588 The Smile That Kills (2/2)
The name of the devil spread quickly among the dark ones; rumors had it that the devil was related to the Blade Warrior.
That being said, Xie Su was content with the current state of war. He had never expected to eliminate the human forces in one go, and had planned for a stalemate. The longer the war lasted, the more advantage the Zergs would have; at least, that was the case until Wang Tong showed up at the home base. The incident had caught the dark lord's attention, and he had given personal orders to the wardens that he wanted the leader of the human unit, Wang Tong.
The Zerg race had been searching for the source of Blade Warrior's power for a long time. They were convinced that as long as they possessed this power, they could be the real overlord of the entire universe. Their first step would be to establish contact with the Zerg main forces somewhere in the boundless universe. However far away they were from the brood, their desire to return to the mother queen remained strong. The cure to their homesickness lied in the power of Wang Tong. It was also the reason that spurred the Zergs to evolve into dark ones and immortals.
After centuries of waiting, the possessor of this power, the heir of the Blade Warrior finally showed up at Moye's doorstep; the dark lord would not pass up this opportunity.
Xie Su knew the importance of Wang Tong. He knew that if he failed, he would either be killed by Wang Tong during battle or by Moye for his incompetence.
Therefore, he had considered capturing Wang Tong his priority. He had ordered his soldiers to slow down the attack at the front line and all the lords of the city to send out search parties.
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”Boss, the Zergs are sniffing everywhere for our scent. What should we do?” Battle Wolf was hiding inside a valley. The terrain on Mars was extremely complicated, and the planet was vast in size. Searching for three hundred people was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
”Looks like our plan has worked! This is the northern warden's territory, and I think he must have slowed down the attack at the front line to focus on us.” Xiao Yuyu said with glee. No one was convinced that their plan would have worked, but it did somehow.
Wang Tong rubbed his forehead while pondering over his next move. No one wanted to disturb him, so they talked under their breath quietly. They knew that he was planning to win this war using wits, and not might.
”I think we need to make some more noise! ” Wang Tong announced firmly.
”We can't stop right now. The more noise we make, the more pressure we can relieve off of the soldiers at the front line.”
”Tell us what to do, boss.” Tan Bu asked eagerly.
”We will repeat our strategy again. If you are a dark one, where do you think we will strike next?”
The next city that lined up with Danube, Kazakh, Bore, and Mephisto was the Spider Fort. It was a new stronghold built entirely by the Zergs and occupied by high-level dark ones.
”If we show ourselves around the Spider Fort, and then attack here instead...” Wang Tong pointed at another city neither far nor close to the Spider Fort. ”What do you think?” Wang Tong asked earnestly.
Meanwhile, inside Spider Fort, the dark ones were also holding a meeting together, discussing their options.
”Greetings everyone! The Dark Lord has given us his personal order to capture this Wang Tong, dead or alive. Meanwhile, we will work with the immortals.” The lord of Spider Fort, Blu said.
”We have received the same order from our Divine lord. He wants us to do whatever we can to assist you in your mission. In my humble opinion, the key to capturing Wang Tong was to understand his moves. We should prevail if we are well prepared.” A middle-aged immortal spoke.
”Honorable Divine General, I had heard that you had been an academy principal when you were human. I think we should listen to your opinion about what your former student's plan.”
Harmon Candler was the immortals' highest commander on Mars. He was also a divine general, the immortal equivalent of the dark one's blood kin.