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Chapter 206 - 206 127 Battle with Locusts_1

206: Chapter 127, Battle with Locusts_1 206: Chapter 127, Battle with Locusts_1 The little girl’s words made the caravan speed up.

It was as if they had touched some kind of taboo, so much so that the old man didn’t even bother about his business anymore.

Perhaps it had something to do with his business ventures being unprofitable as well.

After all, the old man’s business acumen was impeccable as always.

Just maintaining a balanced budget was entirely due to “luck.”

In his own words:

“Big money-making business has long been monopolized by big shots.

It’d only be a disaster for common folk trying to get involved in it.

Making a little hard-earned money and living peacefully is what’s most important.”

…

The night fell, and the old man, who had left the caravan, instantly changed his image.

His elderly skin began to smooth out, and the wrinkles on his face gradually disappeared, as if he had suddenly become thirty years younger.

“Holy Master, the task you have ordered has been accomplished.

We have spread the Locust Lure along our way to the Southeastern Province according to your instructions.

At this moment, the Locust Army is continuously gathering there.

However, those nobles reacted very quickly, and they have already reached Qiaomu County.

It seems that they are preparing to hunt down the Insect King on the way.

The Noble’s squad we’re facing this time is extremely powerful.

Hidden figures like the Sorcerer and the Earth Knight, rare on normal days, are now present.

One might boldly guess that the strongest combat power in the whole Southeastern Province is now all gathered here.

The Mage participating in the action, even the weakest is a Senior Magician.

The Knights’ least strength is of a Great Knight, and each of them is carrying a Magical Beast.

With the local noble organizations of Qiaomu County coordinating their armies, it is uncertain whether the Insect King can break through the blockade.”

The middle-aged man nervously reported.

After witnessing the power of the nobility, the middle-aged man’s arrogance had completely disappeared.

If it weren’t for this locust disaster, he might not have had a chance to experience this in his lifetime.

The minor disruptions caused by the Skeleton Society were not enough to make the nobles go all out.

The power they had in the open alone could suppress them countless times.

“Carlos, don’t be blinded by temporary success or failure.

Whether we succeed or fail doesn’t matter.

This is not our fight, and the nobles are not our real enemy.

It is not necessarily a bad thing for us that they are powerful.

It’s just a deal.

The locust plague has reached such a level that allows those bastards to ask for reward and fame when they return.

Even if the Insect King couldn’t make it to the Southeastern Province, even the sporadic locust army is enough to achieve our goal.

The attention of the nobles is distracted, and they won’t bother us for the time being.

Your next task is to find the Blood Moon Horn.

Dardiel City is the last known location of the Blood Moon Horn.

Any nobleman who suppressed the rebellion in the city last year could be a suspect.

This is the best chance to act, and you must keep a low-profile, and not cause any trouble before finding the Blood Moon Horn.”

The anti-clergy organization was hiding among the clergy-supported troops, which was ironic.

The more dangerous the place, the safer it is.

Wearing the armor of the Skeleton Society actually concealed all rational and irrational actions.

The cult organization, after all, has never played by the rules.

If they change their style, no one would find it strange.

Acting suspiciously, that’s just standard operating procedure.

If there’s no problem, is it still a cult?

“Holy Master, we did things so cleanly, why don’t we leave some traces to pit the nobles and the clergy against each other?”

Carlos asked with confusion.

Stirring up conflict between the clergy and the Noble Consortium was a plan they dreamt of achieving.

But when the opportunity is served up, the current Skeleton Holy Master took a different path.

Not only did he not reveal the existence of the clergy, he even deliberately removed human traces as much as possible and concealed as much as he could.

“Carlos, you’re thinking too simplistically.

Although the clergy is corrupt, it doesn’t mean that those people are really stupid.

Leaving traces intentionally, wouldn’t that, in fact, expose us to them?

Now is not the time to stir things up.

Before we get the support of a new significant force, we can’t leave the support of the clergy.

Even without leaving traces, those nobles will still blame the clergy.

For the powerful, evidence has never been a problem.

Merely a suspicion is enough for them to draw conclusions.

Last time, didn’t you learn your lesson?”

The words of the Skeleton Holy Master made Carlos feel awkward.

It’s only when you’re mixed in the lower strata that you view evidence and clues as being very important.

Being led by your own understanding, and applying your mindset to other people’s decisions, can’t you help but be at a disadvantage?

…

In Qiaomu County, after a simple regional division, several big shots each led a group to be in charge of one area.

Each team is distributed evenly, with Mages, Knights, and local Noble’s Private Army that rushed to cooperate.

It is indeed just cooperation.

The local Noble’s Private Army that is trapping the locusts, their primary task is just to report immediately once they discover the Insect King’s whereabouts.

To battle?

No matter how weak a Magical Beast is, it’s still a Magical Beast and not something ordinary people can handle.

No to mention a creature like the Insect King, which flies extraordinarily fast.

Even warhorses at their fastest can’t keep up, let alone ordinary people.

As the youngest team leader, wherever Hudson goes, the rate which people turn to look at him is always the highest.

One can imagine that after this wave, he will become the “child of someone else’s family” in the eyes of many parents.

Looking at various equipment to deal with the locusts, although the tools leaked a little bit, their overall experience was still rich.

Aside from various nets, the most impressive thing to Hudson was the prepared smoked stuff.

Using thick smoke to drive away locusts should be the most effective method for ordinary people given the current technological means.