CHAPTER 304: Memory Search

"The boss, the boss is dead!" A bandit shouted when he saw the three bone spears pierce Troda.

Seeing Troda killed by the undead creatures and the Brettel soldiers, the bandits lost their fighting spirit. No longer fearing death, they suddenly felt an ardent desire to live. None of them thought of taking revenge for Troda, they all fled in panic.

Han Shuo used the bone staff to cast a necromancy spell that enveloped the hazy green of the souls, solemnly chanting obscure incantations to collect the memories of these souls. A short time later, he waved the bone staff. The souls turned into green smoke and drifted away.

The gargoyles dragged Troda's body over to Han Shuo. He removed his space ring from Troda's corpse before promptly throwing the corpse away. Han Shuo let out a slight sigh of satisfaction after collecting Troda's wealth and memory. He looked in the distance to see that the chaotic battle was still going on.

Some of the badly injured Red Beard bandits were charging towards Faulke. The soldiers who'd been firing arrows from a safe distance were shocked and frightened as they gingerly switched from bows to broadswords and spears at Faulke's command. Faulke ordered the more than one hundred experienced knights to the front and, together with the soldiers, began to attack the approaching bandits.

Fulkin and the mountain people of Mount Tali had also sprinted down from the mountain. They worked together with the Brettel soldiers to surround and annihilate the Red Beard Bandits, who were all dejected by the death of their leader.

Han Shuo had a firm grasp of the situation through the three Yin Demons. He knew for certain that the bandits were doomed to defeat this time. The undead creatures were still slaughtering the bandits at his command. Now that he had reached the separate demon realm, Han Shuo no longer needed the power of these souls. However, the Demonslayer Edge on his chest was still silently absorbing this energy, which was difficult to observe with the naked eye.

Standing at a high altitude, Han Shuo spotted the little skeleton riding a huge, bizarre, roaring porcupine, running down all the escaped bandits. The earth elite zombie, the wood elite zombie, and the ten evil knights fought together as they scurried around hunting down the bandits.

Han Shuo gave an order, and the little skeleton and zombie warriors in little area crouched down to collect the loot from the bandits' bodies. The undead creatures diligently searched for every weapon, leather jacket, and even some fine clothes before piling them up according to Han Shuo's instructions.

After the bandits had fled, Han Shuo stopped supplying mental power to the canopy of necromancy and let it slowly dissipate to the wind. Under the sunlight, the earth gradually absorbed the puddles of Acid Bog. The skeletons in various odd positions suddenly made cracking noises and collapsed.

There were no surprises now that the big picture was set in stone. In this battle, more than twenty-seven hundred of the four thousand bandits had died, the rest having fled in disarray. All the spoils of war had been collected from the corpses, which Han Shuo had finally handed over to Faulke's management.

Nearly two hundred of Brettel City's new soldiers had died from the bandits' savage attacks in this battle, while Fulkin had only lost fifty of his people who'd rushed down from the mountain. This showed the weak power and incompetent skills of the soldiers on the battlefield.

"Noble Sir Count, thank you for your help." When the battle was over, Fulkin walked over to Han Shuo and bowed to show his respect and gratitude.

"No need to stand on ceremony. Mount Tali is part of the territory of Brettle City. It's my responsibility as City Lord to ensure the safety of your lives." Han Shuo replied with a smile before adding, "I hope this is a good start. Brettel City is also your hometown, I don't think you have to stay on Mount Tali if you don't want to."

"Maybe one day we'll return to Brettel City, but it's not the best time yet. Sir Count should understand our concerns." One battle wasn't enough to reassure Fulkin. He wouldn't dare take the risk before Brettel City could show its military might.

Nodding his head, Han Shuo said with a smile, "You will see Brettel City change. All right, we can stop here today. I have other things to take care of."

Paying no further attention to Fulkin, Han Shuo went over to Faulke and told him to clean up the battlefield. Then he left on his own in the direction of the Helon Duchy. Han Shuo had received the information about Red Beard Troda's hidden location from his mouth. In addition to a few crystal cards inside the space ring, the jewellery and ores that Troda had looted over the years hadn't been sold, but were hidden inside a mountain with a bald peak.

Troda had originally been a criminal in the Duchy of Helon. He was released thanks to a general amnesty when Helen Tina took over. Troda left prison and returned to his long-lost freedom, becoming a bandit. Though he'd made a mess of things everywhere he'd gone in recent years, he was still obsessed with his hometown. He'd hidden the wealth on a mountain not far from his hometown.

The current Grand Duke of the Duchy of Helon was Helen Tina, rumoured to be an extremely charming woman. This woman had cleverly obtained the position of Grand Duke that her uncles had coveted and had become the true power behind the Duchy of Helon. None of the uncles who had fought for the throne had escaped her grasp. She'd killed them all when she'd taken the throne.

"Helon Duchy, huh!" Han Shuo snorted coldly. He crossed the dusky sky, secretly wondering when he could make a move against this duchy.

Even though Helen Tina was a woman, the army there had no heart for mercy in their hands. Her Duchy of Helon was the most common of the seven Grand Duchies to invade Brettel City.

Helon Duchy was located seven hundred metre to the northeast of Brettel City. It would take a day to travel there on a fast galloping horse, but Han Shuo only needed an hour using the Demonic Ninth Heaven's Art.

Upon arriving at the Bald Head Mountain, Han Shuo saw a large-scale battle campaign involving four grand duchies in full swing on that very mountain. The person Han Shuo had secretly cursed, Helen Tina, was bravely sitting on a fiery red phoenix, calm and relaxed as she commanded the troops in an attack.