Chapter 60 - The Birth of The Lightning Corps (I) (1/2)

After five long days of traveling, Shad and his troops were getting very close to Ozuna City, the biggest city in the south and also the territory of the Tulip family. They were almost a day away from the city.

The sun rose up into the sky in the morning. The sky was cloudless. Everyone packed their things including Shad after a long night of rest in order to continue their journey to Ozuna city. They only chose to pass the night within the forest as they've been traveling for two days non-stop.

After Shad had handled everything within the royal capital of the Mulan Kingdom, he had decided that it was time to leave for the south. He didn't take Roman with him as he had left him to take care of things within the capital, especially the Andres family.

Shad always felt uneasy about this family as though there was something off with them, but no matter what he did, he could not find any dirt on them. Even though the queen, as well as the prince, was from that family, Shad couldn't execute them for their crimes. Not only that, it seemed that this family had seeped deep into the Mulan kingdom, Whether it was agriculture, government, military, or commerce, this family had a hand on all of them. They were like a jack of all trades. Because of that, Shad didn't make a move on them and let them be while keeping a tab on them through Roman as well Monalisa who has many connections.

It's already been five days since Shad had left the capital. It had passed through many cities and small towns before he was in his current location. He had spent the night in each of those cities with his troops. However, after leaving on the 3rd day, he had never encountered any cities or town which was why they have decided to made camp within the forest in the middle of the night before they continued their journey.

In the first city that they have arrived, Shad was very surprised by the warm welcome that he had received. The most interesting thing was, him leaving the royal capital was not made public. However, in the first city that he had arrived, he had met a neatly arranged army in front of the city gate. The army was armed with shields and swords and was neatly dressed.

Nevertheless, the army wasn't there to fight him but to welcome him. There was a huge banner in front of the army. It was at least fifteen meters wide and hundreds of meters long.

A message was written on it: We welcome the 4th imperial prince to our humble city.”

It was like a festival in every city he had visited. Shad clearly knew the reason for that. News of the events that happened within the royal capital has spread throughout the whole kingdom which frightened every single noble within the kingdom, especially those who were doing some shady business.

After knowing that the 4th imperial prince was going to Ozuna city, they all had straightened themselves and cleaned out their cities because they knew that he had to pass through their cities or town in order to get to Ozuna city.

Especially the shady nobles, Shad was like a little devil to them, they just wanted to show goodwill towards him and their best side. Every city that he passed his night in, the nobles within that city made sure that the city was very clean with no beggars on the streets. they even lowered the prices on everything, just to show that their city was a very nice and affordable place to live in. They all pretended to harmonious with one another. Once he left, they celebrated and reverted back to their previous selves. It was the same scenarios in every city and town.

” Young master, we will be crossing the valley of death in a while. I suggested you let some of the soldiers scouted the area to see if there was an ambush before we crossed.” Asked Monalisa who was sitting inside the carriage while Shad's head laid on her laps as though they were his pillow.

According to some information they got from Roman, The valley of death was like a gate to Ozuna city, once you crossed that valley, you will officially make it to the south. However, just like the named suggested it, it was a valley of death.