464 Here Come the Robbers (1/2)

The Snow Silkworm Card Artisan Firm had found that, throughout the past few days, several commanders looked much happier than before. Even Jiang Liang, who seldom smiled, had changed his tune. Although that was odd for him, everyone still felt relieved. Basically, Jiang Liang was responsible for all of the training and had become the second fiddler in battle command.

In many card artisans' hearts, Bogner had reverted back to his true colors after the recruitment speech. He threw all of the jobs into the hands of Deputy Commander Jiang Liang. Apart from sleeping every day, he did nothing. He would only appear in the office once in a long while, which had become normal to the people there. Aside from him making jokes with everyone, the only advantage he had was good socializing skills. Other than that, hardly any valuable traits could be found inside such a lazy man.

On the contrary, Jiang Liang was a role model for all of the soldiers. His uniform would always be tidy. His eyes were sharp, and his words were short but powerful. He would always work vigorously. However, he was ruthless, and the card artisans were in awe of him. Although the training was difficult, he would make himself a role model for all. He would only execute the training better every time without missing a single step.

The superiors were satisfied with the training implemented by Jiang Liang. According to the performance of the card artisans under them, their future would be better. They were no longer the newbies who had just entered the group. Under such hardcore training, they were tortured but reducing their own weaknesses at the same time. Several of them had been trained by the Card Artisan Youth Team. However, compared that team's training, the training implemented by Jiang Liang was much more thorough. The training repetition and the risk faced were beyond their expectation. While most of them were discussing privately, they were guessing whether Deputy Commander Jiang Liang had brought the military training method there.

Jiang Liang's military resume was no longer a secret. Moreover, following the recovery of his senses, the card artisans had felt the aura of a soldier from him. However, the military training method wasn't as complicated as they had observed. The repetition of the training wasn't intense. That was especially true of the overpowered snow pit method, which also known by the card artisans as the buried alive method. All of that seemed to have nothing to do with the man who was always sleeping.

However, no matter how unfaithful they were on their talents, they could feel the rapid growth in their strength. That result was shown after the practical combat began.

A few months prior, a massive amount of unknown card artisans had suddenly appeared around the base. After the heist of the purple fluorescent extract on a delivery, Bogner had placed an order to eliminate all card artisans in the area. If nothing unexpected happened, the leader would still be Deputy Commander Jiang Liang.

Due to their lack of combat experience, they had lost some manpower in the fight. However, with more improvement in combat experience, the results from their hardcore training had finally come into use, allowing them to continue achieving victories in the coming war. In just a short period of time, the card artisans surrounding the base had been swept away. The wandering card artisans who had previously looked down upon them were running away in fear when they heard about the Snow Silkworm Card Artisan Firm. As a result, that had made the card artisans on the team proud.

However, Jiang Liang felt unsatisfied with the outcome of the war. He hadn't even given them a word of compliment. Commander Bogner's compliments were ignored by the card artisans. Xi Ping was making a suffering look every day, as if someone were cutting his flesh.

Jiang Liang's expression had been strained for a few days had become even more so. Moreover, following the orders given, the base's atmosphere had gradually become filled with nervous tension. Tons of teams could be seen pulling cargos in and out of the ravine, making the narrow space increasingly crowded. With the increase of patrols in the ravine, even the dumbest card artisans could sense something was wrong.

In the conference room, the atmosphere was dignified.

”According to the information from the Snowflake Card Artisan Team, the one planning to lay hands on us is the Blood Red Card Artisan Group.” Xi Ping was responsible for communicating with the Snowflake Card Artisan Team. He then continued to explain the situation. ”The Blood Red Card Artisan Team is broad in scale. Their extraordinary combat effectiveness makes them popular. They are as strong as the Snowflake Card Artisan Team!”

Everyone was showing ghastly expressions. Before having worked with the Snowflake Card Artisan Team for so long, they'd had no idea how powerful the Snowflake Card Artisan Team was. However, after having cooperated with them, they finally understood their true abilities.

”The Snowflake Card Artisan Team has already shown their stance toward this matter. They mentioned they will provide information to us because their leader is currently in a closed-door training status.”

”Well, it seems like they have already prepared for what's coming and therefore decided not to get involved in the fight,” Xi Ping said coldly.

”We aren't really planning to depend on them, but we do lack of some information,” Bogner said while lazily lying on the sofa.

”What was the information from them?” Beside him, Jiang Liang was sitting properly, contrasting his behavior to Bogner's.

”The Blood Red Card Artisan Team has mustered up their main force, the Blood Hammer Troop. This is their elite troop, with manpower of up to 3,000, and all of them are experienced battle card artisans. Their average perception is of level five and above. Moreover, to fight against our Starfish Fortresses, they have even prepared a dedicated battle card. The Blood Hammer Troop has 120 members with level-six perception and 11 members with level-seven perception.” Xi Ping looked terrified.