Chapter 159: Unease
“You, tonight you are responsible for Street 7…”
“The mission for Street 6 is yours…”
“This is a small den. I’ll go myself to be safe.”
The day after the ball, Chen Ran began the tense deployment phase.
The situation on Leif’s side was really not good. Several of the so-called “allies” had already fallen, and the situation had become more passive. If they didn’t take the initiative to attack, they would really have to pack up and run for their lives.
Chen Ran had already planned to counterattack. It was just that the enemy’s specific strength was not very clear. After getting the first piece of information from Sayven, he had a better idea, but he broke out in a cold sweat.
The important figures of the Dark Holy Court here included two eighth-tier leader-level figures, as well as eight seventh-tier dark mages and high-level dark temple knights, not including the other underlings.
With this information, Chen Ran’s next battle plan was much clearer. He would try his best to eliminate the enemy’s “eyes.” The small forces could be handled by Leif’s men. For some of the more powerful forces, he would go himself to receive the experience. This was his main purpose for coming to this city.
“Nicole, can you deal with these leaders who are controlled by souls?”
Chen Ran listed a list with a part of the puppets who were dominated by dark magic. “If it’s just as you said, there’s no problem dealing with these people,” Nicole said, looking at the few special, unstable potions in her hand. “Are you sure these things can deal with those guys if I throw them?”
“Damn it, you have to believe in authority, okay?” Chen Ran said seriously. “These things can break down dark magic very well and have no effect on ordinary people. You just have to find a chance to get close and throw them at them. Whether you use stealth or seduction, as long as you can complete the mission, it’s fine. My series of plans are all based on your successful move. Remember to send us a signal when you’re done.”
Nicole rolled her eyes at Chen Ran to show that she knew.
After that ball, the girl Nicole’s attitude toward Chen Ran had also become much more natural. She didn’t see Chen Ran as a lifesaver at all. Their relationship was more like a pair of partners. They would bicker when they should and roll their eyes when they should. Chen Ran also pretended not to see.
“By the way,” Chen Ran took out a strangely shaped short sword from his spatial ring and handed it to Nicole.
This short sword’s main body was the Holy Cone he had made to deal with the Dread Knight in Redleaf Town. It had a miraculous effect on undead and dark creatures.
Such a close-combat weapon was really useless for a support like Chen Ran, because he couldn’t engage in close combat with the enemy. Coincidentally, Nicole had gotten the Divine Spirit Jade yesterday. Chen Ran had modified it and inserted it into the core of the Holy Cone, which could increase the power of absorbing light energy to achieve a better effect. He had also used some top-quality mithril to forge it into a short sword, making it a holy artifact that specifically restrained the power of darkness.
Of course, it also had a new name: Demon’s Defiance.
“When you encounter any summoned or puppet-type dark creatures again, you just need to slash them once…”
A simple introduction, but it explained the powerful ability of this pair of weapons.
Nicole took the Demon’s Defiance and felt the abundant holy power on it. As a high-level discipline priest, she understood what such a weapon meant.
Nicole looked at Chen Ran, who was seriously analyzing the data. She had always been curious about who this guy was. He could always bring some unexpected surprises to people, as if nothing could stop him. In fact, this was a guy whose individual strength couldn’t even deal with a small ruffian.
The Migada Casino.
It was still a sea of people, a scene of debauchery.
This place always showed the inferiority of human nature. Even though they knew they would lose, there were still countless people who were madly obsessed with it.
Kaf was leisurely watching the horse race from his exclusive VIP viewing platform.
Guarding such a treasure pot was a wonderful thing. The harvest every night would always make him happy. He had worked hard in this casino for most of his life and had finally won the largest share in the competition among the big and small leaders, becoming the boss here.
It was just that the guy who had won one and a half million gold coins from him not long ago was a bit annoying, and he had also lost a group of his men, which had hurt him a lot.
But with such a treasure pot, no matter how much money he lost, he would eventually earn it back.
Suddenly, a commotion broke out in the crowd. A figure hidden in a cloak was rushing toward him at a very fast speed. In the blink of an eye, he had entered his alert range.
A group of well-trained bodyguards neatly spread out in front of Kaf. It was not easy to get through the heavy blockade, which was enough for him to retreat in time.
The assassin did not rush in again, but just threw a test-tube-like thing when he was in range. A protecting swordsman raised his sword and, with a slash in mid-air, directly cut the flying test tube in half. Then, a blinding white light…
When the bodyguards recovered their vision, they found that nothing had happened. They were all in good health, without any adverse reactions. But when they turned their heads, they were surprised to find that their boss had already fallen to the ground.
They turned Kaf’s body over and saw that black juice was flowing from his seven orifices. His death was tragic, which couldn’t help but startle the bodyguard. At this time, Kaf was no longer breathing…
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing how their boss had died.
