Without expending much effort, Han Shuo had discovered the whole story through the mystical demons. The mastermind behind the attack against Trunks and the Soul Destroyer mercenary band was Florida of the Rainbow Sickle mercenary band. Not only did the House of Menlo participate, but Laureton of the Cairo mercenary band was also a participant.
There were no eternal friends in this world, only eternal benefits. This sentence revealed the essence of the matter!
Back when Laureton and Florida were fighting for power, Han Shuo and Trunks had stood together with Laureton. On the night that Laureton was besieged by four forces in the little valley, it was Han Shuo who helped Laureton walk out alive.
From then on, the Cairo mercenary band and the Soul Destroyer mercenary band had a close relationship. Laureton and Trunks had cooperated many times. In the eyes of outsiders, the Cairo mercenary band and the Soul Destroyer mercenary band had already formed an alliance.
However, with the rapid development of the Soul Destroyer mercenary band and Han Shuo's influence in the Lancelot Empire, the Soul Destroyer mercenary band had actually become the fifth major power in the Valley of Sunshine. In recent days, after Trunks had killed Butcher Gustav, the people in Tanai of Sunshine were in a state of panic. Laureton and Florida, who had originally been the most hopeful to control the Valley of Sunshine, finally realized that something was wrong.
When their own interests were threatened, their friendship and alliance were as fragile as a politician's oath, easily torn apart. Florida and Laureton hit it off. Due to Han Shuo heavily injuring Adam Menlo, he was also very willing to participate in this sinister plot that had been planned for a long time.
In the end, Trunks was ambushed by Laureton and the others on his way back from Janet's place. Some of the mercenaries by Trunks' side were completely annihilated. Trunks himself was captured alive and imprisoned in a hidden cave, guarded by experts jointly dispatched by several major powers.
The reason why they didn't immediately kill Trunks was because Laureton and the others coveted the Soul Destroyer mercenary band's wealth. On the other hand, they weren't too clear about the detailed layout of the Soul Destroyer mercenary band's lair. They planned to ask Trunks about it before taking action. This way, they could also reduce their own losses.
However, Trunks' tenacity was somewhat unexpected. Under the layers of torture, Trunks did not reveal the truth as they had hoped. That was why he was tortured until he was covered in cuts and bruises and was on the verge of death.
Currently, in a mansion guarded by Tanai and the Cairo mercenary band, the three forces were discussing when to attack the Soul Destroyer mercenary band. The Soul Destroyer mercenary band had existed in the Valley of Sunshine for such a long time. Even if Trunks didn't mention their true location, Laureton and the others would already know.
If it wasn't for the fact that they understood that the terrain of that place was indeed too dangerous, they would have already joined forces to flatten the Soul Destroyer mercenary band. They definitely wouldn't have waited until now to act. Over the past few days, the three parties had sent people to search the area. They had a rough understanding of the defensive strength on the surface and were prepared to take action in the next few days.
The major forces in the Valley of Sunshine had gone through a series of expeditions. All of them had suffered great losses. Ever since light archmage Ferguson had been killed by Han Shuo, Florida's relationship with the Church of Light had weakened. However, due to the existence of a mithril mine here, Florida's relationship with the Church of Light had stabilized.
Due to Han Shuo's existence, dark grand magus Edwin of the Calamity Church naturally wouldn't go against the Soul Destroyer mercenary band. Edwin and the Calamity Church, who had originally cooperated with Laureton, had gradually distanced themselves from Laureton. However, Edwin had sought out Trunks a few times, but Trunks had rejected his kind intentions to help.
After Trunks had gone missing this time, Edwin of the Calamity Church had indeed put in quite a bit of effort and had already found out the general truth of the matter. However, with the three major powers in the Valley of Sunshine working together, the Rainbow Sickle mercenary band and the Church of Light aiding them, Edwin didn't dare to act blindly without thinking even though he understood the ins and outs of the matter.
The twelve mystical demons spread out. One scene after another was reflected into Han Shuo's mind through the mystical demons' vision. Han Shuo, whose brain had been miraculously expanded by the demonic arts, methodically absorbed each scene into his mind. He analyzed the content and movements of their speech, slowly prying into the truth.
He had also found out the true location where Trunks had been imprisoned!
Dark dragon Gilbert hovered in the air above the Valley of Sunshine. White clouds floated around Gilbert. Gorgeous sunlight sprinkled into the Valley of Sunshine from above, illuminating Gilbert's body with a pitch-black luster.
Sitting cross-legged on Gilbert's back, which was even wider than a horse carriage, Han Shuo, who had been receiving information with his eyes closed, suddenly slowly opened his bright eyes. He glanced at the lush trees in the Valley of Sunshine beneath his feet. Han Shuo's eyes grew brighter and brighter.
"I need to settle the matters in the Valley of Sunshine as soon as possible. My footsteps cannot stop at the Valley of Sunshine!" Han Shuo murmured.
