Surviving The Fourth Calamity

45: Chapter 45: Beauty Brings Trouble, Two Lines of Bamboo 45: Chapter 45: Beauty Brings Trouble, Two Lines of Bamboo The sky was just beginning to brighten when Hill hurriedly sought out Fran.

He wanted to go to the surface to ask the people from Black Rose for details.

Fran looked at him speechlessly, “You really do have a knack for gossip, don’t you?”

“Gossip is everywhere, and everyone talks,” Hill said confidently.

“Doesn’t Grandfather want to know how they managed to lose their city?

Their city isn’t big, but its population was three times that of Black Rose!”

Adrian smiled as he poured a glass of juice for him, “Don’t rush, let me see if anyone there wants to go to that Alliance City.

If there are any, I’ll invite them up—after all, we’re going to have a look at the situation ourselves.”

Hill’s eyes lit up, and he nodded happily.

Fran would not easily allow him to leave the ship.

It would be best to get the players to come up.

He quickly began to arrange the hall.

He laid out a U-shaped sofa that could seat more than twenty people, with several crystal coffee tables in front of the sofa, laden with juice and snacks.

Finally, he set up a half-round four-seater booth sofa at the front and shook his head before taking a seat.

It wasn’t long before Adrian returned.

He said to Fran, “Teacher, they want to come.

We’ll descend a little lower.

They’ll be coming out of the city soon.”

Fran summoned the crystal ball again and positioned it at the front.

After the airship descended, the people from Black Rose all entered.

Hill stood up and nodded to them as a greeting.

Perfect Baldy spoke up, “Mr.

Hill, nice to see you again.” He looked at Fran sitting in front and said, “Thank you, Master Fran, for letting us accompany you.”

Fran nodded, “Please feel at home.

We’re also keen to take a look.”

The people from Black Rose sat down, clearly delighted.

Hill silently counted heads, “Xiao Liuliu, A Deer, Old Age Striking King, Cunlü, Qu Qingyan, this is the Priest Faction—seems there was a male priest in my memory; didn’t come, huh?

Perfect Bald, Magic Sword, Dream Awakening, Fang Tianhua, Hard Wind, An Idler, A Baba, Luo Sanquan, these are knights, the few who lead the charge in battle, Ziling, Universal Sky Net, Haotian Hammer, Good Girl, Old Man, Nie Xingchen, Romantic Drunk Red Dust, this is Swordsman Captain, and finally Rain Falling on Mortal Dust, Qian Yuyu, two mages.”

Only two mages came, did the rest fly over by themselves?

Hill thought for a moment and then asked, “Are the others staying behind?”

“Sui Chen took some knights and priests to stay behind, while the rest went to Kexlote with the swordsmen.

The mages are leading the way and flying!

They went directly to Alliance City,” Xiao Liuliu answered gently.

Fran turned to look at Xiao Liuliu as the airship prepared to ascend.

Standing at the door, Adrian quickly walked in, “Teacher, someone from William’s side wants to hitch a ride.”

The players all turned their heads, looking eagerly at the knights waiting outside, “It’s the Spencer, the current Guard Commander of William!”

“Going to Alliance City to supervise the battle?

Lu Tai, the Road Eunuch, has really lost face this time!”

“I wonder if the Supervisor who was there before got tricked to death.

If an NPC really died, his military exploits would be in the negatives, right?”

Hill stood up; this Sky Knight from the Spencer Family was a cousin of William’s, becoming the captain of the newly formed Guard Squad after most of William’s original guards had been stationed elsewhere.

After Fran nodded in agreement, several knights walked in.

Glancing at the players who were eying them hawkishly, Spencer courteously greeted Fran, “Good day, Master Fran.

Thank you very much for your assistance.”

Fran nodded and motioned, “Good day, Spencer Knight and gentlemen.

Please follow Adrian downstairs to rest.”

Spencer looked at the players again and nodded in agreement, “Thank you for the trouble.”

Adrian led the men downstairs.

The players burst into heated discussion.

“Why is Hill standing?”

“Isn’t the Archmage Level lower than Sky Knight?”

“Magister and Sky Knight are on the same level!

And Mr.

Fran hasn’t even moved!”

“That shows you, a mage is always the boss!”

Even Hill, who didn’t want to pay attention to them, glanced at Rain Falling on Mortal Dust who was speaking.

“Bullshit!

That’s because Mr.

Fran is an Alchemist Master!

Boss my foot!” Baldy scolded him.

“Wait for the arena to open!

I’ll kill you a thousand times over!” Magic Sword also cursed.

Hill, sensitive to the word ‘arena,’ realized this game wouldn’t be ending anytime soon.

Such measures as the arena, aimed at extending the game’s life, were already being prepared.

But those topics could wait, those were matters for later consideration.

What interested him was, indeed, something to do with Huayu?

In Fran’s agonized gaze, Hill stood up smiling, “Please feel free to help yourselves to the food on the table, ladies and gentlemen of the Undead Tribe.”

Xiao Liuliu stood up and replied, “Thank you, Mr.

Hill.”

“Don’t mention it, please take a seat and talk,” Hill sat down as well, “We have a long journey ahead, so let’s dispense with the formalities.

Moreover, I’m really interested in how Alliance City was lost.

After all, you even managed to wipe out a Legendary, how could Alliance City with greater numbers lose so suddenly?”

