Oh No, the Gnolls and Transians Are Working Together! New Year Bonus Chapter 2130

(New Year bonus chapter~ Happy New Year, everyone~)

"So that's how it is, Grand Warlord. That bastard Old Manson took command away from me, and it's planning to do something I don't understand, but which is definitely dangerous.

But this is a war!

We're not the Transians, cornered and fighting like trapped beasts with all our cards on the table. We have the initiative. We could win this battle fair and square, so why put our hopes in those unreliable, sinister schemes?"

In Shadowvale, Warlord Hass had ridden back here on a wyvern and was "putting in a bad word" about Huxgeson.

The old warlord of the Bloodscar Clan had seen many battles, and he was clearly unhappy that Old Manson had stripped him of his command. He was also deeply worried about how the fighting would go from here, so he hoped Huxgeson, the Chosen of the Hunt, could make Old Manson turn back before it was too late.

However, Huxgeson had no interest in any of this.

He simply sat on the Bonechewer King's throne, staring at Warlord Hass without a word. Only when the old warlord began to feel uneasy did Huxgeson finally speak, slowly and deliberately:

"Manson is dead."

"Huh?"

Warlord Hass's eyes went wide. He stared at Huxgeson in disbelief, and heard him say in a hoarse voice:

"It was a warning from the Lord of the Hunt. Twenty minutes before you arrived, I saw a dream in which Old Manson foolishly walked into a trap laid for it and us. A group of villains hiding in the darkness exploited Old Manson's pathetic desperation to claim victory and lured him into becoming the sacrifice for some ritual.

"The Lord of the Hunt granted him power in an attempt to save him. But that blessing was