Armipotent

Chapter 949: What’s Your Goal? – Part 1

After the second floor, the Tang Empire took a three days break. It was announced to the soldiers that they had three days’ vacation before the next duty. The break was needed, so the Tarrior were not under stress from constant fighting. Not everything is as crazy as Tang Shaoyang, after all.         

Tang Shaoyang returned to the main base with Zhang Mengyao after their small meeting. The first thing he did was visit Wan Yongzhen, Zhen Yang, and Liao Zhenya. The three people were poisoned by dark mana. Only Kang Xue, Selena, Arina, and Helia could expel the dark mana from them. Now the four had returned from the dimensional tower, so the three should be fine by now.     

As he arrived in front of the room, Kang Xue came out. She raised his thumb at the sight of him, “They should be fine by now. Selena and Arina will stay for another three to four hours to find if there are any other implications from the dark mana.” The Division Head of the Healer Division delivered the good news.     

Tang Shaoyang was genuinely relieved to hear that, “I will see them myself.” He entered the room with Kang Xue, and Zhang Mengyao tailed him. He heard someone sobbing as soon as he entered the room.     

“It’s Wan Yongzhen. He cried after he woke up,” Kang Xue whispered, “I heard Gan Shuo was like a fatherly figure to him.” Gan Shuo was the leader of the expansion team who died in the battle. He heard the Captain died protecting Wan Yongzhen and the villagers who joined the battle.     

Tang Shaoyang halted his steps. Comforting other people was not his forte, and he felt like this was not the moment to meet them. However, it was too late to back up as Zhen Yang, the other poisoned Tarrior spotted him. The man came down from the bed and saluted, “Your Majesty.”     

The attention shifted to Zhen Yang before everyone quickly realized the Emperor was in the room. Tang Shaoyang did a quick action, raising his hand, “Stay on the bed!” The words were directed to Liao Zhenya and Wan Yongzhen, who were about to get up from the bed. Both stopped moving, but they still greeted him.     

“Your Majesty.” “I greet Your Majesty.”     

Wan Yongzhen greeted him first, and Liao Zhenya followed. The greeting sounded awkward as they were still not used to it yet. Totally different from Marshal Alton and the people from Lukan. Tang Shaoyang held up as he approached Zhen Yang, “Get back to your bed and rest!”     

Zhen Yang nodded and returned to the bed. His body was tense as Tang Shaoyang came closer.     

“How’s your body? Do you feel anything off or something?” Tang Shaoyang came to check.     

“I am fine, Your Majesty. Lady Selena has cured me,” Zhen Yang answered stiffly. This was the closest distance to The Emperor so far, so he was tensed up.     

“Hmmm,” Tang Shaoyang nodded and came to Liao Zhenya’s bed before going to Wan Yongzhen’s bed as his last visit. The young man’s eyes were red as he held the tears in his eyes. He did not want to cry in front of the Emperor as it would make him look weak.     

Tang Shaoyang thought hard, wanting to say something to comfort the young man, but he could not come up with words to comfort the young man. At the same time, he was conflicted as he was not supposed to comfort the soldier for someone with his status. He agreed with Rosalie not to comfort the young man this time as he was coming by himself. Coming and checking on them by himself was enough.     

“Get well soon,” That was his goodbye to the young man before turning around. He did not sense any dark mana anymore, so they should be fine by now. The fourth patient was Chang Jie, the second person saved by Gan Shuo. The veiled woman was sitting next to Chang Jie, and Chang Jie sat on the bed, looking at him.     

Tang Shaoyang gave the young man a few seconds’ glances before leaving the room. He felt like his presence was unnecessary in the room as it made everyone in the room act stiff. He left the room without visiting Chang Jie.     

After Tang Shaoyang left the room, everyone was visibly relaxed. Meanwhile, Selena approached Chang Jie’s bed. She misunderstood Tang Shaoyang’s glance as asking her or Arina to check on Chang Jie. Chang Jie’s eyes were still locked on the door, still wondering about Tang Shaoyang’s status.     

Selena put her palm on Chang Jie’s forehead. She spread her mana into her body to check if there was still dark mana or other implications, “There’s no more dark mana, and I don’t detect any implication from the dark mana too. You should be fine, but just in case, please stay for another two or three hours.” She smiled.     

“Thank you. May I ask you something, Elder Sister?” Chang Jie looked Selena in the eyes.     

“You can.”     

“Do you know the man who just left?” Chang Jie was not aware yet of the structure of the base he stayed in. He just woke up a few minutes ago. The reason he asked was that he sensed that people in the room respected the man and also feared the man. That made him curious about the man’s identity. Of course, he heard it when Zhen Yang called the man Your Majesty, but that made him even more confused.     

“It’s disrespectful to call His Majesty the man. You can’t say that in front of the others in this base,” Selena warned the young man out of goodwill before answering the young man, “He is the Emperor of the Tang Empire.”     

“Emperor?” Chang Jie sounded confused for a moment as his brain tried to process the new information. The thing that came into his mind was that Tang Shaoyang was a gangster leader or something similar. From his perspective, the Emperor was something that existed in ancient times only, “Is he the strongest in this base?”     

“Of course,” Selena answered instantly.     

Chang Jie’s eyes shone brightly, and he held Selena’s hand immediately and made a request, “Can I meet with that- His Majesty? One on one?”