The Geared Immortal

Chapter 1169

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As the smoke died down, the figure of Yi Gauwan stood in his place with a smile on his face. A slight amusement could be seen in his eyes while looking in the direction where Yi Terai runs to.

"This is amusing… I never would have thought that the woman was able to wield the power of the necklace… who would have thought that Yi Terai would be chosen by the necklace as the next head of the clan… Hahaha… This is… really… amusing." He chuckled as a slightly sinister glint appears in his eyes.

He patted the dust covering his arm which he used to block the Ki blade projectile.

"I never thought that it would be this strong. It even broke the level 5 energy shield talisman I have been keeping… if she continues growing and would be able to control that power someday, she would be unstoppable…" he muttered as he began walking in the direction of where Yi Terai went.

As he left, the large army of the kingdom of Glysko has arrive near the border of the hidden village. The army which composes of about 1,000 heavily armed soldiers is looking at the mist in front of them. Each of them has a wary look in their eyes as they have seen such a thing from before.

It was the mist surrounding one of their captured towns that were suddenly covered in mist. It is said that those who enter the mist would fall unconscious to the ground. There are high-ranking soldiers who went inside the mist but were never strong enough to reach the town's wall.

Before succumbing to the power of the mist, they would quickly rush to the outside border and would fall to the ground unconscious.

So now, they abandoned the plan they called the spear because of that incident.

And now, they are seeing a misty forest which surely raised their vigilance.

Amongst the soldiers, there are those that have seen and experienced the horror of the mist so no one dares to enter it.

A high-ranking officer rode his stead to the front near the mist. He extended his hand and touches the misty forest and felt nothing.

"This place… is it like the one in that ruined town?" he asked the soldiers on the stead behind him.

"Captain… Sir… I think… I think this place is unlike the one in that town… This mist is actually a beguiling array…" the soldier said his opinion.

Upon hearing this, the high-ranking officer frowns and then waves his hand in the air.

"Call forth the archers…" he commanded.

The archers march forward with their longbows and several arrows on their arrow quiver.

"Light up the arrows!" the captain commanded.

The officers relay his command and the archers immediately light up their arrows.

With a signal of his hand, several hundreds of fiery arrows flew high up in the air and began falling on the forest in front of them.

Soon, the forest began burning and the mist surrounding them seems to slowly dissipate.

"Captain… will this not affect the whole forest?" the officer behind asked with a worried tone.

"Haha… Let the forest burn… this land is not ours anyway…" the captain said nonchalantly.

As the forest began to burn, the mist also clears up which soon showed the silhouette of the small village not too far from the mist.

"The village is about 3 kilometers straight ahead of us… shall we proceed to enter, sir?"

The captain did not answer but instead looks at the scenery in front of him. He showed indifference in his eyes while looking at the burning forest.

"We will wait here…" the captain said as he dismounts his stead.

The rest of the soldiers began to form a temporary camp for the battalion. As they wait out the fire as it slowly burns the forest in front of them.

"Sir… there are a few figures coming at us from inside the mist…" a soldier suddenly enters the Captain's camp and reported.

"Send them in…" he said with an annoyed expression.

Two middle-aged-looking men along with two warrior-looking young men enter the tent. Their weapons are already confiscated and they are being escorted by several armed soldiers, so the captain is not worried about them.

"We… we are representative elders of Misty village… We come for a peace agreement." One of the elders said as he cupped his hands.

The captain showed a slight dissatisfaction in his eyes.

Treaty? Peace?

He did not go to war because of those things… he went to war because he wanted to kill, pillage, and release his pent-up carnal nature.

So how could he accept words such as treaty and peace?

He extended his hand and then commanded.

"Put them in prison…"

When the group heard this, their faces turned pale. They did not expect that the high-ranking officer of the military of Glysko, which the group has considered as their real homeland, would easily dispose of them just like that.

"Sir! We are willing to surrender to the Glysko kingdom. We ourselves came from Glysko…" the other village elder shouted.

When the captain heard this, he suddenly frowns.

"Really? This is quite a discovery… I never thought that you guys are from our kingdom… Hahaha… that means we are comrades, right? We are all brothers and sisters!" the captain laughed hard as if he heard something really interesting making him want to be happy.

"If this is true, then you guys decided to let us through… and what is your condition?" the captain asked after he stopped laughing so hard.

"Our… Our condition is just simple… We just… We just wanted to return…" a village elder answered.

"Hmm… Return… what a vague word. This is a hard choice for me to decide… Well, I have an idea… let destiny decide your fate…" the captain said as he takes out a bronze coin.

Ting!

The coin was flipped in the air as it turns… the Captain said something which made the people around him suddenly feel desperate.

"If it is 'heads', then you guys can join our army as we push through the kingdom's stronghold in this area." The Captain said as he suddenly catches the coin as it feel near his hand.

The hearts of the representative from the village skipped a beat as they prayed deeply that the coin would not be 'tails'.

As the Captain opens his hand, the eyes of the representative open wide and their mount is in agape.

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Meanwhile back in Ogden town, Xin Jong and the rest of the people living in the courtyard suddenly vanished.

No one knew what happened or how the whole household disappears just one day, but it caused the whole town to be in alarm.

This is because Xin Jong holds a high position in the town as a counselor, so how could he just vanish just like that?

But this commotion in the town did not affect Xin Jong and the rest of the household as the truth is, no one actually left the manor.

The real reason why people could not see anyone inside the manor is because of the activation of a large camouflage array formation. Not only are they not seen inside but also their voices would not be heard outside.

Xin Ja warned Xin Jong about the enemy, and Xin Jong knew that his son has been preparing for this for a while now.

He trusted the plan of his son, so he did not argue with him and just decide to follow.

At this moment, several shadows that discover the disappearance of the Xin household became agitated and wanted to enter the mansion.

And so, at night, they infiltrated the manor.

But who would have thought that none of them could be seen the next day? No one knew where they went or what happened to them.

But those in the dark did not want to just give up. They then sent some of their strongest warriors and the same thing happened.

Because of this, a rumor began spreading around the town that the Xin manor became a hunted manor. Those who enter the manor would be missing the next day. And this has begun spreading throughout the town.

In a certain room in Ogden academy, a female wearing spectacles has a sad expression on her face as she looks at the sky outside the window.

Tears could be seen falling down her fair cheeks as her eyes became cloudy.

It has been weeks since she last heard of the news about Xin Ja. He became famous in the town, but not for the good reason. In fact, Xin Ja's friend and she had suffered a lot of insulting words thrown at them by the students in Ogden academy because of what has happened to Xin Ja.

Xin Ja being hunted by the military is like a stain on the reputation of the students of the academy that they began to loathe the name of Xin Ja and those that are close to him.

"I do not believe… I would always trust you… no matter what." Rou Chenchen muttered to herself sadly.

She slowly caressed something in her hand while remembering the face of the guy whom she has already missed and wanted to see for a long time.