Chapter: Chapter 412
“Have you heard? The Steel Spear tribe and the Bone Wing tribe are fighting!”
“Heard, heard! They’re fighting fiercely. Steel Spear didn’t wipe out Bone Wing directly, have they gotten weaker?”
“Steel Spear is still Steel Spear, but…” a beastman cautiously glanced around and whispered into his companion’s ear, “The Bone Wings have sorcery!”
“Sorcery?!”
“Yes, Steel Spear’s troops were a bit battered by the Bone Wings’ fireballs.”
“Fireballs? Could that be Bone Wing’s shamans?”
“Impossible. How long have the Bone Wings been here? We know their strength. They only have one old shaman in their tribe, how could they unleash so many fireballs?”
“My goodness, could it really be sorcery?”
“It’s highly likely. Steel Spear is already summoning all the nearby tribes, planning to completely eliminate Bone Wing!”
Such conversations were happening among almost all beastmen. For these not-so-bright beastmen, this was merely idle chatter.
But in the eyes of another group of people with ulterior motives, this was not good news.
“What the heck, are those Steel Spear guys useless? It’s a ten-to-one ratio, and they still lost?” Laeticia looked at the battle report brought by Yin Ya and started to angrily denounce the Steel Spear tribe’s combat effectiveness.
The Steel Spear tribe truly lived up to its name as a major tribe. Its size was nearly ten times that of the Bone Wing tribe, so naturally, its fighting personnel were far more numerous. Even if they had to keep some warriors on standby, the number of warriors sent out would definitely be greater than that of the Bone Wing tribe.
Moreover, the quality of Steel Spear’s warriors was also likely higher than that of the Bone Wing tribe. After all, Bone Wing was only a small tribe that openly pecked at each other with Silver Tooth tribe. When the Steel Spear army arrived, it should have been a swift and decisive victory.
As a result, Steel Spear lost.
This was outrageous!
“Ambushed? Oh my god, and ambushed in this kind of place? Any idiot would know to send people to check for ambushes in this terrain, right?” After reading through the course of the battle, Laeticia’s mind was buzzing. Beastmen were truly a bunch of pigs with brains.
They were ambushed by the Bone Wing tribe’s mysterious troops in an extremely narrow valley. Fireballs flew everywhere, directly crushing the morale of the Steel Spear troops. Not many Steel Spear beastmen died under the barrage of fireballs; most of them died in the chaos of the crowd.
The Bone Wing tribe wiped out the Steel Spear tribe’s first attack with virtually no effort.
Now, having suffered a major defeat, the Steel Spear tribe had finally gotten serious. They sent messengers to various nearby tribes, contacting them for a joint annihilation of Bone Wing.
“Laeticia, do you think we should respond to Steel Spear?” Yin Ya came precisely to ask Laeticia what they should do now.
Their original plan was to sit and watch. After Steel Spear eliminated Bone Wing, they might even get some benefits. But now that Steel Spear had been slapped hard, their original plan was somewhat untenable.
“Respond? Why wouldn’t we?” Laeticia spread her hands, looking as if it were obvious. “We have to put on a good show. If we don’t respond, we might be considered accomplices of the Bone Wing tribe later. You already have conflicts with Bone Wing, so you can’t afford to antagonize Steel Spear now.”
She paused, then continued, “Besides, you are a small tribe, so you can just send a squad of warriors. This way, it won’t have much impact on the tribe’s strength, and it won’t make Steel Spear lose face.”
“But Steel Spear didn’t win, what should we do if the Bone Wing tribe comes to settle accounts with us?” Yin Ya asked softly. A few days ago, she hadn’t even considered this possibility.
After all, how powerful was the Steel Spear tribe? They had such a vast territory, so many people, such a powerful army. For such a tribe to eliminate a small tribe like Bone Wing, wouldn’t it be simple?
But now, the Bone Wing tribe had revealed its fangs and bit Steel Spear hard.
Yin Ya couldn’t help but worry if the Bone Wing tribe was hiding even more terrifying power. If the Steel Spear tribe really couldn’t defeat the Bone Wing tribe, then their Silver Tooth tribe would definitely be the first target of retaliation from the Bone Wing tribe.
