Female Novel
Chapter 906 The Secret Weapon (Part Two)
"What is going on?" each soldier screamed as they tried to hide from the invisible enemy. The GreatJade Kingdom's previously impeccable formation quickly spiraled into chaos as the surviving soldiers inthe frontlines kept retreating in fear of being blown up by the unpredictable explosions. Within minutes,their forces had already lost a lot of men.
Shawn only stared coldly as he continued to attack and decimate the number of the invading forces. Hefelt like a devil, but in the grander scheme of things, he knew he was only doing the right thing.
The deputy general was petrified. Slowly, he turned his wide eyes from the massacre that washappening below due to the box that was by Shawn's side. He never thought such things held thatmuch power! Shawn had only launched a dozen of the mud balls at the Great Jade Kingdom's army,but he had already halved the number of their soldiers. His men were also wide-eyed at what washappening.
Toby was on the ground trying to make sense of things when a blast went off and he was swept awayby its accompanying air wave. Immediately, his ears felt like they were shot, with buzzing, the onlything he could hear. He touched his head to check for injuries, and indeed, he was already bleeding.
"What happened?" Toby roared.
"General, people from the Bright Dynasty are attacking us!" The soldiers who were close to Tobydragged him back hurriedly, worried about his safety. Toby felt his blood churning. In the dark night, heraised his head to look at the upper floor of the city gate tower, where Shawn was standing.
"Shawn Shen, you bastard! What are you doing? What are you attacking us with?" Toby was anythingbut a damned fool. He knew that Shawn had something to do with these nightmarish attacks. What hedidn't understand, however, was what he was using. As far as he knew, no weapon had been madethat could kill so many people at once!
The cold look Shawn donned on his face made him look like a devil. With his internal force he was ableto amplify his voice across the land as he said: "Toby, the people of the Bright Dynasty are not afraid ofyou and your puny army. The Great Jade Kingdom has destroyed the alliance between the twokingdoms, and now you have started this war. We will respond as needed, as you have seen. This is alesson for you—retreat now and live, or continue on and perish."novelbin
Toby's eyes widened with surprise and anger. As he heard Shawn admit causing the explosions thathad killed his men, his body began to tremble. He wanted to retaliate, but he knew that the wisest thinghe could do at the moment was to retreat.
They had expected that their sudden attack would yield a different outcome, but they had to retreat anddeal with the great and unprecedented losses they incurred. More urgently, they needed to know whathad caused the sudden explosions.
"Did anyone see clearly what happened at that time?" Toby inquired after being tended to in their camp.If Shawn really had powerful weapons, it would be difficult for them to conquer the Dragon Pass.
"General, the enemy seemed to have thrown explosive stones to our men. I saw it with my own twoeyes. The stones had sparks," someone shared, looking scared.
"It's not a stone. It was a mud ball that had been ignited. I saw when Shawn threw it," someone elseinterjected.
"Could a mud ball do this much harm?" Toby asked angrily. These people thought he was either foolishor easily cheated. If a mud ball could inflict so much damage, he would have made a lot of mud ballsbeforehand and killed Shawn!
The crowd looked at each other and didn't know how to answer. They really didn't know what happenedin the darkness last night. The explosions were so sudden that none of them really had time to processwhat was happening.
"How about we have another try in the daytime to see what kind of method Shawn used? I doubt he'llchange tactics if it worked extremely well the first time," someone suggested. Aside from theexplosions, the darkness was their main enemy then. Attacking during the daytime would help themsee the secret weapon clearly.
Toby immediately liked the idea and felt excited. If Shawn really had a powerful, secret weapon, hemust find a way to steal it from him. Starting then, he not only wanted to conquer the Dragon Pass butalso planned to have the world's most powerful explosive!
"We lost a lot of men when we attacked the Dragon Pass last night. The soldiers who survived are stillshell shocked and traumatized. We need to lay low for a bit; if we attack again, I'm afraid we'll suffer thesame fate. Many of our soldiers have been badly mutilated or just completely blown to pieces. It's acruel scene I wish not to see again," a general said, almost tearing up. There was no way he wouldsend his men to that kind of environment again.
"If we don't find out what that explosive was, we will never succeed in conquering the Dragon Pass. Ifthat happens, more soldiers will die the same way as the ones who died last night! Do you want to bekilled, without knowing what kills you?" Toby said, sounding agitated.
"We don't want to, Your Highness!" the generals said in unison.
"Since none of you would want to suffer that fate, go and gather your soldiers and tell them to get readyto attack the Dragon Pass again. This time, we'll know what Shawn is attacking us with and we'll beready for it!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Outside the gate of the Dragon Pass, Shawn was commanding his subordinates as they cleaned thenumerous carcasses strewn about. A lot of people clearly remembered the horrible scene that
happened last night, and many generals had already come to ask him about the kind of weapon heused that caused such extreme damage. He, however, elected to say nothing and just asked thesoldiers to bury more mud balls on the battlefield.
"General, why are we burying these balls here?" one general asked.
"Toby is so self-absorbed and stubborn that he will not give up until he discovers what we used againstthem. They have suffered a great loss last night, but I am sure that he is already leading his troops toattack the Dragon Pass again. These are gifts I specially prepared for them. I hope that his luck will bebetter today," Shawn answered calmly.
The deputy general swallowed his saliva thinking about Toby being a victim of Shawn's mud balls. 'Itwould only take one for him to turn into a muddy pool of blood and flesh!' he thought, wincing. Butconsidering the fact that they had such powerful weapons, the deputy was able to heave a sigh ofrelief, saying, "General, you can finally have a good rest tonight!"
"Rest is something we still cannot afford to do. Is there still no news from Prince Matthew?"
"None, general."
"Let's go back to work then."