Translator: MrVoltaire Editor: Modlawls123
Jiang Rou had never thought that Zhao Fu’s true identity would be so terrifying. Just from his status alone, let alone the Jiang family, even Dynasty Legatees had to treat him with fear and respect.
With how monstrous Great Qin was, there was not a single faction that did not fear it. As Great Qin’s Legatee’s representative, Zhao Fu’s status within Great Qin was definitely quite high. No wonder Zhao Fu was so powerful – he had Great Qin standing behind him.
Jiang Rou then thought about Zhao Fu’s words – she could not control the Jiang family, and she knew what would happen as a result of them opposing Great Qin. However, she had never thought that Great Qin would spare them.
It was most likely because her relationship with Zhao Fu that Great Qin had decided to spare the Jiang family; if that was the case, Zhao Fu would most likely be under great pressure within Great Qin, especially since he had to face Great Qin’s ruthless and bloodthirsty Legatee.
When she thought of this, Jiang Rou let go of Zhao Fu’s arm – Zhao Fu had already helped her so much, and she did not want him to suffer because of her.
“Zhao Fu, I think I might stay,” Jiang Rou said as she lowered her head.
Hearing this, Zhao Fu felt quite shocked. Looking at her expression, he realized what she was thinking and lightly laughed as he said, “If you don’t leave, wouldn’t that mean that I did all of this for nothing? Plus, aren’t we friends?”
“But you’ve done so much for me already!” Jiang Rou looked up at Zhao Fu with teary eyes, feeling incredibly guilty.
“Well… you can pay me back in future then!” Zhao Fu said as he lightly smiled. Everything he did for Jiang Rou was not a big deal to him, so he did not mind.
Hearing Zhao Fu’s answer, Jiang Rou said seriously, “What would you like? I’ll do my best to repay you!”
Of course, Zhao Fu did not want anything from her, but seeing how serious she was, he smiled, saying, “I haven’t thought about it yet, but we need to quickly leave. We don’t have much time, and Great Qin will attack at any moment!”
Hearing this, Jiang Rou realized that time was of the essence, so she nodded and quickly went to find the Jiang family’s people, while Zhao Fu gathered all of the people who had worked for him before.
“Boss, I don’t want to leave you. In the future, I still want to work for you,” a group of women surrounded Zhao Fu as they sadly said their goodbyes. They all used to be waitresses at the Westfall Restaurant, and because Great Qin had run the Westfall Restaurant for such a long time, they were all quite familiar with Zhao Fu. He had been a good boss, and they all quite liked him.
“Boss, where’s my master? Why isn’t she leaving? Don’t tell me you did something to my master!” Huo Qing was blocked by the many women and could only yell out.
Hearing this, Zhao Fu felt quite speechless and replied, “Don’t worry about your master! She’ll be fine!”
Zhao Fu had long since investigated Huo Qing’s identity and found that he was the descendant of the Han Dynasty’s famed General, Huo Qubing. However, Zhao Fu did not plan on recruiting him as a General, as he could feel that Huo Qing only desired to be a chef.
Following this, Zhao Fu sent them off and waited for Jiang Rou.
After a while, a handsome young man brought over a group of people – it was Jiang Feng, Jiang Rou’s older brother, who controlled everything in the Jiang family.
“Brother Zhao! Many thanks for your help!”
It seemed that Jiang Rou had not told his true identity to Jiang Feng, so Jiang Feng still thought that he was Zhao Xin. He enthusiastically walked over and started to talk with Zhao Fu.
Zhao Fu chatted with him for a bit before sending them off. In the end, only Jiang Rou remained.
“Will we meet again?” Now that Jiang Rou knew Zhao Fu’s identity, she knew that it would be difficult to meet him again. After all, Zhao Fu was an important figure in Great Qin and was valued by Great Qin’s Legatee. In the future, he would be fighting non-stop for Great Qin.
Seeing how hopeful Jiang Rou looked, he smiled and nodded, “I’ll come to find you when I have time.”
Hearing this, Jiang Rou happily smiled and said, “Please be careful and don’t do anything that’s too dangerous. I’ll be waiting for you, so if you’re ever tired, come and find me!”
Zhao Fu felt a warmth within his heart and looked at Jiang Rou as he also nodded earnestly.
Following this, Jiang Rou stepped into the teleportation channel, and her body instantly vanished and went to a new region. Jiang Rou looked up at the blue sky and suddenly remembered that the first time she had met Zhao Fu, someone had called him ‘Your Majesty.’
However, Zhao Fu’s identity was Great Qin’s Legatee’s representative, so why would someone call him Your Majesty? Could it be… Jiang Rou’s expression changed, thinking of a possibility, but she immediately lightly smiled and shook her head. How could Zhao Fu be such a terrifying person?
After watching Jiang Rou disappear, Zhao Fu sighed – when he was tired? His fate had long since been determined, and there would never be such a day. His life was bound to Great Qin, and Great Qin would only continuously grow or perish.
