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Chapter 392 Winner Takes All, Loser Eats Dust
At this moment, Xue Dinglu's lips twitched, and he finally understood why he had felt something was off about this silly girl.
So they were waiting for him here?
Even Faust, who had just convinced Xue Dinglu to "revive" the young lady based on the analysis of the situation, fell silent.
He racked his brains but couldn't understand how someone could be "resurrected" in a corpse, not to complete a plan to kill a god, not to achieve a grand goal, but merely for the sake of a nominal "marital" relationship?
For some reason, he only felt an unparalleled abstraction, as if a dancing elephant had been forcibly crammed into his mind, giving him a sense of powerful beauty.
He even began to wonder if his eagerness to save the young lady's life had made him look like a clown.
"Brother, say something, call me," Su Su said immediately.
Meanwhile, in reality, a moment after the young lady of the Alban family disappeared, she reappeared in Xue Luding's arms, now awake, looking at him with a silly, innocent expression, even trying to reach out and hug him.
"You'd better not... This is just a body I've possessed and am controlling remotely." Xue Dinglu grabbed the face that was trying to get closer. Although it was the unfamiliar face of the eldest daughter of the Alban family, her blank expression was enough to make Xue Dinglu immediately think of Su Su.
"Oh, isn't this a coincidence? Brother, you're possessing someone else's body right now, and I'm possessing someone else's body right now. Isn't this perfect?" She immediately started wriggling around in Xue Dinglu's arms like a caterpillar.
Xue Law: "..."
He suddenly had the illusion that he was getting married to a character in a game. Both of them were using someone else's body and had to acknowledge that identity, just like he had randomly chosen a female character to marry in a game because of the attributes he gained for marriage.
"Stop fooling around. Next, we need to hurry back to the Alban family, gather the remaining forces, and kill the Alban family head here," Xue Dinglu said directly.
What he wanted to accept was a ruined Albanian family, not a family with a core leader.
So now, he needs to hurry back to the Olben family home to help them hold off the city lord, and incidentally kill the original head of the family.
In this way, coupled with the identity of "Belli Alban," the young lady whom Su Su is currently possessing, they can directly and completely control all the resources of the entire family and completely seize everything from the Alban family in Roland City.
At the same time, it was as if he had kicked a roadside animal to death, thus killing the city lord.
Therefore, Su Su stopped acting silly. She seriously and slowly sat up from Xue Dinglu's lap, sat in front of him, and said, "Okay, what should I do next?"
"No need to do that. Just find an opportunity to kill the head of the Alban family later. Can you do that?" Xue Dinglu asked.
Su Su gave an OK sign. After spending a lot of time on her phone surfing the internet and watching a lot of TV dramas downloaded from Earth, some of her internet slang and habits have become seven or eight parts similar to those of Earthlings.
"Don't worry, Brother Lu, we're the best partners. We're practically a husband-and-wife team now, working together with the perfect understanding of the Condor Heroes." Su Su immediately said.
Xue Law: "..."
He guessed what TV series Su Su was watching right now. Also, comparing it to The Return of the Condor Heroes was actually a very unlucky metaphor; she probably hadn't seen the rest of the series yet, only about a third of it...
“Oh right, we’re still missing an eagle!” Su Su clapped her hands. “If only my daughter Xue Linglong were here, she could play the eagle.”
Xue Law: "..."
"What do you mean 'your daughter'? That's my daughter!" Xue Luding corrected her ambiguous way of addressing her.
"Sigh, it's all the same. Look at her current status, isn't she my daughter?" Su Su immediately started making strange attempts to establish a connection.
Xue Law: "..."
No, why are you so selfish?
Although he seemed to be arguing with the young lady of the Alban family, whom Su Su had possessed, and it even seemed like they were having a battle of wits, they quickly got into a cooperative relationship.
The other guards of the Alban family were slightly stunned by this scene. Was this still the young lady who had previously been so adamant about not wanting to marry? Why did she seem so willing now? Was she even offering herself up?
Not only that, Xue Dinglu immediately said, "Everyone, listen up! Two teams will escort these guards back to the base, and the rest of you will follow me back to the clan!"
"Our family is in trouble, and we should naturally come to its aid. With swords in hand, follow me, kill the city lord, and protect our patriarch!" Xue Dinglu's voice startled the remaining guards of the Orben family. They instantly understood why their family's support had been delayed after they were ambushed.
"My lord, my lord, what happened to the family? What happened to the family?" a guard asked anxiously.
"The city lord led the city guards to attack the family mansion. Your attack was actually a feint, a live target to lure the family's reinforcements. The city guards' real killing moves were all reserved for the family." Xue Dinglu now referred to the Alban family as "our family" without any psychological burden.
Upon hearing this news, the guards, being no fools, immediately guessed the situation: why the family's reinforcements had only come in numbers less than a hundred, and why they had all been blocked on the way.
Why was it that after so much time had passed, it was still the Akatsuki that sent people to support them?
It turns out they were just bait, a trap set to lure the main force of the family out.
