Armipotent

Chapter 1797  Unexpected Development

Having her ego hurt by her captain, Ira accepted the challenge. They came out together and told Atilla their decision. Atilla expected the refusal, and Anne was disappointed that she could not spend more time with her idol.

It was fortunate that Atilla accepted the refusal without any issue. If it had been Michael of Team Chalice, it might have been a different result. Atilla said goodbye after that.

As soon as Atilla left the lodging, Ira rallied the troops. She conveyed word by word what Tang Shaoyang told her a moment ago that they were weaker than the spirits. She then told them about the challenge of fighting the spirit.

Ira thought the others might have the same reaction as hers but not. Her fellow Admin Helpers exchanged glances unsure what to say. They agreed with the statement because they saw what the spirits were capable of in the first fight against the void creature horde.

Anne, who had not long ago seen a few spirits in action and the army of spirits, also accepted the fact that she was weaker than the spirits. Khaya and her clan members said nothing.

”Cap is not wrong though. Havenʼt you seen them when we fought the first horde? The soldiers from the Hurakan Legion also told us that the horde is easier than usual because of the spirit army.” Castor was the one who answered Ira. ”We saw how those spirits killed the void creatures like weak mob monsters while we were struggling behind them.”

Being reminded by Castor, Ira recalled the unknown army near Tang Shaoyang. She also saw them, but somehow she forgot about them. No matter how much she disliked Castor, she had to agree with him this time. She was blinded by her emotions earlier, and she did not know why.

Even though most of the spirit army was blurred since it was too far from the wall, she saw them running through the void creature horde. Could she do what those spirits did? The answer was a big no, she did not think she could last for eight days in that situation.

”Nah, itʼs fine. We can have some warm-up before the actual fight, no? We can ask for a private training ground and have you guys fight my spirit. That might help you to know more about the spirit you will integrate with.” Tang Shaoyang thought this might help them to get closer to the spirits, and maybe choose the spirit they wanted to integrate with.

Ira looked at Tang Shaoyangʼs smile, an evil smile. She knew that she could not say no to this. ʼDo you really want to see me get beaten?ʼ She thought bitterly as she was about to say yes until their door knocked again.

Captain Barome opened the door after knocking three times, not even waiting for them to open the door. ”Your team will be assigned with my squad on the west side. Get ready to leave! I will send one of my men to pick you up later.” As he said that, he was about to leave.

”This is different from what Commander Edson promised me, Captain Barome.” Tang Shaoyang did not agree with the assignment.

Edson promised they would not be paired with any other squads, and it still did not change after their evacuation. Edson did not tell him anything during their way back to this frontier. From the way Barome worded his words, it was like Barome made the decision by himself to pick his team.

Captain Barome halted his steps and turned around. ”But this is the order!”

”Order from whom?” Tang Shaoyang questioned.

Barome said it was an order, but he never mentioned the name of the person who made the order. It was as if he was trying to hide something.

”Are you refusing to listen to the command? This is Insubordination! You will receive disciplinary sanction!” Instead of trying to explain the situation, Captain Barome threatened Tang Shaoyang.

Tang Shaoyang was baffled by the sudden development. This just made Captain Barome even more suspicious than he initially thought. Barome came over and dropped the command then he tried to leave as quickly as possible. It was suspicious because it looked like he tried to hide something from him.

Captain Barome did not strike as an unreasonable person in Tang Shaoyangʼs mind. The captain was neutral and did not have a prejudice against them even after hearing that he was a newly appointed Senior Administrator back then. Now it became suspicious that Barome threatened them with disciplinary sanction instead of telling them who ordered him or explained why they had to move now.

Tang Shaoyang had one of his shadow spirits watch the situation below the Void Gate. He could see the void creatureʼs army was still not moving even though the Void Gate was still sending more armies.

”First, I am not part of the Hurakan Legion. Your accusation of insubordination doesnʼt work for us. Second, we are here for the draft call, and we only listen to The Commander.”

”You dare to defy the order!” Captain Barome released his aura, fierce and bloodthirsty. It was an aura that had experienced countless battles.

Tang Shaoyang chuckled and released his aura as well. His aura easily overwhelmed Baromeʼs aura, and he made sure that his aura focused on Barome. The Captain paled, not expecting that his aura would be easily countered.

”What are you doing, Tang Shaoyang! Stop it!” Michael shouted as he tried to help Barome. The third aura tried to intervene, but the user immediately realized that his aura could not budge Tang Shaoyangʼs aura.

Tang Shaoyang immediately retracted his aura as he realized what happened. He approached Barome whose face paled from merely aura clash. The captainʼs breathing was haggard as his chest heaved up and down.

He straight ignored Barome as his eyes were straight on Michael who was five meters behind Barome, shaking his head. ”I donʼt really understand you. Whatʼs your problem? Can you stop bothering me?”

There was no need to guess it anymore. Whatever the reason was, Captain Barome worked together with Michael. He did not know where they tried to lead him, but it was obvious that Michael was behind all of this. The man immediately jumped out when he released his aura.

