My Apocalypse Territory-Chapter 362 - 354: Forming a Guard Team

Chapter 362 -354: Forming a Guard Team

The night in the forest was tranquil and serene, with no roars from demonized beasts, nor the wailing of cold cicadas.

Tang Yu walked on the path paved with broken stones, the light dim, the surroundings deep and muted.

Nancy followed closely, serving as a guard, occasionally twisting her head to look around.

Luo Zhe, falling half a step behind, walked on one side.

The three of them on the forest path still seemed lonely when suddenly Luo Zhe spoke up,

“Lord, I think you need to form a guard team.”

Tang Yu had yet to speak.

Behind him, Nancy paused, “I… protect… Lord.”

The aura of a Transcendent permeated the air, and Luo Zhe let out a stiff chuckle, “Miss Nancy surely has the ability to protect the Lord, but now with tens of thousands of subjects, Lord, you should also consider some display.”

“In my hometown, a wealthy lord always has an escort squad when traveling. It’s not just about defending the lord’s safety, but also a demonstration of strength. Inside your territory, you might be fine traveling alone, but if you were to visit other territories… sanctuaries, with your current status, even with Miss Nancy, it would be somewhat inappropriate to travel alone.”

Tang Yu thought for a moment.

In terms of personal strength, besides Nancy, he considered himself second… third.

To guard his safety, Nancy was enough.

Luo Zhe was once a knight, half a noble by class, and his way of thinking was different from Eileen’s and his own.

Display might not be essential, but the existence of a guard team, symbolizing military force, could avoid some unnecessary trouble. He would also have more people around to give orders to; he wouldn’t have to do everything personally.

Did it seem like he was recruiting a secretary?

Tang Yu pondered for a moment; a secretary would do, ideally an efficient female one.

“Cough, like this, the guard team will initially consist of twelve members, selected from…”

He was about to say chosen from the two corps, but then thought, “Select them from the Martial Arts Hall’s apprentices.”

Compared to members of the corps, the younger and more malleable apprentices from the Martial Arts Hall were more loyal.

Besides their adoration for him as the ‘strongest in the Sanctuary,’ followers like Luo Zhe had also been subtly instilling the idea of ‘Sanctuary Director supremacy’ during their teachings.

Once a value system is entrenched, it may be difficult to change in well-experienced adults. However, these teenagers, only in their early to mid-teens, are the best subjects for cultivation.

Luo Zhe placed a fist over his left chest and responded, “Yes! I will certainly select the best guards for the Lord.”

…

After walking along the forest path for a few minutes, the way ahead gradually opened up, and bright lights illuminated the mine as if it were daylight. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com

Trees near the pit were all cut down and layered with cement to prevent the rapid growth of shrubs, with only the central tree in the pit, its leaves a lustrous white, soaring straight into the sky, an awe-inspiring sight.

“It seems to have grown a bit again, any problems with the running of the rune array that covers it?”

Luo Zhe nodded, “Master Kevin visits the mine every half-month to inspect the array, no problems.”

The array only had a simple light and shadow effect, cloaking the giant tree to a certain extent.

Setting it up was not easy, and only Kevin in the entire territory could manage it.

Approaching the pit,

Arrow Towers stood tall and imposing all around, offering a sense of security, while the clinking and clanking of mining echoed in the ears.

The Source Crystal Mine operated 24 hours a day, mostly staffed with ‘labor camp prisoners’ who made mistakes and were sent to work in the mine, and some survivors who chose to work in the mine to earn more Source Crystals.

A platoon of the Guardian Corps, fifty Awakeners, patrolled in shifts.

As soon as Tang Yu’s party arrived, the Awakeners of the Guardian Team quickly spotted them, and one of the corps’ captains came up to greet them.

After asking a couple of questions about spies caught in the mine,

A loud greeting sound came from a distance, ringing to the point of making one’s eardrums reverberate.

A figure over three meters tall, resembling a giant, strode forward, the stones on the ground trembling slightly with each step.

“Lord, good evening.”

Tylon bowed, but Tang Yu still had to look up to meet his gaze, which he found somewhat uncomfortable.

Even the iron tower-like Luo Zhe, standing beside the Stoneman Tylon, looked like nothing more than a child by comparison.

…

“So you mean to say, there were six people in total; one was killed by your accidental blow, another is hanging onto life, and the rest are imprisoned?”

Tylon replied in a deep, resonant voice, “Yes,” his fan-sized palm awkwardly touched his shiny bald head.

These people were not the first outsiders to spy on the mining area. Long before the Array around the hidden giant tree had been established, many spies had already discovered the Source Crystal Mine. Now, those people were either dead or had become diligent miners, contributing with shining effort.

After the Array was established, the giant tree became harder to detect, but the mine was only a few kilometers from the Sanctuary, so there were still those with ill-intent who would stumble in or deliberately infiltrate.

However, most of them weren’t particularly strong.

The recently captured six spies were powerful, and had Tylon not intervened, the Guardian Corps’ Awakeners would not have been able to apprehend them all.

“Let’s go and take a look.”

…

On one side of the pit, there was a three-story building which served as housing for the miners. The basement was used as a temporary detention area for prisoners.

Before they even entered, noises of disturbance could be heard ahead.

“Catch him.”

“Don’t let him escape, but be careful not to kill him.”

“Damn!”

Boom!

The ground nearby erupted, and a disheveled figure leaped out of the hole.

His clothes were torn, and he coughed up blood from his mouth, yet he was very fast. With several flickers, he had already covered a hundred meters.

Members of the Guardian Team leaped out of the pit one after another, pursuing him.

Just as they were about to close the distance and catch up, the fleeing figure flickered, suddenly splitting from one into two, then two into four…

In the blink of an eye, there were over a dozen identical figures scattering and fleeing into the distance.

The pursuing members of the Guardian Corps hesitated, unsure which one to chase.

Tang Yu looked at the figure who had darted into the forest and vanished without a trace, then turned his head and ordered, “Nancy, bring him back.”

…

Li Guming endured the pain from his injuries as he ran non-stop. The complex terrain of the forest did not hinder him in the slightest.

He glanced back from time to time. Despite no longer seeing his pursuers, he remained cautious and split off a few Avatars to continue the escape.

Remembering the extraordinarily strong bald figure, Li Guming felt a chill in his heart; just one punch had torn one of his subordinates apart…

It was a terrifying force beyond any possibility of resistance.

Green Shadow actually had such a high-level Transcendent!

He looked back again, the lights of the mine had faded into the distance, and all around was silent serenity.

There were no signs of pursuers, nor any sounds.

Li Guming slowed down his pace, minimizing the noise he made…

“Good, good, I’ve escaped, nothing is ruined.”

He turned his head back, only halfway.

His whole body suddenly trembled violently.

It was as if his soul was about to leave his body.

His consciousness gradually blurred, and Li Guming could only vaguely recognize the small figure of a young female Awakener who, with a single punch, had robbed him of the ability to resist.