Armipotent

Chapter 832: Neutral Party - Part 1

Park Nam Hoon, Yu Jin Sang, and Yoo Kwang Sung watched the battle from the sideline. They ordered their subordinates to retreat as the Warlord Guildʼs people tried to escape from the battlefield. The two shadows kept chasing them as the arrow never stopped either. The tide of the battle turned to their victory as it had become a one-sided massacre.

Cha Hyuk, Song Shi Eun, and the other three people regrouped with Park Nam Hoon. They were ordered to step back from the battle before the slaughter pushed the Warlord Guild back. This was not a battle anymore, but a slaughter field. Even the Warlord Guildʼs Vice Leader could not do anything before his neck was slit open by the shadow.

”What is this, Boss?” Cha Hyuk or people call him the number five of the Legion Guild, asked Park Nam Hoon for an explanation. Not knowing what helped them was also scary for him, so he wanted to know what happened. Song Shi Eun and the other three looked at Park Nam Hoon, waiting for the explanation.

”What else? They are the reinforcements from the Tang Empire. Your Majesty Emperor has arrived as he promised us in the arena,” Park Nam Hoon smiled wryly. While he was relieved that the Warlord Guild was slaughtered, it did not make him feel better as he compared the three individuals with his guildʼs strength. Three individuals were much stronger than a whole guildʼs force. That gave him relief but also a warning at the same time, he should never get on the Tang Empireʼs bad side.

Cha Hyuk, Song Shi Eun, Yoo Kwang Sung, and Park Jin Sang knew the Tang Empire was so strong, but they did not expect the Tang Empire was so strong to this extent. They had the same thoughts as Park Nam Hoon, comparing their guildʼs strength to the three individuals. The dragon was not even here to help.

Cha Hyuk turned his head and looked to the top of the wall, searching for the individual who fired the arrows. He found an exceptional beauty with long ears, shooting the arrows as if she was in a practice range. There was no exaggeration in her movement, pulling three arrows from the quiver and shooting it at once, killing three people at the same time. And before, he was thinking of hitting the elf girl in the arena during the Earth Tournament. Those thoughts disappeared now as he realized that the elf girl was on another level above him.

The slaughter was over when all the Warlord Guildʼs people were killed. All the corpses scattered around the road, some of the bodies lost their heads, some of them lost half of their bodies, and the remaining bodies had an arrow in their foreheads. As the battle was over, the two shadows returned to the wall. One was a creature similar to a cat, and the other one was a bunny girl.

”Donʼt stare at them too much; you guys may displease them,” Park Nam Hoon reminded his friends. ”Letʼs greet Your Majesty Emperor and remember the formality. He is our Emperor, and we are his subject now. Watch your manners in front of Your Majesty.”

If it was before, Cha Hyuk would make fun of his guild leader for that. Emperor and Your Majesty were things from the ancient time; who would use those titles in this time? But he must think thrice to joke around like that. His life and his friendʼs lives might be at stake if he said something that might offend The Tang Empire.

The eight people knelt in front of Tang Shaoyang and greeted him respectfully. They did not forget to thank Tang Shaoyang for coming, hailing praise for their Emperor.

”Skip the formality for now. Letʼs focus on the four guilds and get rid of the threat first. I canʼt stay too long because I have to visit the next regions,” Tang Shaoyang waved his hand and told them to get up.

”Yes, Your Majesty,” The eight people stood up, and Park Nam Hoon spoke up as he was the Legion Guildʼs leader, ”Only two guilds attacked our territory, and we are not sure of the Giant Guild and the Black Knight Guild. Their territories are quite far from Seoul, and I think we are safe for now. But my people will patrol the border, so the two guilds canʼt sneak into Seoul.”

”I think you donʼt need to worry about the Giant Guild anymore. They had killed them all when we first arrived, so letʼs focus on the Black Knight Guild,” Tang Shaoyang pointed at Aleesa and Sylvia with his thumb as he told Park Nam Hoon about his encounter with the patrol team and also the Giant Guildʼs force. ”Since we have taken care of the three guilds, we can narrow it down where the Black Knight Guild will attack. Do you know the Black Knight Guildʼs territory? You can focus in that direction instead of spreading your force. Of course, you still need two or three patrol teams in other areas as well, just in case they come from somewhere else.”