The matters of Brettel City, the matters of the seven grand duchies, the struggle for power within the Empire, the constant harassment from the Church of Light, the secret of the skeletal staff in the Cemetery of Death, the exploration of demonic arts and necromancy magic, the jealousy between a few women, all these matters were placed in front of Han Shuo. There were simply too many matters waiting for Han Shuo to deal with. Han Shuo felt as if he couldn't split himself into two.
Han Shuo's horizons were growing higher and higher. His ambition and desire were directly proportional to the growth of his strength. Now that he saw all the chaos in the Valley of Sunshine, Han Shuo felt that it wouldn't be too difficult to deal with the disturbances in the Valley of Sunshine. Ever since Trunks had been captured, Han Shuo had the idea of settling the matters of the Valley of Sunshine once and for all.
"Let's go, descend!" Han Shuo instructed dark dragon Gilbert, pointing out the correct location for Gilbert.
"Master, you found Trunks?" Gilbert couldn't help but feel a bit puzzled when he saw Han Shuo suddenly pointing out a location in the sky after having been silent for a long time with his eyes closed.
"Of course. The place we're going to now is the direction where Trunks was captured." Han Shuo replied, then urged, "Alright, let's hurry up!"
* * *
In the depths of the gloomy cave, thunder archmage Asa was still tirelessly torturing Trunks. The originally crazily roaring Trunks' body had been pierced by a powerful electric current. In addition, Asa had also burned him with a red-hot iron. His body and soul had long since been unable to bear it, and he had fainted.
However, Asa obviously had no intention of letting Trunks go. Every time Trunks fainted, Asa would cruelly wake him up. After a few times, Trunks was on the verge of death and no longer had the strength to roar. Only a pair of soulless eyes calmly looked at Asa with a bone-deep hatred, containing a light that made Asa's heart tremble.
The guilty Asa was somewhat afraid of the bone-deep hatred in Trunks' eyes. However, this feeling of guilt quickly turned into an even more frenzied torture. When a red-hot iron once again landed on Trunks' chest, Trunks could only open his mouth in pain, unable to even let out a single groan. However, his face revealed a terrifying malevolence, as if he was a demon that had just walked out from the depths of hell.
"Lord Asa, you can stop now. Otherwise, he will die immediately!" A swordmaster named Trulla walked over with a frown. He reached out and forcefully snatched away the iron that Asa had been tightly holding.
Asa gloomily glared at Trulla and said with displeasure, "Trulla, your matters are none of the business of the House of Menlo!"
"I have no interest in caring about you. However, Trunks' life must be kept. This is a decision that the leaders of the three parties have all agreed on. No matter how you torture Trunks, as long as he doesn't die, I have no opinion. However, if you kill him, we will all bear the crime of dereliction of duty. Don't make trouble for us! "Trulla wasn't afraid of Asa. He casually put the iron back in its original position and said coldly.
Some of the wounds on Trunks' body had already rotted, and pus was still flowing out from his chest and neck. Standing so close, Trulla could smell a nauseating odor. He couldn't help but cover his mouth and waved his hand in disgust, "Damn it, you really suffered! Let's forget about it today. You can play with him when his body is better. Otherwise, everyone will have an opinion! "
As Trulla spoke, he had long since impatiently walked into the distance. The few people from the Cairo mercenary band all looked at Asa with displeasure. One of them replied, "Asa, your Florida has already agreed. You better know your place and don't break the rules."
The others in the cave all revealed displeasure. Even the people from the Rainbow Sickle mercenary band who had been guarding this place with Asa all advised Asa not to look for trouble. After thinking for a moment, Asa turned his head to look at Trunks, who had fainted once again and was on his last breath, feeling a bit better.
With so many people dissuading him, Asa didn't dare to act rashly in order to avoid inciting public anger. Only then did he resentfully drop the matter. He also somewhat understood in his heart that his position in the Rainbow Sickle mercenary band was no longer as secure due to the death of his father Gustav. What was more hateful was that after his father Gustav died, the group of bandits split up and didn't give him any face at all. Otherwise, he wouldn't have needed to continue staying in the Rainbow Sickle mercenary band to suffer.
Just as Asa was letting his thoughts run wild, heavy sounds came from outside the cave. The footsteps were extremely light at first, but gradually became clearer.
"Who is it?!" Asa was in a bad mood and loudly scolded, "Don't you know to announce your name when coming over?!"
The footsteps still slowly approached, but the newcomer didn't answer. Asa couldn't help but scold again, "You motherf * cker, are you a mute? Don't you know how to speak?! "
"Something's not right!" Trulla of the House of Menlo frowned, the longsword in his hand suddenly appearing in his hand as he spoke to the people beside him.
"Only we know of this place, what could be wrong? What a suspicious person. Aren't those fellows delivering food now? It must be them! "Asa took the opportunity to say a few words to Trulla.
The footsteps were still approaching, each step containing a strange rhythm that actually gave people a feeling of trepidation. It was as if a demon was slowly drifting in, ready to slice its ghastly mouth into your neck in the darkness at any time.
