CHAPTER 313: Returning To The City

"Huh, don't try that on me. I won't let you go until I get a million gold coins!" Helen Tina was notorious throughout the seven grand duchies for her dastardly schemes. Of course, Han Shuo wouldn't believe the words coming out of her mouth. He coldly looked at Helen Tina and said, "The magic crystal cannons are made of many rare magic materials. I want to know if they are afraid of water."

The first thing that Helen Tina did after waking up was to look around, her eyes had taken note of the group of zombie warriors surrounding the six magic crystal cannons on the riverbank. She was only distracted because Han Shuo had pretended that he'd contaminated her body. Now that Han Shuo had mentioned the magic crystal cannons again, it angered her. She looked at him and shouted angrily, "Don't expect to get any useful information out of my mouth, you damned bandit!"

"Bandit? Haha, your Helon Duchy is the real bandit. You've been plundering Brettel City day and night for years. From a great city with hundreds of thousands of people, it's now a deserted city with tens of thousands of people. The people of the city have long since lost their hopes and dreams of life. It's all because of you. Yet you still have the face to say that I'm the bandit, haha!" Han Shuo remembered the miserable sight of people without clothes to cover their bodies and food to fill their stomachs on his way to Brettel City. His heart ached with sorrow.

Helen Tina laughed heartily when she heard his words. She said coldly, "This is war. When your Lancelot Empire invaded our seven grand duchies in the past, didn't you also burn and pillage us? If we hadn't banded together to resist and drive you back, I'm afraid all our people would have become slaves by now.

Helen Tina's words also made sense. Han Shuo thought for a moment and decided that he shouldn't get involved in this matter any further. When he saw that Helen Tina was unwilling to say anything more, he said in a cold voice: "It's not that I can't do anything just because you don't say anything, it's just that I'm going to waste a little more time. For a necromancer, expensive manpower is never a problem."

After speaking, Han Shuo no longer cared about Helen Tina. He began to chant the incantation to summon the Wood Elite Zombie.

When the Wood Elite Zombie appeared, Han Shuo gave a command. It uprooted the large trees one by one as if it were the lord of the forest. The Demonslayer's Edge then cut them into pieces, and the Wood Elite Zombie tied them together with soft branches. After half an hour, Han Shuo and the wood elite zombie had built six huge rafts.

During this process, Helen Tina watched Han Shuo and the wood elite zombie closely while she secretly stole bread from her space ring. Perhaps she'd been hungry for too long, because she swallowed the bread very quickly.

Once finished, the zombie warriors pushed the rafts towards the river. Helen Tina couldn't help but lament, No wonder the Church of Light wants to kill you. You can actually summon such wonderful undead creatures!"

Helen Tina didn't know that the elite wooden zombie had actually been refined from the most ordinary zombie warrior. As the zombie warrior pushed the six rafts down the river and placed the six magic crystal cannons on the rafts, Han Shuo breathed a sigh of relief. He sent the wood elite zombie and the zombie warriors back to the strange dimension.

Four zombie warriors paddled each raft. As the zombie warriors mobilised their forces, the six loaded rafts began to slowly move to the other side of the bank.

At that moment, Han Shuo walked up behind Helen Tina again and gently patted her neck. He said quietly, "You should rest."

Han Shuo easily lifted Helen Tina up after knocking her unconscious. Then he slowly flew onto a raft and ordered the zombie warriors to cross the river.

Along the way, Han Shuo avoided a few scattered bands of bandits, as well as a few mercenary gangs that had made their living in the area. After an uneventful journey, he finally arrived at Brettel City.

It was a spring night, and the temperature was just right. The bright moonlight shone softly on the earth. It could have been a truly warm, peaceful night, if it weren't for the zombie warriors pushing the magic crystal cannons and exuding the feeling of death.

As they approached the gates of Brettel City, the soldiers on the city walls were startled by the moonlight reflecting off the magic crystal cannons. Seeing six huge cannons pointed at the city's fortress, with some stiff, moving figures behind them, the soldiers immediately turned pale with horror.

"Who is it?" The soldiers manning the cannons at the city gates shouted into the distance before Han Shuo approached.

