701 Backed Into A Corner (1/2)
Wind brewed in the company of the clouds, rising rapidly, and dying down as fast as it had come. The unprecedented martial world turbulence that had started in Tiantang City had ended in the same location.
Although many people had died in the process and Tiantang City's east district had fallen into ruins during this time, Tiantang City itself did not seem to have suffered much damage.
The tattered land of ruins could easily be reconstructed. It was not exactly bad news for the houses and buildings to be brought down onto the ground. Without destruction, there would be no construction. Now that the destruction was complete, the construction process was greatly anticipated.
The renovated east district would then become cleaner and tidier than the other city districts. It was expected to be a more uniform area in terms of style and atmosphere.
This was, instead, something good to Yutang.
As for the many casualties, ninety-nine percent of them were from the martial world. Whether they were martial artists or assassins, they did not have much to do with Yutang. On the contrary, there were no fewer than a hundred thousand people who owed Yutang a favor for sending their remains back to their homeland after the battle.
At the very least, Yutang had gained much in terms of reputation.
More crucially, the assassin organizations that Yutang had been worrying about had been wiped out in this battle! Among the hundreds of thousands of known killers who made a living out of assassination, only five people had managed to escape!
Furthermore, these five people were released after being granted a reprieve. Therefore, there would be no further concerns about assassinations in the realm of Yutang.
From now on until a very, very long time later, it would become a common fact that commissioning assassins was a challenging task to jumpstart in the entire continent.
Subsequently, this situation was incredibly good news to all the officials and tycoons across the continent. After all, the more fame and fortune one had, the more fearful they were of dying. Illnesses and assassinations had always been the millionaires' worst fears. Now that half of their fears would no longer plague them for a long time to come, how could they not cheer in ecstasy?
Due to this very reason, after this incident, Yutang's reputation had risen to a substantially high stage, be it among the empires or the ungoverned territories.
The only one who was unhappy and unfortunate was probably Yutang's crown prince, His Highness, himself.
”I've sent men to grab the dragon hide treasure map? I've wiped out countless top-notch assassins three times over?”
The crown prince was dumbfounded upon hearing the report. His handsome face turned pale. ”When have I issued an order like this? How is it possible?”
”The crown prince's six troops?” His Highness was confounded. ”It's true that they belong to the crown prince's residence, but it's only for show. Since when can I, the crown prince, instruct those people? These troops are secured by father – why would they ever obey my commands? If I could deploy them, wouldn't I have…”
He was merely being honest. While the crown prince's six troops consisted of tens of thousands of men, they were the most elite combat power within the Yutang military. Their cultivation base, discipline, weapons, or equipment were all among the best of the best. However, they had only carried a title.
The crown prince had never thought to use this squad. He dared not use this squad. No one from the squad ever really listened to His Highness.
If that had been the case, how could these militants have exterminated so many premier assassins with three rounds of bows and arrows? This was a miraculous feat, despite it being an ambush, despite the timely attack, despite the fact that their targets were already exhausted and injured!
Had these people actually obeyed the crown prince, he would probably have woken up laughing from his dreams and yearned for this to be reality.
In spite of this…
”Guard, send General Li over. I have something to ask him!” His Highness' expression turned menacing.
”Your Highness, General Li says that… he is currently occupied with military affairs. Your Highness' arrangement is completed and the trip here will take much time. He asks that Your Highness need not be overly courteous, there is sufficient time in the future to reward him.”