Chapter 734: Death Sword Beam
Chapter 734: Death Sword Beam
Chapter 732 – Death Sword Beam
Miaomiao was relieved that Mao Shan listened to his advice. He walked out of the hall, planning to head back to his room to rest.
“Miao’er. Stay.”
Unfortunately, Mao Shan stopped him.
“Yes, father?”
“I cannot let you join this fight.”
“… Okay? Then, what should I do?”
Miaomiao didn’t bother questioning Mao Shan’s reason. After all, he was not ready to fight a horde of protagonist-like monsters with the power of the sage’s laws.
Mao Shan tossed an identity token at Miaomiao. It was the jade token, which represented the status of an official inner disciple.
“From now on, you will be the leader of the rearguard. You will gather outer disciples, initiates, and Tang Ting. Leave this sect city and migrate north toward Huiji City.”
“So, you want me to leave you?”
“I’m doing exactly what you told me earlier. We’ll be using fewer combatants in the next fight, and we will use otherworlders as cannon fodders. I can’t let you and the others fight here.”
“…”
“Now, go. Bring everyone to safety.”
“You must retreat if the plan fails, father.”
“I know. I already told Mao Cheng and our clansmen to migrate north after the preparation. You don’t have to worry about us.”
“Okay. Godspeed, father.”
“You, too.”
Although this entire conversation was a death flag, Miaomiao chose to leave as he couldn’t interfere with the local’s fate.
Mao Shan gazed at his son. He let out a long sigh.
“The future is in your hands.”
“Cringe and cliché as hell. Sect Master, you sound like you’re going to die for sure.”
In the hall, Sun Wukong was still there. He had heard everything, and he didn’t like how things went.
Mao Shan snickered, “I see that you’re still healthy, your highness?”
“Healthy my ass. I almost died out there. I still have a hole in my stomach and my chest. I don’t think I can contribute anything in the next fight.”
“Yes, you can. How about you return to your palace and report to your father what had happened here. You might be able to convince Your Majesty Sun Jian about the situation. Also, please convey to them our tactics so that they won’t get entangled in the arrays.”
“Tsk. Fine. You stay alive as well. I don’t want to see that brat cry.”
Despite being heavily injured, Sun Wukong strode like he was in perfect shape. He also left the hall.
Everybody left. Now, Mao Shan was alone in the large grand hall.
“… I will definitely survive, Miao’er.”
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In front of the hall, Sima Yi had been leaning against the wall, eavesdropping on all conversations.
Sun Wukong noticed the guest elder. He snorted and left Sima Yi alone.
Sima Yi smirked and shook his head, looking at the departing immortal in disdain.
‘Everybody is panicking for no reason. This entire war is so easy to handle, yet only Miaomiao can see the solutions. Since this entire world is a game to entertain the otherworlders, the invasion is nothing but a stage for a play. Otherworlders are set to be the main characters of this stage while we will be the supporting characters. If we try to become the main characters, we will die in vain.’
Sima Yi and Nobunaga gained enlightenment from the event. They came up with schemes to survive in this turbulent time.
‘Sima Yi. Let’s draft a long quest line for players. We will dictate the flow of the future events by using the otherworlders.’
‘That was what I thought. I have already drafted a scenario in the case that all three countries lost to invaders from another mainland. We will establish a new country and entice righteous otherworlders to join our cause. Then, we will reclaim the land with their help.’
‘But we will need a figurehead to rule the new nation, and I don’t think you want to be the new king.’
‘You’re right. Being a king is tiring. I’d rather be a retainer that pulls the strings from behind the scenes.’
‘Then, who will you pick? Cao Cao?’
‘Cao Cao is the reincarnation of Devil, and all former war droids are on her side. She might be ideal, but we won’t be able to manipulate her to do anything.’
‘Then, Mao Miaomiao?’
Sima Yi and Nobunaga inwardly laughed as they understood each other. Despite living in the same body, they always communicated and exchanged their thoughts whenever they had free time.
After coming up with a new scheme, Sima Yi flew away from sect city. He headed northwest toward the country that didn’t participate in this battle.
‘Let’s incite them against incoming invaders first!’
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Miaomiao and Tang Ting proceeded to evacuate the people. Outer disciples and initiates cooperated well. However, some of them were under other inner disciples, and they had already received another order. They went out to recruit players instead of leaving the city.
Miaomiao couldn’t save them. He could only guide the refugees to the north.
Migrating cultivators was easy as they could fly. They also had spatial rings, and they could move large furniture and belongings with ease.
However, outer disciples and initiates had families. Some of them couldn’t fly. As a result, they left the sect city by using their flying treasures or flying swords.
Unfortunately, a few families weren’t rich. They resorted to traveling on foot as they didn’t have such luxury.
Miaomiao and top rank outer disciples were in charge of protecting the caravan of commoners and families of other disciples. They formed platoons of rear-guards, warding off rogue cultivators and bandits.
Some kind of cultivators helped some commoners by carrying them and flying toward the safe area. The Tang Clan donated a flying ferry boat to help with the transportation, but a 20-meter-long yacht vessel couldn’t possibly carry all 300,000 commoners and injured cultivators.
In the end, the ship and outer disciples took turns carrying commoners out while the rest traveled on foot.
As they traveled, they attracted the attention of players. They came to question why they were migrating, and they discovered that the sect people were evacuating weak cultivators away from the upcoming major battle.
The players got excited that there would be a war event. They contacted their friends as usual.
Miaomiao added fuel to the flame. He told the players that they could participate in the battle at Pirate Hunter City.
The rumor worked. Players spread words and gathered at Pirate Hunter City, hoping to join the war.
Chase, who was supposed to leave along with the refugees, suddenly changed his mind. He slipped away from the crowd and went to Pirate Hunter City.
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Miaomiao and others protected the caravan for three days. When the sun rose on the fourth day, a large battleship of the Wu Dynasty Empire approached them and landed nearby.
A middle-aged general and his bodyguards approached Miaomiao. They humbly saluted him and stated their business.
“We heard that you are in charge of the refugees, Young Master Mao. My name is Huang Zu, and this is our kingdom’s transport ship. We’re here to help. Please guide the citizens to the ship!”
‘Huang Zu?’
Miaomiao was surprised. He didn’t expect to see a former enemy here.
Since Huang Zu didn’t carry over his memory from his previous life, Miaomiao had no reason to antagonize him. He accepted Huang Zu’s offer.
But again, one ferry ship couldn’t possibly take all 300,000 people. The transport vessel managed to fit 5,000 refugees before it departed north. It might take 60 round trips to move all these people to the safe area.
Six hours later, the ship completed only five trips and migrated 25,000 people. Old people, children, and pregnant women were the cause of the delay.
RUMBLE
At a distance, the main army of Kishin Douji showed up in the sky. This time, the entire horizon was dark as countless monster beasts, orcs, goblins, Onis, Asuras, lizardmen, and chimera beasts replaced the clouds. Moreover, all of them emitted the aura of 9th-stage cultivators.
Miaomiao estimated the distance. They were roughly 1,000 kilometers away. If they traveled at the usual speed of sound, they would reach the mainland within an hour.
Facing millions of 9th-stage protagonist-like monsters alone was risky. Miaomiao was not stupid enough to challenge the group even though he was once a great dao sage.
Despite the urgency, Miaomiao never told the people about the looming threat. He pretended that nothing had happened and continued urging the rear guards to continue carrying elders, children, and women out of here first.
DING