Chapter 520 - Fierce Dragon Crosses the River (1/2)
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Yaksha, in myths and legends, was a very lowly ghost. Its existence was barely considered as a ghost or spirit. It was just a very lowly ghost.
On Saturn’s Inferno, the lowest-level martial artists were called ghost soldiers. According to the different martial dao strengths or contributions to Inferno, they would be divided into a total of nine different levels of ghost soldiers.
Although the identity of Yaksha couldn’t be said to be very high, it could be regarded as a part of the cadre in Inferno. Fortunately, there were not many cadres in Inferno. To be called the Yaksha was already considered being a high-ranking cadre.
Qin Fen did not expect that Solov was actually a member of Inferno. Looking at his sixteen-star class strength, isn’t his status as a cadre is somewhat low? Did he not tell the truth?
Solov looked at the doubts in Qin Fen’s eyes and felt his throat tingling. He said quickly, “I first joined the military and then later joined Inferno, so…”
Qin Fen nodded as he understood completely. The Inferno had the right to suspect that he came to be a spy. The trust towards him was even lower than anyone who had directly joined Inferno without belonging to any organization before. It’s no wonder that even with his sixteen-star class strength, he only got the status of Yaksha.
No organization would belittle any martial artists that had surpassed the fifteen-star class. Every martial dao master held a high value and the value of a sixteen-star class martial dao master was even greater than that of a fifteen-star class.
Elysium’s Li Xianglong, who had sixteen-star class strength, could become the Xianglong Arhat in Elysium. If they were on equal footing in Inferno, he’d obviously not have the status of Yaksha.
Rumors had it that the strength of Inferno was still slightly inferior to Elysium. Under normal circumstances, it was even more impossible that the sixteen-star class Solov was assigned as a Yaksha. Only a lack of trust could explain it all.
“I am indeed not trusted by Inferno completely.” Solov looked at Qin Fen’s thoughtful eyes and admitted, “However, I am still the Yaksha of Inferno. If you kill me like this, then Saturn’s military will be out of the control of Inferno completely. Of course, Inferno will deal with you immediately and I believe you are very clear about the consequences.”
Qin Fen looked down at the documents in his hand; it was easy to see that Inferno had taken advantage of the Federation’s military headquarters. It was no wonder that Inferno did not need to get involved in the drug business of Golden Triangle, nor did they need building tyrants. They turned out to be taking directly from the taxpayers.
Solov looked at Qin Fen’s face which changed constantly. Although there was a lot of unhappiness, there was no murderous intent. He said after his mind had calmed down, “To understand? This is not Earth, the Inferno is not Zuo Dongting. Even if you are a strong dragon, you can’t suppress the head of the tyrant.”
Yang Lie raised his hand and patted Solov’s shoulder gently. It exposed a golden dragon on his outer arm that jumped along with the muscles gently, “Have you heard of an old saying?”
Solov looked at Yang Lie with some doubts and his heart secretly admired the handsome appearance of the mixed-race child.
“Fierce dragons crosses the river.” Yang Lie smiled faintly and looked at Solov, “Lieutenant general, the crime that you are committing now is considered treason to the majority. To the minority, it seems that you have also violated the military regulations. It was clearly stipulated in the regulations that all active military personnel are not allowed to serve any position in any group of any private sectors. You are a Yaksha in the local government organization and you are considered to be a section’s supervising manager, right? You have broken the rules.”
Xue Tian looked at Qin Fen who was lost in his thoughts, “What are you thinking about?”
“I recalled the terrorist annihilation mission I had previously.” Qin Fen looked up at Xue Tian and others as he said flatly, “I remember the day I was with Du Zhanpeng and the others to rescue the scientists on the island. At the time, a lot of comrades sacrificed their young lives.”
Du Peng was particularly silent. Under the hundred-man ambush, the number of dead comrades was not just one or two. It was so tragic that it was indescribable.
