Nightmare Light

Chapter 242 Recruitment Order

"elder brother."

These two words exploded in the room like a hand grenade.

Lin Wang was surprised. He glanced at Brother Gou, and in an instant, many things that had happened before connected in his mind.

Including the boasts he and his teammates made.

This also includes Dog Brother's strange reaction when Ji Xuanyun came to the Wild Wolf Gang's base last time.

It turns out this old fellow is from Lushan...

Lin Wang narrowed his eyes, becoming curious about Dog Brother's past.

Turning my head, I saw that Sen's eyes were also shining, his lips were pursed, and his expression was just short of holding a handful of sunflower seeds...

Lin Wang's heart skipped a beat, and he asked the girl from Lushan, "Ji Shuxun, right?"

The young woman nodded to Lin Wang: "Mr. Lin Wang, your name is renowned throughout the entire Deer Mountain."

"Easy to say, easy to say..."

"The roof of the West Building of Lushan is still damaged and hasn't been repaired yet. My bedroom is in the West Building. The explosion that day cracked a hole in my roof, and a snake crawled into the hole yesterday."

"..."

Lin Wang's face twitched, and he suddenly didn't know how to continue the conversation.

Then, the girl suddenly smiled, revealing a sly grin and a fang: "But that snake was quite delicious."

The saintess standing to the side widened her eyes: "Huh?"

She smiled at Lin Wang, her words crisp and rapid: "The small talk is over... Let me introduce myself, I'm from Lushan, as you already know... My mother is Ji Xuanyun."

"That Ji Xuanyun?" Lin Wang asked.

Dog Brother's voice rang out beside Lin Wang: "Yes, that Ji Xuanyun."

Lin Wang looked at the young woman, then at Dog Brother, and pointed back and forth with some suspicion: "You two are..."

“Brother and sister, from the same father and mother, no doubt about it.” Ji Shuxun nodded.

Lin Wang looked closely at the young woman, then turned to look at Dog Brother: "They say that whatever you see when you give birth, that's what your child will look like... Did your mother watch horror movies when she gave birth to you?"

"Hey! I look handsome even with a shaved beard!" Dog shouted at Lin Wang.

Then, he turned to look at his younger sister, the daughter of the current head of the Lushan family: "So you came here this time to persuade me to go back?"

"Brother, Mom misses you so much. Lushan needs you."

Dog leaned against the corner of the table, striking a relaxed pose: "You see, all of this in the Wild Wolf Gang... I'm doing well now, lots of business, popular... everything is getting better."

"Your last commission was from me, asking you to do things in your dreams that you thought were meaningful in order to earn money to support your mercenary group."

"Moreover, your entire team is sick, and even wages and food expenses are becoming a problem."

The young girl from Lushan didn't hold back in exposing Dog Brother's words.

Dog Bro kept his head down and didn't say a word.

A few seconds later, he looked up at his sister and shook his head: "I won't go back, you know that."

"Mom said she won't force you..."

"I told you, I'm not going back!"

Ji Shuxun remained silent for a few seconds, then shook her head, seemingly dissatisfied with her own advice.

She sighed, "So it still doesn't work... Alright, then let me move on to the next thing." "Mr. Leader of the Wild Wolf Gang, this is a... conscription order from Falling Cloud Palace." She took out a document and handed it to Dog Brother.

"A conscription order?" Lin Wang frowned. "Why is Luoyun Palace conscripting the Wild Wolf Gang?"

“It’s not just the Wild Wolf Gang.” Ji Shuxun glanced at Lin Wang, her expression turning serious. “It’s all mercenary groups.”

Lin Wang sensed something was amiss: "What is Luoyun Palace up to?"

Ji Shuxun shook her head: "Mr. Lin Wang, this involves military secrets, I have no right to speak to you..."

“Don’t play games with me, you know I have many ways to find out—including calling your mother.”

Ji Shuxun hesitated for a moment, but still shook her head: "I'm sorry, I really don't have the right..."

The saintess interrupted her, saying, "I know about this."

Lin Wang glanced at her.

After a few seconds of silence, the saintess said, "The Falling Cloud Palace... or rather the Federation, is very likely to wage war against the Northerners."

"Use troops?!" Lin Wang frowned. "Why?"

“I am just a priestess; I don’t understand what politicians want.” The saintess lowered her head.

Lin Wang frowned deeply.

To wage war against the north?
Is war about to break out?
His first thought wasn't about what his plan would do, but rather what impact the power of countless ordinary masters would have on the world and on countless innocent people.

Moreover, this war was waged at such a dangerous time—the world was unstable, with silent old gods and destabilizing factors lurking in the shadows, as well as evil monsters and corrupted mad gods that could emerge at any moment…

We need to find a way to solve this problem.

Lin Wang made up his mind.

Then, he heard the Saintess's voice ring in his ears.

“However, Mr. Lin Wang, there’s no need to be in such a hurry.” Her tone was gentle, as if she knew what Lin Wang was thinking: “Launching a war takes a long time, organizing the army, preparing supplies…”

"Based on the temple's experience, it would take at least two or three months to assemble a large army, even an elite force like the Holy Army, on the battlefield, and it would take even longer for secular armies."

Two or three months... there's still time.

He asked Dog Brother, "What does the conscription order say? What is the mission of the Wild Wolf Gang?"

By this time, Dog Bro had already torn open the letter and read the documents inside.

He looked at his sister with a suspicious expression, frowning, and asked, "Did you help me?"

He flicked the conscription order in his hand: "The Wild Wolf Squad's mission is so simple... No need to go to the battlefield, no need to go to defend, but to go to the Western Territory to assist in the investigation?"

“Brother, I am your sister, so of course I will do my best to help you, just like the requests I made for you before.” Ji Shuxun looked up, her expression proud, her tone matter-of-fact.

But then she changed the subject, "However, the reason I sent you to the Western Territory this time is not because Deer Mountain helped. Ultimately, it's because... the Wild Wolf Gang is weak, and those with strength will be sent to the Northern Territory."

"...Thanks a lot." Dog Brother rolled his eyes. "If you weren't my sister, I'd really like to give you a good whack right now."

"Assist in the investigation in the western region?" Lin Wang asked Dog Brother.

Dog Brother casually handed the conscription order to Lin Wang (this action made Ji Shuxun frown, but she didn't say anything), and said to Lin Wang: "The conscription order says that one of the two main legions in the Western Territory, called the Steel Bone Legion, has refused this conscription order."

"The Federal Regular Army refused to be drafted?" Lin Wang said, then he saw the mission description on the draft order himself, "Found it... It's not a refusal to be drafted, it's a lack of response to the draft?"

“The Steelbone Army has been out of contact with the outside world for about ten days,” Ji Shuxun said.

(End of this chapter)