857: Chapter 54 The Nature of Dead River Armant (6700)_4 857: Chapter 54 The Nature of Dead River Armant (6700)_4 Ian entrusted Old Farrel with full authority over these matters, then summoned all the officials of the city hall to announce the domain’s “Winter Bandit Extermination” plan.
By the concept of the Terra People, the surroundings of the Xia Hui Territory have actually returned to tranquility, even quite peaceful; yet by Ian’s standards, sothing still seed to be lacking.
Now, in the mountains and hills surrounding the domain, there were still remnants of the defeated Rebel Highlanders, and there was also no shortage of old-ti robbers and bandits—although due to the Highlander rebellion, these once ‘wicked elents’ have all shrunken away and dared not make a move in face of the real rebellion forces, but after Ian stabilized the situation, these people began to show their faces one by one.
Not long ago, there were several rchant caravans intercepted by roving robbers, and although no losses were incurred, panic was certainly caused.
No one in the Xiawei Territory opposed this.
The extermination of bandits was sothing that always needed to be done.
There was no alternative.
Imagine, rchants walking the streets and roads so cheerfully with their goods, only to be suddenly ambushed by bandits—a day without bandits is a good day indeed.
Especially now that the military might of the Xiawei Territory far exceeds the past, any bandit can be crushed without harm, and it was essentially an easy achievent to take credit for; quite a number of people were already thinking about how to stuff their youngsters into the Militia to earn so rits.
As for spies with other intentions, what they thought about was to quickly convey this news to Fiery Fla Land.
This was precisely the effect Ian wanted.
He declared that Scott would handle this matter, and then took his actual team back to the Lord’s Mansion, where he held a small eting.
“On the surface, the domain will dispatch all militias to carry out bandit extermination and military exercises,” he said.
“But Green Tide will take a small team of cavalry to wait for my ssage at the mouth of Solitary Fla Peak’s gorge.”
“Can you do it discreetly?” he asked.
“No problem, boss,” Green Tide responded briskly.
“The new chief of the chanical division, Roland, isn’t he surveying the flatlands at the gorge?
I’ll say I’m leading a team to protect him, and no one will suspect this excuse.”
“Not bad,” Ian nodded slightly, even feeling sowhat relieved.
“As soon as the ssage arrives, you’ll lead the team into action, bursting into the Midra Autonomous Region, causing chaos with .”
“Yes!”
In Terra, there’s no tradition that a Lord must stay behind to stabilize morale.
If war were to be waged, the Lord, as the top combatant, must take action, otherwise, ordinary troops would be powerless against other Sublimators.
Even with such a tradition, Ian’s actions were still too risky.
Adalbert frowned slightly, wishing to speak and join Ian in the surprise raid on the Midra Autonomous Region.
However, Ian seed to have anticipated this thought and raised his hand, signaling him to pause.
After Ian finished delegating other tasks, he kept Adalbert behind and they headed to the Alchemy Laboratory together.
“As the domain’s strongest Sublimator in public, too many eyes are focused on .”
Being forthright with Adalbert, who knew his true identity, Ian said: “Therefore, I can’t use my full strength…unless I act alone.”
“Although you won’t reveal my power, you will expose yourself—Adalbert, don’t forget, you are the Duke of Solin’s personal researcher, and your identity has probably already been exposed by those with ulterior motives.
Once revealed, it will drag into it.”
“If that happens,” Ian humorously conjured a bubble with Water Elent Origin in the air and then popped it with his finger, “pop—everything we have will explode, becoming a grand firework.”
“Yes, indeed…
It’s better if I don’t cause you any trouble.”
Realizing this, Adalbert felt sowhat deflated.
After all, he still wanted to help Ian.
In response, Ian put out his hand, giving the Deceased Monarch Researcher a pat on the shoulder, encouragingly saying, “Don’t worry, although you and I can’t freely exert our full power…sooner or later, Fiery Fla Land will definitely seek an opportunity to attack our territory.”
“Then, you can act as a concealed assaulter, as our surprise force to counter those surprise soldiers from Fiery Fla Land!”
“Not to ntion, there are many things in research that I need your help with.
You have such talent; it would be a waste to utilize you solely as an enforcer.”
Ian took out docunts related to the ‘Crystallized Bloodhunter’ and ‘Insect Swarm Psychic Network’ from his chest: “This is…well, it’s a special modification bio-data I have obtained.
We don’t have the conditions to create it in our domain for the ti being, but I find the ideas within it rather interesting, and we can research it together later on.”
“Modified creatures?
From Fiery Fla Land?” Adalbert, taking the docunts from Ian’s hands, was eager to begin.
He believed that Ian wouldn’t give tasks that were lacking in challenge, and with difficulty, his days in the Xia Hui Territory wouldn’t be dull.
Adalbert always enjoyed challenges; otherwise, he wouldn’t have held such a high position under the Duke of Solin, undertaking one after another difficult task that ordinary researchers simply didn’t want to take on.
However, he did not look at the docunts right away.
Because Adalbert could tell, Ian had more to say.
“Adalbert.” Sure enough, after the white-haired youth pondered for a while, he spoke slowly, “Are you aware of…
demons?”
“Not those Alien Forms within ‘Shadow Parasite Demons’ ‘Ogres’ ‘Trolls’…but the real Subspace Demons.”
Stating so, Ian’s expression beca serious: “How much do you know about such creatures?”
“Demons?” Adalbert was montarily puzzled, then realized, “Oh, you an Ethereal Demons…I know them well, I’ve even dissected quite a few personally.”
“Moreover, the power of such creatures, Ian, you’ve encountered it yourself.”
He raised his hand, smiling and pointing towards the belt at Ian’s waist: “Dead River Armant.”
“The two core Authority items of Dead River Armant, ‘Styx Rebirth’ and ‘Right of Soul Fusion’, are derived from a ‘Blood Demon’ that resided in the depths of the Subspace Abyss.”
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