The Villain Reborn as Game's Final Boss

Chapter 241: Madness [8]

"The Dracoths have sent a Diamond core, along with some Platinum and Gold rankers. I had dispatched No. 5 to reinforce the existing troops fighting there, but the situation seems to have gone a little out of hand."

Julien’s voice echoed through the device, as I listened to his words while watching the drama before me at the same time.

Violence was truly a beauty in its own.

"Though No. 5 is a Diamond 2, and the soldier from House Dracoth, being at Diamond 1, is relatively weaker, yet the presence of three peak Platinum rankers is making the situation difficult for No. 5."

Spurt!

Another head was decapitated from its body.

Looking closely, it was a child of no more than ten years of age.

A pity.

Children were the most innocent souls... it was a pity that the kid had been caught in the chaos.

But at the end of the day, life had never been fair.

Had the kid been a cultivator, he could have been able to protect himself.

No one could be blamed for his death... as that was how things had followed their natural flow of events.

I could even see a man in his fifties, probably the father of the dead kid, holding the body of his dead son in his arms before shouting at the soldier who had just ended his life.

The soldier, on his part, didn’t pay him any attention, as he shifted to his next target.

The father already had his body bleeding with cuts, maybe that was why he had been spared earlier.

Sigh.

Looking at the man, I felt a hint of sympathy for him.

His sufferings—

"Kill him."

Though I uttered the words in a low voice, the order was relayed in the chaos, as the same soldier who had ended the kid’s life returned to free the father of his sufferings.

"Huh?! No—"

Spurt!

Truly a pity.

"Anything else?"

I asked Julien, who had gone silent for some time.

"No, that was all. House Dracoth was the only one that had provided some real reinforcements. I am trying to see if any Numbers in the nearby area could back up No. 5, but it looks unlikely. Everyone is busy in their own battles. Still... I will try to do something about it. And yes—"

Julien suddenly raised the tone of his voice.

"I had asked for the second explosion to be detonated, and it indeed had good results, as no noble house except the Dracoths and some other minor houses had sent their troops to help the guild. But your family, the Frosts, seem keen on helping Syma. It had been a mere twelve minutes since the explosion, but they have already sent their troops."

Hm?

Was it Castor?

I didn’t think so.

If Castor had been present, he would have gone there himself, and without such delay.

Well... at least that was how the Castor in the game had been.

If not Castor, then the only one capable of commanding the troops under the Frosts was the duchess... Alia Frost.

"I had asked some of the soldiers to scout their troops in advance, and... they had sent quite the force out there. What should I do?"

The question wasn’t hard to answer.

"Retreat."

There was no need to engage in needless battles.

"Huh?"

Though Julien didn’t seem to be on the same page as me.

"Are you sure?"

At Julien’s question, I couldn’t help but glance at Arthur, who had been listening to our conversation.

Had this guy somehow become a battle maniac under the wrong influence?

"What’s your opinion?"

Though I wanted our soldiers to retreat, hearing Julien’s point of view was necessary too... after all, he was my head strategist.

"I mean... wouldn’t killing more of their troops benefit us considering what our aim behind the operation is?"

Julien... he was right.

Killing the Frost troops, or at least engaging them head-on, would be far more beneficial for us, but—

"Do we have the troops to fight them?"

Julien went silent at my question.

Our forces were scattered across the world, and even providing backup to the necessary areas was proving difficult, so—

"Wouldn’t Arthur suffice?"

Haa...

It wasn’t like I hadn’t thought of that.

"No... just relay the orders for a retreat, and wait for ten more minutes before withdrawing all our forces around the world."

"Uh... Okay."

Though Julien didn’t seem satisfied, he complied nonetheless.

Sending Arthur could solve all our problems, but—

Involving an Immortal in the battle could worsen the situation for us.

At the moment, none of the major powers had sent any Immortals to help Syma, due to the lower cultivation level of the forces that were attacking the guild and its allies.

It was beneath an Immortal to fight the... mortals.

Coupled with that was the fact that, let alone an Immortal, even Diamond and Platinum troops weren’t sent.

In fact, no troops had been sent to help Syma.

But seeing the Frosts sending their troops, many would have their eyes on the battle, and sending Arthur to such a scene could prove disastrous, as the major powers might finally decide to intervene... after all, no matter what, just the presence of an Immortal in the ranks of criminals would be enough to make the entire world vigilant against our operation.

There was no need to escalate things at the moment.

D.X. still wasn’t capable of fighting everyone at the same time... though taking one-on-one battles wasn’t impossible for us.

"Before ending the operation, send more Platinum cores to end the troops sent by the Dracoths."

Things could be made a little fun.

"On it."

Julien spoke as he first relayed the orders for the soldiers in the Frost dukedom to retreat before giving the necessary orders to all the Numbers across the world.

"I can hide my presence pretty well."

Arthur’s voice made me raise my brow.

"You want to join the fight?"

I thought Arthur had no interest in actively participating in this operation.

"If chaos is what you want, I am confident in creating it, even without having to kill anyone."

Arthur’s voice was firm as he uttered the words.

Heh.

"Be my guest."