CHAPTER 1707: CHAPTER 569: DON’T BE ARROGANT

The guild location of the snake Divine Beasts, "Lishan Gate," is situated in the northern corner of Heru City.

Here are osmanthus trees in autumn and a stretch of lotus flowers for ten miles.

The vast estate stands tall in the center of a sprawling lotus pond, its foundation supported purely by gigantic wooden pillars, exuding an ancient charm and a pastoral scenery; if it weren’t for the battlements and arrow towers standing inside the estate and a semicircular small wall, merely judging by the beautiful scenery of willow branches trailing the shores and flowers wafting their fragrance across the water, it could certainly be called an Immortal’s abode.

Five human Magic Tutors observed this lantern-lit estate carefully through a bronze telescope, repeatedly curling their lips.

This is a large structure built over the water, accessible only via a drawbridge, with squads of men carrying knives and guns patrolling along the parapets from time to time, resembling a small military fortress.

Due to the nature of their profession, human Magic Tutors have some understanding of military matters. After closely examining the structure of this estate, they secretly praised "Lishan Gate" for its intelligence— the gourd-shaped open area at the front of this estate isn’t large and is filled with willow trees. As attackers, their forces couldn’t fully deploy, while as defenders, they held a high ground advantage and could completely lay out their forces on the parapets, making the advantage obvious.

After a crash course in the customs and culture of the Silk Continent, the five human Magic Tutors now knew who their opponents would be.

On the Aegean Continent, conflicts between humans and Magical Beasts are common, but fighting an organized and disciplined team of Magical Beasts was indeed unprecedented.

No matter how they looked at it, facing over five hundred snake Magical Beasts gathered together was enough to make the five human Magic Tutors feel a chill in their hearts.

Under the water-clear moonlight, the croaking of frogs formed a natural symphony, reminding everyone of their childhoods.

"How long do we have to wait?" Yitiao was getting impatient and asked the boss.

Initially, he insisted on rescuing his beloved Bai Suqing first, but the boss told him if he rescued her first, could he ensure she wouldn’t plead for the snake Divine Beasts? Could he ensure she wouldn’t be a burden? Could he guarantee that after witnessing this bloody scene she wouldn’t develop a resistance and ruin their relationship? If guarantees couldn’t be made, then first revenge, then rescue!

Why is the boss the boss, and the worker can only be the worker? You can find the right answer here.

"We’ll wait another five minutes, and then regardless of anything, we make our move!" Liu Zhenhan spat the cigar butt from his mouth onto the ground and stomped it fiercely with his boot, as if he were stepping on an enemy.

Scattered at his feet were numerous cigar butts.

All eyes focused on the Tangzang General of Heru City, their gaze unfriendly.

This Tangzang General, with a rugged black beard, stout body, clad in a mysterious blue fish scale Iron Armor, was riding a tall, fine horse, commanding over a thousand Tangzang soldiers wielding horizontal knives to spread out a security line and drive away idlers.

Prince’s Jade Pendant talisman was indeed useful, Jiulang used it to communicate with the city’s defense forces, and soon after Heru City’s Tangzang garrison reacted and made their arrangements.

All roads leading to the "Lishan Gate" location were now blocked by barricades, and the military boats had already cleared the art boats from this lake section, locking down the water routes.

Liu Zhenhan was now waiting for the Tangzang General to signal Jiulang to make a move, but this general seemed to have endless tasks, unknown what he was busy with.

Because the "Parrot Copycat Conch" was left in Florence for numerous Beamon priests to make haste in augmenting their chanting prowess, in a situation of language barriers, and the old man having an air of importance, Jiulang asked the general thrice when they could act, and the general consistently replied that the preparations were still not complete.

It was evident that this Tangzang General harbored deep suspicion and hostility towards the Aegean guests; otherwise, he wouldn’t have brought in the "Big Yellow Bed Crossbow" to block the intersections. These siege crossbows were being transported and set by horse-drawn carriages, the hooves clattering on the stone road.

This kind of eastern giant crossbow seemed purely for siege; its size akin to a bed, once drawn was with ten iron-leaf arrows of one thick and nine thin, impressively imposing.

If such a weapon was used to prevent ordinary civilians from approaching the blockaded section, it seemed quite excessive, which the Summer Palace Warriors found very annoying due to such latent yet unspoken hostility and scrutiny.

"I didn’t expect the Tangzang people to also like keeping black slaves," Helen had been observing the Tangzang General all along; the horse was being led by a black slave with curly hair, coal-like skin, and white teeth. This shared a commonality with the Aegean Continent where human nobles also favored such black slaves from the Gold Coast Continent. Black slaves, hailing from extremely hot regions, were considered semi-civilized, both loyal and naïve, with great strength, deeply loved by certain noblewomen.

Florence also had a few black slaves, usually prisoners of war captured from the Tornado Mercenary Group and the Shalba family after regional defending battles. Steward Jabbar found a few Saint Kailu kangaroo boxers currently training them in boxing, believing simple-minded, physically capable black slaves were well-suited for training in combination punches.