Compared to before, the various potholes and pockmarks that had scarred Brettel City had all been perfectly patched, the gates transformed into massive gates of dark steel. Having experienced the last crusade against the bandits, the initially cowardly soldiers now possessed a certain strength and composure.

The soldiers' armour reflected the moon's glow off the walls in a strange way. The soldiers sprang into action, hastily drawing their arrows and raising their bows to aim at the zombie warriors. Warning shouts echoed and more soldiers gathered at the fortress, all aiming their bows down.

After his last experience when he had entered the city without encountering any defences, Han Shuo understood that the Brettel City was no longer the same in the face of these soldiers' vigilance. The soldiers couldn't see Han Shuo's face clearly due to the distance, but he could clearly see their figures above the fortress.

"Open the gates for me, you bastards! You don't even recognise me!" Han Shuo's voice suddenly rang out, spreading throughout the city.

The City Lord, it's the City Lord! The city lord has returned!" The soldiers inside the fortress couldn't see Han Shuo clearly, but they could still recognise his voice. Everyone cheered in pleasant surprise as the city gates slowly opened.

After the gates opened wide, the zombie warriors finally transported the heavy magic crystal cannons into the Brettel city. Even though it was evening, Faulke immediately rushed to meet Han Shuo upon hearing the news.

"Ahh, this is, this is..." Faulke bowed to Han Shuo as he arrived. As he glanced at the zombie warriors pushing the six magic crystal cannons, Faulke couldn't help but exclaim in surprise and excitement.

"These are magic crystal cannons, also known as the mighty god of lightning. The cheapest one costs at least a hundred thousand gold coins. They can unleash terrifying attack power through magic crystal ores. These magic crystal cannons are simply invincible weapons on the battlefield. Your Lordship, where did you get them?" Faulke was indeed worthy of a veteran who'd been baptised on the battlefield for years. He actually recognised the six magic crystal cannons and even knew their name, 'God of Lightning'.

Han Shuo only knew that they were magic crystal cannons. As for the type and size, he had no idea. When he heard that Faulke knew so much about magic crystal cannons, Han Shuo replied happily, "Is that so? Then you must know how to use these magic crystal cannons?"

"Of course. This type of magic crystal cannon is extremely easy to use as long as we have enough magic crystal ore. Each shot of this 'God of Lightning' is equivalent to an Archmage's extremely powerful attack if there is enough power. These magic crystal cannons can fire continuously without running out of power. Faulke said with a confident smile as he walked towards a magic crystal cannon. It was unclear what he was doing when the cannon suddenly shook a little and a small box popped out of the bottom.

"Mm, the magic crystal ores here are enough for five or six shots. Hehehe, a group of bandits has been wandering around near Brettel City lately. They seem to be planning to strike again. I was worried about how to deal with them. With the six magic crystal cannons here, I'll make them regret their foolish thoughts. Faulke had a cold smile on his face as he looked at the six magic crystal cannons and gritted his teeth. It looked like he was going to use these six magic crystal cannons to do a great deed.

"Alright then, these six magic crystal cannons are under your care." Han Shuo immediately gave this order before walking straight towards the city lord's mansion.

Faulke and the soldiers had noticed the stunned, unconscious Helen Tina under Han Shuo's arm from the beginning. Of course, they wouldn't ask about the city lord's private affairs . When they saw Han Shuo walking towards the city lord's mansion, the thieving eyes of these people passed over Helen Tina's charming body several times while they chuckled wickedly in their hearts.

As a result, after Han Shuo and Helen Tina returned to Brettel City that night, rumours and gossip spread throughout the city. The people didn't know Helen Tina's identity, but her beauty had made a deep impression on the soldiers. They were either admiring or jealous of Han Shuo, and so various rumours and evil speculations began to appear.

After taking Helen Tina to the city lord's mansion, Han Shuo impatiently went straight to the secret chamber. He had sensed a distant call shortly after he'd returned to Brettel City. This call was faint and fragile, as if it was a thousand mountains and oceans away. However, Han Shuo's consciousness in the Separate Demon Realm could naturally perceive it.

It seemed that the Fire Elite Zombie had finally appeared!