Chapter 475: Sassy Reinforcement
Translator: Oneshotwonder Editor: Hitesh_
The Kaedeian population had been dwindling even before the war started, and therefore, any Kaedeian life lost was a huge setback.
“My Lady, my lady… Your queen mother asks for you.”
“I will be there in a minute.” Heidi was busy sieving through the reports from all over Mars, many of whom were pleading for reinforcements. The Kaedeians knew that without the resistance forces, the Zergs would be able to gather force and crush down the Kaedeian defense. Therefore, even if Heidi had no manpower to spare, she agreed to support bands of warriors through other means.
When Heidi finally arrived at her mother’s residence, she was greeted by the queen and many priestesses.
“Princess, the chosen one has finally arrived.” The head priestess announced loudly, her voice trembling with excitement. It had been a long wait after all.
“The chosen one?” Heidi was taken it back by the news. Ever since Patroclus defeated Wang Tong in the space, she sneered every time someone brought up that name. If Wang Tong couldn’t even defeat Patroclus, how could he save the humanity and the Kaedeians?
“How is that possible?” Heidi asked. “Didn’t he die five years ago?”
“Princess, you should never doubt our savior. He was the messenger of the gods, the chosen one. I have seen his halo from far away, and it burned with such intensity like I have never seen before. It has got to be him!” The head priestess could not long hold her composure as she shouted.
“My Queen, please excuse me.” The head priestess apologized after realizing she had been too loud.
“There is nothing to be sorry for. We all owe you gratitude for discovering the return of the promised savior. What should we do now?”
“We should send out search convoy to all districts of Mars; we need to find him!”
“The entire Mars? We neither have the time nor the manpower!” Heidi rose against the head priestess’s proposal. As the commander of the Kaedeian forces, she knew they could not afford to lose any more fighters.
“Princess, please think of it in another way. We have been fighting a long war with the Zergs for centuries, much longer than the humans did. Now, the Zergs have finally made a mistake and merged their gene with the humans, unwittingly giving the humans an opportunity to eliminate the Zergs once for all. We can’t pass up this opportunity.” The head priestess urged as wisdom shone in her old eyes. She was not only concerned about the problem at hand, but also the solutions far in the future.
During the centuries-long struggle against the Zergs, Kaedeians had achieved some victories. But in the end, they were overwhelmed by the sheer number of enemies and had to retreat to Mars. A few centuries later, the women warriors were still fighting the war against their old enemy. But this time, the tables seemed to have turned.
On the surface, the Zergs seemed to have gained the upper hand after they incorporated the human gene into their gene pool. However, the human gene was a mixed blessing to the Zerg in the long run. Not only they had inherited human’s intelligence, but also all of their sins: jealousy, selfishness, lust, and more. These elements sowed the seeds of destruction that would, in time, bear the vile fruit of internal crisis.
Only five years after the war, the bud of destruction within the Zergs had already manifested itself in the form of the struggle between Patroclus and Moye.
The news about the return of the savior had lit up every priestess’ face with glee. Ever since the invasion of the Zergs five years ago, life inside the Kaedeian city was dominated by sorrow and fear. Unlike the humans, Kaedeian had been defeated by the Zerg in such a crushing way that even three hundred years of recuperation was still not enough for them to forget the scars.
Although Heidi had her doubts, she accepted her queen mother’s order. However, she reminded herself to not to kept her hopes high. After all, the savior had already failed them once. Like many young souls in the city, Heidi firmly believed that only perseverance and resilience could save their race from the scourge of Zerg.
In the afternoon, Guan Dongyang got the invitation to the tournament, which immediately lit up outrage everywhere at the camp.
“Balls! Thankless b*stards! They know that we are mostly Mastery casters, and that is why they called for a tournament! ” Ross shouted and thumped his fist on the heavy table.
Each faction was to draft ten fighters, and the winner of each round would claim one-tenth of the war spoils.
As a small but effective group, the Battle Wolf’s status had always been unclear among the other resistance groups. Guan Dongyang had expected some reluctance in the other two leaders to share the war spoils equally. Even if the other leaders had the decency to give Battle Wolf its fair share, it was impossible to divide the war spoils equally into three portion due to a level sixteen METAL suit, whose value was hard to measure using the other loots.
As a mastery caster, Guan Dongyang had an inferior defense than his METAL counterparts, and therefore, he was in the great need of such a high-level METAL to protect himself. However, both Marcos and Randolph felt that they could not pass up the opportunity either.
Guan Dongyang remained calm after reading the invitation letter for the tournament. “Whining and complaining won’t change the fact that our strength is weaker than them. If it were you, would you be willing to share contents of the loot with weaklings? At any rate, they did not deny our rights to claim the spoils. They just want to use the tournament to prevent us from getting that super METAL, that’s all.”
“So, what is your call?” Ye Zi asked. She was tempted to negotiate a better deal with the other two factions as a member of the Divine Master Sect. However, after some thoughts, she conceded that between face and super METAL, the two leaders would choose the latter within a heartbeat.
Guan Dongyang shook his head and beamed from side to side. “I have news that I wished to announce later today. It would give Marcos a pleasant surprise. “
“You mean someone from House Lie is going to join us?” Ye Zi asked with a smile.
“How did you know?”
“Haha, boss, you never smile like that unless we are talking about Lie Xuan!”
“Haha! Well played, boss. That will be a hell of a sassy surprise for the other two factions! Haha!”
“Yes. Since it’s an internal dispute, House Lie cannot interfere too much, so Lie Xuan will come alone. Our goal is the super METAL; the rest does not matter.” Guan Dongyang announced.
“Boss, you can count on us!” The rest of the soldiers at the meeting room shouted in unison.
“I will go prepare a guest room for her.” Ye Zi volunteered.
After the meeting, Guan Dongyang dispatched another assistant to compile a complete list of the loot, just in case the other two factions changed the contents in the cargo boxes. Two hundred men and women had followed him to the battlefield and bled, some even losing their lives. Guan Dongyang could not let their sacrifice go down the drain. In addition, Guan Dongyang suspected that there was more than just one super METAL among the loot based on the size of the escort team. So, he invited Lie Xuan to join his side in order to gain more odds in his favor
The young leader of Battle Wolf knew that he would be examined and tested during this tournament, and therefore, it would be a great opportunity to display his strength and pave the way to his leadership in the upcoming assault on Maersa.
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“Captain, news about our victory had made its way to many other factions. We are going to have lots of spectators during the tournament.”
Marcos scowled. “They can look, but don’t they dare touch my loot!”
