The Last Commander of the Red Alert

Chapter 498: Do You Believe in Prophecies?

Su Chen's gaze shifted to the other cities, which hadn't encountered the Ghost God Army and were only facing ordinary Ghost Clan armies, making the situation relatively easier.

This time, the Ghost Clan had indeed gone all out. Each attacking team was led by two eighth-order Ghost Clan members. Normally, a city only had one City Lord-level expert, so the Ghost Clan should have been able to capture the cities easily.

Unfortunately, they happened to encounter Su Chen's subordinates.

From Su Er to Su Jiu, each of them displayed their peak eighth-order strength on the battlefield and faced off against two opponents without falling behind. Seeing their City Lord being so powerful, the soldiers were greatly motivated.

With just a glance, Su Chen knew that this battle would pose no problems.

However, as he was thinking this, he suddenly remembered something. There had been an unexpected incident during a previous mission when a large hole had appeared around Base City, followed by the appearance of a million Ghost Clan members. If the same thing happened this time, except for Rainless City, the other nine cities might not be able to hold out.

"It's impossible. It happened once; how could it happen a second time?" Su Chen shook his head.

Yet, just as he was thinking this, there was a change around the ten cities!

Boom!

The ground trembled violently, and the battle between humans and the Ghost Clan abruptly stopped. They then witnessed a group of previously unseen Ghost Clan members suddenly appearing around the battlefield.

Upon closer inspection, these Ghost Clan members were somewhat different from the ones they were familiar with, with the most significant difference being that they didn't have Ghost Patterns!

Ghost Clan members without Ghost Patterns? How was that possible?

From the moment a Ghost Clan member was born, they knew one thing: every Ghost Clan member had Ghost Patterns. They had never heard of Ghost Clan members without them. Only Su Chen recalled something Wang Chun had mentioned: in the information he had seen, Ghost Clan originally didn't have Ghost Patterns. These markings were created by a genius among the Ghost Clan.

In other words, these Ghost Clan members without Ghost Patterns were the most primitive form of the Ghost Clan!

The question was, why had these Ghost Clan members without Ghost Patterns suddenly appeared here?

Su Chen furrowed his brow, unable to make sense of it. The strange thing was that these unique Ghost Clan members were only present in the ten cities under his control. Could this be related to the mission?

The appearance of these Ghost Clan members without Ghost Patterns had instantly halted the battle. Only Rainless City remained in a standoff, as they had already driven off the original Ghost Clan forces.

Seeing these Ghost Clan members, Su Er first immobilized the two Ghost Clan members in front of him, rendering them powerless to resist, before turning his attention to the newcomers.

"Are you Ghost Clan members?" Su Er furrowed his brows. It was his first time seeing Ghost Clan members without Ghost Patterns, and now they had suddenly appeared in such large numbers. A rough estimate put their numbers at least around a hundred thousand.

At this moment, an eighth-order Ghost Clan member stepped forward and smiled friendlily at Su Er. "Hello, I am the Ghost King of Tribe 16, and I have come to assist upon the orders of Witch-sama."

Su Er: "???"

What on earth was going on?

Su Er thought he must have misheard. A Ghost Clan member was saying that he wanted to help them fight against another group of Ghost Clan members? What kind of situation was this?

Su Er was not the only one stunned; even Su Chen, who had heard the words himself, was taken aback. Had this Ghost Clan member's brain malfunctioned?

"Being fellow members of the Ghost Clan, you're actually bowing and kneeling to humans? You're not worthy of being part of the Ghost Clan!" The eighth-order Ghost Clan member held by Su Er nearly choked with anger.

They had thought these Ghost Clan members had come to assist them, but their first action had been to help humans. Could you believe it?

"Traitor, go to hell!" Another eighth-order Ghost Clan member joined in the shouting.

Finding these two Ghost Clan members too noisy, Su Er simply applied a bit of force, breaking their necks, leaving them to die in frustration.

Even after seeing two eighth-order Ghost Clan members die, the newcomer eighth-order Ghost Clan member remained expressionless.

"I don't know who this 'Witch-sama' you mentioned is?" Su Er asked. He hadn't sensed any hostility from the other party.

"Witch-sama has an alias, but I'm not qualified to reveal it," the Ghost King said, appearing somewhat bashful.

Su Er's mouth twitched. Did this Ghost Clan member have a malfunctioning brain? If he didn't tell his name, how would Su Er know who Witch-sama was? Getting it wrong would be embarrassing for both of them.

"But Witch-sama mentioned that once I show you this, you should be able to identify her identity." With that, the Ghost King produced a small device that looked like a chip.

Su Er's gaze changed. This thing was familiar to anyone in the Red Alert forces; it was the core of the Psychic Shield!

As for those connected to the Psychic Shield, there were only two possibilities: Yun Ru, who had produced many portable Psychic Shields, and the owner of the Psychic Shield itself—Libra!

Was the Witch Libra?

This answer not only surprised Su Er but also caught Su Chen off guard. Libra knew very well where she was, so why had she mysteriously become the Witch? More importantly, where had she found these Ghost Clan members without Ghost Patterns? They were obediently following her orders, and judging by the Ghost King's demeanor, it didn't seem like he was being controlled by Psychic abilities. What was going on?

Now that he knew that Libra was behind this, Su Chen decided to contact her directly. "Libra, where are you?"

"Commander, it's been a long time. I'm currently in a remote part of the Ghost Clan's underground world," Libra's voice sounded calm; this was her first persona.

"What's the deal with those Ghost Clan members without Ghost Patterns? How did they come to your aid and help humans? Also, how did they suddenly appear on the battlefield? Did you find a teleportation device to the Underworld?" Su Chen asked a series of questions.

He couldn't fathom what Libra had been up to during this time.

"Commander, Libra will tell you one thing at a time. Let's start with the first matter. I accidentally stumbled upon these Ghost Clan members without Ghost Patterns. They have been living in a very remote corner of the Underworld, so remote that most Ghost Clan members don't even know about it. The Underworld has used that remote area as a garbage dump, where various kinds of trash and... some newborns without Ghost Patterns are thrown in every day. Just like humans, there's a certain probability that Ghost Clan members are born without Ghost Patterns, but these babies are discarded there after birth. Over time, they managed to survive by relying on a large amount of garbage."

"But even if you found them, they shouldn't have any reason to obey your orders, right?" This was the part that puzzled Su Chen the most.

"Commander, do you believe in prophecies?" Libra's peculiar voice echoed. (To be continued)

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