Chapter 51: Fate, How Marvelous
Bubu Wang trotted over from a distance, with only three ice plains wolves following behind him. One of them had likely died in Ambera City or during the retreat.
The little assistant on the back of the scar-eyed ice plains wolf had a pale complexion. Though her condition wasn’t great, she was still combat-ready.
Seeing Su Xiao by the grave, Bubu Wang quickened his pace.
Su Xiao put away Fate’s Redemption as a few metal shavings slipped from his fingertips. A new character had been engraved on Fate’s Redemption: “Ba.”
Now, Fate’s Redemption bore ten characters in total, which were:
Si (representing the first Ghoul in Ghoul World history).
Chi (Akame from Akame ga Kill World).
An (Dark King Minas from the first trial world).
Chou (the violator from Hunter World, the Red Clown).
Shan (the Hero King Gilgamesh from Holy Grail World).
Xi (the enemy leader from War World, Xi).
Fang (Accelerator from Magic Index World).
Qian (the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju).
Jia (the War Armor Spirit from Shia World).
Ba (the lumberjack Buck from the fourth-rank war world).
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Su Xiao decided what to engrave on Fate’s Redemption based on the opponent’s strength, intelligence, and his own mood.
Bubu Wang looked at the grave beside Su Xiao with confusion. This was clearly a fresh grave. As far as he knew, Su Xiao didn’t have a habit of burying enemies. In a terrain with a small river nearby, wasn’t the usual practice to throw them into the water for a water burial (feeding the fish)?
Su Xiao noticed Bubu Wang’s puzzled gaze. He had buried Buck not because he was a respectable opponent, but because he felt Buck was persistent—persistent with the two short axes in his hands. That guy, as a guard for Dubois, could easily have gotten luxurious clothes or fine cigars.
Buck wasn’t unable to get them; he simply didn’t care about others’ opinions. Clothes that covered his body were enough, and cigars that could be smoked sufficed. What he cared about was what kind of enemies he could face and how to defeat them. If such a guy were brought into Reincarnation Paradise, he’d definitely be a ruthless figure.
The little assistant also saw Buck’s grave. When she noticed the short axes in front of it, she instinctively shuddered. So far, the little assistant feared three people the most.
First, when her Captain lowered his eyelids, it meant she was in for trouble. Second, when Su Xiao stared at her expressionlessly—last time that happened, she nearly died. Third, Buck, grinning with steel teeth at the alley entrance—that was someone who had confirmed with a glance that he wanted to chop her into a pile of minced meat.
“Sir, what do we do next? Keep sabotaging behind enemy lines?”
The little assistant was a bit excited. This operation had successfully assassinated the Divine Envoy Dubois, an officer equivalent to a Vice Admiral to Admiral rank.
“Return.”
Su Xiao wouldn’t stay long in the Sun Kingdom. Not only was he surrounded by enemies, but this was also the territory of Sanctuary Paradise contractors. He had to admit, his luck was pretty good this time—he hadn’t encountered any Sanctuary Paradise contractors during the mission.
In truth, the Sanctuary Paradise contractors had no interest in bothering Su Xiao. The situation within the Sun Kingdom’s military high command was worsening. They had just selected a new Grand Divine Envoy to save face, and that guy had kicked the bucket that very afternoon.
The Sanctuary Paradise contractors naturally knew something was wrong inside the Sun Kingdom, but they were powerless to do much about it. Finding that hidden thorn in the dark was no easy task in a short time.
The Captain of the Wild River Adventure Group, Qing Yan, was a ruthless character. From the start of the war world until now, he hadn’t set foot on the battlefield or reunited with his adventure group members. He had been stirring up trouble within the Sun Kingdom’s military command system, driving the Sanctuary Paradise side to the brink of collapse with disgust.
The intelligence provided by the Apocalypse Paradise side to the Sanctuary Paradise side was: “Those Reincarnation Paradise guys are all brutes and lunatics.”
However, the Apocalypse Paradise contractors didn’t know that Reincarnation Paradise wasn’t just full of lunatics and brutes—there were plenty of old schemers too. With Qing Yan’s style, he wouldn’t stop until he had completely shattered the Sun Kingdom’s military command system.
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Sun Kingdom, Border, Former Site of Saint Limen Fortress.
When Su Xiao arrived here, he found that the border war had already ceased. After he blew down Saint Limen Fortress, the Geya Alliance’s army surged forward. Without the fortress’s rear fire support, that concrete trench was nothing but a grave.
With a several-fold disparity in troop numbers, unequal firepower, and the charge of tank divisions, the war at the border ended an hour after Saint Limen Fortress collapsed. The Sun Kingdom’s forces stationed there were completely annihilated.
The fall of the border fortress was almost like tearing a gaping hole in the Sun Kingdom’s territory. The Geya Alliance’s army drove straight in, invading the Sun Kingdom.
What made the Sun Kingdom’s high command even more despairing was that the Geya Alliance had already begun constructing a temporary fortress on the ruins of Saint Limen Fortress. Once this was completed, the Geya Alliance’s supply lines would be secure, and Saint Limen Fortress would become an enemy garrison point. From a geographical standpoint, it would be extremely difficult for the Sun Kingdom to retake Saint Limen Fortress.
At this point in the war, there was little suspense left. As long as the Geya Alliance didn’t have internal issues, defeating the Sun Kingdom was only a matter of time.
While the Geya Alliance and the Sun Kingdom were locked in fierce combat, the surrounding small nations were just playing supporting roles. However, a certain medium-sized country had some say—this country was called Sispain. Its economy wasn’t as prosperous as the Geya Alliance’s, its resources weren’t as abundant as the Sun Kingdom’s, and though its territory was large, population was always a major issue. The gender ratio in this country was severely imbalanced.
Sispain had once been a great power, but after a hard confrontation with the Geya Alliance, it learned what a war nation truly was. War required male soldiers, and defeat meant massive casualties among male troops.
Despite years of recovery, Sispain’s gender ratio remained severely imbalanced, reaching a point of 15 females to 1 male.
What made the Prime Minister’s Office of Sispain even more desperate was that the country upheld a tradition of monogamy. This tradition was deeply rooted in the blood of every Sispain citizen. After the official government attempted to introduce a polygamy law and was surrounded by angry citizens dozens of times, they were forced to abandon the idea.
Love was sacred in this country. Marriage came in three types: a one-year marriage, after which both parties automatically divorced, requiring a payment of 1.5 million Sispain Le (roughly equivalent to 1.1 million RMB in purchasing power); a ten-year marriage requiring 120,000 Sispain Le; and a lifelong marriage requiring 0.6 Sispain Le (paperwork fee).
To this day, the Geya Alliance had lost interest in invading Sispain. Starting a war there would mean “cruelty to flowers” and “no return on investment”—the war costs could never be recovered.
The Apocalypse Paradise side was stationed within Sispain’s borders. This delighted the Apocalypse Paradise contractors to no end. They didn’t have to participate in the hot weapon war, and walking down the streets, all they saw were women.
However, at noon today, the Apocalypse Paradise contractors discovered something within Sispain’s territory—the World Core!
This was something that both Reincarnation Paradise and Sanctuary Paradise had been scrambling for without success, yet the Apocalypse Paradise side had found it so easily. Fate, how marvelous.