"Wipe them all out!"
"Those damned beasts were so ruthless they wouldn't even spare a few small border cities!"
Inside the command tent, Lu Chongyue slammed his palm down hard again, destroying another desk, his heart seething with indignation.
"Hmm... wait...?"
Suddenly, he jerked his head up.
"What did you just say... who wiped out whom?"
Looking at the furious Commandery Governor and the desk pulverized into dust, the young messenger's voice trembled slightly.
"Uh... Black Iron City wiped out the bandits from Blood-Seeking Hall!"
"What!"
Lu Chongyue's tiger-like eyes widened. He reached out a large hand, and a vast surge of Power of Profound Meaning seized the messenger like a little chick.
"Are you certain Black Iron City annihilated the enemy army?"
His feet dangling above the ground, the messenger nodded helplessly. "Y-yes... that's what the intelligence says. Please spare me, Commandery Governor! I'm only reporting what it says!"
Thud!
Lu Chongyue finally realized he had lost his composure. He set the man down, then took another deep breath to steady his surging emotions.
"Give me a detailed account of the battle and Black Iron City's losses."
"Yes, sir!"
The messenger hurriedly reported the contents of the intelligence in detail.
Lu Chongyue had expected to hear about a bloody, bitterly fought battle.
After all, even if Black Iron City's strength had somewhat exceeded his expectations, defeating this main army of Blood-Seeking Hall would surely have come at a devastating cost, let alone annihilating it.
Perhaps Black Iron City had already exhausted its ammunition and provisions, with no soldiers left to resist the enemy.
Yet when he heard the Thunderfire Divine Mechanism Crossbow, the Heavenly Thunder Prison Cannon, the Level Five Li Fire Heaven-Burning Formation... those names that were both familiar and unfamiliar-
The Commandery Governor could not help feeling