Chapter 19

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

He had already learned the name of the City Lord of Luo Yang Mobile City from Wang Yun.

After hearing Hei Long’s words, Luo En laughed and said calmly, “Why? You fight when you wish to and not fight when you do not wish to? How can there be such a good thing?”

When Hei Long heard this, he smiled bitterly in embarrassment. He had no solution. Indeed, he was the one who started the fight, and yet he was also the one who requested for peace. This was too humiliating! But no matter how humiliating it was, he had to say it!

Hei Long bit the bullet and said humbly, “Luo En City Lord! Peace brings wealth. I can compensate you for your losses! Furthermore, Wang Yun of your city betrayed you and even tried to join us. I have already killed him; this can be considered a token of my sincerity.”

As he spoke, Hei Long sent someone to deliver Wang Yun’s head, which had been placed in a box.

Soon, someone came to Luo Yang Mobile City; a man handed a box to Luo En and left thereafter.

Wang Cheng came forward and opened the box.

A human head lay in the box, mouth still wide open, and eyes staring wide. Clearly, the person was terrified before he died.

Everyone looked with fixated eyes and realized that it was Wang Yun’s head!

“City Lord, what’s going on?”

“How could someone as kind as Commander Wang be a traitor? Could there be a mistake?”

Everyone asked, perplexed.

“No! Wang Yun is indeed a traitor! Black Dragon Mobile City attacked us because Wang Yun leaked our whereabouts!” Luo En looked at the head in the box and said coldly.

“I really didn’t expect Commander Wang to be a traitor. I’ve really misjudged him! He even helped me a few days ago. Bah! You really can’t judge a book by its cover!” After knowing the truth, everyone looked at Wang Yun’s head in the box and said indignantly.

Luo En took only one glance at the box before turning and replying coldly, “Oh? How does Hei Long City Lord intend to compensate?”

Hei Long pondered for a while and said, “I can compensate you with two small cannons, twenty tonnes of copper ore, and five tonnes of iron ore!”

“Not enough!” Luo En said calmly after hearing this.

“You… At most, add another tonne of silver ore!” Hei Long gritted his teeth and said as his heart ached.

“It’s not enough! I also want the design blueprint for your energy shield!” Luo En continued after listening.

From the first time he saw the energy shield of Black Dragon Mobile City, he had been coveting it. Although he could buy the design blueprint for the energy shield in the Merchant City System, it was too expensive! It was not something that Luo En could afford currently; it would be better if he could save as much as he could.

“What? City Lord! No way! The design blueprint for the energy shield was obtained after four years of hard work to save up the resources! We can’t give it to them!”

“Right, right, we can’t give it to them, City Lord!”

Everyone immediately retorted upon hearing. They were already very unhappy when they heard about the addition of a tonne of silver ore. Now, they heard that they had to hand over the design blueprint for the energy shield that they had painstakingly obtained. How could they agree?

As Hei Long listened to the constant persuasion from the people beside him, he became unhappy. He said, “Luo En City Lord, don’t you think it’s too much? Do you know that the design blueprint for this energy shield was painstakingly obtained by our Black Dragon Mobile City after saving up for four years? Now you are demanding for it, aren’t you being too greedy!

“I can’t give you the design blueprint. Luo En City Lord, please change your terms! Otherwise, we won’t be able to negotiate!”

Luo En immediately replied forcefully, “So what if I’m making an exorbitant demand? If you don’t want to give it to me, then there’s nothing more to discuss. Let’s fight!”

As he spoke, he gave the order; everyone stood in position ready to aim and fire. However, only his own men knew that there was no ammunition in the cannons.

“City Lord! This won’t do! What are we going to use to fight? If we can get two small cannons, twenty tonnes of copper ore, five tonnes of iron ore and one tonne of silver ore, it is already good enough!”

“Yes, yes, City Lord! We can’t be greedy!”

Wang Cheng and the others stepped forward to advise.

A ray of wisdom flashed across Luo En’s eyes. He explained, “Don’t worry! The Black Dragon Mobile City is even more anxious than us! At this time, we have to be more unyielding in order to gain the upper hand in the negotiations!”

