Chapter 756: Remember me? (1/2)
GDK 756: Remember me?
The Eight Desolation and Torment Formation was personally operated by Han Shuo in the beginning. The task was taken over by Cauldron Spirit afterward, freeing Han Shuo from all work.
The divine guards cried and screamed like babies as they were ruthlessly drilled in the chamber of torment. But with the passage of time, they learned to work with their teammates better. Rounds after rounds, they would be pushed to the edge of death and learn to diffuse the danger with their courage.
Whenever they felt that their coordination and rapport had grown and the danger had been defused, they would discover how wrong they were. Cauldron Spirit kept on increasing the power of the Formation to keep on pushing the divine guards beyond their limits.
Then, later in time, when Bollands, Sanguis, and Gilbert saw that the power of the Formation had been substantially raised, they asked Han Shuo for permission to enter the Formation to temper themselves. Naturally, Han Shuo agreed. He also asked Cauldron Spirit to set up a separate region in the Formation specially for the three.
Time flew by rapidly. A month had passed.
Although the Eight Desolation and Torment Formation were fully operated by Cauldron Spirit, Han Shuo did not leave the place. Through the connection he had with Cauldron Spirit, Han Shuo observed his divine guards making rapid improvement inside the Formation.
As to allow the divine guards to make even more rapid progress, after some discussion with Cauldron Spirit, Han Shuo decided to teach them some basic demonic combat formations. The combat formations were easy to learn and master. They were essentially methods and techniques that will allow three to seven people to fight most effectively in a team.
Following Han Shuo’s instructions, Cauldron Spirit turned a demon general into Han Shuo’s figure and used it to explain the principles of demonic combat formations to the divine guards inside the Formation. The combat formations were based on the people themselves and were therefore easy to understand. After a couple of rounds of lectures, most of the divine guards figured out its principles.
Cauldron Spirit continued with drilling the diving guards using Eight Desolation and Torment Formation. When they applied the demonic combat formation they learned, they immediately noticed how effective they become at neutralizing threats as a team. With that, their enthusiasm soared. They began making more effort into mastering the unique combat formation.
The divine guards were unknowingly making progress inside the Formation. Under constant, immense pressure, some of them even managed to break through to a new realm. This made raised the spirits of all the divine guards. They placed all their energy on the Formation.
Yet another month had passed. One day, a messenger delivered by Candide arrived at the valley, informing Han Shuo that Erebus and Aobashi had come to Fort Lasberg to meet him.
Han Shuo did not want anyone to learn about the installation in the valley. Candide, knowing Han Shuo’s intention, did not reveal anything about the valley to Erebus and Aobashi. After all, Erebus and Aobashi would be Han Shuo’s competitors in the upcoming competition. Besides, Han Shuo wanted it to be a huge surprise on the day of the competition.
Han Shuo was confident that with Cauldron Spirit operating the Formation, no issue would arise in the valley. Therefore, he left the valley as soon as he received the news and returned to Fort Lasberg.
After having received the plenty amount of energy crystals from Han Shuo, Candide revamped the Han Residence in Fort Lasberg. Han Shuo saw energy towers and boundary towers covering every corner as he stepped into this tallest building in Fort Lasberg.
Erebus and Aobashi who had been waiting in the reception lounge, as soon as they saw Han Shuo, stood up and congratulated Han Shuo on becoming the new Chief of Fifth Corps.
Currently, Han Shuo’s status was equally as esteemed as those of Erebus and Aobashi’s. As Chiefs of Divine Guards in the City of Shadows, the three interact with each other as people of the same social class.
Naturally, given the friendly relationships between the three, they would forgo most of the formalities. The two were very happy that Han Shuo had managed to secure the position. They would much rather work with Han Shuo than someone they don’t like.
“What can I help you with?” asked Han Shuo smilingly, “Oh, right, about that energy crystal deposit has the issue been settled? Did the City Lords of Hushveil City and Darksoul City give you two troubles?”
“Don’t mention it. The two City Lords were mad after learning about their Chiefs’ death. Not just Aobashi and I, but even the City Lord were pestered and pestered by the two,” Erebus shook his head, sighed, and put on a grimace, “A mess as big as this cannot be resolved easily. During these past few days, the City Lord has been calling us over and over again, hastening us to resolve the issue as soon as possible. The battle of the Seven Corps is just around the corner. We are so damn occupied!”
“If the two of you are so busy, how come you’d have time to visit me?” asked Han Shuo puzzlingly.
“For the energy crystal mountain, of course!” Aobashi shot a glare at Han Shuo and said, “You rascal left behind a clusterfuck and walked away just like that. Do you know how sick and tired we have been in cleaning up your mess?”
“Hehe, the hardest work should be left to the most capable person!” said Han Shuo in a forced smile. He then put on a serious face and asked, “Those energy crystals in the mountain are worth at least ten million black crystal coins. How does the City Lord intend to divide it?”
“The City Lord’s original intention was to keep all the mined crystal coins for ourselves. But the other two City Lords were incredibly furious about the deaths of the Divine Guard Chiefs and therefore unwilling to yield. Our City Lord had no choice but to compromise. The three cities will share all energy crystals on the mountain equally. Of our City’s share, half will go to your House of Han and the other half will go to the House of Sainte,” said Aobashi.
“Doesn’t that mean more than half of the money goes to Hushveil and Darksoul Cities?” said Han Shuo in a regretful face. “We had worked so hard to take down the mountain, but in the end, we have to give away a large chunk of the money just like that. Sigh.”
“Nobody told you to kill two Chiefs of theirs,” remarked Aobashi. She looked fixedly at Han Shuo with glistening eyes as though wanting to see his reaction clearly.
“They killed each other, it ain’t got nothing to do with me!” said Han Shuo as he shrugged. “Don’t you slander a good man!”
“Hehe!” Aobashi giggled. She replied in a faint smile, “Well, other than to inform you about the energy crystal mountain, we bring you an important intel!”
“Oh? What is it?” asked Han Shuo.