Chapter 694: Snow Bird Harbor Battle – A New View of Life
Cong Mang’s eyes went red.
The city palace’s explosion had buried most of his crew in the grave.
“The city palace had a bomb inside it!?”
Cong Mang’s people didn’t think they’d be killed while looting.
The Vegetable Pirates’ suffered serious battle casualties, not only was 70% of them gone, that number included some ringleaders and elites.
Even Cong Mang’s assistant, the pirate group’s first mate, was among the slain.
The only thing that brought Cong Mang joy was that the pirates outside the city palace were all experts, including the Hoodlum battle squad. They had the same duty as Cong Mang, holding back Snow Bird Harbor City Lord, the city guard, and other forces from entering.
It instead let them survive this calamity.
Snow Bird Harbor City Lord’s lifeless dazed face reflected in the burning flames.
“There is a conspiracy afoot here, there must be one afoot!” After reacting, he roared in his thoughts.
He was certain he hadn’t deployed an alchemy bomb inside the city palace, that was not his style!
The pirates wouldn’t blow themselves up either.
Tan Mo? He was a greedy character, and he was attacking the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps for money. But he signed a contract, why did he want to blow up his ally’s base?
Adding on the coincidence with the magician tower, this caused Snow Bird Harbor City Lord to conclude that there must be a third party acting in the dark.
“A gold level appeared inside the magician tower, they are likely from that third party.”
“Cong Mang’s Vegetable Pirates don’t have a powerful camouflage ability, then suddenly they do. That might also be from that third party!”
“I have to ferret them out…”
Boom.
A moment later, Cong Mang’s battle skill violently swung at him.
Snow Bird Harbor City Lord’s train of thought was interrupted, and he was forced to use a defensive battle skill.
Both sides collided head on, and Snow Bird Harbor City Lord was flung into the air and coughed out a lot of blood.
“Despicable snow elf, you’re going to hell!”
“I’ll kill you and bury you with my people!!”
The horrific losses made Cong Mang extremely angry, and he madly and ferociously retaliated.
Snow Bird Harbor City Lord coldly snorted, and after regaining his footing, he counterattacked.
His short rod jabbed towards Cong Mang, but Cong Mang changed his fighting style and didn’t dodge it, instead he held his long rod tightly and swept it away with all his strength.
Battle skill – Sweep! Divine spell – Bear Strength.
Battle skill – Straight Stab. Spell – Haste.
Cong Mang battled Snow Bird Harbor City Lord!
After that outrageous clash, Cong Mang stood in place as his face quickly flushed red, then his laryngeal prominence rolled and he gargled blood.
Snow Bird Harbor City Lord was thrown into the air again, and because of the force of the impact, his slender elven body was violently bent backwards. He landed on his back, and upon landing, he immediately bounced back, nimbly somersaulted through the air, and landed on the ground in a kneel, his eyes fixed on Cong Mang.
Snow Bird Harbor City Lord’s left arm slightly trembled, and just as he wanted to catch his breath, he saw Cong Mang’s body crackling with gold battle qi, his tense muscles looking like a bear.
Snow Bird Harbor City Lord promptly used all kinds of spells to increase his defense and other attributes.
A moment later, Cong Mang widely attacked like a torrential gale that shrouded the former.
Unlike before, this time Cong Mang firmly held the upper hand and was beating down Snow Bird Harbor City Lord.
The dragonman youngster watched from a distant place, his dragon eyes reflecting the particulars of the fight between Cong Mang and Snow Bird Harbor City Lord.
“Snow Bird Harbor City Lord dual cultivates battle qi and magic, and within a short time span, he is able to use al kinds of small scale battle skills and spells to constantly accumulate an advantage in battle, until quantity leads to a qualitative change, making him victorious.”
“Cong Mang is a dual cultivator of battle qi and divine spells, his long rod is his main weapon, and his offensive is very wide ranging. He mainly uses divine spells to enhance his defense and achieve balance between attack and defense, at the same time because divine spells are comprehensive in all aspects, it can enhance his status overall, giving him a bear’s strength, a leopard’s speed, and a bird’s eyesight.”
Both had their distinct fighting style.
Cong Mang’s role was to use his personal combat strength to charge through the battlefield. The information the dragonman youngster collected had been proven when the Vegetable Pirates fought, Cong Mang normally took the lead and relied on his individual fighting strength to break through the enemy ranks, smash the battlefield equilibrium, then the Hoodlum battle squad would follow in soon after to stabilize the breach he tore open.
Snow Bird Harbor City Lord was more meticulous, actually he was more of an expert in one on one combat.
But the main reason he was conceding ground was that Cong Man was recklessly attacking in anger, eager to seek vengeance and willing to sustain injuries if he could inflict heavier wounds to Snow Bird Harbor City Lord.
While Snow Bird Harbor City Lord was unwilling to risk doing that.
It wasn’t that he lacked bravery, rather he discovered that there was a third party around, so naturally he wanted to conserve his strength as much as possible.
If he went all out now, perhaps he’d give that other power a petty advantage!
Cong Mang was going all out while Snow Bird Harbor City Lord was apprehensive and constrained.
Very quickly, Snow Bird Harbor City Lord understood Tan Mo’s pain – he was repeatedly beaten up by Cong Mang’s attacks.
Snow Bird Harbor City Lord’s right eye was jabbed by a rod, swelling greatly and turning a black-purple color.
Snow Bird Harbor City Lord howled at Cong Mang, “You idiotic pirate, wake up, do you really think I’d blow up my own home?”
Cang Mang howled back, “Why not?”
