Chapter 407 A Way to Break a Blood Contrac (1/2)
A dead silence had fallen over the war room. Only the ticking sounds of a clock could be heard in a corner.
”Remind me again, what were the Jinsha military's chances of taking down the Golden Hands when we were running our tactical simulations?” someone asked.
”I think it was around 60 percent,” replied one general.
The air in the room had turned icy cold. Even if they'd had a 60-percent chance of coming out victorious, there was no way they would be able to take down such a large-scale organization so easily.
Of course, the simulations had only taken into account the Jinsha military's overall strength. More often than not, the region's government and military were viewed as separate entities. While the military could improve their chances of success by recruiting trainers from the government, as well as those from the outside, the cost and manpower necessary to pull this off would be beyond the military's resources. Also, a recruitment drive on this scale would definitely have tipped off the Golden Hands.
More importantly, this would go against everything the region stood for.
”Give the order. We'll launch a coordinated raid on every existing Golden Hands branch this instant,” said a high-ranking general commandingly, slapping the table with his hand. They had been watching the Golden Hands for too long. Now was the time for action.
”Gao... Peng,” muttered a good-looking young man with sunken eyes and a high nose bridge. That name was now deeply embedded in his mind.
He was hailed as one of the young rising stars in the Jinsha region, the genius trainer in the military who had already raised a couple of Lord-tier familiars at such a young age. After watching the satellite feed today, the young man couldn't help but feel frustrated at himself.
He took a deep breath. He only had five Lord-tier familiars with him. I too already have a Lord-tier familiar and three Commander-tier familiars at my disposal. There's not much of a gap between us!
I, Suo Lun, will never give up. I will surpass him someday! This I swear! He had set Gao Peng as a standard that he had to surpass no matter what.
The only reason Gao Peng had been able to take down the Golden Hands was that they had completely underestimated him.
The Golden Hands would have definitely run for the hills as soon as they caught a whiff of the slightest movement from the military. Who would have thought that it would only take one person to bring about their downfall?
It was something that could only happen in their wildest dreams. This wasn't some fairy tale, where a hero could just save a damsel in distress from the hands of a demon king by stabbing him in the heart with his legendary sword.
”We lost. Worse still, we were defeated by a 21-year-old boy,” muttered the red-robed apostle despondently in his ice prison.
”What? I'm only 20!” retorted Gao Peng, frowning.
”But I've read your file. Wasn't yesterday your 21st birthday? Oh... maybe you Huaxia people follow a different calendar?”
”We're using the lunar and solar calendars like everyone else,” said Gao Peng stiffly. He then looked at the creature that resembled a carpet lying in the corner.
[Monster Name]: Gold-Threaded Rug Monster
[Monster Level]: Level 43
[Monster Grade]: Excellent
[Monster Attribute]: Metal
[Monster Ability]: Sturdy Golden Threads Level 2
[Weaknesses]: Fire
[Description]: Originally a gold-threaded rug passed down for 3,000 years. It came to life after the Cataclysm and subsequently evolved into the Gold-Threaded Monster. It has a gentle disposition. Other rugs and carpets are its main source of food. It hates fire.
A rug that was magically brought to life!
Gao Peng was stunned. This was the second non-living thing he had seen that had evolved into a living monster, the first being the living stone statues like the Guan Yu stone statue.