Mercenary Wars

Chapter 121 The Roar of Faith
a few days later.

As Dibuto's spies continued to narrow their search area, the Gavin Chamber of Commerce had already anticipated that their secret silver mine would be discovered and even seized sooner or later.

But anticipation is not the same as change.

Sometimes, the two are even contradictory; things that are easy to predict are hard to change. For example, the rising and setting of the sun can be predicted by anyone, but no one can change it.

When the crisis actually occurred, the mine's supposedly well-prepared arrangements proved incredibly fragile.

"Boom!" A loud noise was heard, and everyone in the mine turned their heads, most of them showing expressions of fear.

"They're from Dibto!"

"Damn it, how did they get in!"

"Awasa! Awasa of Labzat!"

The mine had about two hundred guards, but the invading Dibutons were clearly more numerous and much stronger. Moreover, by the time the guards noticed, the invaders had already broken through layers of sentries and reached the inside of the mine.

Leading the group was General Awassa of the Labzat Fortress. He had a sinister smile on his face and was holding a long sword. As soon as he entered, he unleashed several fierce slashes out of thin air.

As he moved, several sword shadows froze in a short instant.

Then, with a furious roar, these sword shadows, seemingly frozen in space, were simultaneously unleashed, plunging across the ground and hurtling off in different directions!

"Boom—" With a rumbling sound, like the claws of a giant dragon slicing through, the ground was instantly blasted into several deep trenches. Almost all the Mosaic and kobolds along the way were killed, their flesh and blood exploding, a horrifying sight!
A mercenary warrior activated his shield wall to defend, but when the sword shadow came, his shield almost instantly split in two. Before he could react, General Avasa closed in and slashed fiercely with his longsword.

"boom!"

The warrior, armor and all, was cleaved in two with a deafening roar!

After killing the warrior, General Awassa used the same tactic again, unleashing several more slashes of sword light: "Followers of the false god, your end has come! Yemen is supreme!"

At the same time, a barrage of fireballs and arrows arrived one after another, surging towards the unsuspecting Mossat along with the menacing sword shadows.

Within seconds, the mine was filled with dead and wounded, and the air was thick with the stench of blood and the cries of agony.

Of course, the shouts from both sides also filled the air.

"Yemen is supreme!"

"For the glory of Dibto!" The people of Dibto shouted with great enthusiasm.

In contrast, the Mosas were almost entirely filled with cries of escape.

"Run! This is Labzat's army! We are no match for them!"

"The mercenary group has no obligation to fight Labzat Fortress; that comes at a different price!"

"Go to Levin Fortress and find General Rodden!"

Except for a very few fanatical Mosaic followers, no one attempted to fight the invaders; they all fled to other passages.

The Dibto people naturally gave chase.

At the same time, General Awassa stopped his attack, took a long, deep breath, and roared deafeningly, "Yemen is supreme!"

Upon hearing the sound, many Mosas were struck as if by lightning. Some staggered, while others collapsed to the ground, clutching their ears in pain.

The Dibto people who heard the same words were not only unharmed, but were also invigorated, their fighting spirit increased, and they moved even faster, quickly catching up with the large group of Mosa and engaging in a fierce battle.

A very small number of people did not react at all.

Gaucano was one of them.

He was very close to General Awassa, but when the words "Jemon is supreme" came, he neither became weak like Mossattu nor became excited like Jemontu.

The reason is simple: this is clearly the spell "Wrath of Faith," which has different effects on people of different faiths, weakening those who oppose Yamen and strengthening those who believe in Yamen.

Gaucano felt nothing for any of the gods. People's beliefs were not shared, and Gaucano only found it noisy.

Of course, he doesn't have time to mind the noise right now.

He had to run away quickly.

In fact, Gaugano panicked a little when General Avasa came in—the two sides were too close.

Moreover, General Awassa seemed to glance at him, but strangely, he didn't seem to have any intention of attacking him. Instead, he leaped over his head and charged towards the other Mosas.

You look down on me, don't you?

Great.

Gaucano surveyed the scene—especially General Avasa at the front—and after a moment's thought, made up his mind.

"Come with me!" he called to his friend, then turned and ran toward the kobold mines.

Ryan, Barons, and the others dared not flee in the direction of General Avasa. Upon hearing this, they immediately followed behind Gaucano without hesitation.

A mercenary also wanted to follow, but his faith was obviously too devout. He was so shaken by General Avasa's roar of faith that he could barely walk. He tripped over his own feet after only a few steps and was then killed by the pursuing enemy.

"Follow me!" Gaucano called out to his allies as he ran.

All those who were desperate and lacked faith followed in his footsteps.

Before long, he led a dozen or so men to the kobold mining area.

Compared to the chaos outside, the Kobold Mines are much calmer. There isn't much ore here, and not many people work here. Most people don't know where the passage is, let alone that there is a secret passage, so it's almost the same as usual.

“Gaucano, is there an exit this way?” Hilgon asked.

“I’m not sure if we can get out, but at least it will allow us to stay inside,” Gaugano said.

"Could it be a secret room? What if the Dibto people find it?" someone asked.

Gaucano: "It's not a locked room. If they find out, we also have ways to create chaos."

Without asking any more questions, the group followed behind Gao Jiano, running all the way, and soon arrived at the Silver Fang Library.

Gao Jiano had already taken the key and quickly opened the secret passage, inviting everyone to enter.

After everyone else had gone inside, he went outside the library and saw that Barons hadn't caught up yet and was running towards him, panting.

He was the lowest level and was also affected by some of the roars of faith, so it was already quite good that he didn't fall completely behind.

Gao Jiano hesitated for a moment, then ran over to meet him.

Barons, panting heavily, said, "The heretics are coming this way..."

Gaucano's expression changed slightly: "What you just saw?"

“No, what I see now,” Barons said, “is that my ‘sentinel’ is still outside, so I can see what’s outside.”

Sentry guard?

Gaucano was surprised, but then he understood.

Without hesitation, he hoisted Barons onto his shoulder, activated Blood Rush, and instantly returned to the library, disappearing into the secret passage.

After everyone entered the secret passage, Gaucano immediately inserted the key and pulled the lever to close the entrance.

As the entrance closed, all light and sound outside vanished, and the secluded tranquility brought a sigh of relief to the fleeing crowd.

"Thank God..."

(End of this chapter)