Weapon seller in the world of magic

Chapter 403 Mark Starts The War With A Surprise Attack

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As the ten seconds passed, a portal appeared in front of Mark. He stepped inside.

The portal disappeared and he stepped outside to see himself on the top of a grassy hill. Because it is a wild region, not a thing could be seen in plain sight.

Cracking his knuckles, he mumbled, "Okay, now, let's plant the bombs."

"Equip, Exoskeleton Suit"

The night vision of the suit cleared the problem of the darkness and flight ability made it easier for Mark to travel directly to Western Yan without worrying about the pathway.

He reached the capital city in no time and continued to fly to the city center and then silently landed on the ground without alerting anyone.

Mark went on to activate stealth mode and took out a C4 from the inventory. "Well, the D-day for the doom of the Phoenix Empire is finally here. Starting from this day, Shang Fu and Lan Jingyi will never be able to sleep peacefully."

A couple of hours later;

Mark returned to the Kunyu valley where a bandit/soldier is waiting for him to escort him to the village.

He went straight to the cave where he met Feng Wu and his grand tutor. They looked a bit sleepy. It was Mark's fault in a way as he was the one who made the both of them wait for him until his arrival.

The three of them sat together and were having a tea session while Mark did most of the talking. "Look, I have set the timer to 5 o'clock in the morning. The sun rises around 6:30 to 6:45. So, our aim is to finish the war within those 90-100 minutes of time."

Feng Wu gasped in surprise. "90 minutes? That's impossible, Brother Lu. Just traveling itself will take an hour."

"I know." Mark nodded with a smile. "That's why your army will start atleast half an hour early and if you follow my plan correctly, it will take just 30-40 minutes to win this war."

He briefs his strategy once again, "Ji clan's grand elder, the northern general, the captain. Basically, everyone above the 6-circle realm will be taken care of. All you have to do is to make the remaining enemies surrender and get a firm hold on your capital.

The battle robots and tanks should be stationed at the border; the snipers will continue to station on top of the hills like usual but half of them will be shifted to the roofs of the tallest structures within the city; I will lend you a batch of advanced robots until the situation calms down; as for the Ji clan heir, he needed to stay as a hostage for a few days.

Once you received a formal acknowledgment of independence from the Western Moon and Eastern Sun kingdoms, you will release him and his family along with the prisoners on the grounds of humanity.

During this time, my servant will stay as your guest to make sure even Song Tai won't try anything funny. Alright?"

Feng Wu and his grand tutor nodded in understanding.

Roughly about three and a half hours later;

Ji Palace, Gong city, Western Yan;

The heir of the Ji clan, "Ji Guanli" (15 years old); his father and the clan patriarch, "Ji Cheng"; an important clan elder, "Ji Wu"; the clan's grand elder, "Ji Jianguo"; Mt. Hua sect's representative and paternal uncle of the grand elder of Sui clan, "Sui Ping"; the new northern General of Phoenix Empire, "Hu Shi"; finally, the archbishop of the church of Nuwa surnamed Ma; all of them had an emergency meeting early in the morning.

As for the elder son, Ji Mingyu, he is more of a scholar who hates fighting and scheming. Hence, he stayed away from the clan as the imperial troops entered Western Yan to defend the territory and also to search for the Kunyu bandits who could no longer be ignored due to the emergence of their grand tutor.

And this meeting is due to the sudden activity of a large army crossing the Kunyu Mountains and on the way to Western Yan.

Newly promoted general after the former one retired citing health reasons, Hu Shi was reading the paper he received from his subordinates.

"Feng Wu's army has about 700-1000 soldiers in number and everyone is equipped with firearms. Based on the latest attacks on our soldier units who ventured into the mountains, some of them surely possessed ether firearms that can strike us from at least a couple of hundred meters away.

Apart from that, atleast 200 of those metallic puppet weapons called Panzers were also spotted in the wild. It was the same model General Shang Wen had recently included in the army.

Each of those is not strong enough to kill anyone above 5-circle and even 4-circle Spirit Warriors can protect themselves but below that, there's no stopping it. I personally witnessed their power when I was a lieutenant under General Wen. The Panzers will be too troublesome if they enter the city and target our civilian population.

These weapons need a coachman sitting inside to move them and atleast one more to operate the firearms smoothly. But, due to the lack of numbers, they might allot only one person to operate them. Hence, their movements will be unsteady and slow during the war.

This is where we might gain an advantage."

"This Lu Zhen really brought upon a headache for us," commented Ji Cheng while gritting his teeth in anger. He further said, "Everything started because of him. I bet he is behind this invasion too; all so that he could see our destruction."

"There is no evidence of him involved in this war except for selling weapons to Kunyu bandits." Hu Shi wasn't interested to go against Mark as the latter had the support of the imperial palace. "Furthermore, if he could destroy the Wuji sect, then, he wouldn't need Kunyu bandits to destroy your clan. So, let's focus on real factors, Lord Ji."

As Ji Cheng grunted and stayed silent, Arch Bishop Ma asked, "couldn't you have requested the list of weapons he sold to them?"

General Hu Shi shook his head, "We already did that and he replied that he cannot give the list because of the confidentiality between the seller and the client."

Sui Ping then pitched in his opinion, "His weapons might be revolutionary but the ones operating are still the Kunyu bandits. There's a saying, a divine grade sword in the hands of an amateur will lose to a copper grade sword in the hands of a master swordsman."

"True," Elder Ji Wu nodded in agreement and then voiced his opinion, "we should just make our move ahead of them and surprise them with a bombard of attacks. They likely only have one 7-circle Spirit Warrior. If he takes him and Feng Wu out, the rest don't matter whether they have amazing weapons or not."

Everyone then looked at the Grand Elder of the Ji clan for his opinion. He was in deep thought, thinking about all kinds of possibilities. 

Just as he was about to give his nod, all of a sudden, a powerful explosion occurred far away from the palace but due to the fact that everyone else is sleeping, it was loud enough to reach all the way to these experts.

*Boom*

"Hmm?" A few of these experts furrowed their brows when they heard it and looked in the direction of the sound.

Little did they expect to hear sounds continue with each one getting louder than the previous one, i.e. the successive explosions are getting near to the palace.

*Boom* Boom* Boom* Boom* Boom* Boom* Boom*

eaglesnov?1,?o? More than a dozen explosions occurred all over the city in various places, destroying their surroundings, and randomly killing the innocent citizens living nearby.

The citizens are quickly seen running in the streets and Mark was flying in the sky in stealth mode with a holographic screen floating before him.

The holographic screen has the image of a circle with the percentage increasing slowly as the souls were flying into the sky and disappearing into the screen.

"54%" "73%" "89%" "112%"

Once it crossed 100, the circle stopped absorbing the souls, letting them go to the spirit realm instead.

Meanwhile, the summon option appeared below the circle. He landed on the roof of a building and clicked on it. "I summon you, Demon King Bael."

A blinding flash of light appeared before his eyes and a humanoid figure appeared in place of the three-headed demon, taking Mark by surprise.

"Eh? Bael?"