The opposing general remained silent, as did Jiang Hao's men.
The atmosphere was unusually somber.
Yun Xinghe suddenly burst into laughter. He turned to Jiang Hao and his teammates behind him and said, "Brothers, we've arrived too early. Besides us, there's only one human general on the city wall who came to provide support."
Yes, Prince Yi issued a call to arms to the entire human race; the city walls shouldn't be so deserted. Even if we don't expect airships and warships to be constantly moving back and forth, shouldn't there at least be a large human army rotating around?
According to Jiang Hao's perception, apart from the regular guards, there were no other people moving around in the entire main city. If it weren't for the fierce battle between the human army and the gnoll army 15 kilometers east of the main city, Jiang Hao would have thought this was an empty city.
Moreover, upon closer inspection of the battlefield, the humans even had a slight advantage, gradually forcing the gnoll army back.
Where here does this place look like a realm that needs human support?
Of course, this excludes the large army of the deep-sea race currently gathering in the deep sea. However, Jiang Hao doesn't believe that the city lord of this main city could detect such a large army hidden in the deep sea.
The general opposite suddenly laughed loudly a few times, then strode over. Standing in front of Yun Xinghe, he said with a smile, "Are you brothers here to provide support? Why are there so few of you?"
Jiang Hao looked at the general opposite him; he had a fair complexion and a forced smile. He immediately lost any goodwill towards the general.
Yun Xinghe said, "The Hao Realm belongs to the Jackal Empire and has just joined the Spirit Ruins. Based on the principle that humans have always shared honor and disgrace, after receiving Prince Yi's urgent order to come to the aid of the king, the city lord assigned a few of us to come here."
The enemy general's expression immediately darkened.
According to the rules, the No. 1 Realm should have been allocated to the Human Empire, given that the human race had the largest population. However, the human leadership, coveting the 300 realms offered by the Jackal Empire, relinquished the No. 1 Realm.
Yun Xinghe subtly insulted the high-ranking members of the human race for their treachery, and the other party actually caught it.
It seems the other party must be in a high position; although not royalty, they must be aware of this matter.
Yun Xinghe continued, "The City Lord said that we're not here to help. Even if we brought our entire realm here, it wouldn't be of any help. On the contrary, it would only make things more chaotic and hinder the Human Empire. The City Lord wants us to observe and learn carefully, even if we only learn a little bit of skill here, so that we can return and strengthen the human race, upholding the spirit of sharing honor and disgrace. May I ask which realm you come from, brother?"
If before it was just silent criticism, now it's a public slap in the face.
The opposing general, as expected, lost his composure. His face flushed red, and he took a deep breath, exhaled softly, and said with a forced smile, "This general comes from Realm 6528 and is now the full commander of Realm 6823. You can call me Meng Guang."
Meng Guang?
Meng Guang, who drove back the jackals of Realm 6736 in just 12 hours after the start of the all-out war?
Upon seeing the top general under Prince Yi, Jiang Hao couldn't help but take a few more glances.
His face was fair and clean-cut, without a trace of ruggedness; he didn't look like a general at all. With deep-set eyes, a hooked nose, and high cheekbones, he looked more like a ruthless strategist.
Jiang Hao still couldn't bring himself to like it.
Unexpectedly, he also looked at Jiang Hao and said, "This must be the city lord you mentioned?"
"Personnel guards!"
Yun Xinghe quickly denied it, saying, "He is the city lord's first personal guard. The reason why the Hao Realm can still survive is not only because of the city lord's great contributions, but also because this brother has contributed a lot."
Jiang Hao simply remained silent.
"Oh?" Meng Guang said, "As far as I know, the 7866th Realm is far from being barely clinging to life, is it? The more than 60 million jackal army of the 7866th Realm died silently. Could it be the methods of this guard? I admire him greatly!"
Meng Guang expressed his admiration, but his expression betrayed no genuine respect. He clearly did not believe that the jackal soldiers had died because of Jiang Hao.
Why did he bring up the instant kill in Realm 7865? Realm 7865 clearly had more gnolls killed, why didn't he mention that?
Jiang Hao didn't know what Meng Guang meant.
"General Meng Guangda is joking. We are merely lowly minions under the city lord's command. How could we possibly possess such abilities? In the realm of the nameless warriors, our city lord single-handedly annihilated an army of over 70 million jackals. That truly demonstrates extraordinary talent. General Meng Guangda has misjudged the situation! Hahahaha..."
Meng Guang's expression changed drastically, and he said, "What? The Number Realm also... also had a jackal army that was instantly wiped out?"
Meng Guang suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing.
Because he revealed a very important piece of information to Jiang Hao and the others: the human race's high-ranking officials had connections with Crown Prince Gu Chen of the Gnoll Empire!
The jackal army that appeared in Realm 7865 was arranged by Crown Prince Gu Chen. They arrived in Realm 7865 through a multi-star teleportation array. If it weren't for a high-ranking person involved in planning this operation revealing this information, no one would have known.
The army of the Number One Realm was arranged by Aorong. They arrived at the Number One Realm via a star-level teleportation array, and then flew to the Number One Realm on flying demon wolf mounts, where they were instantly killed by Jiang Hao.
Oron's actions were far more high-profile than those of Crown Prince Gu Chen. Even if the human race had arranged for people to monitor the movements of the gnoll army, Oron's legion should have been the one most likely to be discovered.
Jiang Hao didn't believe Meng Guang would make such a basic mistake. Perhaps the most likely explanation was that he knew about both of Gu Chen and Ao Rong's actions.
But why would he specifically imply that he knew Gu Chen but not Aorong? And shouldn't Aorong be the one the Human Empire is closely monitoring?
Could it be that Meng Guang was implying that he should pay more attention to Crown Prince Gu Chen?
What is there to pay attention to about a crown prince who only has a little real power because of his respect for the imperial authority, and a puppet who only dares to make small moves under the shadow of Aorong?
Jiang Hao was utterly puzzled.
However, in Yun Xinghe's view, Meng Guang's reaction was the most natural and appropriate. Because in the current Lingxu, no one could single-handedly annihilate the elite force of the 70 million Jackal Empire troops.
Of course, this excludes Aorong, who has spatial abilities, and Jiang Hao as well!
He was equally puzzled as to why Meng Guang knew Gu Chen but not Ao Rong.
Could it be that Gu Chen, the crown prince of the Gnoll Empire, really has some kind of connection with the Human Empire?
Or perhaps, Prince Gu Chen's actions were betrayed by Aorong? That shouldn't be the case; betrayal would bring Aorong no benefit whatsoever, and would only expose the internal workings of the Gnoll Empire. Aorong would never be so foolish.
That's really strange!
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