Reincarnation Paradise Park

Chapter 240: Chapter 50: The Army Approaches

Su Xiao prepared to rendezvous with Esdeath; staying on the sidelines for too long would arouse suspicion.

But after taking a few steps, a red signal flare exploded in the sky.

”Retreat signal?”

Su Xiao was puzzled; the Night Raid Team was about to be defeated, so why the retreat? The signal flare was carried by Esdeath personally.

”Could it be...”

Su Xiao thought of a possibility. If that was the case, he indeed needed to retreat quickly.

He moved swiftly through the forest, retreating in the direction agreed upon in advance.

As he burst out of the forest, he saw Esdeath and Will already outside.

”Where’s Black Pupil?”

Esdeath looked at Su Xiao.

”Not sure, I encountered a strong enemy. The enemy’s Imperial tool could use three types of elemental forces, just dealt with them not long ago.”

Esdeath nodded; she had also seen the giant water ball in the forest earlier.

”Why haven’t Black Pupil and Mr. Boris arrived yet?”

Just as Will finished speaking, a deafening explosion was heard in the distance, and a mushroom cloud from the explosion appeared in the forest.

”Purgatory Summoning·Lubigend’s self-detonation, perhaps.”

Esdeath seemed to surmise what had happened.

”Self-detonation, could it be Mr. Boris...”

”Boris won’t be coming back.”

Esdeath’s tone was indifferent, and Will clenched his fists.

”Damn it.”

The three stood outside the forest; Su Xiao did not ask why the retreat— the sounds of battle in the forest told all.

After waiting five minutes, Black Pupil still hadn’t reached the rendezvous point.

”Black Pupil won’t be coming.”

Esdeath held a damaged spindle in her hand, wrapped around with a large amount of extremely thin metal wire.

It wasn’t metal wire; it was the hair of a super dangerous species.

Esdeath held the damaged Cross Tail, an Imperial tool worn on the body. Now destroyed to this state, Lubbock’s fate could be imagined.

Lubbock, Tazmi, and Mine had battled Esdeath for so long without being wiped out completely; it was already fortunate.

”General, is this Imperial tool damaged?”

Su Xiao was quite interested in examining the Imperial tool in Esdeath’s hand.

”Yes, this Imperial tool had a high compatibility with its current user, fully exerting one hundred percent of its power, and was ultimately damaged. Are you interested?”

Su Xiao nodded.

”It’s yours.”

Esdeath tossed the Cross Tail to Su Xiao; he hadn’t expected Esdeath to be so generous.

”Thank you... General.”

Su Xiao sighed inwardly; being trusted by the enemy after infiltrating their ranks didn’t feel great.

”It’s fine, we’ve been through life and death together. You’ve worked hard these past days.”

Su Xiao didn’t reply; he somewhat understood Reiner’s feeling from the Giant world. A day would come when he and Esdeath would meet on the battlefield, and that day wasn’t far off.

”General Esdeath.”

An officer wearing the Empire’s standard uniform dashed out from the forest. The officer was bloodstained, holding a broad blade large sword smeared with flesh, and the blade’s edge was chipped— a clear sign of recent battle.

”How much longer can we hold?”

Esdeath’s question was blunt and straightforward.

”At most an hour. We deployed only forty thousand troops this time, and the enemy’s numbers are in the hundreds of thousands, to say the least, conservatively.”

The officer’s face was ashen.

”The troops in the forest are already being encircled. I fought my way out.”

The officer said no more.

”So, the Revolutionary army has finally gone to full-scale war with us?”

Esdeath was all smiles, as if the casualties of the forty thousand soldiers did not matter.

”General Esdeath, these troops...”

”We’re retreating. We must quickly establish a line of defense on the walls of the Imperial Capital, or we won’t be able to stop the Revolutionary army.”

Counting the officer, the group of four retreated.

They came with over forty thousand; only four left.

That’s not the most absurd part. The most ridiculous thing is that the Revolutionary army came suddenly, yet the Empire had no intel.

If it weren’t for Su Xiao and others being on the path crucial to the Revolutionary army, the Revolutionary army might have directly reached the outskirts of the Imperial Capital, and by then, the Imperial Capital could have been surrounded on all sides before noticing the enemy.

The reduction of frontier military forces, many officials being coerced by the Revolutionary army, accelerated the Empire’s decline.

Now, the Revolutionary army only needs a decisive victory to completely crush the Empire, and a new country will emerge.

The new nation might live in peace and prosperity, but before that, hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, will die in the chaos of war, maybe even more.

On the retreat, Su Xiao was in a good mood; the Revolutionary army finally came, quicker than expected. He no longer needed to pretend to be Anbu.

Su Xiao’s group rushed back to the Imperial Capital at full speed; Esdeath went straight to the barracks, aiming to assemble the army to engage in a war involving millions with the Revolutionary army.

Esdeath was excited along the way, almost as if war was a joyous occasion.

Su Xiao was left in the Imperial Capital on standby. As a member of the Hunter Troop, he wasn’t deployed in the initial stages of large-scale war. His tasks would increase in the middle to later stages, mainly responsible for assassinating enemy leaders.

Tens of thousands of troops stationed on the outskirts of the Imperial Capital were quickly mobilized, with a massive number of soldiers rushing onto the city’s walls. In less than half an hour, the entire Imperial Capital became an ’iron bucket’.

The sight of soldiers everywhere created an impending storm, causing panic among the residents of the Imperial Capital.

The situation in the Imperial Capital was not optimistic; even if they managed to hold out for a while, it wouldn’t mean much.

The food stored in the Imperial Capital wasn’t ample, and with the Revolutionary army fully encircling the city, a famine would break out in less than half a month. Not only did the army need food, but the civilians in the Imperial Capital would also consume a significant amount.

Now it was the desperate resistance of those in power; the surrounding Revolutionary army made breaking through an illusion.

Su Xiao also understood that now was the time to act quickly. If the Revolutionary army breached the city, things wouldn’t end well for him as Anbu either.

The primary goal was to complete the main quest; traditionally, upon finishing the main quest, the return mission would appear.

Now was clearly not the time to infiltrate the Royal Palace; it would be best to wait another day or so until the war fully erupted to really stir the waters within the Imperial Capital.

Su Xiao wandered the streets of the Imperial Capital, his gaze inadvertently scanning his surroundings, searching for a suitable hiding place.

Flame of Luck’s cooldown time was up, and with the decisive battle approaching, it was perfect for opening treasure chests to enhance combat strength.

He quickly found a decrepit house, uninhabited for a long time, with peeling walls.

After spending quite a while picking the lock, Su Xiao couldn’t unlock the house’s door.

It wasn’t that the lock was particularly unbreakable, but that the lock had rusted shut.

With a forceful yank on the doorknob handle, the lock shattered. Once inside, Su Xiao secured the door to prevent outsiders from entering.

In the living room, it was relatively clean; with doors and windows sealed, there wasn’t much dust.

Su Xiao sat on an old sofa and took out all the treasure chests: two Blue Treasure Chests and one Purple Treasure Box.

The two Blue Treasure Chests were dropped by Brand and Najenda, and the Purple Treasure Box was dropped by Red Eye.

There was also a Scarlet Card from Carl, but it took longer to open a Scarlet Card, and the Flame of Luck lasted only several seconds, not enough time.

Su Xiao took a deep breath, ready to enjoy the happy moment of opening boxes.