Chapter 347 - Rushing out of the icy prison (1/2)
Translator: Radiant Translations Editor: Radiant Translations
Divian shrugged her shoulders before continuing to speak. ” Both of them aren’t easy to deal with, though that’s something that there’s no need to worry about. It’ll be alright if we really b.u.mp into them on the battlefield. This compet.i.tion’s truly interesting, and Vladimir seems to be extremely interested in you. I’m even able to feel that he had given me face after b.u.mping into him.”
A faint smile appeared on Carolyn’s face in response, appearing akin to the wind, giving no care about those words.
Upon hanging up her Skylink, Divian proceeded` to shake her head. Truthfully speaking, there were times where she felt that it was harder and harder to understand Carolyn. Or perhaps, this was the reason why all of her elders all thought highly of her. Being able to utilise the advantages she possessed, while possessing an abnormal level of ice cold calmness. Being able to give up those that needed to be given up, competing for those that needed to be obtained. This made her seem somewhat cruel and cold-blooded.
In reality, why did she attempt to gossip with Carolyn? Perhaps, Divian was trying to see if there were any exceptions to this icy calm queen. From the looks of it now, it seems that she had given too much thought about this. For some unknown reason, w.a.n.g Zhong’s gaze seemed to appear right before her eyes. Had he died just like that?
This felt slightly pitiful.
At this moment, within Grozny City…
In reality, the Tianjing squadron wasn’t the only ones had missing members in their ranks. Although some slightly weaker squadrons had staked their lives and managed to complete the mission and reach Grozny City, they were now not at their full strength. Even Adolf Academy had 2 missing people, with a large portion of the B ranked squadrons having 1 or even 2 people from their ranks missing or injured, though their reasons were different from w.a.n.g Zhong and Scarlet. The majority of them had been injured due to their strength being at the lowest end of the spectrum. This resulted in them taking the initiative to leave the squadron and travel by themselves for the sake of their squadrons were able to arrive at the designated locations without the burden that they would cause. However, the chances of these people reaching Grozny City before the end of this elimination round were rather grim.
However, many squadrons still held hope for those missing members of their squadrons, as no one would hope for their own squadron to have their members reduced for the upcoming round of the compet.i.tion. Although this was the first time they had been one of the five privately ruled cities of the federation, Grozny City, there was not a single person within the Tianjing squadron that had the mood and interest to sightsee around the city.
Right at the break of dawn on the second morning, Emily proceeded to take root and stand guard at the entrance of the city upon waking up. The majority of the people from the squadron had also accompanied by her side, all of them wanting to welcome w.a.n.g Zhong and Scarlet at the very first moment if they were to appear. They weren’t the only people present here though. Quite a few squadrons were waiting alongside with them for their missing members. Grai was even able to see Adolf Academy amongst the crowd. During this elimination round, they had lost their vice-captain Simon and their subst.i.tute heavy soldier Bu Lianshan.
Upon seeing Tianjing squadron standing amongst the crowd of people waiting at the entrance of the city, complicated emotions surfaced within the hearts of the Adolf Academy squadron. Nevertheless, feelings of hostility did not surface within them. In fact, if not for them experiencing defeat in the hands of the Tianjing squadron, there would not have such a big change happening to the squadron. What they had lost was arrogance, though they had gained strength in return. From a certain point of view, Adolf should be grateful to the Tianjing squadron.
Other than Grai, Cecil was one of the people that had the greatest understanding of the level of strength w.a.n.g Zhong possessed. Hearing that he and Scarlet were missing was somewhat of a shock for Cecil, who had become slightly silent. After his private duel with w.a.n.g Zhong, he finally realised that the strongest person of the Tianjing squadron had not taken any action during their group battle. However, this same person was now missing. He truly didn’t know whether to celebrate or to feel regretful, though it was more towards the latter. He had wanted to cross hands once more with w.a.n.g Zhong, with the next time not being just a duel, be in an all-out group fight.
Adolf Academy had also been slightly unlucky during this elimination round. They originally had a smooth sailing trek, only for Sim to get ambushed by a mutated king snake while resting during the final few days of their journey. This led to his leg getting injured and poisoned Although they managed to deal with the wound and suck out the venom, his entire leg had turned red and swollen, causing him to be unable to carry on at their normal pace. According to Simon’s calculations, if nothing happens to him or Bu Lianshan, they would be able to make it to Grozny City before time’s up. This clearly was much better than the situation that plagued Tianjing.
However, a piece of terrible news was announced by the officials as noon came.