With new and old grievances intertwined, could Bone Wing spare them?
“We’ll wing it. It’s no big deal for me and Bai Ling; taking you away isn’t difficult either.” Laeticia shrugged. She quite liked this girl Yin Ya. If it really came to an irreversible point, she wouldn’t mind lending a hand and escaping with Yin Ya.
What? Have Miss Bai directly eliminate the Bone Wing tribe?
Wow, don’t deploy nuclear warheads for such a chicken fight! The world is so big, surely Laeticia can find a place to hide, right?
To be honest, Laeticia had no enmity with the Bone Wing tribe. On the contrary, Miss Bai had enmity with the Steel Spear tribe. If Steel Spear were to be defeated, Miss Bai might be the first to defect.
Swooping directly into the Steel Spear tribe and decapitating their chieftain would accelerate their defeat. That might count as a major contribution to Bone Wing, right?
Therefore, Laeticia and Bai Ling felt no pressure at all. They could stay with either Yin Ya or Bone Wing. If Steel Spear won, they would continue to stay with Yin Ya; if Bone Wing won, it would also be fine, and they would just switch to Bone Wing’s side.
As long as Bone Wing’s leader had some brains, they wouldn’t dare to antagonize these two powerhouses.
Judging by the ambush operation Bone Wing carried out this time, their leader was likely not brainless.
“They haven’t even started fighting yet, and she’s already thinking about how to escape!” Yin Ya shouted in collapse.
“That’s her personality, just get used to it.” Miss Bai, who had been acting as a background prop all along, finally found an opportunity to interject. “Besides, we just dealt with some of Steel Spear’s people not long ago. Actually, it’s us who have enmity with Steel Spear, right?”
“Ugh, so now we have enmity with both sides and can’t stand with either?” Covering her face, Yin Ya suddenly felt her future was incredibly bleak.
“My dear girl, since you can’t stand with either side, why not raise the banner of rebellion and take down both Steel Spear and Bone Wing?” Laeticia giggled and patted Yin Ya’s shoulder. “Then you’ll be the boss, and you won’t have to look at anyone else’s face anymore. How good would that be?”
Yes, how good would that be, but! Did Yin Ya have that strength?
No!
Their Silver Tooth tribe was just an ordinary small tribe. Where would they get the strength to crush both veteran powers and emerging forces?
Even with cheats, they couldn’t do it!
“Alright Laeticia, can you suggest some more feasible methods?” Yin Ya said helplessly. She knew that Laeticia was joking now. After all, their strength, well, everyone knew.
“This is the most feasible method. Your strength is so limited, all you can do now is watch the show from the periphery.” Laeticia shrugged, indicating that Yin Ya’s strength was too small to make any moves. “If Bone Wing wins, consider yourselves unlucky. If Steel Spear wins, you’ll have to hope they don’t discover that the three people were killed by you.”
“It was us! Not you!” Qing Ya immediately declared clearly that it was Laeticia and Bai Ling who made the move, and she was just a helpless victim who could only accept it silently.
To this, Laeticia revealed a sly smile. “When the secret can no longer be kept, she and I will just sneak away. Then, who will be left behind unable to escape but you?”
The best of the thirty-six stratagems was to flee. Laeticia and Bai Ling had no need to stick with the Silver Tooth tribe. If they wanted revenge, Miss Bai could just charge into the enemy territory alone and kill their leader with one sword.
Now Laeticia had done everything she could. She had almost used no extraordinary combat power from her side to divert the conflict elsewhere. Moreover, it seemed that this attempt to shift the blame was quite successful.
Is anyone still concerned about the deaths of those three beastmen? Absolutely no one.
The countless beastmen who died in the valley had already made the Steel Spear and Bone Wing tribes irreconcilable enemies. The Silver Tooth tribe just needed to clearly support the Steel Spear tribe. This way, at least for a short period, they would be safe and sound.
Unless Bone Wing was truly overpowered and could defeat the veteran powerful tribe Steel Spear in such a short time.
