"Your Highness, since that lowly vassal King is so troublesome, why don't we immediately report to His Jifu and request that he send imperial experts to the front lines to eliminate this scourge of King of Chambord as soon as possible?" Having once again felt the terror of Sun Fei, someone tried to propose such a radical solution.
"Yes, I've already started working on it. However, Lord Huntelaar, the Empire's One Sword, has not yet returned, and the other lords are also unable to spare the time. I'm afraid it will be difficult for them to send a Moon Class expert to kill King of Chambord. I have already sent someone to my sect to invite a senior brother with exceptional strength to deal with King of Chambord. This senior brother of mine is the most talented and strongest among all of Master's disciples. I believe he will arrive in a few days."
Sun Fei, standing outside the tent, saw that when Prince Fairenton of Ajax said those words, a hint of admiration unconsciously appeared on his face, showing that he truly admired his senior brother's strength.
The fact that even the self-proclaimed martial arts genius of the Ajax Empire Fairenton, is inferior to him suggests that this so-called senior brother must indeed be someone of importance. It's just unclear whether he's Star-Rank Warrior or has already entered the ranks of Moon Class experts.
Sun Fei's current strength, in [ Barbarian Mode ], is absolutely unmatched below the Moon Class expert, so he has nothing to fear.
He was actually more interested in the genius that Fairenton mentioned, hoping to have a head-on battle with him, which might help Sun Fei find an opportunity to advance to the Moon Class powerhouse.
After speaking for a while longer, the generals in the tent all dispersed.
"This King of Chambord is indeed a talented man. If he is willing to submit to the Empire, I would gladly give him the title of prince!" In the empty tent, Fairenton put the letter away on the table. After a moment of contemplation, he suddenly sighed to himself.
Hearing this, Sun Fei was greatly surprised.
He hadn't expected that this aloof and arrogant prince from the enemy country would actually hold him in such high regard.
Unfortunately, Fairenton never discovered Sun Fei's existence.
Four or five minutes later, he donned a cloak, and accompanied by several guards, braved the bitter cold to personally patrol the camp.
If one were to set aside the perspective of the enemy, Sun Fei would actually have some appreciation for this prince from the enemy country. At least in terms of showing compassion for the lives of soldiers and being dedicated to his duties, this seemingly cold and incompetent prince demonstrated the demeanor and temperament that a member of the royal family should possess.
Seeing that Fairenton and his guards had disappeared into the distance, Sun Fei slipped into the main tent.
The large tent was completely silent.
Sun Fei easily found the letter from before. After carefully reading it, he was even more certain that the letter must have just come from Twin Flag City, because it recorded everything that happened at the Twin Flag City today in great detail, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.
In fact, Ajax might have an inside man in Twin Flag City, which was within Sun Fei's expectations.
However, to Sun Fei's surprise, judging from the content of the letter, the insider's identity was definitely not low. It was even very likely that he had personally witnessed the entire process of the execution of the seven powerful noble clans' patriarchs in front of the main hall of the West Gate today... Who exactly was he? A garrison officer? Or...? The existence of such a thorn in Twin Flag City was a huge problem. If he chose to erupt at a crucial moment, he could definitely affect the entire battle situation!
"Who could it be?" Sun Fei mentally scanned through everyone present today, but found no suspicious individuals.
"This matter cannot be rushed, lest we lose our composure; we can only investigate it slowly."
After memorizing the characteristics and style of the handwriting on the letter, Sun Fei carefully placed the letter back in its original position to avoid alerting the suspect if it were discovered.
While waiting for Fairenton to return, Sun Fei searched the tent thoroughly again.
Finally, they found another military map hanging on a tarpaulin wall. It was covered with small markings and some terrain routes marked with red arrows. After studying it carefully for a while, Sun Fei found that it recorded some desert paths that no one else had ever pointed out.
Sun Fei quickly found three or four more maps like this.
The maps are marked with the names of important routes and locations, clearly indicating that they are extremely important strategic military maps.
Sun Fei carefully observed the maps and clearly imprinted almost every terrain feature and marching route into his China Majesty's memory was already quite good, and after mastering the [Learning] skill, he had an almost photographic memory. Although the contents of these maps were complicated and cumbersome, they were not difficult for Sun Fei.
Sun Fei quickly found some military documents on the large table in the tent.
With his amazing memory, Sun Fei didn't bother to digest the contents of the document. He memorized everything he saw and then rearranged everything in the tent to its original state, leaving no trace of it having been Teleport.
Just then, footsteps sounded in the distance.
