Chapter 844: Leave it to me (1/2)
GDK 844: Leave it to me
Most of those gathered around Han Shuo was involved in the scam and were tempted by Bertha’s offer. They had been killed or fled.
But there were several forces who decided to stay even after Han Shuo displayed his intimidating strength. Most of them had some kind of aces up their sleeves.
For example, they could be followers of the Five Sovereigns. Or perhaps they were confident that they could escape from Han Shuo.
Under Han Shuo’s attentive gazes, the leaders of those forces exchanged glances. One of them broke the silence, “I mean no harm. I came here only as a passive observer. Lady, Gentlemen, if you are interested, I can introduce you to Lord Logue. I believe that Lord Logue will be very interested in you.”
It was evident from his words that he was a follower of Sovereign Logue. The reason that he had stayed until now was to try to recruit Han Shuo and his party for his master.
After he made his offer to Han Shuo, the other forces also took their turn and made similar offers. They represented the other four Sovereigns - Tyre, Ossora, Salas, and Wasir. They asked Han Shuo to consider their offers, promising that he will get anything he wanted in the Fringe - if he agrees to their offer.
The Five Sovereigns had been fighting each other for many years and they would spare no effort in recruiting the true top-notch experts. Just then, Han Shuo had demonstrated his extremely valiant strength. If he was to join any of the Five Sovereigns, he will definitely disrupt the status quo, making one of the Sovereigns significantly more powerful.
Han Shuo had long expected that they would have the backing of the Five Sovereigns, or they wouldn’t have stayed to watch so fearlessly. Han Shuo smilingly shook his head and straightforwardly declined, “My apologies, but I have no plans of submitting to anyone. I believe that the Fringe is big enough for me to live without affiliating with anyone. Thank you for the offers.”
Those representatives calmly nodded but they did not continue trying to persuade Han Shuo to join them. They had all seen Han Shuo’s arrogant and unyielding temperament. They could tell that Han Shuo wasn’t the kind of person who would bow before others and did not carry much hope of succeeding, to begin with. After Han Shuo rejected their offers, they bid Han Shuo their farewells.
Haruli bowed very slightly at Han Shuo and he also left with his men. Moments later, there was no longer a single living being around Han Shuo and his party. All that accompanied them were the dead bodies lying everywhere.
“Rose, didn’t you say that you still have some friends here? Let’s go visit them. We currently don’t have enough experts and must recruit as many of them as we can!” Han Shuo said to Rose after everyone left.
“Okay, let’s go,” Rose nodded and was ready to show them the way.
“Wait!” a cry suddenly sounded from the nearest Omphalos checkpoint. In an instant, that Omphalos guard who had repeatedly reminded Han Shuo came into appearance.
Han Shuo held a somewhat favorable impression towards that person. Han Shuo smiled at the person who arrived hurried and in a friendly manner, he asked, “How can I help you?”
“You want to learn news about Kage, right?” he replied in a low voice.
Han Shuo was stunned. He raised an eyebrow and asked, “How did you know about that?”
“The Stringer that you asked is one of ours. He told me about it,” he softly explained to Han Shuo and continued, “I will give you this information free of charge: Kage has just left the Empyrean Peak and should be on his way back to his base. If you want to find him, now is the time.”
Upon finishing those words, the guard smiled at Han Shuo, said nothing more, and returned to the Omphalos.
Han Shuo was at a loss for words and couldn’t understand why would the fella be so nice to him. But after hearing that Kage had left the Empyrean Peak, Han Shuo immediately changed his plans. He wanted to kill Kage before doing anything else.
“Father, I don’t think that that guy gave us Kage’s whereabouts for nothing. He might want us to kill Kage and then leak the information to everyone,” said Han Hao soon after that Omphalos guard left.
Han Shuo put on a faint smile and nodded praisingly. He thought that his firstborn was indeed not as naive as the Five Elite Zombies.
After thinking about it carefully, he thought that Han Hao’s suspicion was very likely. The Five Sovereigns of the Fringe hated each other. That guard probably wasn’t working for Salas. If he were to leak the information after Han Shuo kills Kage, Han Shuo would most likely be hunted by Salas’ forces.
Based on the strength that Han Shuo displayed, if Salas’ gang was to hunt and fight Han Shuo, even if Han Shuo ends up dead, Salas’ forces would have to pay a significant price for it. This would be a desirable outcome for them.
“It’s no bother, we will still kill Kage. But when the time comes, be extra careful so that no one would suspect us. Hehe, we will, eventually, have a confrontation with the Five Sovereigns, but now isn’t the time yet!” Han Shuo’s ultimate goal was to rule the Land of Chaos. However, as Han Shuo currently had yet to break through to the Skybreak Realm in demonic arts, he had no confidence in fighting the Five Sovereigns.