Chapter 791 - Their gap in strength is just too great
GDK 791: Their gap in strength is just too great
Those divine guards of the Fifth Corps had appeared too relaxed to the observers. It gave everyone the false impression that the team from Han Shuo’s Fifth Corps would be the easiest to defeat. Batúk had a glad and cheerful face when he saw his Seventh Corps divine guards began their assault on Bollands’ Company, inwardly praising his subordinate for being ‘wise’.
Not just Batúk, but even Rugersey thought that Bollands’ Company wouldn’t be able to withstand a single blow. Rugersey looked at Batúk as though Batúk had grabbed the only sweet on the table before he could.
It appeared that not just Batúk, but even Rugersey’s team planned on plundering divine essences from Han Shuo’s team. Unfortunately for Rugersey, Wallace had explicitly stated that no third company must intervene while two companies were engaging. Therefore, Rugersey’s divine guards had been thwarted of the opportunity to get some free divine essences, or so he thought.
Before the divine guards of the Fourth and Second Corps had met, Batúk and Han Shuo’s Seventh and Fifth Corps had started engaging.
The observing party’s attention immediately gathered on the fight. Wallace and Andre were especially focused. They were very intrigued at learning the true strength of the Fifth Corps. They could do exactly that using the sand table that gave them a bird’s eye view.
Unlike Batúk and Rugersey, every since the Sainte Brothers learned that Han Shuo had defeated City Lord Hofs of Hushveil City, they no longer considered Han Shuo as a regular Divine Guard Chief. When Bollands and his company walked into the arena, the two brothers could sense an air of arrogance veiled under their cheerful and relaxed mood. They were skeptical that the divine guards of the Fifth Corps would be easily defeated.
“Humph, you sure are lucky, Batúk!” said Camilla. She felt angry as she watched the company led by Kiffan closing in on her troops menacingly. She was even more annoyed to see that Batúk’s subordinates had allowed Kiffan’s company to walk past them unchallenged and was about to get some free scores from the Fifth Corps.
“Hehe, I am lucky to have wise subordinates!” replied Batúk complacently and cheerfully.
After finishing those words, Batúk turned to look at Han Shuo apologetically and smilingly said, “Lord Bryan, although I cannot ask them to spare your team, before the competition, I have instructed them to be as mindful as possible when they strike. You can rest assured that they will not injure your men!”
In astonishment, Wallace took a glance at Han Shuo. He saw that Han Shuo was wearing an indifferent faint smile on his face. He did not seem happy or disappointed, as though nothing displayed on the sand table could affect him. Wallace grew even more amazed for he knew that he himself could never achieve that state of total calmness and composure as though everything in the world was in his control.
<i>What a mind-blowing youngster he is!</i> thought Wallace. His mind automatically recalled Andre’s previous proposal and his gaze turned to Andre.
The two were standing close together and Andre immediately sensed the gaze from Wallace. He put on a strange smile and remarked, “I knew it, the Fifth Corps wouldn’t be as easy as it seemed!”
Then, suddenly, Batúk cried, “Lord Bryan, you are cheating!” When he had everyone’s attention, he pointed at the trio at the vanguard of the conical formation and said, “Their strengths are too powerful. All of the defenders in my company have late-stage midgod strengths and yet they couldn’t stop these three from barging in. Evidently, the three are not midgods!”
The crowd started exchanging their opinions with each other after they heard Batúk’s accusation.
Ralph, the Chief of the Second Corps, was wearing a face just as dark as Batúk’s. After he saw the astonishing strength displayed by the Fifth Corps, he was even angrier than Batúk. It wouldn’t affect him in any way if Batúk’s men were defeated. However, the strength possessed by the Fifth Corps was severely threatening the position of his Second Corps in the City of Shadows.
More importantly, Ralph had ordered Kiffan to slaughter the Fifth Corps divine guards before they entered the arena. But from how things have developed so far, there was no telling which team will be slaughtered!
“That’s right, those three divine guards are just too strong! I don’t think that three midgods could break away the defenses put up by a dozen or more late-stage midgods in such a short time!” remarked Ralph loudly. He glared at Han Shuo coldly and asked, “Lord Bryan, did you arranged a highgod into the arena?”
Not just Batúk and Ralph, but all other Divine Guard Chiefs were suspicious. The party’s gazes gathered on Han Shuo following Ralph’s accusation. Only Andre had his brows bunched.
Han Shuo chuckled and shook his head. He explained, “Individuals of similar strengths can unleash power greater than just stacking up the strengths of the individuals – if they know how to cooperate. This is nothing to be astonished about. If people cannot unleash greater strength when they fight in a team, then what’s the point of having this team-combat competition?”
“Fighting in a team can indeed unleash greater strength, but the firepower displayed by those three are beyond reasonable limits!” rebutted Batúk with his brows bunched.
Han Shuo laughed and confidently said, “It is not beyond reasonable limits – it just that you have never seen it before!”