Spirit Master Girl: Contracting with an SSS-Level School Beauty at the Start
Chapter 515: Sudden Incident, Conspiracy?

Chapter 515: Chapter 515: Sudden Incident, Conspiracy?

Xiao Zhan was helpless to assist.

"Ding!"

Just then, the warning system suddenly issued an emergency alert.

The red exclamation mark was striking.

Xiao Zhan immediately connected the communication.

"Report, General, the mining team in the Northern Bear Territory has encountered a problem. We’ve clashed with the Northern Bear Federation, and the battle is fierce!"

"What? How did the conflict arise?"

The sudden bad news ignited anger in Xiao Zhan’s heart.

It must be Chernokov’s doing!

"Report, the specifics are still unclear."

Xiao Zhan hung up the communication and immediately ordered Hose, "All troops, prepare for first-level combat, objective Northern Bear Federation!"

"Yes!"

The order was relayed at top speed.

Soldiers assembled, ammunition loaded, all waiting for Xiao Zhan’s command.

Meanwhile, Xiao Zhan picked up the communicator and dialed Chernokov.

He didn’t know exactly what happened, but if the mining team was in trouble, Xiao Zhan would not let Chernokov off the hook!

Soon, the communication connected.

Xiao Zhan directly demanded, "Send my people back unharmed immediately. If even one of them is injured, I will take your lives in compensation!"

"General Xiao, you’re ordering me to release them without even asking the reason, aren’t you being a bit too arrogant?" Chernokov responded with a hostile tone.

"Cut the crap, we had an agreement. I handed my people over to you; you were supposed to ensure their safety. Now not only is their safety compromised, but you’ve also attacked them. I’m terminating our cooperation; send my people back immediately!" Xiao Zhan retorted curtly.

Chernokov, enraged, burst out, "Xiao Zhan, let me tell you, your people are already dead! They can’t be sent back! Your guards struck first; our men were acting in self-defense!"

"Bullshit!" Xiao Zhan cursed angrily, "My men are all elite and absolutely obedient. How could they strike first? This must be your plot!"

"I’m giving you half an hour, send my people back immediately, or else I’ll make sure your next Winter Festival is spent in the ground!"

"Threatening me?" Chernokov sneered, "Let me make it clear, your people were wiped out by our soldiers the moment they made a move. All you can have now are their corpses!"

"Then you can die alongside them!"

Xiao Zhan abruptly hung up the call.

He turned to look at Hose, his eyes sharp as blades.

Hose trembled, sensing that Xiao Zhan was intent on killing.

He quickly relayed the information he had just gathered to Xiao Zhan, though with a heavy heart, "The mining team has indeed been wiped out. From the footage, it was our guards who struck first."

Our people struck first?

Xiao Zhan was somewhat incredulous.

The personnel he sent were carefully selected, not only strong but absolutely obedient.

Moreover, Xiao Zhan had always instructed them to not engage unless their lives were at stake, and to prioritize their safety. Xiao Zhan would handle any need for retribution.

How could they possibly strike first now?

"Is Li Teng dead too?"

Xiao Zhan had sent Li Teng there specifically for protection.

Li Teng, a Fifth Grade Spirit Master, would not die so easily.

"Li Teng has escaped into Da Shan with Zhu Xue, and they are being pursued by the Northern Bear Federation."

At this moment, Zhu Rong rushed to Xiao Zhan, anxious, "We must rescue Zhu Xue, she’s my sister, I can’t let her get hurt here!"

Her words were somewhat indirect.

It was Xiao Zhan who made the decision to cooperate; Zhu Xue’s safety was his responsibility!

Xiao Zhan reassured her firmly, "Don’t worry, I absolutely will not let her get hurt."

He then immediately called Chernokov again.

"There are three survivors; send them back, state your conditions!" Xiao Zhan got straight to the point after the connection.

Focus on saving those still alive first, we can settle other scores later.

But Chernokov just scoffed, "Weren’t you quite arrogant just now, how come you’ve lowered your stance? Kneel and beg me."

"Don’t push it too far!"

"Too far? Your guards killed so many of my people, why didn’t you object to that?"

"There’s something wrong with that guard, my people wouldn’t easily make a move."

Xiao Zhan glanced at the footage; several guards acted together, not just one acting first, moving efficiently and lethally, clearly not in a protective stance.

It was obvious they were intent on causing trouble.

This meant those guards had been replaced!

"Stop making excuses, debts must be repaid, and murder avenged, they must pay the price!" Chernokov was unsympathetic.

Xiao Zhan’s brow furrowed, his voice low, "I admit that, but that was the guard’s fault, not the mining team’s. Release them, you can name your terms!"

Hearing this, Chernokov went silent.

Obviously weighing his options, thinking of maximizing his benefits.

After all, the incident had occurred, he couldn’t possibly want to escalate into a full-blown conflict with the Longxia Federation, could he?

Seconds later, Chernokov said, "Cancel the split, all mined resources go to me."

"Fine."

"The woman can be released, but the guard with her must be handed over for me to deal with!"

"No."

Xiao Zhan refused; Li Teng couldn’t die.

Sensing Xiao Zhan’s firm attitude, Chernokov paused for two seconds, then said, "Give me twenty percent of your mined resources in exchange for him."

"Fine."

Xiao Zhan agreed without hesitation.