Chapter Seventy-Four: In the Darkness

  Let's not worry about the affairs of Canas' young men and women for now. Mo Yan in Santos has made preparations to return to the ground, and the current situation in Ailan does not allow him to spend too much time underground. Perhaps during his time with Santos, Ailan's battle had already erupted, so he needs to return to Thunder Cliff immediately.

  In the past few days in Santos, Mo Yan learned that Erlan is now a blind spot in the eyes of the gods. A power that the gods have never seen before has enveloped Erlan, making it impossible for divine perception to reach here. Even underground in Erlan, this power remains very strong, allowing only one god-chosen warrior to be sent by the Goddess of Pain with special amplification stones to investigate the reason why this place is being shielded.

  This message made Mo Yan feel a bit strange, because the time when the Goddess of Suffering said she couldn't see Elan was just at the beginning of the last rainy season, which happened to be the time when Mo Yan arrived in this world. This made Mo Yan somewhat suspicious, wondering if the so-called unknown power came from himself.

  But Mo Yan immediately negated this idea, because if he was the source of the unknown power. Then even the God's Chosen Warriors with amplification stones should not be able to contact the Goddess of Suffering. Moreover, the Goddess of Suffering did not show any abnormality after seeing Mo Yan, which also indicated that the power that interested the gods was not emitted by Mo Yan.

  After a brief moment of thought, due to the scarcity of intelligence at hand and being unable to come up with a reason, I decided to put this matter on hold for now. After all, this issue doesn't have much impact on myself, and the existence of this power is actually beneficial to me, which will prevent the gods who can't observe Elan from finding out that there's a powerful Minotaur here.

  According to Mo Yan's consideration, it would be best if this power could continue indefinitely. If not, he hoped that the power could at least last until he had conquered all of Eran. After all, being watched by the gods still put a lot of pressure on Mo Yan when doing things. Unable to understand the power of the gods, Mo Yan currently maintained a state of vigilance towards such existences.

  Just as Mo Yan returned to the surface from the underground city, the situation in Ailan had also undergone a significant change, just as Mo Yan had anticipated. The leaders of the three forces, after considering Mo Yan's strategic proposal, all thought it was a feasible plan.

  Ankud then dispatched three thousand men to Lobito, replacing the defensive zone of Santa Fe. The warriors of Santa Fe, on the other hand, marched from the southwest through Caldeira, attacking the western part of the city that supported Azera and dissolving the council. Because the legions guarding near Caldeira were the joint legions of several coup cities.

  There was no coordinated action between them, each fighting separately and with far fewer numbers than the combined forces of the Santa Fe garrison. After suffering only three hundred casualties, they retreated to their respective cities, attempting to utilize the city walls and remaining soldiers within the city to resist.

  The Santa Fe Regiment, which had lost only fifty men, halted for a brief rest after a night of pursuit. They rounded up the soldiers who had become scattered during the nighttime chase and began cooking meals and resting their troops, who had been fighting for some time. Next, according to the plan laid out by Santa Fe, they would attack the first city held by the rebels.

  Although they had already discovered the low morale of the enemy soldiers in the first battle, and many had defected to the Santa Fe legion, siege warfare could not be underestimated. With a numerical advantage of only five or six times that of the enemy, attacking the city would be a difficult task. Therefore, they had to ensure their own soldiers were in top condition, so as to take the city more smoothly.

  After a day of rest and receiving supplies from Alibaba, the legion of Sanfi set out towards their first target city. Along the way, villages continuously had soldiers joining Sanfi's troops, who would also fight to end the coup plotters' rule.

  After arriving at the first target city, Santa Fe's team not only replenished their original losses but also expanded by nearly a hundred more warriors. This made the soldiers of this expedition even more confident, which can be seen from those deserting soldiers and new recruits. These ambitious coup plotters had only achieved temporary victory, and the people were not on their side.

  The morale of the Santa Fe warriors increased, and they fought exceptionally bravely in the subsequent siege. After climbing the city wall for the first time, they were not driven down. The expeditionary warriors continuously poured in from the opened gap, climbed up the city wall of the target city, and cleared away the defending soldiers.

  It is not known who was the first to lay down their arms, but soon the soldiers on the city walls were throwing down their weapons and surrendering. The Santa Fe garrison had gone from fighting the rebels at Caldeira to occupying the first town in just two days. This speed was like a loud slap in the face, waking up those who were still dreaming of revolution.

  Before the Santa Fe garrison had even breached the castle walls, the first coup plotters were hanged outside the castle walls. This made all the plotters realize just how dangerous their situation was. Unpopular as they were, once the power they held weakened, someone would immediately take their lives.

  At this rate, it won't take half a month for the coup in the west of Parliament City to be quelled. By then, only Azera's controlled Parliament City will be left, and no matter what means he uses, he will be powerless to turn the tide. Once 15,000 warriors leave Parliament City, their advantage will be lost forever.

  After a day of besieging Santa Fe, the warriors were celebrating their victory in taverns, barracks and makeshift houses throughout the city, where drunken Salte?os could be found everywhere. Although it was not a good habit, having a big drink after a victory was a tradition among Salte?os.

  They celebrate their victories in this way and mourn the senseless brave men who left for the halls of the war gods during battles. The Sart people believe that the spiritual daze under intoxication is the moment when they are closest to the halls of the war gods, and they will celebrate with the departed warriors together.

  After the darkness deepened, the streets of the city were filled with Sault warriors who had fallen down and couldn't return to their resting places due to intoxication. The earth-shaking snoring sounds rose and fell like war drums, and the snoring sounds of the drunken Sault people were also very famous in the Central Plains countries, perhaps only comparable to those of equally drunk dwarves.

  "It's really incomprehensible, how these Salter people with such poor military discipline managed to capture the city." A black-clad assassin crouched on the rooftop, gazing down at the streets below where the Salter warriors were snoring away, and said disdainfully: "If this were a country in the Central Plains, these people would have died countless times already."

  "If it weren't for the terrain and the monsters." A well-equipped companion of the assassin chuckled and said: "These barbarians have long been conquered by us, haven't all the battles in history failed because of these reasons? And this time these pigs won't have such good luck, the great emperor will conquer here and rule everything in Eran!"

  "Quiet." A man who appeared to be the leader of this squad of assassins, seeing a patrol of Salters approaching, softly commanded his subordinates to cease their conversation.

  "Now that we've entered the target area." After the patrol team walked away, the man turned his head to the twelve assassins crouching on the rooftop and said: "Just like we have done countless times before, no one is allowed to speak during the operation. And if you are caught, I think you know what to do." All the black-clad assassins nodded at the man's words and put on a black mask that silenced them.

  Such a black mask not only allows them to better hide in the dark and complete their tasks, but also has a special pill embedded in the mouth area inside the mask. Once these assassins are caught, they will immediately bite down on that pill and swallow it. The poison made by the alchemist will take their lives instantly.

  The man looked at all his subordinates who had already made preparations, as if he felt something and looked around, but didn't find anything unusual. He attributed the strange feeling to his own misconception. Then he stood up quickly and rushed towards the castle, with twelve subordinates closely following behind him, moving swiftly and silently.

  They are shadows in darkness, daggers in the emperor's dark. Where they appear, blood will flow. They are the Shadow Assassins.

  "Target found." On a rooftop not far from the black-clad figure, ten more black-clad assassins emerged from hiding and chased after the group of shadowy assassins. A small section of cloak on their left shoulder and hoods shaped like eagle beaks hid their figures and faces.

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