592 A Bad Example (1/2)

Most people would only focus on the results and ignore the process. However, people inside of Maersa were friends and families of those three hundred soldiers. After they had heard the news, their first thought was not to celebrate, but ponder. What had the soldiers been eating without any supply for a month?

How many soldiers were still alive and How many were injured? How were they doing? How much longer could they keep on doing this for?

One question bode another.

”Balls! It seems like we are not working hard enough to catch up with Wang Tong. I am going to donate my retirement money to the war campaign.”

”What? You have a retirement fund?”

Marcos looked embarrassed and said, ”Not really.”

”How do I know that? Haha!” Aamir laughed.

Everyone had contributed to the war, either offering money or labor.

Lie Jian and Michaux had already received the news about Wang Tong's victories. Samgha was the main production base for the Zergs, and had always been under the human force's radar as the main target for a counterattack. Despite the higher status of the dark ones in the Zerg community, the humans were less afraid of them on the battlefield due to their lack of numbers. It was the swarm that the humans were most afraid of.

In a month, five cities were razed to the ground, and all the queens in the cities were killed. Wang Tong's actions were incredibly effective in slowing down the reinforcements of the Zerg. The human commanders reacted quickly to the news as they pulled another battalion away from the northern line to the western line.

Wang Tong's move also spurred Lie Jian and Michaux to make up their mind and act immediately.

House Lie and the Divine Mastery Sect each had assembled 500 of the best soldiers under their command. They aimed to repeat Wang Tong's strategy and strike deep and hard into the heartland of the Zergs.

Meanwhile, all the Zerg lords sat sheepishly around a table, and at the end of the table sat a hulking frame. The imposing dark one looked as angry as the horn that grew out of his forehead. Beside Xie Su was Candler, the immortal who was responsible for the sacking of Samgha, at least in part. When he was cocksure that Wang Tong would follow his course and attack Spider Fort, the teenage boy and pulled the rug from under him and changed his plan. Moreover, the old immortal had not expected that the defense of the Samgha would be utterly annihilated so quickly either. The most fertile queens and the all the eggs that still hadn't hatched were all gone with the nuclear blasts.

The northern warden, Xie Su, had rushed back to the home base to clean up the mess. It was a shameful defeat, and his men's incompetency had jeopardized the plan of the dark lord.

Candler hung a faint smile on his face. Although he was in part responsible for the embarrassing situation, Xie Su would not openly blame a guest. Plus, there were too many variables; for example, no one would have thought that Samgha's defense would be so fragile. Therefore, no matter which way one looked at it, the real reason for the defeat was the weakness of the dark ones.

A cold and hard curve found Xie Su's lips. Not only had Wang Tong gotten away, but the setback had also negatively affected the overall development of the war, as well as the competition between the dark lord and Patroclus.

”Bring C-Zhi here. ” Xie Su gave a command. He looked as imposing and calm as a powerful human warrior. Candler observed him attentively; as a Divine General, he was aware of the A-level blood kin's abilities. As the elite warriors, they had evolved to be the closest to the humans compared to other dark ones.

”Speak, what had happened?” Xie Su asked with a steady voice.

C-Zhi's wings quivered in the presence of the warden. The other dark ones looked at C-Zhi sheepishly, knowing that his fate was already sealed. C-Zhi hurried to explain what he had seen, and from time to time, he threw one or two hyperboles in his description of the human devil. He knew that if he didn't make the situation sound worse than it had been, he would almost be guaranteed to be executed.

C-Zhi spoke with an animated tone and gestures, trying his best to explain the dire situation. The lords of the other cities watched each other with surprise on their faces.

”You are saying that he came all by himself?”