Chapter 350 (1/2)

Changes In The Sea

When he sent out the Golden Armours, the Snow Plains Lord had said, “If the intruder isn’t dead, don’t come back,” but it was the anger speaking, not him. Even if the intruder wasn’t dead, he wouldn’t send the soldiers he painstakingly trained to die. However, that sentence did come true.

The soldier’s individual skills were actually pretty average, they were trained to work in a team and their opponents were always humans or large desert beasts, not small agile bugs that crawled in and out of their armour and shirts.

The moment the bugs attacked, the soldiers who were always so calm couldn’t keep their cool anymore. The beasts they were ridding on were stomping around irritably from the insect bites, twisting left and right but they couldn’t shake off the pain from the bites.

The soldiers without their neat formation weren’t as intimidating as before. In addition to the manic movements of the beasts they were riding, the situation was a mess.

The silknoses that were hiding between the soldiers had planned to fly away from the disaster but before they could fly high, they got caught by the beetles that started to fly. They were only trained to trace objects, they weren’t trained to fight so in this battle against the insects, they lost immediately.

The mixture of painful cries, screeches from the silknoses and metals clanking were a pain to the ears but the battle didn’t last long. Those that managed to escape early on in the fight had left the circle of insects but the unfortunate ones, even if they managed to survive until now weren’t able to last any longer. The distressed men had become food for the bugs. Soon, only skeletons would be left.

Those who escaped were running towards Snow Plains City with the belief that they would be safe as long as they reached the city grounds. However, to their misfortune, they encountered a group of people that had attacked the city multiple times.

If they met encountered the usual fierce and mighty golden armour soldiers, these people would not attack them but they had encountered this distressed batch of soldiers who looked like they were fleeing, not attacking them would be a crime to the swords they were holding.

The Snow Plains lord waited patiently for a few days. Then, he felt the loss of the soldiers.

The soldiers were all personally enslaved by him. If it were some common low-level slave, he could feel their death but he couldn’t care much. It didn’t matter if they were assassinated or got caught in an accident, he just didn’t care. The golden armour soldiers were different. Ever since he sent them out, he had always paid attention to them. The cut to their connection caused by death felt like a direct punch to his heart. It felt like his skull was cracked open and it couldn’t be saved.

The troop went off to follow the trail of the golden armour soldiers left when they were chasing after Shao Xuan. As they followed it, they couldn’t find any traces of them. The people that attacked them had got rid of all evidence, not even a bone or a stone was found. In addition to that, the climate and winds of the desert had covered most things when the troop was dispatched.

The troop only found something when they arrived at the area where the soldiers were attacked by the bugs. They were petrified when they saw it.

They could only feel the chill in their backs under the hot sun. Their teeth were chattering while looking at the scene. Even the bravest of them couldn’t walk closer to inspect.

The vast desert, metal armour and thorn clothes were covering skeletons. The skeletons were half-buried by the sand, only the armour and sharp weapons that were exposed glimmered under the sunlight.

On the other hand, Shao Xuan who had dived into the sea was finally still for a moment.