ʼOr maybe the trap is that he uses Captain Barome and forces him to use force against the unreasonable Barome. That would make things worse with the Hurakan Legion.ʼ

The thing he could not understand was Michael, Team Chaliceʼs Captain. He thought the problem would be over when they were separated. It had been almost a month since they did not see each other. The first day he returned to this frontier, Michael came over and tried to set a trap for him.

Tang Shaoyangʼs Absolute Aura, Michaelʼs aura, and Captain Baromeʼs aura clashed. It was bound to create a commotion, and sure enough, almost all the soldiers came over, thinking there was a fight.

Atilla and her team members went through the crown. She came over, giving Tang Shaoyang a look before looking toward Michael. ”I hope this is not what I think, Michael.”

”What happened here!?” A voice interrupted them as a man who looked like in his earlier fifties came over. The man wore an officer uniform for the Hurakan Legion, and there was a star on his right chest.

”General Camlo!” The soldiers saluted the old man in unison. That was a tell who the man was, one of the eight generals in the Hurakan Legion, below only to Edson.

”What happened here!? I sense a strong aura from here.” General Camlo asked.

Tang Shaoyang glanced at Michael, noticing the small smirk at the corner of the manʼs mouth. Then he looked at the general. The pieces started to connect. He understood why Michael could make Captain Barome move.

Sure enough, Michael came over to General Camlo and bowed his head. ”I apologize, General Camlo. I donʼt know the chronology, but my fellow administrator attacked Captain Barome with his aura, and I tried to help Captain Barome. But I still donʼt know why my fellow administrator attacked Captain Barome. But I hope you forgive him because he is still a new administrator.” He did not forget to remind everyone that Tang Shaoyang was a new administrator.

”Tell me what happens here, Captain Barome!” General Camlo called the captain who was still in a daze, trying to recollect himself after getting focused by Tang Shaoyangʼs aura.

The dread was obvious, Captain Barome had not fully recovered. He missed the call and stood still.

”Captain Barome!” General Camloʼs face reddened that a mere captain ignored his call. He raised his voice, and Captain Barome snapped out from his daze and followed the voice in fright. The Captain did not dare to look at anyoneʼs face, including Tang Shaoyang, lowering his gaze to look at the ground instead.

”Tell me what happened here! Why did that administrator attack you!?”

 Tang Shaoyang expected a random accusation from Baromeʼs mouth, but to his surprise, Barome told General Camlo exactly what happened. This caused General Camlo to frown, and he noticed Michaelʼs smile faltered. This did not develop exactly as they planned, at least that was how he saw it.

”Regardless of what happened here, you canʼt attack the soldiers of the Hurakan Legion, physically or with aura! You will be arrested as we investigate what happened. You will be released after our investigation.” General Camlo decided.

Captain Barome raised his head in shock. He was supposed to accuse Tang Shaoyang and arrest the young administrator. However, he did not follow the plan after getting the taste of Tang Shaoyangʼs aura. He realized that this young administrator was as fearful as Commander Edson, just from the aura. He did not expect that General Camlo would continue with the arrest.

Then turned toward Tang Shaoyang, and the young administrator was smiling. It looked like the young administrator was amused, and that creeped him out. His heartbeat increased, and he could hear it, his own heartbeat, beating furiously.

”So, if I get attacked, I canʼt use my power for self-defense?” Tang Shaoyang asked.

Barome mentioned that he used his aura first before Tang Shaoyang overwhelmed him. His action could be considered self-defense.

”Does that mean if you tried to slice my head, I canʼt slice your head?” He added.

General Camlo ignored the question. ”Are you going to resist the arrest? Are you going to fight the Hurakan Legion!? This is the territory of the Hurakan Legion, and whoever you are, even if you are an administrator, you must follow our procedure!”

”This is just a misunderstanding, General Camlo. You already heard from Captain Barome that he used his aura first.” Atilla tried to help out. She had a feeling that Tang Shaoyang would not accept this treatment, and a fight might break out.

”This is the Hurakan Legionʼs problem, so we donʼt need you to meddle with Chief Administrator Atilla. We will resolve the problem in our way.” General Camlo replied in his stern voice.

Tang Shaoyang nodded his head. ”So what happens if I resist the arrest? Will all of you come for me?”

”Yes. The Hurakan Legion will use everything to capture the criminal!” General Camlo answered.

Tang Shaoyang faked his shocked expression. ”Am I a criminal now?” but his fake expression changed into a smile. It was a smile that seemed to be interested in something.

”So you will use your force to capture me, but who will fight the void creature army?”

General Camlo clicked his tongue. ”Tch, we donʼt need to deploy all soldiers just to capture you. I am alone enough! You are overestimating yourself, youngʼun. Being an administrator doesnʼt make you strong.”

”I may not be the strongest out there, but I am confident to take down the Hurakan Legion with me. Why donʼt you try it?” Tang Shaoyang did not back down from the threat. In fact, he took them with a smile. ”Since you want to make it big, why donʼt we make it even bigger?”

General Camlo and Michael did not expect that Tang Shaoyang would show no fear against the Hurakan Legion. Especially for Michael who did not expect Tang Shaoyang to challenge the Hurakan Legion.