The city guards attacked them merely to draw in the Orben family's reinforcements, and to launch the main force of the city guards at the family mansion just as the family's reinforcements were en route!
At this time, the family's defenses were weak, and all of their main fighting forces were on the way. They even had to split into two teams: one to support their marriage alliance team, and the other to rush home to support the family!
After figuring out the intricacies of the situation, even the head guard felt a chill run down his spine.
Lord City Lord, our Orben family has no past grievances or recent enmities with you, so why would you resort to such a vicious scheme!
Without the support of the Akatsuki, the Alban family would likely have been wiped out.
He immediately said anxiously, "Sir, don't worry about us. We're not seriously injured. Let's hurry back to support the clan! The clan is the most important thing. We need to go and help too..."
Despite being covered in wounds, they struggled to get up. The thought of their family being attacked by the city guards made them feel as if ants were crawling all over them.
"You all go and heal your injuries first. Even if you rush back to the family now, you won't be of much help. Leave things to us." Su Su spoke up at this moment.
Now, Xue Luding's words might not work, but Su Su's words would definitely work. The other guards stopped talking. They even seemed to suddenly feel that the young lady had grown up. This young lady was no longer the spoiled and willful young lady in the family. Instead, she had begun to consider the family. She had just gotten married, but she seemed to have truly grown up.
"Yes, Miss!" The guards, almost all of whom were injured, were left behind to receive treatment.
Xue Luding led Su Su and the remaining Akatsuki members to the Alban family. At the same time, more Akatsuki members surrounded them in several layers, both to conduct reconnaissance and to prevent a certain important figure from escaping from the Alban family.
……
At this moment, in the final charge within the family, less than 200 of the city lord's personal guards remained alive. However, they broke through the last outpost of the Alban family and scattered the last fighting force remaining in the family.
This was a Pyrrhic victory, a victory so brutal it was almost unbearable.
Of the 800 guards brought by the city lord, less than 200 remain. Even among these 200, all are wounded, covered in blood, and have various organs attached to their bodies.
But in the end, they still won!
They had already dispersed the last remaining forces of the Alban family and stormed into the main courtyard where the family resided.
In order to attack the Alban family, the city lord knew the layout of the courtyard like the back of his hand. In fact, in his plan, at the very least, he should have defeated Alban in the second wave of attack, then rushed to the main courtyard, tied up the head of the family, and then used his last remaining value to wipe out the rest of the forces one by one.
But life is full of disappointments. The truth is that when they rushed to the main hall, the team was already at its last gasp. They were just holding on to their last breath.
However, they are still the victors. The Olben family's fighting force has been wiped out. As long as they can control the patriarch, they can still carry out their subsequent plans.
The Alban family's fighting force was completely wiped out, leaving only family members with little fighting ability. After being completely destroyed, they frantically looted the nearest family property and fled.
The city guards did not attack the fleeing members, which actually benefited them. As more people discovered that the city guards were not attacking those who were running away, more and more people went crazy, grabbing nearby valuables and fleeing with unimaginable wealth in their pockets and arms.
They even fought each other to the death over the family's wealth.
The city guards ignored them and headed straight for the main courtyard where the head of the Alban family was located.
Close, closer!
The people at the front immediately killed the last few blocking the road, and the people in the inner courtyard scattered in panic.
With a "Boom!" he kicked open the door to the family's main hall, the blood-soaked city lord brandishing his sword, and looked at the "Head of the Orben Family," who was still seated in the main seat. "Lord Orben, it's good to see you again. Did you ever imagine you'd end up like this?" The city lord finally breathed a sigh of relief, a smile spreading across his face. A moment of relaxation and a sense of security that the situation was now settled instantly washed over him.
If it weren't for his immense strength and incredible willpower, he would probably have collapsed to the ground by now.
But now Ren forced himself to stand up and pointed his knife at "the head of the Orben family".
We've won! As long as we control this old rival, the victory is ours!
If the timing hadn't been inconvenient, he probably would have laughed out loud three times.
Although many unexpected events occurred during the plan, in the end, we were still the victors.
In this war among nobles, the winner takes all, and the loser eats dust.
He advanced step by step toward the head of the Alban family, leaving a deep trail of blood on the precious wooden floor that stretched all the way to the head of the family's throne.
"Lord Alban, why don't you open your eyes and look? Is it because you don't want to look? Or are you afraid to look?" He mocked his old rival, taking a step to the main seat. However, at this moment, he froze, taking several steps forward like a madman, and put his hand to his nose.
"Dead? How is that possible!" In an instant, it was as if they had fallen from heaven to hell.
The city lord felt his hands and feet were ice-cold despite the sweltering heat, and his whole body was trembling. Something was wrong. Why was the head of the Orben family dead?
Who killed him?
The sudden turn of events caused his tired brain to short-circuit for a moment. If the city lord had been given a few more minutes to think, he would have realized that the corpse here was just a substitute.
The real head of the Alban family may have already fled.
But some people won't give him time.
"Lord City Lord! The Orben family's reinforcements have arrived! They have already made contact with our rear guard!"
