against the clever tactics used by the cohesive coalition of iroups of the blood sect could do nothing but throw thele nificance was pro force, and in just a few minutes, this led to a catastrophic loss for the blood sect

To validate this victory was the minimal number of losses on the side of the immortal cultivators, which had been possible only thanks to the competence of their leader, a mysterious man who, in the last couple of years, had united a few roups and used theoverne in leadershi+p had only been possible due to the desperate situation in which the forroup of Daniel's universe was left to deal with Specifically, to defend a territory larger than their numbers allowed, and to protect more citizens than they could count

Faced with the menace of the blood sect, which saw the weaker cultivators of their universe as nothing but cultivation resources, the senate of the universal government had split into three sides, each supported by one of the three uments and small scale conflicts, tried to elevate their representatives into beco the person that would lead humanity out of this difficult situation

Unfortunately, while the judges, ain the control of their noeakened faction, the blood cultivators ran ra billions of people every single day, one planet at a ti those chaotic tiovernroup of mercenaries led by a man that was si one victory after the other in his efforts against this brutal invasion, quickly gained the support of the citizens of the universal government, and after that, of the es

In just a couple of years, he had been recognized as a hero born to protect the universal governh respect to be no civilization

Thanks to the strategic brilliance and peerless leading abilities that he possessed, the universal government was able to reunite as one, absorbto the ed to become one of the major powers in the universe Butthe invasions of the fearsome blood sect, was not just a drea but the new addition to a long streak of victories achieved by the Warlord

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Planet Alcazar

Ast the most important places in Alcazar, the planet that was once considered the very core of the universal government, were the headquarters of each of the three forces of the universal governrand generals, and place where most important military operations were planned and directed The sextant, base of the explorers corp, horaphers, and the place that contained the most detailed map of the explored universe in existence, as well as the second e after Hiel Academy Last but not least, was the Tribunal

Other than being hoes and the place where the factions of the universal governo to war, the Tribunal contained Alcazar's only prison An underground structure where important prisoners of ould be kept captive and used as leverage over their factions, or tortured for inforeon was reserved for only four individuals This swoman, all dressed in tattered red clothes and covered in shalloounds Their wrists and ankles were tied to the walls with suppressing chains, which absorbed any form of essence within their bodies before they could even use it to treat their injuries These four people were the young nobles that had just led an expedition of blood cultivators to attack the universal government, and had been captured as a result of their defeat

”How did this happen”in a panic-stricken way From his behaviour, it was clear that this was the very first tier, and that was shown by his difficulty inhis calm, ”They are so weak How did we lose?”

”fucking vermins Just wait untilour whole danation In her ht to consu reatest offence of all

Of the four young blood cultivators, only two hadman who appeared to be in his late teens The latter appeared to be looking around, in hope to find a way to free hi intently at the door

”They won't kill us If that was their plan, they would have killed us already They brought us here to interrogate us” Said the young inal universe of the blood sect, and a direct descendant of the now deceased Murderous God

”How can you say that?” asked his terrified companion

”The man in heavy armor, that must be the one they call the Warlord, the man who took down many of our parties in the last two years Since he was there personally, then it's clear that others were captured before us They will likely interrogate us, and keep us alive to use us as leverage against the sect If your universes have followed protocol, you should be trained for this Only give half truths and le for the infor cultivators with a matter-of-fact and confident tone

What he said was able to ease the anxiousness that the , but it didn't see man, who turned towards him, and said with as ry olden clothes was about to retort, but he was interrupted when suddenly, the door of their cell opened, revealing the figure of a man clad in heavy ar the battle that took place a few hours before The man known as the Warlord