But thinking about it, this possibility was almost zero. If Bone Wing truly had such strength, they would have openly challenged Steel Spear long ago. How could they have endured until now and still staged that little skirmish with the Silver Tooth tribe recently?
Beastmen were not very smart. According to Yin Ya, the old patriarch of the Bone Wing tribe was not a farsighted person. Such a beastman would not hide his petty thoughts in his heart; if he had a little strength, he would definitely be unable to resist jumping out immediately.
“Alright, alright, don’t worry. Pick a few strong warriors and have them help the Steel Spear envoys go to Steel Spear’s side.” Laeticia’s smile gradually turned sinister. “As for weapons and equipment, give them the best on the surface, but in reality, give them some defective products. It would be best if they could stay on the battlefield forever.”
“Isn’t that a bit too much?” Yin Ya fiddled with her fingers and asked softly.
It could be seen that this girl seemed a little tempted.
“There’s nothing wrong with it. This is an opportunity to achieve great success. If you give them this task, they’ll be happy enough.” Laeticia replied righteously. If those people died, it was their own fault for being inferior.
“Then, before the Steel Spear envoys set off with them, you can tell the envoys to have these warriors join the front-line combat units, preferably assault teams or suicide squads. This way, the envoys will definitely be happy, and your reputation among Steel Spear will also improve.”
Laeticia’s series of malicious schemes overloaded the little cute Yin Ya’s brain. After a while, the simple and kind little dog girl made a decision that went against her conscience. “I’ll go discuss it with the High Priest!”
With that, she hurriedly ran out of the simple living room with only a table and a few chairs. She galloped towards the distance, bathed in sunlight.
“She’s almost being corrupted by you,” Bai Ling entwined Laeticia’s neck and leaned down to whisper in the girl’s ear, “Truly sinful.”
“This is called growth. Yin Ya will have to manage a tribe in the future, so she must know these twists and turns. Rather than letting her realize it alone later, it’s better for me to enlighten her now.” Laeticia shrugged, indicating that what she was doing was all for good. “That girl is actually quite smart, but she has always lived in an environment where beastmen have simpler thought processes, so she couldn’t develop her potential.”
Speaking of which, Laeticia couldn’t help but sigh. Sometimes she truly envied these simple-minded girls. How peaceful must their past have been to give them such personalities?
Look at her. Although she had “stowed away” from somewhere else with some memories, she didn’t understand so many schemes and tricks back then.
Then she was almost killed by the cruel reality. Being a princess of the demon race was not easy, and being the Demon Lord of the demon race was even harder. If she wasn’t careful, she would become a plaything in the hands of those aristocratic families who had passed down their power through generations. Fortunately, Laeticia possessed outstanding talent, and her brain was also a good thing. In the end, she suppressed all dissent by herself and successfully stabilized her position.
“You know, I’ve always wanted to be a good person. It’s a pity that some people don’t want me to be a good person, so I can only be a bad person.” Shaking her head, Laeticia said with a sigh.
Strictly speaking, the number of demons killed by Laeticia was quite a bit more than that killed by Bai Ling. How many demons had died under the sword of this Sword Saint? Laeticia was a massacre.
It didn’t matter what your status or strength was; if you harbored different intentions, there was only one end: to die obediently.
The number of high-ranking demons killed by Bai Ling was probably only a few, while the number of high-ranking demons ordered to be executed by Laeticia was at least in the double digits, a difference of an order of magnitude.
So, the Sword Saint was really not up to par, not even matching the Demon Lord in terms of the number of demon heads. How pathetic.
“Then you can be a good person now, why are you dragging that little girl into the mud too?”
“Shouldn’t you be the one asking yourself this question, my dear Bai? Think carefully, who made the first move? Who killed those beastmen? I’m cleaning up your mess, sister!”
Originally, they could have been good people, living leisurely in this small tribe, going out for a stroll when they felt like it, and staying in their cozy nest when they didn’t. But Bai Ling’s sword had directly destroyed this peaceful future, causing ripples on the calm lake.
It was all Bai Ling’s fault.
“So, you mean this is all my fault?” Bai Ling tilted her head and immediately declared that she could go and resolve the trouble she had caused right now.
“No, no, no, calm down, calm down!”
