nashuaworldcup #480 - Chapter 480: The Rebellious Lord
#480 - Chapter 480: The Rebellious Lord
“Zhou Li, are we really doing the right thing?”
“We’re betraying the human empire, abandoning our own kind.”
“All just to satisfy our own ambitions.”
In the warmly heated study, Zhang Yang stood by the window, watching the heavy snowfall in the distance as he spoke to his wife.
However, Zhou Li didn't directly answer Zhang Yang's question.
Instead, she merely rubbed her slightly tired eyes before slumping back in her chair, smiling, and gazing silently at her husband.
Although Zhou Li said nothing, she seemed to say everything.
Seeing his wife like this, Zhang Yang suddenly laughed.
“God, I'm so stupid.”
“To think I'd still ask that question at this point.”
Zhang Yang stroked his somewhat balding forehead, feeling rather helpless.
He knew very well.
The question he had just asked was meaningless.
Because at this moment, he, his wife, and the six other human lords within their guild had already broken away from the control of the human empire several months ago and submitted to a powerful alien lord known as the Night King.
It's worth mentioning that, in many cases, the lines between lords and traitorous lords in the human empire are often very, very blurred.
Because many powerful human lords are, in fact, more or less colluding with alien forces.
These so-called collusions include things like conducting two-way trades, sharing intelligence, and even arranging marriages.
However, none of the above actions would be considered acts of treason by the human empire.
Because they lack the biggest factor in becoming a traitorous lord.
That is, they have not pledged allegiance to an alien lord outside of the human empire!
Zhou Li and the others were classified as traitorous lords because they swore allegiance to the Night King.
Moreover, that's not the only reason why the human empire is mobilizing the power of the War College to eliminate Zhou Li and his wife, along with the others!
There's a second factor!
That is... these most despicable individuals nurtured by the human empire actually attacked and killed several human lords in order to gain the Night King's approval!
“Darling.”
Zhou Li gently stroked Zhang Yang's arm, trying to sound as tender as possible.
“Although we've abandoned the human empire.”
“We've gained the support of the Night King!”
“Have you forgotten how powerful we saw the Night King to be back then!”
When she spoke of the Night King, a clear look of fear appeared in Zhou Li's eyes.
Not just her, but Zhou Li's husband, the human lord named Zhang Yang, also showed a look of fear.
“With the Night King, with Lord Night King's support, are we still afraid of the human empire?”
“But….”
“What if the War College comes?”
“If the War College comes to eliminate us, what should we do?”
Hearing her husband say this, Zhou Li laughed, and she laughed very happily.
She extended a fair finger and playfully poked her husband's forehead.
“My dear husband, you don't need to worry about this at all.”
“Do you know why?”
“Why?”
Zhang Yang looked at his wife in confusion, not understanding why she said that.
In his mind, the War College was an even more terrifying existence than the human empire.
Because the War College is the most skilled among the empire's countless hounds at dealing with traitorous lords.
Any traitorous lord incorporated into the War College's credit system will face a relentless onslaught from the War College until their complete demise.
These attacks are continuous and never-ending.
Countless students eager for credits greedily look at them, longing for them.
Therefore, what any traitorous lord fears the most is being incorporated into the War College's credit system and becoming the other party's “assessment target”!
And this sense of fear is deeply ingrained in the soul of every traitorous human lord.
“Because….”
Zhou Li sighed.
“The real reason why the Night King accepted your and my allegiance, the reason why he made us execute those pitiful human lords in such a cruel way, was originally aimed at the War College.”
“He used us as bait to attract the War College!”
“What did you say?”
Zhang Yang's eyes widened when he heard his wife say this.
Only at this time did Zhang Yang realize something.
That is, the cute woman in front of him, who was obedient and followed his every command, was actually hiding things from him behind his back!
“Why would you say that?”
Zhang Yang grabbed Zhou Li's shoulders, panting heavily as he asked.
At this moment, he couldn't wait to know just how much his wife had been hiding from him.
But Zhou Li remained calm.
She simply patted Zhang Yang's hand and then calmly said some of the things she knew.
“Because the Night King's son was killed by the War College…”
“All he's doing is for revenge!”