Chapter 452: The Twelfth Troop Takes the Field (III)

Chapter 452: The Twelfth Troop Takes the Field (III)

“Then we’ll listen to you, you’re our troop leader!”

Enough of that. You listen to me when there’s loot to be had, but toss me to the side when the loot’s been had!

Li Hao concluded the conversation and walked up to the three Silver Armors, transmitting through his armor, “Troop Leaders, I would like to lead some of the centurions in guerrilla tactics against these guys! I will destroy the enemy outside the city walls. They will not set a single foot through our gates!

“The three troop leaders need to stand guard here and my Twelfth Troop possesses insufficient personnel. We need some reinforcements...”

The words of destroying the enemy and outside the city seemed to strike a chord. Agitated ripples emanated from the three Silver Armors. Eliminating the enemy outside the city walls was a military tradition. Sadly, the Ninth Division of the Reserve Defenders had lost face for the overall army and could only hold down the fort inside the city.

Li Hao’s other words apart from borrowing the Bronze Armors were just hot air. He didn’t know that some of them would strike such a deep chord that it would start to recover some faded memories for the Silver Armors.

“Approved!” came the Seventh troop leader’s voice. “The three troops can offer support of ten centurions, no more. If more are allotted, the army will start to lose some of its basic functionality. Our Black Armor brothers have already lost their sentience. They must be led by a centurion to revert to some use...”

Just ten!

Li Hao thought for a moment. That was good enough, that would do! “My thanks!”

“As we should. Be careful, Troop Leader Li!”

Clang! Li Hao thumped his chest with his fist. He was familiar with this gesture now. The other three troop leaders returned the gesture, seemingly impressed by their new comrade.

Ten Bronze Armors stood in front of Li Hao before long. His Silver Armor listed some information about them.

“Hu Xinwu, leader of the third company of the Seventh Troop, reports to Troop Leader Li!”

“Wu Kaifu, leader of the ninth company of the Eighth Troop...”

“......” A series of ripples traveled to Li Hao. The soldiers were slightly rigid, as if they only knew how to obey orders. They possessed some basic instincts, but weren’t as nimble as the three Silver Armors.

“Alright, you will follow my orders from now on!”

“Understood!” came affirmative yells. There was more emotion in them this time.

Li Hao discovered that their authorizations were now connected to his armor. He was ever more admiring of this equipment infrastructure. It must have been a fantastically convenient and unified process for the army to mobilize in concert back in the day.

Everyone could hear as the commands were issued through the armor. A great deal of trouble was spared when only those with high clearance could speak to those with lower clearance.

The young man turned himself into a Black Armor, but it didn’t affect the soldiers. They could still recognize Li Hao.

“Ready yourselves, brothers. Troop leaders, I require your assistance to go about your daily patrols. Our fishing begins!”

“......” The three Silver Armors didn’t quite understand, but they could grasp that their new comrade needed cover. Thus, squads of Black Armors quickly began patrolling the streets.

As for whether the city army had suddenly made such a foolish move due to a lack of intelligence or seeing up a trap... who cared? Wandering cultivators could die whenever!

Besides, some of them possessed real strength. They should be able to bring down some Black Armors with them even if they died. That was just as well.

A few noticed that a Silver Armor was missing—it might be hiding among the Black Armors! But that a peak Sunflare Silver Armor was moving on its own might afford opportunities for them.

“Celestial will also offer three stones per armor!”

“Yama follows suit!” called out the other two organizations.

Hou Xiaochen glanced at them and smiled, not saying a word. You guys are rich, we’re poor. I can’t even make empty promises like you, so I won’t say a thing.

The wandering cultivators were thoroughly riled up now. Stamping out one squad meant thirty mysterious power stones! Stones, not cubes! Many of them had never seen a single one before, they were all gonna be rich!

As for whether or not they’d leave the ruins alive with their treasures... that was up to individual ability.

“Will you pay on the spot?” someone asked urgently.

“Of course,” Green Moon responded faintly. “Eliminating all of the Black Armors means only three thousand sets. With the joint coffers of the three great organizations, we can afford nine thousand stones!

“Not to mention, you won’t possibly take them all. Claiming half would be good enough. Forty-five hundred stones means that each of us will be paying fifteen hundred. Do you guys think that we noble organizations cannot afford that much?”

Fifteen hundred stones was a princely sum, but the three great organizations could indeed put together that many stones! They’d made many preparations for this excavation and had brought many powerhouses. They could scrounge up that amount. If not, there was mysterious power as well.

Not to mention... so what if they shortchanged the wandering cultivators?

“Ole Hou, do you think they've really brought that many stones with them?” Kong Jie transmitted. If this was true, then it was very tempting! Silver Moon was not that rich.

“Everyone be careful,” Hou Xiaochen transmitted instead of responding. “Let’s wait and see, I find something odd about this! The Silver Armors gave appropriate orders before and were in high morale. It doesn’t make sense that they’ve suddenly lost their minds. Although there is this precedent, this situation is not right. Do not brashly enter the outer city!”

What in the blazes was going on? Even Hou Xiaochen, who’d thought everything was within his calculations, frowned with bafflement. He was well and truly confused!

He heaved a sigh of dismay to see supernaturals eagerly throw themselves into the outer city. This was not good! How many of them would die this time?

Some Solars had also snuck in. It looked like the mysterious power stones were sufficient to move their hearts. But that made sense, it wasn’t hard for a Solar to eliminate ten Black Armors by themselves. If they had a storage ring, they only needed to make one trip for thirty stones.

Even Hou Xiaochen was tempted! What a rich reward for this mission! But was money really that easy to earn?

Some of the powerhouses from the three great organizations were also part of the crowd. It looked like they wanted to collect information or take the opportunity to claim a few Black Armors.

“Are we really not going to go?” Hu Qingfeng transmitted from the Silver Moon authorities. “Even if we don’t, we should send some people in to assess the situation. Novas cannot easily make a move, but Solars can!”

While there weren’t many here from the official authorities, there were quite a few Solars. Did they all just wait here?