”This is bad! We have to return immediately, Park Nam Hoon!” Park Jin Sang immediately remembered what Chup Seung-Gi told him during the fight. The Black Knight Guild and the Giant Guild would secretly enter Seoul from the other sides of their territory. If that was the case, there was a big chance the Black Knight Guild had already entered Seoul and headed toward their smart base. He told Park Nam Hoon what Chup Seung-Gi told him.

”Leave the injured here and bring the people who can still fight with us!” Park Nam Hoon sent his order. He only left one team in the smart base to keep the base in order, and that one team comprised forty people. If the Black Knight Guild sneaked into Seoul and headed toward the base, it would be just another slaughter. In this regard, it was his people who would get slaughtered by the Black Knight Guild.

”If thatʼs the case, then let them come to your smart base. Itʼs much more convenient for them to come to us rather than searching for them in this big city. I left my people in your smart base, so your people should be fine even if the Black Knight Guild comes to your smart base,” Tang Shaoyang assured Park Nam Hoon.

The eight people exchanged looks, but deep inside, they were relieved that the Tang Empireʼs people safeguarded their smart base. After a little hesitation, Park Nam Hoon braced himself to ask, ”May we know how many people you have, Your Majesty?”

”Two,” Tang Shaoyang replied at ease, and there was a reason for him to be easy. The two people in the Legion Guildʼs smart base were Zaneos the Void Sword and Bronson the Executioner. Both were Grade SS Spirit, so the smart base was extremely safe under their watch.

Song Shi Eun was about to say something. She opened her mouth, but no words came out as she recalled what had just happened. The three individuals that managed to wipe out the Warlord Guildʼs force, so those two people should be enough to face the whole Black Knight Guild since The Black Knight Guild was weaker compared to the Warlord Guild. The eight people did not say anything since Tang Shaoyang said so.

”It seems you guys missed a few preys,” Tang Shaoyang furrowed his brow and turned toward the battlefield once more. Those words were directed to Sylvia, Aleesa, and Greed. ”Itʼs rare for you guys to make mistakes like this. Especially those few people are weaker than you guys.” His eyes locked into the three-story building. He saw five people inside the building through his Spirit Eyes.

”Mnnn….” Tang Shaoyang nodded his head. ”I think I understand why you guys miss them. They can hide their presence quite well.” He then pointed at the building and added, ”There are five people inside that building.”

Everyone followed Tang Shaoyangʼs index finger. They did not have Spirit Eyes or use a detection skill, so they did not find the five people. Rosalie, who did not participate in the battle, spread her Mana Sense, and she sensed the five people in the building. ”Yes, there are indeed five people on the upper floor of that building.”

With Rosalieʼs affirmation, Aleesa took out her bow from her inventory. She pulled the bowstring as mana condensed, forming an arrow. That was not just a normal arrow, but a mana arrow. She aimed for the upper floor of the building and shot the arrow.

Bwoosh!

The strong gust hit everyoneʼs face as the arrow sped up toward the building. Sure enough, five people broke out from the upper floor window to escape from the arrow. As the mana arrow hit the building, the arrow exploded, bringing down the whole building.

​ ”You finally come out, little mouses,” Aleesa pulled her bow once more as five mana arrows formed on her bow. Five mana arrows for five people as the first arrow was to force the five people to escape from the building. With the five targets in her sight, it would be easy for her to hit them all.

At this moment, one individual broke out from the group and rushed toward them. Tang Shaoyang was surprised by this individualʼs movement as it was similar to Lu Anʼs shadow movement. ”STOP THE ATTACK! WE ARE NOT YOUR ENEMY!” The female voice resounded in the air with desperation in it.

”She is the Shadow Queen!” Park Nam Hoon blurted and raised his hand. ”Please stop your attack, Lady Aleesa. She is not part of the Warlord Guild and also not from the other three guilds. She is the Shadow Queen from Haven.”