CHAPTER 417: Are You God

At such a crucial time, the role of a person who can accurately assess the overall situation goes without saying. Therefore, when everyone realised that Han Shuo could expertly explain the situation in every district of Ossen City, they were so shocked by Han Shuo's calm and natural expression that they were momentarily distracted.

"Bryan, your body is here, so how are you able to know the situation in every district of Ossen City? After the five traitors appeared in the Dark Mantle, many branches were destroyed. The five of them know the location of several main branches of the Dark Mantle. Even the Dark Mantle can't easily figure out the situation in Ossen City right now, so don't tell me that you can. Sabakas stared blankly at Han Shuo and asked in astonishment after a long time.

Han Shuo nodded his head as he calmly admitted, "I can!"

Hearing his answer, everyone's expression was a mixture of surprise and delight, but clearly more delight than surprise.

If what Han Shuo said was true, then Han Shuo would be able to accomplish the intelligence gathering and surveillance that each branch of the Dark Mantle was originally responsible for on their own. In the current extremely chaotic Ossen City, if Han Shuo was truly able to clearly understand the situation in every area of Ossen City, everyone would be able to make the right decision and seize the opportunity to turn around the current unfavourable situation.

When the three heavyweights of the Dark Mantle and the two Sacred Rank characters heard Han Shuo's confident reply of "I can", their expressions were blank for a moment, so much so that they forgot about the many experts surrounding them outside.

While the rest of them were shocked beyond words, Han Shuo seemed to think that they weren't surprised enough, and continued, "Not only am I able to observe the situation in the four districts of Ossen City, even Ashburn and Charles' conversation, as well as the implementation and details of their every move, I am able to observe without missing anything.

As long as I want, apart from a few areas that have layers of barriers, as long as I'm given a little time, I'm able to clearly observe any area in Ossen City and be aware of what they're doing or saying. I'm telling the truth. Right now, for example, Ashburn and Charles are meeting to discuss how to take the northern part of the city. Oh, they say that among Count Boris' men there's an officer called Bishop, who is actually one of their men..."

"Oh, what's going on?" As Han Shuo spoke, he suddenly noticed that everyone by his side was looking dull as they stared at him blankly, so he couldn't help but ask in confusion.

"Are, are you God?" the Dark Grand Magus Crowley, who had previously lost to Han Shuo, stared blankly for a while before echoing everyone's thoughts in a reverent tone.

Are you God? The three heavyweights of the Dark Mantle and the two Sacred Rank Expert, as well as Bolland, Emily and Phoebe, suddenly realised that what they were about to say had actually been mentioned first by this fellow.

The ability to observe any area of a city clearly, to find out any information he wanted to know without missing anything. Such an existence, apart from "God", even a half god realm expert had no way to achieve. Could this fellow in front of them be a "Hidden God" who had been banished to the mortal world?

Harbouring such doubts, everyone's gaze was uniformly fixed on Han Shuo as they anxiously waited for Han Shuo to explain.

Of course, Han Shuo was no fool. His temporary confusion was swept aside by Crowley's "Are you God?" and he immediately understood what his omnipresent Twelve Mystical Demons meant to the people of this world!

"No, this is a special use that complements the martial technique I train in. It's nothing amazing. Oh, that's right. Bollands, I will teach you this martial art after some time. Then you will understand what is going on!" Han Shuo hastily explained.

When Bollands, who had a blank expression on his face, heard Han Shuo's sentence, he almost fainted from happiness. Fortunately, Bollands had not lived for so long in vain. He hastily stabilised his disturbed mood and trembled as he said, "Thank you Senior, thank you Senior!"

For a split second, everyone's envious gaze was fixed on the excited Bollands. Even the calm Sacred Swordmaster Karel felt the slightest envy towards Bollands. He felt that Bollands' foresight was so wicked, to actually find such a mystical senior.

"I want to learn too!" Phoebe's eyes were fixed on Han Shuo as she said bluntly.

Han Shuo was slightly distracted as he glanced at Phoebe. He sighed and said with feigned seriousness, "The secrets of our sect cannot be revealed to outsiders, not even to our women!"

However, Han Shuo was actually thinking inwardly that since she had a request from him, he had to handle it properly and not agree to it rashly. At the very least, he had to let her know her place.

"Phoebe, don't make a scene!" the Sacred Swordmaster Karel frowned as he scolded Phoebe.

Phoebe feared her master the most. She stared resentfully at Han Shuo as she heard Karel's words, thinking inwardly that when they were alone, she would have to learn this martial technique from Han Shuo, be it through harassment or emotional attacks.

