Chapter 403 - 158 Rescue
Xie Zhongxing was very curious. Initially, he could only mobilize a few people for him, but when he heard the title of Baron Yitian, why did their attitude change so drastically, casually allocating thirty thousand people to him?
Even Konstantin might not know the answer to that question. Although a philosopher is a high-ranking member of the Black Guards and should be loyal to the emperor, fundamentally speaking, the Black Guards were not created by Konstantin himself, but rather he took over halfway through their formation.
The person who had built the Black Guards from scratch was none other than the mother of Tukuru, Funie, and Konstantin’s sister, whom he ordered the Black Guards to find, was actually hiding under the protection of the Black Guards. Funie was still secretly in control of the Black Guards’ power.
It was in the Endless Forest that the philosopher received orders from Funie to swear allegiance to Lu Hong.
Therefore, between Konstantin and Lu Hong, the philosopher had no choice but to lean towards Lu Hong.
As the imperial army advanced deeper into the marine realm, the marine creatures discovered their movements and hastily mobilized a three hundred thousand strong army to intercept them.
The marine creatures labeled the imperial army as a weary force and did not take it seriously. In reality, the mercenaries who came to support were in full combat strength and didn’t even give the imperial army a chance, driving back these marine creatures.
Having repelled the first wave of marine creatures, the Black Guards found a larger island. Xie Zhongxing made a decisive decision to occupy the island and use it as a base from which to spread out and gather intelligence on the marine creatures.
As for Lu Hong’s situation, it wasn’t so good. Despite hiding in the seabed mud, they were still being discovered by the enemy in the marine creatures’ carpet-style sweep.
Relying on Yan Xinghe and Bai Baiwan fighting all the way, they had managed to escape from encirclement eighteen times so far. The four of them were already seriously injured by the Naga Queen, and their condition was even worse now.