Trulla disdainfully rolled his eyes at Asa, thinking that this bandit's son wasn't a proper mercenary after all. Whether it was the Cairo mercenary band, the Rainbow Sickle mercenary band, or the House of Menlo, they were all highly disciplined groups. They definitely wouldn't act like this without giving a signal.
"Brothers, be careful, the situation is a bit strange!" Trulla tightly gripped the longsword in his hand as he instructed the people on his side.
Some of the experienced mercenaries of the Cairo mercenary band had already gathered together cautiously without Trulla's orders. Even the people of the Rainbow Sickle mercenary band on Asa's side had clearly separated themselves from the other two powers.
At such a crucial moment, the three powers that had united because of benefits would still only believe in the people around them, and not this kind of fake alliance that had reluctantly cooperated because of benefits. The Valley of Sunshine was such a place. They were and would be enemies in the future, but now they were standing together safe and sound, intending to face a common enemy.
Tap … tap … The footsteps grew closer and closer, clearer and clearer!
Trulla flicked a glance at the fire adept mage beside him and said, "Send a stream of flames in!"
After the fire adept mage heard Trulla's orders, a fire serpent slithered into the tunnel. The greyish brown stone walls were clearly visible as the fire serpent slithered past.
At this moment, even Asa knew that something was wrong. He carefully looked at the only tunnel entrance with Trulla. The people on the Cairo mercenary band's side had tacitly formed a square formation, ready to deal with the incoming attack at any time.
Just as everyone's gazes and attention were focused on the only tunnel entrance, a series of crisp sounds suddenly sounded from Trunks' position behind them. Everyone who had been staring at the tunnel entrance with glittering eyes turned their heads in unison when they heard such a loud noise in the silence.
Next to Trunks, Han Shuo, wielding the Demonslayer Edge, had a gloomy expression as he cut off the iron chains on Trunks' body one by one. The highly durable iron chains mixed with newly mined mithril shattered with crisp sounds. The slender and long iron chains that were embedded into Trunks' shoulder blades were also carefully removed by him.
Trulla and the others who had suddenly turned around didn't know how Han Shuo had entered. There was only that one tunnel in the belly of the mountain where the sound of footsteps could still be heard. All of their attention had been focused on that area, but they really hadn't seen anyone walk out from within!
However, Han Shuo had suddenly appeared out of thin air, as if he had been standing there all along. His arrival was so abrupt and strange, giving people an incomparably awkward feeling.
Seeing the gloomy face of Han Shuo appear, the hearts of all those guarding Trunks in the cave trembled in an instant. Seeing that Han Shuo didn't look them in the eye and only focused on removing Trunks' restraints with a gloomy face, for some unknown reason, a feeling called fear gradually grew in their hearts.
Han Shuo wasn't in the Valley of Sunshine, but legends about him had always been circulating in the Valley of Sunshine. The group of people in the belly of the mountain, including Asa and Trulla, were all experts of the three forces. Not only did they all recognize Han Shuo, some of them had even seen Han Shuo's methods with their own eyes.
Now, Han Shuo had appeared soundlessly in the middle of this narrow mountain belly like a ghost. He only had a gloomy face and didn't say a word as he helped Trunks remove his restraints. The silent, silent pressure was as heavy as a mountain, giving everyone a flustered and palpitating feeling.
Asa's lips were a bit dry. One of his hands had been cut off by Han Shuo, and Tanai had personally witnessed every heavy blow Han Shuo had used to kill Ferguson. After Han Shuo had left, his legend hadn't disappeared. It had spread to Tanai through the mercenaries who had travelled far and wide, especially the story of Han Shuo killing dragon knight Celt.
Asa was well aware of the relationship between Han Shuo and Trunks. Seeing Han Shuo's gloomy face removing the restraints for the dying Trunks, a chill suddenly spread throughout Asa's body. His mind was spinning rapidly, and he only looked at Han Shuo for a dozen seconds before he suddenly made an incomparably wise decision.
Whoosh! Asa was the first to drill into the passage to leave the cave. He actually made the move to flee without a fight!
"Damned bastard!" Trulla glanced back and cursed Asa's shamelessness and cowardice in a low voice. Soon after, he also became a bit timid. He tightened the longsword in his hand, looked at the cold and detached Han Shuo, and pretended to be strong as he said, "Earl Brian, this matter has nothing to do with you. You have no right to interfere in the matters of our Valley of Sunshine. If you leave now, we won't stop you. Otherwise …"
"Ah, Asa, why, why have you returned?" Before Trulla could finish speaking, the fire archmage beside him suddenly cried out in surprise.
Trulla was stunned, but didn't blame his subordinate for interrupting his threatening words that he had finally mustered up the courage to say. He looked back and saw Asa retreating step by step with a bitter face.
Thud thud … The sound of footsteps still echoed in the passage, but the hearts of those present grew even heavier!
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