Chapter 1331: Fear And Shock!
Pu Long disappeared after he finished his thoughts.
A few minutes later, he reappeared on top of the same road lamp. He scanned the area around him with scrutiny, and saw there was no one present. He shook his head. “Is my mind playing tricks on me?”
He came back again because he felt a gaze looking over him. However, after looking around carefully, he couldn’t find the source of that gaze and that feeling was gone too. It really did seem his mind was playing tricks on him.
But, as someone who had reached quite high in physical skills, he wouldn’t ignore his instincts when it signaled to him.
Unfortunately, he didn’t find anyone. Reality told him that it was really his illusion.
“Forget it.” Pu Long sighed regretfully. So what if someone was peeping at him? They would only know that Lord Zhen knew what happened here. It really wouldn’t affect them.
After Pu Long rea.s.sured himself, he disappeared again. This time, he really left. As a member of the 13 Lords’ faction, he didn’t need to be so careful.
A few minutes pa.s.sed by again, a black figure slowly appeared under a road lamp.
The person raised his head slightly, revealing a face that was covered with a silver mask. “The people of the Lawless Lands are really impressive. I used the aura-restraining technique Rabbit taught me but he still detected my presence.”
“Lord Zhen?” Li Lanfeng smiled. “Maybe he is a good partner to work with.”
Li Lanfeng’s figure slowly disappeared. He left too.
Soon, the news about Lord Gen failing and Ji Ming losing to a young brat was known by the other 12 Lords as well as the leaders of the other factions.
“Rainbow Raiders. It looks like they’re serious this time.” One of the representatives sent by Rainbow Raiders was already on par with Ji Ming. If they still thought that the Rainbow Raiders was just casually pa.s.sing by, they should just leave the Lawless Lands.
“They formed a grudge with Lord Gen the moment they arrived. Their journey on the Lawless Lands will be difficult.”
“I don’t know about that. There are just too many conflicts between the 13 Lords to know what their intentions are. Even if they offended Lord Gen, the other lords might not be unhappy. So it’s hard to say for now.”
“That’ll depend on the att.i.tude of the other 12 lords. If most of them chose to drive out the Rainbow Raiders, the Rainbow Raiders will be unable to do anything too, even if they are a top-cla.s.s mercenary team.”
“We’ll know the results tomorrow. What we know now is that Lord Gen won’t forgive them easily.
“If other lords step out to help the Rainbow Raiders, it’ll be more fun.”
“Do you think Lord Zhen will help them? After all, he has been at odds with Lord Gen for a long time.”
“That’ll depend on the other lords too. If they support Lord Gen, Lord Zhen won’t move.”
“It’s hard to determine anything…”
“We must wait for the 13 Lords to give their final say. We mustn’t be implicated by this and give the 13 Lords a reason to take us down.”
On the surface, the most powerful people in the Lawless Lands were the 13 Lords but there were many strong factions below them who wanted to become the 14th lord. To prevent their grip over the Lawless Lands from loosening, the 13 Lords scrutinized these factions carefully. A few days ago, Lord Gen and Lord Zhen worked together to wipe out a new faction that was developing rapidly. It had many capable people under its wings and its strength was formidable too. A lot of people really thought that the leader of this rapidly growing faction would become a new lord.
But, Lord Gen and Lord Zhen, who used to be at loggerheads with each other, suddenly cooperated and uprooted the new faction in a blink of an eye. After that, they quickly segregated the faction’s territory.
Of course, it was impossible for them to destroy a faction entirely within such a short period of them. So, there must be other lords helping them. These were all secrets that outsiders wouldn’t be privy of.
However, no matter what, Lord Gen and Lord Zhen’s swift uproot still stunned all the factions. Those that were planning for some grand scheme decided to keep low for the time being and bide for some time first. All of them were afraid that they would be the next target.
The guard team of the port locked their rooms and went to bed after they returned to their rooms. None of them could actually sleep a wink that night.
The next morning, their leader woke them up to continue patrolling the area.
Unconsciously, they walked to the area where the 7th Bugle Call was docked at. It must be because they were all subconsciously thinking about this s.h.i.+p.
They thought that the s.h.i.+p would have been taken over by Lord Gen but surprisingly, the people from the 7th Bugle Call were still there maintaining the s.h.i.+p and cleaning their area.
The ground around their s.h.i.+p was surprisingly very clean but the leader still saw bloodstains that hadn’t been cleaned on the floor.
Instinctively, he led his men over and talked to the nearest crew member of the 7th Bugle Call.
“Brother, what happened last night? Why are you cleaning the port so bright and early in the morning?” The leader pretended to be oblivious to what happened last night and asked with a curious face. He even pa.s.sed a cigarette over to the man.
Cigarettes were a luxury item in the Lawless Lands. High-cla.s.s tobacco couldn’t be grown here so if they wanted pure tobacco, they needed to rely on the smugglers. Normally, only those with a certain status had high-cla.s.s cigarettes. Normal people could only smoke on low-quality local tobacco. Even so, the price of local tobacco was still expensive.
“Nothing. Some bold thieves tried to steal our goods. Aren’t they looking for death?” The crew member’s eyes lit up when he saw the cigarette. He smiled happily as he took it.
The leader took out his lighter and lit the cigarette for the crew member. He continued asking, “From the bloodstains, it looked like there were quite a number of thieves.”
The crew member took a deep breath and enjoyed the cigarette. After satisfying his craving, he replied, “That’s right. There were close to a hundred people.”
“A hundred people? That’s a lot. How many people did you send to fight them?” The leader appeared to be frightened by the huge number.
“One person from our Team 05 is enough to tackle those n.o.bodies…” The crew member gave a look of disdain.
The leader chatted with the crew member for a while longer before parting ways.
After they walked out of the vicinity, the leader heaved a sigh of relief. He turned around and reminded his team members, “You should stay as far away from the 7th Bugle Call as possible in the future.”
“Why?” One of the team members asked. When their leader was chatting, they went to chat with the other crew members too. They found the other party very friendly so they had a good impression of them.
“Someone who can kill Lord Gen’s men and still appear nonchalant must either be ignorant or very confident in themselves. Do you think that the people on the 7th Bugle Call are ignorant?” The leader asked.
Everyone shook their heads. The crew member they talked to didn’t seem like frogs in the well. They weren’t arrogant either.
“The 7th Bugle Call isn’t simple. However, Lord Gen isn’t simple either. Small fries like us don’t have the right to watch their battle. We should just stay away from them. Don’t die without knowing how you did.” The leader sighed loudly. He turned back and looked at the 7th Bugle Call fearfully.
Yesterday night, he was afraid of Lord Gen. Today, he was scared of the 7th Bugle Call.