“Stuff? You know I’m not human?”
The Underworld Mushroom tilted its head, asking the City Guard Commander.
“Ha, so it’s an idiot. Looks like the rebels are nothing special!”
“Attack!”
The Commander waved his hand.
The hundred men in the front row, holding their long spears, launched an assault on the City Lord’s mansion gate.
The Commander wasn't foolish. What if this old woman was meant to lure them into a trap?
Thus, he sent a small contingent to probe their defenses. If there was a trap, the loss would be minimal.
If there wasn't, and the gate was taken smoothly, the City Lord’s mansion would lose its reliance.
Five thousand men against a few hundred, and in a pincer formation, it was a sure victory.
Unless an opponent of the Marquis realm appeared, the situation couldn’t possibly be reversed.
“Kill!”
The front hundred soldiers roared and charged forward.
The Commander’s gaze was fixed on the old woman and her surroundings.
Yet, the old woman remained leisurely, even picking her teeth in front of thousands of soldiers, as if the grape seed stuck between her teeth was more important than the fully armed soldiers before her.
“Seeking death!”
The Commander’s face turned cold, and he muttered softly.
*Swish, clatter, thud!*
As the hundred soldiers reached the old woman, they suddenly stood at attention, shouting in unison, “Praise the True God!” Then, they marched in orderly fashion into the City Lord’s mansion.
“What’s going on? I told you to kill this person, not to enter the City Lord’s mansion!”
The Commander shouted.
The distance between them was only tens of meters, and his voice could clearly reach them.
However, these soldiers seemed deaf, ignoring the Commander’s orders.
“Ah, finally got it out. This body is so troublesome, too weak. Even eating is a hassle!”
The old woman spat the grape seed onto the ground, placed her hands on her hips, and muttered angrily.
“Can someone tell me what’s happening? Did those soldiers collude with the rebels and plan to defect on the battlefield?!”
“Hmph, lunatics, a bunch of cult lunatics! Facing such an army, defecting is no different from courting death!”
“Goen!”
The Commander shouted.
“Present!”
A burly man carrying two large axes slowly stepped forward.
He was the strongest fighter in the garrison.
With a hundred men defecting at the start of the battle, the morale of the defending army was severely hit.
The Commander knew that in a confrontation between armies, morale was paramount. If morale plummeted, they would collapse without a fight. Therefore, he specifically picked a fierce general to win a battle and boost morale.
“Chop off that ugly creature’s head for me!”
The Commander said coldly.
“Yes, a piece of cake!”
Goen, carrying two large axes, strode menacingly towards the old woman.
“Let me kill you, you…”
“Praise the True God!”
Before Goen could finish speaking, he suddenly paused, then uttered the same words as the soldiers before him.
Then, he walked into the City Lord’s mansion, his axes in hand.
At this, the Commander completely lost his composure!
The elite vanguard soldiers had defected, and now the strongest warrior had also defected…
How many people had this True God Cult infiltrated?!
“All troops advance! Leave no villains within the mansion. Charge in, and we can feast for three days and three nights!”
The Commander drew his waist sword and shouted loudly.
In this situation, the ‘Gourd Brothers saving their grandpa’ tactic could no longer be employed.
One goes, one defects; all are sent to their doom.
Just charge in together, and they wouldn't all defect!
“Don’t bother!”
The old woman waved her hand.
“What?”
The Commander suddenly felt a cold breeze.
It wasn’t that the air had become colder, but his heart had chilled.
Because he noticed that the aura of the surrounding soldiers had instantly changed, especially their eyes, which had become vacant and lost…
“Praise the True God!”
Suddenly, a heaven-shattering roar echoed through the area.
“Holy hell! Are you crazy?! Stop joking around!”
The Commander was so startled he almost fell off his mount.
Had they all truly defected?! This was too outrageous!
When they set out, they were all eager to plunder, and their loyalty had been tested.
How could they have all turnedcoats so suddenly?!
“The game is over. Kill him!”
The old woman pointed her finger at the Commander.
*Squelch! Squelch!*
As soon as the old woman finished speaking, dozens of long spears pierced the Commander and his mount like a shish kebab.
The Commander fell to the ground, unwilling to accept his fate.
“Th-these soldiers are all spies for the True God Cult?”
Those inside the City Lord’s mansion were dumbfounded at the scene unfolding before them.
“This is too absurd. The entire city defense army of two thousand men, except the Commander, were all spies for the True God Cult?”
“I suddenly feel a bit sorry for the City Guard Commander…”
“This is unlikely, isn’t it? They also contributed to capturing believers of the True God Cult before!”
“That’s right. If so many people were followers of the True God Cult, Qingsong City would have changed hands long ago, and it wouldn’t have lasted until now?”
“If they weren’t spies… it means they were brainwashed instantly and became followers of the True God Cult?! Who has such formidable power?!”
“That old woman seemed to say she was a servant of the True God, and called the True God ‘Master’…”
“No way, are even the servants of the True God this powerful…”
After the recent battle, everyone had tacitly accepted the existence of the True God.
If there wasn't a god, who could control five thousand soldiers at once? This was an unheard-of ability!
“Ah, I’m so full. I need to digest for a while!”
The Underworld Mushroom said, rubbing its stomach – though the consciousness it consumed wasn't stored in its stomach.
“True God, someone found this in the City Lord’s mansion treasury!”
Tang Xueyao opened an exquisite metal box. Inside lay a ring embedded with a pink crystal.
Instantly, the energy of the pink crystal was released.
It turned out this metal box could block the energy radiation of the pink crystal.
This was why Zhang Chen hadn't detected its existence.
Otherwise, how could it be that in the vast Qingsong City, there wasn't a trace of energy from the pink crystal?!
However, this also implied something: since this metal could block the energy radiation of the pink crystal, it meant that the quantity of pink crystals existing in this world might be far, far greater than Zhang Chen had perceived!
“Hold it in your hand!”
Zhang Chen said.
“Yes, True God!”
Tang Xueyao held the ring, and instantly, a powerful energy flowed through her body and into Zhang Chen’s.
“Find a secluded room and go inside!”
Zhang Chen said.
“Yes, True God!”
Tang Xueyao didn’t know what Zhang Chen intended to do, but she would follow whatever he asked.
She entered a room that seemed to be occupied by a concubine.
“Alright, True God!”
She closed the door, and as soon as she turned around, she saw a handsome and dashing man appear behind her, completely naked, smiling at her.