Chapter 525: Crisis! The Unconscious Wang Fu! (1/2)

Chapter 525: Crisis! The Unconscious Wang Fu!

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Wang Chong had never felt such a ferocious energy. The man's saber energy was thick and boundless, like a toppling mountain, yet all of it was restrained, gathered up in a single point.

At this moment, Wang Chong had a feeling that if his answer did not satisfy this man, he would be immediately cleaved in two.

What a frightening expert!

Wang Chong's heart shivered as he prepared to state his identity. But then, he heard a completely different tone of voice, one of pleasant surprise.

”Young Master Chong! How could it be you? How did you get here?”

Zing! Before Wang Chong could react, there was a metallic whistle as the saber expert turned his saber around and put it back in the sheath.

”You are?”

While Wang Chong watched in bewilderment, the tall and muscular man took off his helmet and shook his head, revealing a bearded and sharp-eyed face.

”Uncle Chen!”

Wang Chong's heartbeat quickened as he suddenly recognized the man.

This bearded man was one of his father's old subordinates, Chen Shusun. Both brave and wise, he was one of his father's trusted aides and had apparently been a follower from the start of his father's military career. Wang Chong's father had always been a most harsh and demanding person. It was normally very rare for him to bring his subordinates into the capital.

The Wang Clan guards had all been soldiers whose injuries on the battlefield made them incapable of participating in any further wars. As a result, Wang Yan had come and recruited them for his own residence so that they could make a living. But other people wouldn't even be able to dream of getting a meeting with the people of the Wang Clan.

As for this Chen Shusun, Wang Chong had met him once, when he was a child. It had only been that one time, yet Wang Chong had always had a very good impression of his father's old subordinates. Chen Shusun had even given him a gift once. Back then, his father was very harsh and didn't permit him to have any toys. Thus, Chen Shusun had used his saber to carve a flying bird as a gift for him. This had been Wang Chong's first toy, so it had left a very deep impression.

Of course, the most important thing here was that Wang Chong clearly remembered that, many years ago, his father had placed this old subordinate at his big brother Wang Fu's side. His father hadn't done this to promote him, as most people would imagine. Instead, his father was worried that his big brother would use the name of the clan and his own influence to make the army show him favoritism, so Chen Shusun was dispatched as a supervisor.

Of course, his big brother ended up using his own strength to prove himself, to prove that he didn't need to rely on the clan's resources and influence to make a very good name for himself. Thus, Uncle Shu became a through-and-through subordinate of his big brother.

”Young Master Chong, weren't you in the capital? How did you get here?”

Chen Shusun rushed over with several messengers and held Wang Chong. As he looked him over, his face was both nervous and concerned.

”This is no game, and it's certainly no place for you to lose your temper. Why did you come here? Are you crazy?”

This was simply too surprising!

This was no longer any pleasant surprise, but a surprise scare! The southwest battlefield was already a land of certain death. He couldn't even remember how many soldiers of the Annan Protectorate army had died here, and even a few of his own comrades had died. The 300,000 soldiers of Mengshe Zhao and the 200,000 soldiers of Ü-Tsang presented a suffocating pressure.

Every day, they were living on the edge of the line, none of them knowing if they would be able to make it, none of them knowing when they would die.

The situation was already awful enough, but Chen Shusun had never expected Wang Chong to arrive at this time and in this method.

”Young Master, your attitude is too impulsive!” Chen Shusun said with exasperation.

”Uncle Chen, there's no time to talk about this. Why isn't Big Brother commanding the army? What's happened to him?”

Wang Chong pushed away Chen Shusun's hands and began to stride toward the golden-armored figure under the banner. That banner was Wang Fu's emblem, so there was no doubt that his big brother was commanding the army on this mountain.

”Big Brother…”

The massive banner flapped in the storm, battered to and fro by the wind and rain, but the golden-armored figure seated under the banner was unmoving, apparently unaware of all the ruckus going on behind it. Wang Chong walked over, circling around to the front of the figure, but as he passed that person's shoulder, the words on Wang Chong's lips froze, and he stared at the person in a daze.

The figure under the armor was very young, certainly below the age of twenty, but though he looked very similar to his big brother, Wang Chong was sure that this wasn't Wang Fu.

”You aren't my big brother. Who are you? Where's my big brother?”

After a few moments of silence, Wang Chong suddenly reached out his hand and seized that person's clothes.

This was clearly his big brother's army, and his banner was the one being raised, but the one leading it wasn't his big brother. For a few moments, Wang Chong's mind had been completely blank as he struggled to understand what had happened. For a second there, Wang Chong's mind had even dwelled on the worst-case scenario.

The siege of Lion City had lasted for almost a month now. Had something happened in that long period of time? Or had his big brother not actually succeeded in breaking out of Lion City with the rest of the army… Countless ideas flew through his mind. Although Wang Chong did his utmost to keep calm, his wan complexion betrayed his true emotions.

”Eldest Young Master is fine, Young Master Chong. Don't make things difficult for him. It was I who had him wear Eldest Master's armor!”

Chen Shusun's voice came from behind as the old officer strode over with a grim expression.