Chapter 1269 Taking The Initiative

Chapter 1269 Taking The Initiative

Ava's smile stiffened, blinking her eyes a few times to make sure that she did not hear it wrong. She observed Tang Shaoyang's expression for a moment to realize that it was not a joke. Even if it was a joke, it was a terrible joke.

Tang Shaoyang pulled her into his embrace, caressing her back, "I am... sorry..." He did not know what to say aside from sorry. He was to blame for what happened. Not just because he was the root of the problem, but because he was not there when the accident happened.

Ava's body shook as she started to sob. She cried on his shoulder as Tang Shaoyang caressed her back. He just hoped that his presence was enough to help her to stay strong. After a while, she pushed Tang Shaoyang and asked, "Where's his body?"

"Virion's body is preserved for the funeral. They plan the funeral after you give birth."

Ava furrowed her brow, wiping her tears, "What does that mean?" The word "preserving the body" was quite weird. There was no need to preserve the body of her son just died.

Tang Shaoyang let out a sigh, "Virion died around ten days ago. Aleesa and Zhang Mengyao wanted to keep it a secret until you gave birth. They are worried that Virion's death will affect your health because you are in the last month of your pregnancy."

He could feel her hands, clenching on his shoulder. She was irritated that she was not informed directly of the news of her son's death. However, Ava understood why Aleesa and the others tried to hide the news from her. They were doing it for her and the baby inside her belly.

"Then why are you telling me now?" Ava's tone became increasingly sharp.

"Because I don't want to keep it a secret from you. You are his mother, you are the first person we should tell if anything happened to him. Because I trust you; I know you are strong." Yôur favorite stories at novelhall.com

"Who killed my son!?" Her tone became increasingly murderous.

Tang Shaoyang hesitated for a moment. The thought of lying to Ava crossed his mind, but he told the truth in the end, "Arbane killed Virion, and Revalor plotted everything. Revalor wants to take revenge against me and you...." He told about Reinar who tried to take over the Tang Empire and also his wives. He told everything he knew about the incident.

They just went down three floors where the office, where Zhang Mengyao briefed Tang Shaoyang about the current situation in detail.

"Why do we need a base in Europe?" Tang Shaoyang asked. He knew why they initially took Lisbon from the World Government. Portugal was the Tang Empire's sub-region, and they took it back from the World Government. They stayed in Lisbon to attack the World Government, but they retreated because they spread their force too much and worried about the defense of their main territory and started to expand to South East Asia. But why did they still need Lisbon if they were no longer attacking the World Government's main base in Europe?

"It's to maintain access to Europe if we need it in the future."

"I see..." Tang Shaoyang nodded and looked over the map on the table. Moonsong took charge in Lisbon while Marshal Alton was stationed in Burma to keep a check on the Shiva Federation from India. Wei Xi also took charge in Tibet, watching over the Shiva Federation's army in Nepal.

"They haven't made a single move yet from the time they stationed their army at the border, correct?" Zhang Mengyao nodded at the question.

"We guessed that they are waiting for the God Rank to minimize their loss," Zhang Mengyao nodded again.

Tang Shaoyang's fingers tapped the table, thinking of something in his head. He had something in his mind, but he was hesitating, "What about South East Asia and Australia? Do we have control of these territories?"

"Our expansion team is in Malaysia right now, but we have trouble reaching the Philippines and Indonesia. We have tried to make a ship, but the monsters in the sea are quite troublesome. The dwarves are currently working to make a ship that can ward off the monster in the sea. It will take some time, a month to six months."

"We have Yu Shun for Australia. We have basically secured Australia in our hands with Yu Shun. The natives are currently taking the Survival Game while Yu Shun oversees them," Zhang Mengyao had all the information in her head. She easily recalled everything that happened in the few months in detail.

"Yu Shun?" That was a familiar name, but he did not expect the young man to be back in action again after decided to retire from the battlefield after Antorias' incident. Lu An asked him about Yu Shun's condition, but he did not expect Yu Shun to be back.

Zhang Mengyao nodded, "Meet him if you have time in the future."

"Good. This will be easy if we have Yu Shun," Tang Shaoyang put his index finger on Tibet, "Pull Moonsong on Tibet. Fortify our defense there. If they are waiting for the God Rank to arrive then we just need to take the initiative to attack them. Recall Yu Shun. I will form a squad and attack the World Government's force in Europe. The squad will be me, Yu Shun, and one more person that deserves to receive this bloodline." He put Green Dragon Bloodline Essence on the table, "Do you have someone in mind worthy of this bloodline?"