"I am familiar with Bishop. I didn't expect him to be a traitor. We must go to the northern district immediately and stabilise the situation there. Lawrence was extremely impatient and planned to go to Boris in the northern district first. As of now, only the northern city guard was under their control.

"You all go first, I'll seal off Ordas Mountain!" Candide's expression was unchanged as he hesitated for a while before telling everyone.

Space Sacred Magus Sabakas hesitated for a moment when he heard Candide before nodding his head and saying, "Alright, it's a good idea to temporarily seal off Mount Ordas. At least we can still hide in Mt. Ordas for a while if we fail to defend the northern city district or leave Ossen City from the magical matrix in Mt. Ordas. Fortunately, the power of the Dark Mantle has always been in the hands of the three of you. Otherwise, if those guys happen to know more secrets of the Dark Mantle, I fear it would be very problematic this time around.

From the conversation between Candide and Sabakas, Han Shuo realised that the Dark Mantle still held many secrets. Even the idea of sealing the mountain was new to Han Shuo. However, it seems that the entire Mt. Ordas should be able to be sealed. The two of them mentioned that the Dark Mantle Headquarters might still be the last stronghold after the mountain was sealed, indicating that the safety of Mt. Ordas should not be doubted after it was sealed.

"Candide, we'll leave this area to you temporarily, this is my token." Amyes held the token that represented his status and handed it to Candide.

"Be careful!" Cecilia was solemn as she also passed the token that represented her status to Candide.

"To seal Mt. Ordas, we need the identity tokens of all three heavyweights. Once Mt. Ordas is sealed, every entrance and every magical Matrix will be sealed. Apart from the few of us, anyone else who didn't know the method wouldn't be able to freely enter and leave Mount Ordas," he said. Amyes explained to Han Shuo, Lawrence and the others.

This secret was something even Han Shuo didn't know. When Han Shuo looked at Emily, he realised that Emily was also confused. After observing everyone else, Han Shuo realised that even though there were many high-ranking personnel of the Dark Mantle here, he reckoned that the only people who really knew this secret were the three heavyweights and the Chief Elder Sabakas.

It would seem that as the largest and most powerful organisation in the Empire, the secrets hidden by the Dark Mantle should not be as sporadic as it seemed to everyone. Sealing off the entirety of Mount Ordas was most likely just the tip of the iceberg.

After Amyes had finished explaining, everyone made the immediate decision to use the magical matrix here to reach the Dark Mantle branch in the northern district directly, before Candide sealed off Mount Ordas.

The northern district had also suffered attacks. Han Shuo's mansion was located in this area. However, compared to the other districts, the northern district was still considered safe. Those who had attacked Han Shuo's mansion, regardless of whether they were successful or not, had left the northern district before the knight regiment of the northern city army could arrive.

By the time they reached Count Boris' castle, the people supporting Lawrence had all gathered. Since Han Shuo was able to clearly observe the layout of Ashburn and Charles' troops and also knew the details of their next actions, Han Shuo had become the most important person here.

With Han Shuo's description, the distribution of Ashburn and the eldest prince's troops, the secret operations of each noble, the current situation within the imperial palace, and the movements of the other two princes were all known to everyone without omission.

With all the chaos in Ossen City, the benefits of having Han Shuo with a clear view of the entire situation were quickly reflected.

Under Han Shuo's orders, twelve traitors led by Bishop within the northern city guard were executed two days in a row. A few lucky surviving nobles who had opposed Ashburn were sent to the castle one by one by the Sacred Magus Sabakas. Two attacks by Ashburn and the rest were ambushed by pre-laid traps, with their heads cut off on the spot.

Taking advantage of Han Shuo's existence, Lawrence, Old Hahn and other military strategists skilfully used the power they possessed to firmly defend the northern district under such unfavourable circumstances. Furthermore, they slowly built up their strength to form the only force capable of threatening Ashburn and Charles' power within Ossen City. However, the superiority of Ashburn, Charles and the others was too great. Currently, four of the five districts of Ossen City were under their control. Their forces were also four times greater than those of Lawrence and the others. The small victories of the Northern City Guard seemed insufficient to turn the tide.

On the third day, while everyone was worried about how to solve this problem, Han Shuo suddenly saw through a mystical demon that a fifty thousand strong Ironblood force was stationed at the northern city gate of Ossen City.

It was also on the night of the same day that a skinny middle-aged man dragged Fanny along with him as he abused Han Shuo when he broke into the castle in the northern city district, creating a new problem for Han Shuo!

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