Ultragene Warlord

was a simple-minded fellow, and he had run around for far too long with the executioner ’s blade that their godfather had given him—so long that his brain had turned addled.

Compared to Renhuang, Gaoyuan was more curious about the mastermind behind the attack on the sura.
According to their godfather, Renhuang alone would hardly have been capable of such an assault on two sura kingdoms.

”Take your time and force the mastermind out—I ’ll stick around here and enjoy my testicles. ”

With Renhuang under attack, the mastermind would surely strike, but no one knew how.

The elder knocked and entered his tent, and Gaoyuan raised his head and smiled brightly.
”Elder, have you had a meal? Come join me! ”

The elder glanced at his plate with revulsion.
”Please, your highness, I would hardly dream of partaking of your food. ”

Were it not for an important matter, the elder would hardly have interrupted Gaoyuan while he was eating—not because it would disturb Gaoyuan, but rather because it would frighten him.
Every time he saw Gaoyuan eating, he would be disgusted for the rest of the day.

”There ’s a letter for you, your highness. ” The elder put the letter on the table from as far a distance as he could manage, then darted back as far as he could, as though Gaoyuan and his table were a hotspot for some infectious disease or another.

”A letter? From whom? ”

”An arrow. ”

”Hmm. ” Gaoyuan picked up the letter, slit it, and read through it.
He smiled deviously when he was finished.
”It looks like they ’ve finally made a move. ”

”They? ”

”The mastermind behind Renhuang. ” Gaoyuan handed the letter to the elder, who glanced at it and frowned.
”Renhuang ’s dispatching six sets of troops? ”

At the end of the letter was appended specific details on each force headed out of Renhuang.

The elder ’s frown deepened.
”Is the governor of Renhuang an idiot? ”

”I ’m not familiar with him, but it doesn ’t seem like a bad strategy. ”

”Why, your highness? ”

”We have the forces of seven kingdoms closing in on him, but we ’re not working together.
It makes sense to defeat our forces one by one. ”

”These humans really are quite arrogant if they think that they can take down a horde of troops led by sura kings with just a sixth of their total manpower… ”

Gaoyuan continued eating as he expressed his thoughts.
”They defeated Xuechi, didn ’t they? Their strength should be considered on par with that of a sura kingdom, so it might not be so infeasible for them to defeat one of the forces heading their way.

What we really should be considering is the bottom half of the letter.
The city divided its forces into six groups, and the governor himself ’s remaining within… ”

”Aren ’t they underestimating our strength? ”

”There are two possibilities.
One, that the contents of the letter are fake, or two, that they really are confident that just a sixth of their strength is sufficient to overwhelm any of our forces. ”

The elder frowned.
”In summary, regardless of whether the contents of this letter are fake or not, our strategy is still to continue pushing onward.
If our opponents are strong, we have to prepare for a drawn-out battle; if they aren ’t, we ’ll march straight for Renhuang. ”

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”Your field of vision is too narrow. ” Gaoyuan stood up, wiped his mouth by the napkin around his neck, then corrected the elder, ”Godfather ’s stated objective is to destroy Renhuang, but the true objective is hidden and even more important: to uncover the mastermind behind the affair. ”

”In that case, your highness, your intention is— ”

”We ’ll host a banquet and prepare to welcome our guests. ”