Just at this moment, a small firework sounded in the sky, so low-key that it didn’t even attract anyone’s attention…
Chen Ran’s strength was so fast that it was impossible for people to react.
Overnight, the leaders of the several invading forces closest to Leif died at the same time. A large area of power was left without a leader.
In this uneasy and unorganized atmosphere, the enemies in several important streets were attacked by the various small teams sent by Chen Ran, weakening the enemy’s control and reducing their eyes in this area.
Chen Ran looked at the intelligence in his hand and found that there was not a single mistake.
To be able to have such a clear insight, it seemed that the Deep Blue Palace was really paying close attention to everything in this city. Chen Ran did not dare to be careless. He estimated that the magical prophet in the Deep Blue Palace was watching him from that palace.
With the overall picture and the details gradually under his control, Chen Ran felt that it would be wrong to fail again. He wanted to know when those guys from the Dark Temple would make a move. That was the big one. What he could do now was to force them to show themselves as much as possible. He estimated that it wouldn’t take a few days.
The secret base under Diya City.
In the underground palace, an angry reprimand came.
“What the hell is going on? The several major forces under our control have lost control at the same time!”
The Dark Temple elder angrily threw the intelligence in his hand to the ground and looked at the kneeling crowd.
“Elder, the grand high priest in Diya City has found a way to counter our puppets. The network of forces we have worked so hard to build has been purified by the holy power of the items of those important leaders, and our forces are getting smaller and smaller. If we don’t take the initiative to attack, all our hard work over the years will be in vain…”
“Is it that guy again!” the Dark Temple elder couldn’t suppress the anger in his body and said with hatred, “That guy is really restless. Last time we sent a seventh-tier discipline priest to cause trouble for us, and so many of us were still let her run away and return to that guy’s side. It seems they are indeed a group. Since that person can have a seventh-tier discipline priest as a subordinate, it would be a ghost if that man is not a grand high priest of the Holy Court. The most annoying thing is that I still don’t know how much strength that guy is hiding!”
“Great Elder,” a half-kneeling necromancer raised his head and said, “At the moment, our core strength in Diya City has not been lost at all. I believe that our strength is completely superior to those guys from the Holy Church, but we can’t fully exert our strength here in Diya City. I think we can ask the ‘Shadow Hunters’ for help. Aren’t they the ones who handle these trivial matters for people?”
“That group of guys?” Hearing this, the Dark Temple elder’s face couldn’t help but improve a little. He nodded and said, “That’s a good idea. Although it’s a bit expensive, it’s not a matter of money now.” Then, the elder pointed to the necromancer who had made the suggestion and said, “I’ll leave this matter to you. You must do it cleanly and deal with all the leaders at once. Otherwise, with their intelligence, it won’t be so easy to get them once they are alerted. Understand?”
“As you command, I will do what you have entrusted to me.”
The low-key, high-level necromancer stood up, turned, and left.
For the past few days, Chen Ran’s plan had been well implemented.
Leif’s side was busy and excited, constantly taking over new forces, and his territory had been well expanded. He had a high opinion of Chen Ran.
These past few days, Leif and his few “allies” had been very busy, sending out their men to take over the forces that had almost no resistance. Chen Ran’s counterattack on the surface was considered to have been launched.
Because of Chen Ran’s key surprise attack plan, the leaders who were controlled by dark magic began to hide and no longer appeared in any public places, as if they had disappeared. Chen Ran knew that the Dark Holy Court’s cannon fodder tactic had failed. Those guys wanted to preserve their strength and planned to use their main force to fight them head-on, leaving those small leaders to make a comeback. They seemed to be quite confident.
It was precisely because of this that Chen Ran was not happy at all.
Chen Ran even instructed Leif and the others to strengthen the protection of their important figures. He even had Johnson, this berserker, go over to protect that guy Leif, and only then did he feel a little more at ease. After all, the main person the other side was dealing with was himself.
As for his own protection, with Johnson, this main force, gone, at least there was still Nicole, this powerful woman. Don’t look at her as just a delicate girl on the outside. Her terrifying combat power could even completely abuse this big guy Johnson. They were both of the seventh tier, but their understanding of combat skills was on a completely different level.
Johnson’s skills were more in his powerful charging ability on the frontal battlefield, straightforward. And Nicole had received special training from the Holy Light Academy and the Holy Church’s Inquisition. She had mastered all kinds of effective individual combat skills, and her talent was amazing. This guy Johnson could only be played around with by her. He was beaten by the sudden Holy Light Assault Slash and cried out, and was quickly defeated.
And when his bodyguard was changed to a great beauty, it was also very face-saving, wasn’t it?
On this day, Chen Ran, who had taken a short nap, always felt that his eyelids were twitching.