Even though he casually thought about it, he never knew that in the future…
Zhao Fu waited two days for the ordinary players to escape. Even though he didn’t want to spare any of them and wanted to kill them all, them leaving would reduce Holy Light City’s battle power and reduce the difficulty in sieging the city, so he gave up on killing them.
Perhaps he would deal with these people after destroying Holy Light City. When the time came, perhaps they would not be able to escape the Forest of Horrors yet. There were essentially no players left within Holy Light City, and even though the city wanted them to stay and gave out great rewards, no one was willing to remain. After all, they knew that if they lost, they would die, so no rewards would be enough to make them willing to stay.
Zhao Fu gathered his army and came outside of Holy Light City. The 12 City Lords all released their terrifying auras, making it feel as if there was a massive mountain weighing down on Holy Light City.
The countless people within the city felt as if their hearts were being gripped by a formless hand, and all of their hairs stood on end as they felt an instinctive fear. The 12 City Lords’ terrifying aura destroyed Holy Light City’s confidence, and apart from the 12 City Lords, Great Qin’s 450,000 soldiers also gave off an austere and bloodthirsty aura.
Zhao Fu looked at the woman in white and said, “Surrender! There’s no chance of victory for you.”
“If you want to fight, then fight. I won’t submit to such a cruel and ruthless person like you,” the woman in white resolutely refused and gripped her sword, preparing to fight.
Zhao Fu frowned, saying, “Do you really think you can beat the 12 of us? Even if you have 500,000 people, it won’t be possible.
“Of course, Great Qin might have to pay a price, but if our injuries and casualties are too high, not only will I not accept any surrenders, but I’ll also show you what true cruelty is.
“Whether they are male or female, elderly or young, I’ll have their limbs and tongues cut off and their eyes dug out. I’ll have them skinned and hung under the sun, allowing them to howl until they turn into dry corpses.
“However, I’ll let you keep living and make you watch all of that. Even if you want to die, you won’t be able to.
“I’ll give you one last chance – will you fight? Or will you surrender?”
Chapter 523 – Jiang Family
Translator: Mr Voltaire
Editor: Modlawls123
After Zhao Fu returned to Great Qin, he re-established Soldier Forest and gave the City Lord Seal to Zhang Dahu. Now, Great Qin had yet another City Lord.
Now, only Holy Light City was left in the Forest of Horrors. The size of its army and population were similar to Soldier Forest, but now that Soldier Forest had been destroyed, Great Qin did not have to fear Holy Light City as much. Now, by itself, Holy Light City was essentially unable to defend against Great Qin and was fated to lose.
Zhao Fu gathered his Generals and started to discuss how to take down Holy Light City. After taking down Holy Light City, Great Qin would have truly united a region and established a firm cornerstone to re-establish Great Qin. When he thought of this, Zhao Fu couldn’t help but feel a bit excited.
After some discussion, Great Qin quickly came up with a battle plan.
A day later, Zhao Fu came with the Disaster Cavalrymen to where Soldier Forest had originally been. The ground here was burnt black, and only ruins remained. Only a few walls were still standing, and everything else had been burned to a crisp.
Zhao Fu gave the order, and the Disaster Cavalrymen started to act. Black pillars of light shot up into the clouds as a black magic formation appeared, and Skeletons slowly climbed out of the ruins.
There were roughly 300,000 Skeletons, as most of the corpses had been burnt into nothing. It was unlikely that the corpses that had survived could be refined, so Zhao Fu decided to try to see if they could be turned into Skeletons and was surprised that it was possible.
Apart from the ordinary Skeletons, some of the Skeletons had been summoned from the corpses of Stage 1 soldiers, so they were naturally much more powerful than the ordinary Skeletons.
After taking care of these matters, a figure came to Zhao Fu’s mind. After thinking about it, Zhao Fu decided to sneak into Holy Light City.
“Miss Jiang, there’s someone outside who says that he’s your friend and wants to see you.” Hearing this, Jiang Rou felt a bit curious and went outside to see who it was.
After going outside, a black-cloaked, mysterious-looking person appeared before her.
Jiang Rou immediately recognized this person, ran over, and said happily, “Zhao Xin, you’re finally back! Are you alright?”
Seeing how concerned Jiang Rou seemed, Zhao Fu smiled and said, “I’m fine. What is it?”
Hearing Zhao Fu’s reply, Jiang Rou let out a sigh of relief and said, “Westfall Restaurant was closed down, and I was worried that something had happened to you!”
So it was that. Zhao Fu smiled and replied, “It’s not a big deal; I’m here to take you to leave.”
“Take me to leave? To where?” Jiang Rou asked, blushing.
Zhao Fu realized that his words were quite ambiguous, and he quickly explained, “Holy Light City is about to be attacked. I found a teleportation channel to another region, so quickly prepare and leave!”
Jiang Rou felt quite shocked – she understood that Holy Light City would be attacked by Great Qin soon, and Holy Light City had descended into chaos. Everyone was trying to think of how to escape, as it would not be a good idea to stay in Holy Light City any longer. After all, it was impossible for them to defend against Great Qin.
