Chapter 642: Volume Seventeen: Dark Descends on Earth - Thirteen: Deep Water
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"The force that could be from the Church of Light has already sent a representative to warn us not to break the agreement, and we have also received some unfavorable information from Dashler. So I believe now is the time for us to retreat." Shami’s calm and powerful gaze first quieted Mouni and Moda, while Carter and Christine, although still discontented, were eager to hear the insider information from the Snake Tribe when Shami mentioned the intelligence from Dashler.
Seeing everyone’s gaze turn towards him, Dashler Schnecke slightly shifted his body uncomfortably, and his cold, ruthless expression would make anyone uneasy. The Snake Tribe had always been an outlying tribe among the Beastmen, never fully integrating into the Beamon Clan, but just as everyone was tired of the tribe’s cold aura, they would find that the Beamon Kingdom seemingly could never do without them.
"The forces supporting our move southward might be the people from the Church of Light and some countries from the Western Alliance of the Northern Alliance of Mortal Country, who are dissatisfied with the Nicosia Kingdom’s policies on religious beliefs and have thus joined hands. Additionally, other participants include the powers of the Great Lords who are discontent with the central policies of the Nicosia Kingdom; they have come together hoping to use our Beamon Army to strike a blow to the Central Government of the Nicosia Kingdom, to shatter Nicosia’s control, so that they might achieve their respective goals." Dashler’s tone was always lifeless, "But now a new situation has arisen, the Nicosia royal family still has considerable influence throughout the Kingdom of Nicosia, and about twenty thousand private armies of various lords have already gathered around Jazair, particularly headed by the armies from the southern Caucasus and Leon regions of the Nicosia Homer Province."
"Homer?" The Fox Tribe Queen quickly grasped the significance, "Wasn’t it said that the Four Great Lords were also involved in this conspiracy? Why would the Homer Army appear in Jazair?"
"Christine, this army does not belong to Homer, but to a minor lord who has been bought out by the Central Kingdom. You may all have heard that the region is dominated by Beamon half-breed mongrels, so this army is also mainly made up of those mongrels," Shami said, a trace of disdain in his eyes. The Half-beastmen have never been taken seriously by the Beamon Clan; in the hearts of the Beamon, those Half-beastmen are even more despicable and filthy than the Mortals, a race without ancestors, such a race living on the Continent is simply a mistake, and they should be erased from this land.
"Oh?" Shami’s remarks immediately surprised everyone. Mortal lords daring to use Half-beastmen as an army was simply unheard of, something that had never happened in history before.
"It is because of this minor lord’s initiation that so many forces have been gathered for the Nicosia Kingdom. Although these armies are uneven in combat strength, they can be quite effective for defense, and it is said that this mongrel army has even defeated the Homer Army, but the inside story is not yet clear." Dashler continued, ignoring everyone’s surprise, attending to his duty, "The armies of the Four Great Lords are also moving frequently, probably fearing that we will take advantage of the situation and move south. In addition, some countries in the Western Alliance in the West are also actively preparing for war, probably all aimed at us."