Chapter 151: Trial of the King (Part 2)
". . . Trials of the King."
Song Ronghua calmed his rough breathing while closing his eyes. "This matter is only known by me and Sword of Light's leader, if we exclude all the higher-ups from Sword of Judgement. This is the top secret even in the Sword of Judgement, hence I cannot be careless to explain anything. In fact, I am as clueless as all of you when I accepted this mission."
Along with his sigh, there was a trace of helplessness behind his tone.
"You don't lie, right? Because you seem to understand the mechanism of this place very well." Little Three didn't rush to believe Song Ronghua's confession.
No matter where it came from, one must always be vigilant with everything. If not, a problem with the pig-like Song Ronghua could be repeated again.
"All I know came from the report's paper, and it mentioned things about the Trial of the King, along with the gate guardian and four trials inside. But there is no definite detailed information, and that was the main problem. The headquarter seemed to hide some key information, especially for the third and the fourth trials. And the third trial is about that stoneman, while I don't know a thing about the fourth trial. And my conjecture is the difficulty will increase with the fourth trial with the highest difficulty."
"Can't you do something better! Do you think our life is your plaything?" Little Three's face darkened, while some other was similar. Even Song Ronghua's subordinate like Old Dog was the same too. "Don't you see that humanoid stone? That human-like stone? He is invulnerable! Resistant to our bladed weapon! Even Big Foot's strong smash didn't even chip that humanoid stone's stone body! Not to mention crack, there was nothing at all! Even your spell was rendered useless, right?"
The seed of doubt was planted.
Song Ronghua understood if he didn't do anything, this team would crumble in no time. Hence, he didn't rash to persuade the team. By playing pull and push at the right time, he could gain the team's sympathy.
"Sigh. We can only move forward. There are only two outcomes for all of us. Death, or clear this mission. Of course, I am included."
Little Three was enraged. Never crossed in his mind that he would be threatened like that. Even if he was stupid, he didn't like for being used like that.
"SCREW YOUR SISTER! I'LL KILL YOU!" Little Three dashed forward, but Old Dog stood in front of Song Ronghua. "F****N IDIOT! DON'T YOU KNOW THAT HE IS TRYING TO KILL ALL OF US HERE? MOVE AWAY! I WILL DO IT MYSELF!"
"Wait! Deputy leader hasn't finished what he is talking!" Old Dog raised his weapon, a big axe, deflecting the incoming big axe.
CLANK! Clank, clank, clank!
Both of them were the only heavy weapon user in this place, making both of them in the stalemate.
Five moves, ten moves, even the other people felt uncomfortable after seeing such scene. Their number had already dwindled, not to mention all the slaves were all dead, and it was bad enough to have an infighting.
"Wait, little Three, don't fight!"
"Can all of you calm yourself? There is no need to do such a pointless thing like this. There is no merit at all."
Seeing that even the people from his side were talking like that, little Three grew annoyed and snarled at them, "F**K! WHICH SIDE ARE YOU? HIS SIDE? FINE, I WILL FINISH ALL OF YOU AFTER I AM DONE WITH THIS ONE!"
The lying down Big Boot raised his head and rolled his eyes toward little Three. "Heck! You disturb my sleep! Calm yourself! Even if you can't calm yourself, at least pry more information from him before finishing him. Use your head more rather than playing with your small d**k."
"SCREW YOUR D**K! YOUR D**K IS THE SMALL ONE!"
"Tsk. Not only your d**k, but also your heart is small. Don't mind such a small thing."
"F**K! YOUR SISTER IS THE SMALL ONE! YOUR WHOLE FAMILY IS SMALL!"
After waiting for the ruckus in front of him quietened down, Song Ronghua only gave a brief side-glance toward little Three, and then he said, "Don't forget, we are only allowed to complete the mission in victory, not the otherwise."
The surroundings nodded their head because they understood.
The law in the Sword of Light was simple, never failed any mission. Failing or abandoning mission resulted in their death, and there was no exception. It might sound cruel, but it was a little rare to receive an almost impossible mission like their current situation.
But it didn't mean that they just accepted that kind of explanation. They were not some five years old that could be fooled with some candy or lollipop. They needed the concrete explanation, the real reason, not some excuse.
And of course, Song Ronghua understood.
"I know it is hard and almost impossible, but all of this arrangement came from the higher-ups. Even I don't have any say in this, not to mention the limitation in the information that I received. I understand that there will be a lot of casualties, hence I arranged for a large number of slaves for us, for our meat tank. And also I made some of you to trick some people right? Spraying the Beast Gathering Powder at them and leave them attracting some number of the beast. I have been trying to minimalize the casualties in our side while expending everything at my disposal."
Hearing about that, they remembered the unreasonable usage of slaves earlier. Even though they were able to finish those beasts, their combat capabilities would be affected.
Not to mention that Song Ronghua indeed commanded some of them to spray the Beast Gathering Powder at some people nearby, making the gathered beasts scattered. And in this way, there was no need for them to fight a large number of beasts at the same time.
By depending on their memory, they finally understood the reason of their deputy leader – why did he have to hold back too much? Why did he have to order not only slaves as their meat tanks, but also tricking some retards (Zheng Zhanglie, Zheng Yi, Peng Zhen, and some other unfortunate people.) and wasting some Beast Gathering Powder for something trivial?