After hearing Luo En’s words, everyone on Hei Long’s side said angrily, “City Lord! This is too much! We’ll fight him! At most, we’ll use up all our resources!”

As Hei Long heard the incessant chatter from the people beside him, his already unhappy mood worsened. He immediately cursed, “Fight? You f*cking fight! Do you know how much ammunition he still has? If the mobile city is captured, will you be responsible?”

Everyone immediately lowered their heads and kept quiet.

After taking a deep breath, Hei Long picked up the walkie-talkie and said, “Okay! I agree, but I can only give you the burned copy of the design blueprint. This is my bottom line!”

Luo En’s eyes lit up when he heard that. He smiled and replied, “Good! Hei Long City Lord is straightforward! Hahahaha.”

As they spoke, Hei Long had already sent someone to deliver the compensation.

Everyone looked at the pile of ores in front of them, their eyes glowing green. Luo En, however, looked at the box.

The box contained the design blueprint for the energy shield.

Luo En picked up the blueprint from the box and studied it carefully. Wang Cheng, who was beside him, also came over.

The design process of the energy shield and the steps were written densely on it. However, the concepts were rather messy and would need to be sorted out by him. It was not as clear as the blueprints sold in the Merchant City System.

“City Lord! From my years of experience, this is the real design blueprint!” After examining it for a while, Wang Cheng said in surprise, then he laughed out loud.

Luo En laughed as well. He looked at the design blueprint in his hand and said to Wang Cheng, “Wang Cheng! I have a task for you! Figure out this design blueprint and build an energy shield! There is no shortage of ores, just build it!”

“Yes, City Lord! It’s my lifelong dream to build an energy shield personally! I will do my best!” Wang Cheng replied respectfully.

After nodding, Luo En picked up the walkie-talkie and said, “Since we’ve agreed on it, let’s be honest and ask our respective mobile city to move back. Then, we’ll have a good talk in the middle!”

As he spoke, Luo En immediately ordered the mobile city to move back, and he stepped out of the mobile city and came to the ground.

“Alright!” Hei Long replied indifferently.

Then, he ordered his mobile city to move back, and he too came to the ground.

“City Lord Luo En!”

“Hei Long City Lord!”

The two smiled and greeted each other with a clasped fist.

“I never expected Luo En City Lord to be so young! Indeed, a hero starts young!” said Hei Long with a smile.

“You flatter me! Hei Long City Lord is also full of vigor and imposing!” Luo En replied with a smile.

Thus, the two of them started chatting, and the more they chatted, the more they became congenial.

“Hei Long City Lord! May I ask why you are here? Logically speaking, this area is very remote! Normally, no one would come here.” Luo En looked at Hei Long and asked.

Hei Long sighed and said with resentment, “It’s all because of that White Tremor Mobile City! One month ago, when our Black Dragon Mobile City was mining ores, we ran into White Tremor Mobile City. They wanted to rob us of our ores, so we started fighting. But how could our small mobile city defeat a medium mobile city?

“After we were defeated, we could only hand over the ores to save our lives. Yet, the White Tremor Mobile City did not let us off. In the end, we escaped at a great cost and came here in a panic.”

“What? Are you talking about the White Tremor Mobile City?” Luo En immediately replied in shock.

Hei Long looked at Luo En puzzledly, “Yes, why? Do you know of the White Tremor Mobile City?”

“Of course I know! White Tremor Mobile City came after us too! But we managed to escape!” Luo En replied coldly.

“Eh? We paid a great price to escape. How did you escape?” Hei Long asked, perplexed.

“Hei Long City Lord is asking too many questions!” Luo En said as he stared at Hei Long.

Hei Long smiled awkwardly and said, “Yes, yes, yes. I have asked too many questions.”

Luo En ignored Hei Long. After thinking for a while, he suddenly tilted his head sideways and said, “Hei Long City Lord! Do you want to take revenge?”

“I want to! Of course I want to! I can’t wait to finish off White Tremor Mobile City with my own hands!” Hei Long said without hesitation.

A glint flashed across Luo En’s eyes.. He turned, looked at Hei Long and said, “How about us forming an alliance?”