Chapter 880 - Bait
GDK 880: Bait
Larikson, Hofs, and the experts they brought assembled before the Han Residence. Although they had been stalwart and zealous while marching to the Residence, they were worried and hesitant when they were at their destination.
A bizarre and eerie dark cloud loomed over the Han Residence that was shrouded under a thick dark fog. None of the experts gathered outside could peer through the fog to see what danger may lie ahead. Having eaten tons of destructive blasts of Energy Crystal Cannons, the divine guards of the Hushveil City had learned to fear the House of Han. They dared not charge ahead recklessly.
Even Hofs and Larikson immediately raised their hands, signaling their experts to halt upon seeing the peculiar situation ahead. They wore dark faces as they used their divine souls to probe the Han Residence.
After a long while, Hofs softly exclaimed, “Something’s wrong. My soul seems to be blocked by the thick fog. I cannot sense any life aura at all. This is impossible, I’m sure that they are inside. They must have blocked the sensing power of my soul somehow!”
Larikson nodded and said, “Indeed. I too cannot sense any life aura. But I’m certain that those of the House of Han had never left Fort Lasberg. From my intel, they have been defending the Fort all along. Those who left the Fort were all civilians.”
Hofs knew exactly where Larikson’s ‘intel’ came from. He smirked as he said, “Wallace really is intolerant of competition. But this is a good thing, hehe. After eradicating the House of Han, I’m going to spread the truth to the public. If Bryan is not dead already, he will know the role that Wallace played. By then, no matter if he was willing or not, he would have to fight alongside us!”
“Indeed. Wallace may scheme, but so could we! Hehe, we may be the ones doing the dirty work, but Wallace’s hands are no less bloody than ours!” Larikson obviously didn’t plan on letting Wallace play the role of an innocent bystander. He too had planned on dragging Wallace into the mud.
“I did not expect that the House of Han would take so much trouble. Perhaps we need to be more cautious,” said Hofs gravely as he stared at the Han Residence right ahead of him that was hidden under the thick dark fog.
“Let’s try ranged attacks on it, the same way we treated the energy barrier earlier,” proposed Larikson.
*** In the Han Residence, Bollands, wearing a scheming, cold face, commanded, “Activate the Illusionary Scene Projector and bait them in!”
“I’ll handle it! Hehe, let’s withdraw the mist for now and save that fella with the lightning energy some embarrassment,” said Gilbert excitedly before he went on to flip the switches.
Of all those in the meeting room, Bollands, Sanguis, and Gilbert were the only people familiar with the big and small demonic formations around the Han Residence. Before Han Shuo departed from the Fort, he had described to them the powers of the demonic formations and how to use them. As all three of them cultivated demonic arts with some of their knowledge overlapping with demonic formations, they were able to learn how to control the demonic formations.
Sanguis, Gilbert, and Bollands went on with temporarily disabling some demonic formations and activating the Illusionary Scene Projector.
“Ladies, Gentlemen, in just a moment, the mist will dissipate and the Illusionary Scene Projector will clearly project our appearances before the attackers. At that time, please act as though you are so terrified that you shat your pants,” instructed Sanguis as he set up the mechanisms.
“We got it,” replied Emily with a faint smile.
***After shooting into the mist, Kinu activated the energy of lightning that he had been accumulating above him. Lightning bolts fell from the sky and bombarded every corner of the Han Residence.
Then, as though someone had flipped a switch, the thick fog that shrouded the Han Residence suddenly started to dissipate. Even the dark cloud above the Residence began to sway as though it might dissipate at any moment.
Like a veil being lifted, the buildings in the Han Residence were slowly revealed to the attackers. They saw the members of the House of Han looking terrified, helpless, and full of despair. Some gazed at the attackers foolishly while others were frantically trying to flee. It was utter chaos.
The lifelike scene and perfect acting had deceived all the attackers, especially Hofs who had been waiting for the moment. They assumed that the highgod of thunder had managed to destroy all of the defensive boundaries in the Han Residence and they did not smell a rat.
Hofs put on a savage smile and howled, “Charge! Kill them all!”