Soldier Forest had the same strength as them, yet they had all been locked in the city by Great Qin and burned to death. With just ten City Lords, Great Qin had been able to burn more than one million people to death; they didn’t want to end up the same as Soldier Forest.
As such, many factions returned to their village’s headquarters, while others went to the Void Zones and tried to cross to another region. The Forest of Horrors essentially already belonged to Great Qin, and staying here would be seeking death. The number of players in Holy Light City continuously dwindled. Since it was impossible to defend the city, they were not willing to stupidly wait here for death. With how ruthless Great Qin was, how could it treat them well? Many factions quickly gathered their things and left. If they waited until Great Qin arrived, they would not even be able to run. This was the same for the Jiang family – Great Qin would definitely destroy a family like them. Jiang Feng felt quite worried and prepared to take the risk to escape the Forest of Horrors – he knew the consequences of going against Great Qin. As such, he had told Jiang Rou to leave with him. This was because Jiang Rou was a member of the main family of the Jiang family, and if she stayed, she would most likely die a true death. After all, Great Qin could bring people from the real world into the Heaven Awaken World. Even though they could not do this on a large scale, Great Qin could capture the leaders of the various factions. Once they were caught by Great Qin, they would die a true death. This was why all of the factions’ leaders were desperately running, as none of them wanted to die.
As such, many factions returned to their village’s headquarters, while others went to the Void Zones and tried to cross to another region. The Forest of Horrors essentially already belonged to Great Qin, and staying here would be seeking death. The number of players in Holy Light City continuously dwindled. Since it was impossible to defend the city, they were not willing to stupidly wait here for death. With how ruthless Great Qin was, how could it treat them well? Many factions quickly gathered their things and left. If they waited until Great Qin arrived, they would not even be able to run. This was the same for the Jiang family – Great Qin would definitely destroy a family like them. Jiang Feng felt quite worried and prepared to take the risk to escape the Forest of Horrors – he knew the consequences of going against Great Qin. As such, he had told Jiang Rou to leave with him. This was because Jiang Rou was a member of the main family of the Jiang family, and if she stayed, she would most likely die a true death. After all, Great Qin could bring people from the real world into the Heaven Awaken World. Even though they could not do this on a large scale, Great Qin could capture the leaders of the various factions. Once they were caught by Great Qin, they would die a true death. This was why all of the factions’ leaders were desperately running, as none of them wanted to die.
As the older brother, Jiang Feng wanted to take care of his little sister and did not want anything to happen to her. There was also the fact that Jiang Rou would be able to provide them with support in terms of resources.
Jiang Rou knew that Great Qin was about to attack Holy Light City – Holy Light City was on high alert, and an oppressive aura covered the entire city.
If the indigenous residents surrendered they could live, but as players, Great Qin would not spare them. As such, Jiang Rou understood that she had to escape.
However, she had never expected that Zhao Fu would have a teleportation channel to another region. This meant that she would not have to pass through a Void Zone with great difficulty and would be able to directly go to another region.
She had never expected that Zhao Xin would think of her at such a critical time, and she sweetly smiled and said, “Mm! I’ve already prepared everything and can leave at any time!”
Zhao Fu nodded and prepared to send Jiang Rou and some of Great Qin workers out of the region.
Right now, Zhao Fu would not easily trust players, but since they had worked for Great Qin, he decided to send them off and give them some money as compensation.
At that moment, Jiang Rou suddenly thought and, asked, “Umm Zhao Xin, can I bring some people from the Jiang family as well?”
Even though the Jiang family had not treated her very well, it was still her family, so she couldn’t help but think of the Jiang family.
“The Jiang family’s people?” Zhao Fu hadn’t wanted to spare them, as they had also participated in this matter. However, because of Jiang Rou, he didn’t want to destroy all of their forces here.
After thinking about it, since the Jiang family would have lost a lot of strength, numbers, and Fate after this event, facing Jiang Rou’s expectant gaze, Zhao Fu decided to nod and agree.
“That’s great. Thank you so much Zhao Xin!” Jiang Rou said happily, and she couldn’t help but hug his arm.
Zhao Fu did not think too much about this intimate action and was instead thinking about something else. He didn’t want to hide things from Jiang Rou any longer, so he said seriously, “Jiang Rou, Great Qin can let off the Jiang family this time, but I hope there won’t be a next time. Else, I really will destroy the Jiang family. Also, my name isn’t Zhao Xin but Zhao Fu.”
Zhao Fu took off his hood, revealing his handsome face as well as his noble and overbearing aura.
Upon hearing Zhao Fu’s words, Jiang Rou’s face became pale – she had never thought that Zhao Fu was actually someone from Great Qin.
She had heard Zhao Fu’s name somewhere… that’s right, Great Qin’s Legatee’s representative in the real world was Zhao Fu – could the person in front of her be Great Qin’s Legatee’s representative?