Lord Shadow

Chapter 2085: The Nightingale of Pandemonium

And right now, Wang Jian is already in her doorsteps, ready to pounce on her and occupy the capital.

But now, she heard the barrier is breaking. Broken by a divine sense.

She had her suspicion but after the messenger said there was no report of foul play, no sign of invading foreign power....she reached the same conclusion as Wang Jian.

Death Monarch....he has returned

"No wonder Wang Jian has stopped attacking all of a sudden" she muttered quietly under her breath.

She tightened her jaw close her eyes and then said

"He would understand me" before opening her eyes back and look at the people in the room

Some of them still doesn’t understand and some of them did not want to accept it

Sasha look around and know she at least need to give them some order for the current battlefield

Things have changed

"Order all the guards and any military personnel to retreat from the battlefield and assume defensive posture. Keep the cannon ready"

"Send some people to repair the barrier and send the medical teams to the site of battle. Try to save as many as they can and send my order not to engage with Wang Jian army right now"

"Summon the others to the meeting room when all of this is finished" Sasha then bark out a few more orders and only then there is some semblance of order in the war room

Right now, everyone is panicked.

And she had to calm them down first.

Now that she already calmed them down....it is time for herself

Sasha then sighed and then went out of the room. Nobody dares follow her. Right now, everyone could feel the wind is changing.

Wang Jian is already storming the city. But that is the situation before. Now Wang Jian had stopped storming the city.

The bombardment stopped and the army retreated back. Before, they were perplexed on the why

But now, after gaining the report about the broken barrier, they all understood why Wang Jian did what he did

And now, the situation changes again. And it might not be a good thing

"Everything I thought would happen....happened differently. And now, you are back. I am really overwhelmed" Sasha said to herself

It was almost like she wanted to give excuse to herself, like she wanted to convince herself

Before the news, Sasha had made plans to reinforce the interior. At the same time, she was also planning counterattack.

He plan is simple, strengthen the interior, abandon the exterior.

Concentrating their forces into one point and stage a counterattack.

Of course, this did not mean she would truly abandon the exterior.

And unlike an invasion war, even fi she abandoned the exterior, there would be no massacre among the people

Because the war between her and Wang Jian is not about domination and their goals is not to kill the enemy until the entire road ran red.

Even if she abandoned the exterior, Wang Jian would not start massacring people and he would not execute those surrendered soldiers.

It is because of the nature of their war that Sasha did not hesitate to agree to this plan. As long as they could lure Wang Jian deep into the most fortified position that Sasha prepared for him, there is a good chance of a comeback.

She already had sent word to some of her allies outside.

When she focused on luring Wang Jian deep into the capital, her allied force outside should mount an attack as diversion. If they could gain more than just a diversion that would be even better.

But it is clear that while Sasha have the advantage politically, in military affairs she is not as good as Wang Jian.

Death Monarch has a good eye in judging people. He knew Wang Jia is an expert in military and he put him as the supreme general of the entire army.

Sasha tries to fight Wang Jian using military might

The conclusion is not a mystery to the people who believe in Death Monarch.

Death Monarch believe that Wang Jian is the most suitable person for military.

Hence, why he chosen Wang Jian. If Sasha had even a slight military talent, Death Monarch probably would assign her a few cases involving the military. But he never did. Because he probably knows what she excel in and what Wang Jian excels in

Sasha is fighting Wang Jian using her weakness. Wang Jian is fighting her with his greatest strength....hence....she is pushed around

But while she could not rival Wang Jian in military matters, she is good at clandestine affairs. Her intelligence about Wang Jian is rarely wrong and that is the reasons why Wang Jian could still be kept in check.

She used precision to fight against him

And it took a long time for Wang Jian even with all of his military prowess to secure a place.

It becomes even more obvious when both of them take off their kiddie glove

Wang Jian dominate the battlefield, Sasha dominate the shadows

But in a battle like this, in a war like this military might means everything. Hence, now Wang Jian is entering the capital city and bombarding it like crazy

However, both of these figures did not lose all propriety.

They attack military installations, military camp, military personnel and did not touch the common people

Because the nature of their war is very different.

War between powerful figure of the same regime usually happens when the old king is dead and the kingdom have no heir

Pandemonium has no heir but the king is not dead. He is not only not dead....but he is also the strongest one among them

They fight each other because of belief. Because of the divide between the military and civil officials.

They both believe they are doing the right thing. But precisely because they both believe they are doing it for the kingdom, they could not make the people suffers

As long as the common people did not enter the battlefield and did not come out of their homes intentionally during a siege, the army on both sides would not pursue it

Of course, while these two people could control their army, what about those rebel army in the farthest corner of the land.

Wang Jian and Sasha could easily control their men. And tehri men themselves would control their subordinates.

Why?

Because they are men of the capital.

And they are men of Death Monarch

They met Death Monarch and they witnessed his power. He rarely shows it but when he does, the earth shakes and the seas trembles

None of them wanted to be punished by Death Monarch when he returned.

This is not like before where people thought Death Monarch is death. Everyone knows this time....that Death Monarch is there.

Somewhere.

Alive.

He might be journeying across the Universe.

He might even be in seclusion. Most believe he is like the Twin Sages of Japan.

He is in seclusion, trying to break through to the next realm

All of it pointed to one conclusion. Death Monarch is not dead. He is far from it. He might even come out stronger than before

Once bitten, twice shy. There were many times before that the news of Death Monarch death is heavily exaggerated and that causes some people to make trouble for Death Monarch...legacy

Each time, Death Monarch proves that the stories of his death is merely an exaggeration or false news.

Each time he came back and make those people the chicken to scare the monkeys.

And because everyone knowns that Death Monarch is verifiably alive, even when there is a civil war happening in Pandemonium, no foreign power comes knocking. The Crime Alliance did not even bother to set up any schemes and is more focusing on rebuilding their power base now that Death Monarch is not there to monitor them.

So, the army is quite hesitant to do such thing like massacring an entire civilian population.

It is rule and law that is penned in the World Council. The World Councill itself drew its influence and power from Pandemonium which is basically saying Death Monarch enforces those laws.

Hence, since the World Council Charter was erected, there was no such thing as civilian massacres.

There is the killing of civilians, sometimes unintentional sometime intentional but massacre?

No.

because those who dares to do so, would be hunted down by the forces of the World Council. It is comprised of all the Seven World Powers.

And if you somehow killed this squad, then the big guns would come out.

Death Monarch influence lives on.

And he lives on

And no one wanted to test him

"If you are alive and is already here....why not show yourself? Are you testing us?" Sasha mutters to herself.

Sasha went out of the room and she is now walking an empty path in the palace and then her steps become slower and then she leaned her back on the wall.

And she closed her eyes and sigh

Inside that war room, she was confident that Death Monarch would not blame her. But she is not that sure now that she had to think about it.

People die. Sasha....she is trusted by Death Monarch. One of the most trusted subordinate

Probably out of the many subordinate that Death Monarch have, she is the one he trusted the most

"That is as much as a burden as it is a blessing" she mutters to herself.

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