He didn’t stop attacking for even a second!
Snow Bird Harbor City Lord stared blankly for an instant, then was forced to retreat from this difficult situation and jumped away.
Seeing this, Da Dou couldn’t help but laugh.
As a gold level giant magic chef, he should have been an honored guest, but Snow Bird Harbor City Lord secretly arrested him and forced him to eat improved versions of the Deep Sigh of the Blue Ocean all day long. If it was another kind of magic medicine, it would have been fine. But these improved versions were a type of magic dish, which was a slap in Da Dou’s face.
Upon seeing Snow Bird Harbor City Lord’s sorry figure running from a fight, Da Dou naturally took pleasure in it.
But at the same time, he still didn’t forget to be vigilant.
Snow Bird Harbor was sinking into commotion and chaos.
The pirate attack was too big, but fortunately the battlefield was limited and hadn’t expanded yet, so civilian casualties were minimal.
To the side, Hong Zhu was excitedly inventorying her valuables.
Da Dou looked at the big guy again.
The big guy was silent, his eyes leaking azure divine light. It was clear he was under Divine Descent.
It was precisely with this state that the big guy freed the three of them, stole an enormous amount of valuables from the city palace, and left behind facades that disguised countless valuables that baited the feverish pirates into a trap.
The dragonman youngster controlled both his body and the big guy, maintaining Divine Descent.
In the beginning, this would have been impossible for him.
But that was how things were, practice makes perfect.
The dragonman youngster naturally became proficient after many usages.
Of course, the divine blessings provided plenty of casting experiences that let him skip over a long process of inefficient individual accumulation cycles and was instantly able to divide his attention and mind to this level.
As a matter of fact, not only was the dragonman youngster controlling two bodies at once, but he was also evaluating things in his mind too.
“People are jaggedly different.”
Cong Mang’s temperament was impetuous; he liked to take risks and often gave no thought to if he lived or died. Therefore, the bomb and suicide explosion attack was very normal to him. He projected this onto others and maintained that Snow Bird Harbor City Lord would have done that. That caused a misunderstanding.
Snow Bird Harbor City Lord? Planting a bomb in his residence is not his style. There was a high probability he wouldn’t have done such a thing.
He liked to plan then move, ensuring his chances of winning before acting. His style was to remain still, then kill in a single strike.
The dragonman youngster personally experienced this with the Bayonet Gang’s destruction, thus he had a considerable understanding of Snow Bird Harbor City Lord.
Combined with the information he gained, his understanding of Snow Bird Harbor City Lord had deepened.
Snow Bird Harbor City Lord’s plot to dismantle the Bayonet Gang had begun a long time ago. He feigned compliance while planting spies.
He places spies that became two of the Bayonet Gang’s six ringleaders. One third of the Bayonet Gang’s leadership was his people!
But he still didn’t act, rather he waited for an opportune moment, all the way until the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps appeared, who he saw as his shield. That is the reason why he made nothing of hardships and used great interests to spur the survivors into standing up.
Then, as city lord, he intervened as a third party, acting in the early stages to paralysis the Bayonet Gang as much as possible.
Afterwards, he utilized Mei Lan Du’s abilities to secretly tamper with Teng Dong Lang’s food and drink.
In an overall survey of the situation, he did his utmost to prevent direct confrontation and maximize his rate of success. All kinds of measures over a long period of time accumulated into an enormous advantage, until finally he moved openly.
When he moved, it was like a thunderstrike to an acupuncture point, instant results!
He was not a general, but a schemer, the way a politician behaved.
Would such a politician and schemer plant a bomb in his own home?
Few would do so.
Because a person with Snow Bird Harbor City Lord’s temperament couldn’t sleep under threat. He was immersed in the world of plots and was paranoid enough.
Putting a bomb in his own home would cause him to think daily: would the bomb accidentally explode; would an enemy find and exploit it?
A schemer like him wished to put himself in the safest environment, and barring unusual circumstances, wouldn’t give himself more stress!
“Furthermore, the reason why Snow Bird Harbor City Lord serves his post is because he is burdened with an Imperial Secret Spy mission.”
“Snow Bird Harbor is a coastal city and one of Ice Sculpture Kingdom’s eight large trading harbors.”
“The Imperial Secret Spy Agency controlling the city lord might mean they want to gain a deeper control over Snow Bird Harbor.”
“Therefore, the one assigned to be the Snow Bird Harbor City Lord’s is no mere figurehead, he is likely to be a member of the Imperial Secret Spy Agency.”
“Under these circumstances, Snow Bird Harbor City Lord would never plant a bomb in his palace.”
The dragonman youngster pondered constantly, his mind freely inundating with all kinds of thoughts.
This was the first time he fought a battle as the hidden hand.
He profited considerably from this alteration of his customary style, along with the new and unique practical experience it brought.
From Cong Mang, he saw a shadow of his past.
From the misunderstanding between Snow Bird Harbor City Lord and Cong Mang, and the conflict it brought, he had more of an appreciation of the immense influence personality had in conspiracies.
“Is this how a chess player feels when they lay things out?”
“It is truly unique, this feeling of control and achievement can’t help but make people soak in it, furthermore…it lingers in the memory.”
One could say that his exploitation of Charming Blue Goddess’ power in Ocean Mother Nest, receiving of divine oracles, and constant successful deceptions were a kind of guidance and teaching.
So that now, he was able to independently control an entire war situation by himself, he had studied so he could apply himself here.
Learning and applying, through practical application are studies validated and understood. All kinds of triggers let the dragonman youngster feel that a new door opened in his life, through which he had a completely new view of life!