“I remembered that the Federation’s pension was reasonable, but it’s not very high.” Qin Fen recalled the lives of the two sisters, Yang Ruoruo and Yang Xixi in Tianbei City, “I was thinking, these soldiers who fought for the Federation on Saturn and died due to this betrayal, how much pension did their families receive? I think no amount of pension could comfort the loss of their loved ones.”
Solov was baffled and looked at Qin Fen. He didn’t understand what Qin Fen meant. Why did he dismissed his own life and death problems and involved the low-ranking soldiers?
“The money.” Qin Fen shook the document in his hand gently, “It was the money in exchange for their lives, but it was swallowed by the local government. I think those people, though not my comrades, were admirable warriors. The money in exchange for their lives should belong to their families and not to Inferno.”
Solov’s eyes widened. He couldn’t believe his ears. Is this young man’s brain malfunctioning? Listening to him, it seems like he is asking for money from the Inferno! Who does he think he is?
Qin Fen’s vision moved to Solov and said, “You should be able to contact Inferno, right?”
Solov nodded subconsciously, and unlimited happiness rose in his heart. This young man wants to walk into the trap himself! That is really great!
“Tell them that you are in our hands. Ask them to prepare…” Qin Fen looked at the list in his hand, “Five hundred million in exchange for you.”
“What did you say?” Solov suspected that his ears had problems. This young man was really evil. He directly demanded the price of five hundred million. Does he understand the concept of money? Is this kid not an average civilian? Listening to his concept of money, how come it was like the concept of a rich man? The starting price starts from the millions? A sixteen-star class martial dao master’s value is obviously more than five hundred million, but this is still a huge sum. In fact, very few people would even spend five hundred million to buy a martial dao master.
“Tell them that your ransom is five hundred million.” Qin Fen looked at Solov very seriously, “Also, prepare it in three days or else I will kill you.”
Solov was very skeptical. Was he was in the military headquarters or did he get kidnapped by a group of terrorists? Not only did they give a limited amount of time to prepare the ransom but they even dare to mention killing the hostage.
Solov looked at Solomon’s palm, which had withdrawn, replaced by the cold tip of his sword. He really didn’t know how to evaluate these young people in front of him. They had just arrived in Saturn and their seats had not even been warmed yet when they made such a move that was equivalent to declaring war against Inferno. Do they really think that this was Earth, where there is a beast to suppress the most extreme war? This is Saturn! Saturn still has not produced a divine beast!
The phone was connected at this time, and Solov whispered, “It’s me, Yasha Solov.”
“Solov, why did you call at this time? Is there any action in the military headquarters? Or is there any weapon to be shipped over?”
In the projection of the phone, there was a man and a woman. The skin colors of the two were black and white. The warrior suits on their bodies were tailored nicely, yet it had a sinister taste.
“Black and White Impermanence.” Solov saw the caller clearly at this moment and quickly wanted to nod but found that there was a saber at his throat and he did not dare move.
“Hey? What’s wrong with you? Why is there a saber at your neck? Are you being held hostage? How is it possible?”
A series of questions jumped out from the woman, White Impermanence. It was somewhat surprising that the martial artist of the sixteen-star class was being held hostage.
Solov was a bit frustrated and sighed repeatedly. “White Impermanence, as you can see, I am being held hostage. They said that my ransom is five hundred million, and that the money must be prepared within three days or else they will kill me.”
A scornful whisper popped out of the White Impermanence, and a resentful cold snort jumped out from the Black Impermanence. Both of their eyes revealed intense chill.
“Five hundred million? Are they poor to the point of crazy?” The tone of White Impermanence was a bit cold, but her voice was still soothing, “Do they know who you are? Do they know who they are extorting?”
Solov was helpless and looked at the Black and White Impermanence. If the two sides swapped positions, he would have also thought the same thing. This kind of extortion was too ridiculous. It was Inferno they were trying to extort!
“They know…” Solov said weakly.
The Black Impermanence snorted coldly, “Where are they? Reveal their faces, I will talk to them.”
Solov turned his eyes to Qin Fen helplessly. After getting the consent from Qin Fen, he pointed the phone towards Qin Fen slowly.