Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 116: Ways to Deal with the World, Tips for Saving Life

Qizhou City is a hilly city with a steep slope in the center and relatively gentle slopes around it.

The City Lord's Mansion is located at the commanding height of this hilly city. The entire City Lord's Mansion stands majestically in the center of Qizhou City, on the hill.

The giant staircase that seemed to reach the sky and lead to the center of the City Lord's Mansion no longer had the grandeur and majesty of the past.

There are two gates, or two checkpoints, on the giant staircase that leads directly to the City Lord's Mansion.

There are two gates, one is the outer gate and the other is the inner gate. There are guards on duty at both the outer gate and the inner gate.

In the entire area where the City Lord's Mansion is located, not only are there various office departments within the inner gate, but there are also many departments within the outer gate.

The various departments within the government work together to handle affairs, and each department has its own specific affairs to be responsible for. When encountering different things, the methods of handling them are also different.

……

On one side of the giant staircase leading to the City Lord's Mansion, there was a young man carrying a light package and two long spears on his back. He was lying behind a small hill slightly lower than the giant staircase.

The young man tensed up and observed everything in front of him closely.

The City Lord's Mansion at this time was very different from the majestic City Lord's Mansion that the young man had seen from afar when he first arrived in Qizhou City.

The building of the City Lord's Mansion is still majestic, but now to the young man, it is not only solemn but also desolate.

At a glance, at the outer gate, those lying on the ground were guards, and those standing were the team of elite warriors.

That team of elite warriors defeated the guards guarding the outer gate of the City Lord's Mansion.

After the battle, the warrior who led the elite team shouted loudly, and then led the team to continue moving forward and immediately rushed towards the inner gate.

At this time, the morale of the warriors in the team was high, and they focused all their attention on continuing to move forward, but did not pay much attention to the actions of other people in the team.

Because of this, after a fierce battle at the outer gate, two people dawdled at the end of the team and gradually fell behind.

It turned out that the two warriors who had fallen behind had other ideas.

"Look, isn't that the kid from before?" Seeing the team gradually moving away, one of the warriors pulled the sleeve of another warrior and said.

"It's the one we met before we came here." The man whose sleeve was pulled nodded and said in an affirmative tone.

"What do you think of him?" the man who spoke at first asked again meaningfully.

His companion was no fool. He immediately understood his intention and nodded, saying, "That's appropriate."

The words "That's appropriate" have completely exposed the two people's thoughts.

Although the two of them also followed the rebel team to the City Lord's Mansion to rob gold, silver and treasures this time, they began to have doubts in their hearts when they actually witnessed the tragic scene of the fighting between the two sides.

Not to mention that the team is full of high-level Heavenly Rank warriors, there are even quite a few rare peak warriors in the team, not to mention that after excluding those peak warriors, the remaining ones are almost all Heavenly Rank eighth-level warriors.

You know, a warrior at the eighth level of the Heavenly Stage is only one step away from becoming a peak warrior.

Both of them were only seventh-level Heavenly Stage warriors, barely meeting the minimum standard to participate in this operation.

To put it bluntly, let alone warriors like the two of them who are at the seventh level of the Heavenly Stage, even if they were warriors at the eighth level of the Heavenly Stage, once they reached the inner gate and fought with those guards, they would most likely become cannon fodder.

After all, the guards of the inner gate will only be more capable than those of the outer gate, and will guard the inner gate more desperately. When the two sides fight, the scene will only be more tragic than the current situation of the outer gate, and the means used will be more brutal.

Even if they were really lucky and could follow the team into the inner gate of the City Lord's Mansion safely and successfully reach the core location of the City Lord's Mansion and snatch the treasure, how could they easily take it out?
After all, they weren't brothers who lived with them day and night, but a temporary team. Of course, they had all seen each other more or less in Qizhou City, and some of them even knew each other's names.

But when it comes to friendship or personal relationship, it's far from that.

Even if they fought to the bitter end with the team, if those peak warriors had a plan in advance or acted on impulse and forced the warriors below the peak to hand over all the looted treasures, what reason could they have with them? They would only suffer in silence.

In the end, it was all in vain.

In fact, getting nothing in return is not the worst outcome. If the main forces planning the rebellion turn against their promise, or if those top warriors have other ideas about them, it may not be as simple as handing over the treasures.

In order to conceal the truth and prevent the identity of those planning the rebellion from being revealed, they may even kill people to silence them after capturing the city lord's mansion.

In the eyes of these two people, perhaps the lives of all non-main force warriors are just part of their plan, a small chess piece on the chessboard that can be moved at will.

If not, how can we explain that those top warriors who have been dormant for a long time and waiting for an opportunity to strike are willing to take these warriors who are neither top warriors who can become the backbone of the team nor have any friendship with them to play?
Besides, the two of them didn't think that their team would be able to succeed and capture the City Lord's Mansion smoothly, so there was no need to consider the issue of settling accounts with them afterwards.

You can't waste your time and energy, take risks, and then end up making a wedding dress for others.

……

The two people who were left behind by the rebel group saw the child on their way to the City Lord's Mansion.

In fact, the "child" they were talking about looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old.

Of course, compared to people like them who are about to enter middle age, they can indeed be considered children.

They met the young man when they were climbing up the hill where the City Lord's Mansion was located, about halfway up the giant staircase, that is, halfway up the hill.

Tonight, let alone near the City Lord's Mansion, even in the entire Qizhou City, apart from those people who came prepared on the street in front of the City Lord's Mansion, it is difficult to see other people strolling on the street.

So the appearance of this young boy naturally attracted the attention of both of them.

At that time, the young man in front of me was anxiously looking for something and shouting loudly.

When he saw their team rushing towards the City Lord's Mansion, he immediately hid aside and kept silent.

All of this was seen by the two people who fell behind, but they chose to suppress the matter and not report it because they did not want to be recognized by the leader of the team they had little contact with and deepen his impression of them.

It is not a good thing to impress a rebel leader who has not yet succeeded in his ambitions.

Before following the team to the City Lord's Mansion, the two of them had made up their minds.

Before they were sure that their team could achieve the final victory, they must not hang around in front of the leader or the top warriors who participated in the planning, so as to avoid those people having a deeper impression of them.

You can give less benefits, but you must ensure your own safety and you must not give up your life in vain.

This is the way they have managed to stay out of trouble while mixing among multiple families and sects. It is the secret to survival that they are proud of.

……

The "kid" was well dressed and didn't look like he had reached the heavenly realm yet. Although I couldn't say for sure if he had any valuable things on him, he should be able to get some small benefits. It would be better than going there in vain and returning empty-handed.

The motto "I would rather let go of hot gold and silver than miss the free copper coins" has long been deeply imprinted in the hearts of the two men. It has become the purpose of their work and has benefited them greatly, allowing them to have enough food and clothing to this day.

If we could kill him and rob his house...

(End of this chapter)