The Old Age Striking King suddenly burst into laughter, “Oh my!

Is this the danger of a femme fatale?

Talk about the peril of a White Lotus!”

“Two Lines of Bamboo is a green tea, right?” A Deer sincerely asked.

“Little White Lotus!

The best at playing weak.

The ‘how would I ever live without you’ type!” Cunlü retorted, “Green tea is what I am like.”

“Pfft, you’re just flirty!” the Old Age Striking King sneered.

“Hey, still better than being a shrew like you,” Cunlü said with a laugh.

The men were silent as sparrows.

Hill thought about it but didn’t say anything.

After all, they would eventually get to the main point.

Fran, who was eavesdropping, didn’t look too pleased.

Xiao Liuliu brought the conversation back on track: “They are an alliance of five families.

Inside there’s a family called Qingcheng, led by Clan Leader Lu Huayu.

He has a girlfriend called Two Lines of Bamboo, who’s apparently preparing to get married to someone in another family known as Grudge.

Grudge was initially ranked 11th in military exploits; they had no choice but to merge with Wenjian World, which was fourth in rank.

That’s how Two Lines of Bamboo got into Wenjian.

She is a girl who speaks gently and acts considerately, very popular in Wenjian.

She became part of family management within a month.”

The Old Age Striking King interrupted: “Nonsense, it’s just because Wenjian’s dimwit leader took a fancy to her.

The future gang leader’s wife, oh, what a poor guy.”

Xiao Liuliu glanced at her helplessly: “Wenjian has a good relationship with us; can we please save some face for them?”

Cunlü chirped in cheerfully: “It’s just that our Young Master is good in all aspects except he’s blind!”

The men around them all started laughing.

This melon had provided them with enough gossip since last night.

Xiao Liuliu waited for them to finish laughing before continuing: “To help Lu Huayu gain control over the Alliance, they reached out to the Last-Era Clan nearby.

But Last-Era couldn’t just interfere and offend so many families for nothing.

So Qingcheng planned to create some chaos, and then have Lu Huayu invite Last-Era to settle the disturbance.

With strong outside support and them being called in due to their own mishandling, it would mean only Huayu, who fostered good relations with Last-Era, would be able to call the shots in Alliance City afterward.”

She sipped her juice with a smile.

Baldy continued: “They had five families taking turns on defense, and knights and mages would be notified online about where and when they should be positioned.

That foolish Young Master, thinking Two Lines of Bamboo had long online hours and was meticulous, gave the responsibility of Wenjian’s rotation schedule to that woman.”

Cunlü interjected: “Simply blinded by love.

Ignored all the experienced members and handed it over to a woman who’d joined the gang for just a month.”

“She was in Grudge for quite a while though!” Romantic Drunk Red Dust suddenly interjected.

Hill glanced at him silently, thinking how they had managed to keep such a juicy piece hidden until now.

Seeing Hill looking at Romantic Drunk Red Dust, Baldy asked with a grin: “When Romantic saw it, did Mr.

Hill see it too?”

Hill nodded: “I heard their conversation.

Was that girl a spy before?”

Baldy laughed heartily: “We didn’t get along with Grudge, wanted to see them mess up, so we kept it secret.

The regular members of the family didn’t know.

By the time we learned Grudge had merged into Wenjian, it wasn’t really appropriate to mention it.

We thought that woman might at most pass on some secrets or something.

We never expected her to pull off such a big stunt.”

Xiao Liuliu followed up: “During the switch with the family ahead of them, she simply deleted the position schedule and went offline.

By the time the Young Master found out, he was already in a panic.

By the time he found their own schedule, three Legends had already broken in.

During their rotation, they would place Elemental Crystals during their own defense stage.

The mages got confused, the commands were slow, and the Defensive Magic Array wasn’t controlled properly, shattered by two Legends at once.

The other families weren’t online, and of course, they couldn’t defend by themselves.

I heard Supervisor William, seeing the situation turn grim, destroyed the Magic Tower and left.

No one knows if he’s had an accident yet.

If he’s gone, these five families of Alliance City will all drop to zero in military exploits.”

Hill shook his head: “Then Lu Huayu won’t end well either, right?”

“Exactly!” A Deer laughed herself to death, “He even screwed himself over.

That’s what they call ‘no plan survives contact with the enemy,’ haha!”

With five families taking turns like this and still engaging in internal power struggles, no wonder the Noble Coalition would start with them.

The Legendary watcher probably discovered this after observing for a day and notified Dionysio right away.

What was supposed to be a great accomplishment only served to cover up the mess made by the Legend who carelessly died at the hands of the Black Rose Family.

“Did you guys tell them about Lu Huayu’s situation?” Adrian, who had returned and sat down nearby, asked.

“Of course!” Baldy said with righteous indignation, “We can’t just let our friends die not knowing how, right?”

Hill felt that anyone who could be a clan leader had quite thick skin.

He was just there to gloat, right?

Sure enough, his clan members all hissed at him: “Give it up!

The Young Master hates your guts!”

“He directly asked the Young Master in our public channel if he knew that Two Lines of Bamboo was Lu Huayu’s fiancée,” said Qian Yuyu, who had been quiet, to a curious Hill.

Even Fran looked at Perfect Bald with surprise; that was some shamelessness indeed.