Chapter 791: Their gap in strength is just too grea (1/2)
GDK 791: Their gap in strength is just too great
Those divine guards of the Fifth Corps had appeared too relaxed to the observers. It gave everyone the false impression that the team from Han Shuo’s Fifth Corps would be the easiest to defeat. Batúk had a glad and cheerful face when he saw his Seventh Corps divine guards began their assault on Bollands’ Company, inwardly praising his subordinate for being ‘wise’.
Not just Batúk, but even Rugersey thought that Bollands’ Company wouldn’t be able to withstand a single blow. Rugersey looked at Batúk as though Batúk had grabbed the only sweet on the table before he could.
It appeared that not just Batúk, but even Rugersey’s team planned on plundering divine essences from Han Shuo’s team. Unfortunately for Rugersey, Wallace had explicitly stated that no third company must intervene while two companies were engaging. Therefore, Rugersey’s divine guards had been thwarted of the opportunity to get some free divine essences, or so he thought.
Before the divine guards of the Fourth and Second Corps had met, Batúk and Han Shuo’s Seventh and Fifth Corps had started engaging.
The observing party’s attention immediately gathered on the fight. Wallace and Andre were especially focused. They were very intrigued at learning the true strength of the Fifth Corps. They could do exactly that using the sand table that gave them a bird’s eye view.
Unlike Batúk and Rugersey, every since the Sainte Brothers learned that Han Shuo had defeated City Lord Hofs of Hushveil City, they no longer considered Han Shuo as a regular Divine Guard Chief. When Bollands and his company walked into the arena, the two brothers could sense an air of arrogance veiled under their cheerful and relaxed mood. They were skeptical that the divine guards of the Fifth Corps would be easily defeated.
“Humph, you sure are lucky, Batúk!” said Camilla. She felt angry as she watched the company led by Kiffan closing in on her troops menacingly. She was even more annoyed to see that Batúk’s subordinates had allowed Kiffan’s company to walk past them unchallenged and was about to get some free scores from the Fifth Corps.
“Hehe, I am lucky to have wise subordinates!” replied Batúk complacently and cheerfully.
After finishing those words, Batúk turned to look at Han Shuo apologetically and smilingly said, “Lord Bryan, although I cannot ask them to spare your team, before the competition, I have instructed them to be as mindful as possible when they strike. You can rest assured that they will not injure your men!”
Those words meant that Batúk likely had given his men an instruction to target Han Shuo’s Fifth Corps before the competition. It seemed that he assumed the Fifth Corps was the weakest competing team right from the very beginning. However, as the House of Buller still wished to purchase the medicines Han Shuo refined, it was against Batúk’s interests to offend Han Shuo too much and therefore he instructed his subordinates to not hit Han Shuo’s divine guards too hard.
Han Shuo was between laughter and tears. He nodded his head and in a grateful manner, he said, “Then I must thank Lord Batúk in advance!”
Batúk was about to give a few humble and consoling words to make sure there were no hard feelings between them when his eyes happened to catch something on the sand table. His face instantly jolted and he cried out in surprise.
Through the sand table displaying a live feed of the arena, the observing party saw that the miniaturized version Bollands’ company moved into a conical formation aiming at the Seventh Corps divine guards. They were like an incisive and magnificent sword being unsheathed!
The three black dots at the very front of the formation were Bollands, Gilbert, and Sanguis. They were the sharp tip of the blade that was piercing at Seventh Corps’ belly. They were charging at the brightly illuminated region with unstoppable momentum. Instead of defending against the Seventh Corps, they were going on the offensive and attempting to seize the Seventh Corps’ divine essences!
An immense murderous aura suddenly erupted from the Fifth Corps divine guards behind the vanguard made of Bollands, Gilbert, and Sanguis. Having been tempered inside the Eight Desolation and Torment Formation, the divine guards had a great rapport and were well coordinated. The conical formation charged forward with overwhelming impetus.
Gilbert at this moment was wearing an angry face as he pounded the Seventh Corps divine guards in his path using his darkness divine energy. He was whining foul-mouthed, “You sons of bitches tried to pick on us because we look easy, didn’t you? We didn’t even plan on raiding you. But since you fuckers have made the first strike, I will wipe your asses out!”
Originally, Gilbert and the Company only planned on raiding the team from the Second Corps. They were still searching for more divine essences unhurriedly when without any warning, Captain Tino, wearing a most punchable, villainous smile, tried to encircle them with his men from the Seventh Corps.
To the Dark Dragon, these men of the Seventh Corps should be grateful that his Company did not try to raid them. But not only that these people did not know how to appreciate his kindness, they even dared to initiate an assault on his Company!
“Gilbert, they are not to be killed. You better be mindful when you strike!” reminded Bollands in a loud voice.
Before the competition, Han Shuo had instructed Bollands that other than the Second Corps, he must decide the toughness of his countermeasure based on the opposing team’s strength and attitude.