Fairenton's terrifying Eight-Star Class Dou Qi strength was exceptionally clear to Sun Fei's senses, as bright as a candle flame in the dark. Sun Fei scanned the tent to make sure there were no oversights, then activated the [ Cloak of Shadows ] skill and disappeared without a trace right under the noses of the guards.
Fairenton returned to his tent, he found nothing amiss.
Sun Fei left the command tent but did not leave there. Instead, he searched the camp for a while and finally found the place where Ajax's army stored food and supplies.
Behind a relatively sheltered sand dune, there was a large stockpile of military rations and feed.
The military rations were surrounded by some very well-hidden magical traps, guarded by elite troops, and further protected by forty or fifty warriors of two or three- Star Class who patrolled back and forth with extreme vigilance.
Sun Fei even discovered that several experts with strengths of approximately Four-Star Class or even Five-Star Class were lurking within the encirclement of grain and fodder.
The Ajax people certainly placed great importance on protecting their military rations.
This is understandable; when marching and fighting in the Shamo and Gobi, food and water are naturally of paramount importance.
Shamo tribes have a knack for finding water, possessing a unique sense of smell. Sun Fei had already spotted dozens of deep wells in the Barracks, connected to underground rivers hundreds of meters below the surface. It was common knowledge that there were underground rivers near Twin Flag City. The water source in Twin Flag City came from the deep well that Emperor Yassin had blasted open with his Dragon Fist. For the Ajax people, finding water in this area was not difficult.
Compared to water, food supplies could only be replenished through large-scale military transport.
In [ Assassin Mode ], Sun Fei bypassed the patrols of two- or three -Star-Rank Warrior with almost no effort, avoided some magical traps that seemed like child's play to him, and entered the encirclement of stockpiled supplies.
[ Assassin Mode ] showcased his ghost-like skills to the fullest at this moment. In just a few breaths, the four Four-Star Class experts lurking in the encirclement were assassinated by Sun Fei without any warning.
When dealing with the last Five-Star Class expert, Sun Fei encountered a problem. The expert let out a low warning sound with his throat slit. Fortunately, the howling wind in the desert at night covered the sound and it was not discovered by the patrolling experts on the perimeter.
Sun Fei decided to destroy the batch of grain.
In fact, under [ Assassin Mode ], Sun Fei could use the assassin skill [ Venom ] to contaminate the food with poison. The poison produced by [ Venom ] is extremely dangerous, almost fatal upon contact with blood, and is colorless and odorless. A single drop can poison hundreds of soldiers. Only warriors of Three-Star Class or higher, if they are lucky, might have a chance to escape from this poison.
But the thought that doing so could potentially poison millions of people made Sun Fei hesitate.
This is not some kind of womanly compassion, but compared to fighting the enemy head-on on the battlefield, this method of secretly poisoning is far too cruel and morally reprehensible. After all, Sun Fei is still the soul of a college student in his previous life and a fool in this life, not one of those ruthless heroes who would stop at nothing for certain interests. He instinctively felt some aversion to the idea of serving someone in bed and poisoning millions of people.
After much deliberation, Sun Fei decided that he could only resort to being a "saintly mother" this once.
He decided not to use poison, but fire—to burn the military rations.
If the Ajax people can't survive due to hunger, they can withdraw, and everyone will be happy—of course, such an outcome currently seems to only happen in Sun Fei's imagination.
As he donned the [ Demon's Horn ] mask, switched to [ Sorceress Mode ], and fired his first small Fireball, a roar suddenly erupted from the distant army's command tent. Reporter Fairenton's figure soared into the sky, shooting towards this direction like a meteor.
"Huh? He found out?" Sun Fei was startled and started wildly shooting small flames at the pile of grain and fodder beside him.
"Stop! Who are you? Help! Put out the fire..."
The arrogant prince Fairenton, roared in mid-air and threw a punch. The violent aura seemed to tear the heavens and the earth apart. His momentum was astonishing, and his voice resounded like thunder throughout the entire camp. The Ajax army Barracks, which was originally like a pool of water with gentle ripples, was suddenly stirred up into a raging storm, with sounds of commotion everywhere.
Sun Fei deftly dodged Fairenton sidestepping.
Faced with this situation, he did not choose to entangle with this powerful prince, but instead tirelessly pursued his profession as an arsonist, firing more than thirty Fireball in one go. The scorching flames burned on the sacks full of grain like a demon's embrace, and soon the surrounding area was engulfed in flames, with grain constantly turning to ashes under the licking of the flames.
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