Chapter 501: Peace Negotiation (2/2)
”Captain, as you have advised, I have spread the news about our attack.” Li Xiu said with an obsequious smile.
”Hehe, good. Let them be scared.”
”Scared they will be! We need to give some pressure to those despicable weaklings.” Li Xiu nodded in agreement. Their goal in the attack on Battle Wolf was not to eliminate them, but to display their strength in front of all factions.
”But, the report seemed to suggest that the Battle Wolf didn't run away as we expected. They are going to fight.” Randolph said.
”Let them fight. They only have one Mastery caster, and I doubt he would be able to wreak havoc by himself. Plus, we have Nihlathak on our side. Maybe, Guan Dongyang won't even get the chance to use his mastery.” Marcos said with a broad smile. After Nihlathak had received the news about what happened during Battle Wolf's Zerg encounter, the absence of the mechanic's role in their victory made him realize that he might have been fooled by the latter.
He had never heard of any young warrior who had reached the legendary level other than Michaux. The more Nihlathak thought about it, the more he was convinced that it was Guan Dongyang who had tricked him to believe that the furface was a powerful warrior.
Unable to come to terms with the blow to his ego, Nihlathak offered to fight against Guan Dongyang again.
”What is our plan, captain?”
”In order to establish our authority, we need to do two things… show off our strength and get rid of Blizzard. The attack on Battle Wolf is our first step, and we have to make sure that we succeed. The goal of this operation is displaying our might. Therefore, we can't attack with surprise… It will have to be a direct frontal attack.”
”A marvelous plan, boss! The world needs a ruler like you.” Li Xiu said servilely.
Everyone else chimed in and applauded Marcos' plan.
Thunder Fire had poured all of their force into this operation. The formation marching toward Battle Wolf was made up of five thousand well equipped and well-trained warriors, as well as five hundred heavy METAL units.
The five thousand warriors were mostly high-level warriors. The merger of Thunder Fire and Rock Buster had deepened Thunder fire's ranks significantly. In addition, there had been a few other smaller factions that had joined the Thunder Fire.
By then, it was already too late for Battle Wolf to escape.
Despite his imminent victory, Marcos had sent a negotiator to his enemy's camp as a perfunctory gesture to avert the crisis. The price Battle Wolf had to pay was to become part of Thunder Fire.
”Please consider the offer, Captain Guan. You don't want the two hundred warriors of yours to die, do you?” Li Xiu was the person that Marcos had sent to Battle Wolf.
Guan Dongyang might have been tempted to surrender for the sake of his comrades' lives, but he knew he didn't have to because he had Wang Tong.
Guan Dongyang cracked a smile and then replied, ”Why don't you go back and tell Marcos that he better give up the attack and surrender for the sake of his five thousand warriors?”
Li Xiu's face blacked and then he fired back, ”How dare you! You have left us with no other options!”
”Try me!” Guan Dongyang's smile evaporated from his face, and he cast a chilling glance at Li Xiu.
”Why? Do you want to kill me to vent your desperation? I never feared death the moment I joined Thunder Fire.” Li Xiu asked.
”No. I need you to tell Marcos to clean his neck for my blade. Get out of my sight… NOW!” Guan Dongyang waved a dismiss and sent an unseen force at Li Xiu, who was blown out of the meeting room in a blink.