"Damn it, you bastards!" The city lord felt incredibly frustrated in this war. He didn't know why, but it was as if a dark hand was controlling everything behind the scenes. He even felt that everything was being manipulated by that mastermind.
But time was running out for him. He immediately grabbed the body of the substitute and roared, "Begin defense! Resist the attack of the Albanian family's reinforcements! We have taken control of the Albanian family patriarch! Victory will be ours!"
Now, even this corpse will be used as a living person!
"Yes, my lord!"
……
Meanwhile, the true head of the Alban family, having already sensed something was amiss, escaped through a secret tunnel known only to the core members of the Alban family and hid outside.
"Damn it! Has that city lord gone mad? Just because the Alban family is marrying into a rising underworld force, he's willing to fight the Alban family to the death at all costs?" He was actually quite puzzled by the city lord's madness.
Although they were both nobles and had some minor conflicts in the past, this did not prevent them from uniting to exploit the prostitutes and gangsters at the bottom of society.
The Albanian family and the city lord's family have cooperated quite a bit, and have had many successful projects together. They are quite cooperative partners in many ways.
But would the mere union of a family with a rising power make them so desperate?
The head of the family couldn't understand it, because in his view, they were the ones who absolutely benefited from this incident, and the Akatsuki organization's targets had not yet included the Orben family.
Because Xue's Law had his sights set on the Orben family from the very beginning, the Akatsuki organization did not exert direct pressure on them, which meant they were unaware of the Akatsuki's suppressive power and madness.
As for the city lord's mansion, which was directly attacked by the Akatsuki, it was in a terrible state. All the gangs it invested in were wiped out, and its nearly 10,000-strong army was almost completely wiped out, turning into a mound of blood and corpses.
This extreme brutality and bloodshed had already made the people of the city lord's mansion tremble with fear. This was the first time they had ever seen ordinary people who had been bullied by them unleash such power and resentment after gaining strength and rallying together to fight back.
It was under these circumstances that news arrived that the Alban family had formed a complete marriage alliance with the Akatsuki organization. The lord of the castle reacted strongly, concluding that it was all a conspiracy by the Alban family to eliminate other nobles.
So, in desperation, they considered every possible tactical change. From the perspective of the city lord's mansion, with the Orburn family's main force and elite troops all deployed, they had every right to launch a surprise attack on the Orburn family's residence and carry out a house-for-house tactic.
This was the trigger for the attack!
However, people from different perspectives can never see the situation from another perspective, just as the head of the Alban family could not empathize with the lowest-class prostitutes.
He was just wondering if the city lord had gone mad, but the Alban family had a complete plan to deal with their attack.
At this point, he had two choices. One was to return directly to the main force of the Alban family, where he could rally everyone's support with a single call and completely annihilate the city lord and his last elite troops at the Alban family mansion.
Thus, even though the family suffered heavy losses, the entire city of Roland became the domain of the Alban family. On the contrary, the family had the last laugh in this war and became the ultimate winner.
The second option is to join the Akatsuki organization and seek their help. Of course, this is a last resort and should only be considered when there is no other way.
In his vision, even if he were to form a marriage alliance with the Akatsuki, the Orben family would still be in control. It would be the family that absorbs the Akatsuki into becoming their vassal, rather than the family becoming a vassal of the organization.
However, if it comes down to one's life, seeking help from the Akatsuki is a fallback option, after all, a bad plan is better than no plan at all.
This place is now quite far from the Alban family mansion; from here, you can only vaguely see the outline of the family mansion in the distance.
"Looks like I've had the last laugh," he thought, as he searched for traces of the main force of his family.
Judging from the timing, the main force of the family should have just returned. At this point, they are either fighting with the city lord or in a stalemate.
In either case, it's advantageous for him to act now.
He took off his fancy clothes and changed into ordinary clothes, then quickly followed the main road back to the outskirts of the Alban family to rejoin the main force.
Looking into the distance, he saw no battle taking place, but there was a huge crowd. He knew that the main force and the city guards were in a standoff, and that the city lord was probably using the corpse of his double to make a fuss.
At this point, as long as I return to the team, the outcome will be decided.
Won!
His lips curled up, harder to suppress than a musket.
Just then, he suddenly noticed a large group of people approaching from behind, and the person in charge surprised him.
"Belli?" He was stunned when he saw the girl on horseback.
Why did my own daughter return with people, and those people were from the Akatsuki organization?
How could my own useless daughter suddenly become the leader of Akatsuki? Is this really her?
He was well aware of how useless his daughter was, so he was puzzled when he saw Su Su leading several Akatsuki squads and seemingly with all Akatsuki members under her command.
Soon, his daughter seemed to notice him and showed a happy expression.
Perhaps the daughter has come to terms with it and is quite satisfied with the marriage she arranged herself.
That was all he could think. Just as he was about to straighten his clothes and project a fatherly air, he saw his daughter running towards him, and then…
"Pfft!"
With a dagger piercing his heart, he was left with only confusion, bewilderment, and pain at the end of his life.
“Old Deng, now that you’re dead, I’m the only one who will be in charge of the Alban family.”
That was the last sound he heard. (End of Chapter)
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