Unfathomable Senior

Chapter 600

Chapter 600

“How can this puppet be so strong...”

“You shall be purified!”

“And why is it repeating the same five words constantly?”

“The light will bring everlasting peace to this world.”

‘Hm... didn’t have time to design the speech pattern too well, putting in those one-liners might have been a mistake...’

Zhang Dong watched as his ‘Archangel’ leader unit battled the enemy general. It was equipped with a pocket version of the Bob Ai and was capable of understanding almost everything but when the words that it was spewing had been pre-recorded. During battle, all speaking functions were limited and all resources shifted to the puppet’s battle mode. Conserving energy and processing power was paramount to victory and for that reason, it just continued to spew out a few one-liners, like a boss in a video game.

‘The leader is around the level of a tribe leader from the demi-human empire, I guess all these empires have a similar level of power, the only ones that were different were Argus’ group...’

The battle was in full swing and his puppets were battling it out with the large force from the Emerald Phoenix Empire. His allies were down in the south but this time around they were alone. They had a small elite force of fighters but there weren’t that many of them. Considering that all the other Empire’s had Emperor class leaders on their side, the people from the magical kingdom were a bit strange.

‘They kept their kingdom rather vague, would they only send help if this party failed?’

Argus and his knights would not be able to take on the Emerald Phoenix Empire by themselves. They were a bit stronger than the group that he was fighting here but with a couple more Saint Emperors, even the golden armors would start giving out. He could only attribute it to their forces not fully committing to this side. Probably after acquiring one item, they also didn’t see the need to ask for reinforcements.

‘It’s not strange to see this type of setting, only when the miniboss is destroyed will the real boss appear.’

Just like all the other Empires, the one Argus came from also had a leader. They had a king instead of an Emperor but he could be on the level of the demi-human leader as well. Other than that, they could have some other powerful warriors on the level of Lord Lucius. If there were ten at his level, even Zhang Dong wouldn’t be able to win. Before he was having trouble with one Lucius and his squadron of golden warriors, if they increased in number, they would be a formidable force to be reckoned with.

‘I wonder if they will notice something, I did take inspiration from their armors.’

He had captured some of the silver knights and after working with Argus he had ample time to scan the golden armors. They wouldn’t let him borrow any but he had captured the silver variants and could somewhat understand the principle they worked with. Now his new creation was in the process of getting pushed back by the enemy commander.

After the golden one entered the fray, the battle quickly shifted. The Heavenly Revolution Army had clearly started winning and the forces from the Emerald Phoenix Empire were faltering. Soon enough, the morale wavered and some of them started backing off. Without the generals there to stop them, some of them prioritized their lives over the mission. Perhaps they would be seen as traitors but they had better chances of surviving if they ran.

“What are you doing, keep fighting!”

One of the Supreme Saints shouted while punching the hard skull of an automaton. The hit dislodged its head but didn’t stop the puppet from moving as it grabbed the man’s arm. While clinging to it, another three automatons approached with long spears to plunge them into the cultivator’s back. His death only cemented the decisions made by the retreating warriors, the battle was over and they had to abandon it.

‘I guess loyalty gained by might only amounts to this much, they still have around half of their forces left, they could make a stand and potentially turn it around.’

Zhang Dong was holding onto the head of the Master General. It was a bloody pulp that he had a hand in. The people on the other end didn’t realize that they weren’t doing that badly. The puppets he made wouldn’t be able to keep up their numbers for too long. During the process of re-assembly, they were losing a lot of energy and it wouldn’t last forever. As he saw it, there was a possibility to win this but a price would need to be paid for it.

For a moment he felt bad for these people. They were only here for shallow reasons like gaining power and prestige. Some of them were probably forced by their upbringing to believe that the biggest first was always right. The fear of getting punished and greed was the only driving force in this expedition of theirs.

‘It crumbles this easily, huh?’

He looked at the grown men fleeing in panic and not even looking if they could save anyone. There were some people getting manhandled by the puppets but they were just ignored to aid the others to escape. It was clear that the Emerald Phoenix Empire was very similar to the one here. Most of the clans and sects would act in a similar fashion as the survival of their line was more important than people below them. The moment their powerbase crumbled these prideful cultivators crumbled instantly.

‘What would happen if my people saw me lose?’

Zhang Dong was curious, it was close during the Wang Long encounter where his allies aided him in his battle. However, would they continue to fight and even stay in the same sect if he was finally vanquished by someone? He did not know but he had to assume that it would be a mixed response. While part of his sect had a fanatical view of him, others were milder in their beliefs.

‘I guess it will be better to never lose and find out.’

The defeated Master General was tossed into the medallion with the other five that he knocked out. Some of them were missing limbs and had crushed bones but were all alive. He would use this group of officers to find out the truth behind the Emerald Phoenix Emperor and his true motive.

“Everyone stop pursuing, gather up the destroyed units and everything that could be useful.”

His army of automatons started chasing after the fleeing cultivators but instantly stopped when the order was given. The second weakness of this army was the range, without the slow-moving pyramids around them, they would quickly lose power and most of their fighting potential. Even if he wanted to capture all the capable fighters from the enemies, he couldn’t.

‘This will probably be the last time they underestimate me... I should probably get what I can and return to the Heavenly Crane Sect, now perhaps I’ll be able to make them move.’