It because Song Ronghua himself was not sure what kind of thing that he had to face, hence he took the safe approach.
Thinking about that, the hostility in their heart was reduced. The tense and hostile atmosphere subsided, but there was one main question.
"And, what is this Trial of the King thing?"
Shaking his head, Song Ronghua shrugged, "I don't know. Or more precisely, even I am not allowed to be privy. But the main mission is to bring back everything we gain from this place, without any exception. After clearing the four trials, the information said that a prize would be bestowed into the trial-clearer." Seeing that the surrounding's mood plummeted, Song Ronghua added a bait, "And if we finish this mission, all of us will be allowed to join the main group, the Sword of Judgement. That is the reward."
"Whoa-"
"Seriously, deputy leader? You are not kidding, right?"
"Don't we need at least Peak Grade Battle Warrior to join them? And that is not the definite requirement, but the lowest requirement. I doubt it."
"Indeed. The term is a little weird, only finishing this mission and we will be accepted. Deputy leader, you are not tricking us, right?"
"Un. There are too many weird points."
Faced with those situations, Song Ronghua could only smile bitterly. He was the same as them when he received the appointment from Sword of Light's leader.
He couldn't believe the reward that he and these people would receive when the mission was completed. Hence, he didn't spare anything when he went all out. From intelligence gathering, avoiding the detection of the City Governor and the Lin Family's spies, until making a well-made plan.
He had done everything, but unfortunately, the Lady Luck was not on his side. All slaves were dead, while the seed of doubt had been planted in the group's heart.
It was already the worst case scenario, except he still retained his life.
But he understood that he had to complete this mission, or death only awaited for him. He didn't care about these people's lives, but he needed them to complete the mission. Hence, by playing carrot and stick, he wished that they would bite the carrot.
"Didn't I say that this order came from the higher-ups? Their word is gold, and it is beneath them to lie for something trivial like it. But comparing the difficulty of this mission, the reward feels a little lacking." Song Ronghua shrugged while he tried to ease up the atmosphere.
And indeed, the tense atmosphere was dispelled.
"Tsk! What a generous reward." One person smiled as if he had joined the Sword of Judgement already. It was not only his dream, but also many subsidiary group's dream, while Sword of Light was only one of many subsidiary group under Sword of Judgement.
Entering Sword of Judgement meant wealth and honour, also the symbol of strength. For them, the status as a member from Sword of Judgement was as impressive as a nobility's title.
But of course, the requirements were not easy at all. Even talking about the very first requirement of the applicant reaching at least Peak Grade Battle Warrior, all people there were already failed. But for the Spell User like Song Ronghua, he was considered passed the requirement because he was not a warrior.
A Spell User was considered as an important asset everywhere, even including the nobilities. Hence, as long as one was at least Spell User, he or she could be considered to pass the first requirement,
But passing it didn't mean one would immediately join the Sword of Judgement, but rather there were other requirements, including some test of faith.
"But, the risk is too high." Old Dog rubbed his forehead in stress. And his word woke all people.
"Crap! That's right?"
"What a honey trap. No, it is not a honey, but rather meat, a meat trap!"
"Shut the crap with your crappy comparison! What is that meat, just shut your mouth and bandage me!"
Seeing that the atmosphere was lighter, Song Ronghua lowered his head a little and requested, "That's why, everyone. Please lend me your strength. I have revealed everything which must not be revealed, but I cannot do anything without all of your help. This is not only concerning the matter of joining the Sword of Judgement, but also ensuring our lives. I don't want to waste my life in this kind of place, and I believe all of you are the same."
Not only San Wuji's people, even his own people couldn't believe their own eyes.
The arrogant Song Ronghua lowers his head and pleads?
Is that real?
It is not our eyes that are having a hallucination, right?
As one of the only three deputy leader in the Sword of Light, only below the leader itself, Song Ronghua had his high pride. Even if he didn't have the haughtiness similar to people in the Red Rage Bear Mercenary, he was considered a prideful.
With high position, everyone would have the same pride, of course.
Hence, all of them were surprised.
But after a brief surprise, they were all gloating because some great person was lowering his head toward them. It was rare for someone to bow for you, not to mention some with the high position like deputy leader.
But, who wouldn't like the scene of someone lowered his head toward you?
"Ahahaha. . ."
"Uhuk. . . Sigh, deputy leader. I can't say anything if you do something like that."
"That's right. No matter what, we are already in the same boat. If failing means death, then all we can do is moving forward. But before that, we will need some plan to handle that humanoid stone."
Even though little Three was still not satisfied, he couldn't do anything when everyone accepted Song Ronghua's explanation.
"Thanks, everyone. Let's make this mission completed and we will join the Sword of Judgement together. Rest your body and we will make a plan after that." Song Ronghua had an earnest expression before he closed his eyes and rested his body.
"Yes! We will join the Sword of Judgement!"
"Don't count the fruit before the tree grows. Think about this mission first."
"Hahaha! Let me be! I will be a member of the Sword of Judgement!"
Along with the renewed vigour, the group regained their spirit.
But no one realized the dark smile pasted on Song Ronghua.
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