bestfiction Chapter 1238 Barrett's Divine Might
Chapter 1238 Barrett's Divine Might
She was still wearing the same Phoenix Descent Dress that served as her only nightgown.
The deep black Suzhou brocade fabric seemed to transform into a profound and oppressive endless night in this quiet yet luxurious captain's cabin.
The five-zhang-long (approximately 10 meters) long, dark gold brocade train cascaded down from the magnificent chair, like a languid yet luxurious black cloud spreading across the entire floor.
The giant phoenix embroidered with real gold thread had its eyes wide open and full of vigilance.
It seemed to be anxiously awaiting the man's return along with its owner.
"His Majesty."
Just then, the ghostly voice suddenly rang out from outside the door.
Murong Yan's body stiffened abruptly.
My heart, which had just begun to settle down, jumped into my throat again!
"Come...come in." Her voice trembled slightly from excessive nervousness.
A ghostly figure pushed open the door and entered.
He knelt on one knee, his voice filled with barely concealed excitement and joy.
"Your Majesty!"
"Your Highness has succeeded!"
"Oda Nobunaga was personally killed by the prince at Honnoji Temple half an hour ago!"
"We suffered no casualties!"
boom!
These few words were like an invisible thunderclap.
It struck Murong Yan's crown in an instant!
She was completely stunned.
She stared blankly at the ghostly figure, her beautiful phoenix eyes filled with unbelievable ecstasy and horror!
Success...success?
My husband really succeeded?!
He really did behead that arrogant Japanese overlord amidst tens of thousands of enemy troops?!
And there were no casualties?!
This...how is this possible? !
This is simply a miracle!
An unprecedented sense of happiness and pride instantly swept over her entire body!
A smile that was slightly rounder due to her pregnancy blossomed on her pretty face, a smile so beautiful it could eclipse the heavens and earth!
"Good! Good! Good!"
She said "good" three times in a row, and her beautiful phoenix eyes were already glistening with tears.
She knew it!
She knew that her man was the best, the most invincible hero in the world!
"Where is the Prince?" she asked hastily, forcing down her excitement. "Where is the Prince now? Is he injured?"
"Your Majesty, the Prince is well," Ghost Shadow replied respectfully. "The Prince is currently gathering his forces and preparing to execute the next step of the plan."
"The next step?" Murong Yan was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.
Wasn't Oda Nobunaga already dead?
Then wouldn't the war be over by now?
What are the next steps?
As Ghost Shadow gazed at her exquisitely beautiful face, filled with confusion, a strange smile, brimming with adoration and fanaticism, involuntarily crept onto his lips.
"Your Highness's next plan is..."
"—Capture Azuchi Castle!"
……
Inside the meditation room of Honnoji Temple.
Lin Zhen looked at Date Masamune, the one-eyed dragon who was already terrified and limp as a board.
A cold, disdainful glint flashed in those deep eyes.
"It seems that Mr. Date Masamune has chosen the second path."
As he spoke, he slowly took out a uniquely shaped, specially made flintlock pistol with a silencer from his pocket.
Then he pointed the cold, dark muzzle of the gun at Date Masamune's head.
No! Don't! I'll tell you! I'll tell you everything!
I felt that chilling, bone-chilling threat of death.
Date Masamune's psychological defenses, which had already been completely shattered by fear, collapsed with a roar!
He roared in a voice filled with despair and pleading, like a gambler who had lost all his chips.
"The password is 'Unify the world with force'! The token is the 'Lanshedai' fan that our lord never leaves behind!"
"Your Highness! Spare me! Your Highness!"
"I...I'm willing to take you in! I'm willing to be your slave, your most obedient dog!"
"Please spare my dog's life!"
As he spoke, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Lin Zhen like a real dog.
That humble and undignified appearance.
He was completely different from his previous arrogant one-eyed image.
"Wouldn't it be better if this was done earlier?"
Lin Zhen looked at his ugly face and shook her head with amusement.
He put away his pistol and then spoke calmly to Yue Fei and Elizabeth standing to the side.
"Get ready."
"We should go and claim the greatest spoils of our eastern expedition."
"Your Highness..." Yue Fei looked at Lin Zhen, his bronze-colored, resolute face filled with deep worry and confusion, "You...you really intend to just barge in like this?"
"That...that's Azuchi Castle!"
"There are 50,000 elite troops inside, equipped with Western firearms!"
"Isn't it too... too risky for us to go in with just this few people?"
Elizabeth also looked at Lin Zhen with a solemn expression.
Although she was somewhat prepared for Lin Zhen's "miraculous actions".
But she still thought the plan was absolutely insane!
That's a den of dragons and tigers!
With just two hundred people, plus a traitor who might turn against them at any moment, they were easily defeated.
They wanted to take that super war fortress, known as the "most impregnable city in the world," without shedding a drop of blood.
This is no longer a risk.
This is practically suicide!
"Who said we only have two hundred people?"
However, they were met with their questions, which were filled with worry and confusion.
Lin Zhen's face remained completely unmoved.
He simply watched them quietly, a similarly enigmatic smile slowly curving his lips.
Then he slowly took something else out of his pocket.
It was an ancient token, entirely black, with a lifelike three-legged raven carved on it.
It was that token from Xu Fu, the greatest alchemist of all time—
—"Yatagara"!
"Have you forgotten?"
"We are in this unfamiliar land."
"But I have 'friends'."
Lin Zhen's voice was filled with an elusive mystery and confidence.
"A group that is even more reliable and powerful than Date Masamune, that 'collaborator'..."
"Super collaborator!"
When Lin Zhen took out the black token, which was engraved with a three-legged raven, Yue Fei and Elizabeth were both stunned.
They stared at the unremarkable, even somewhat rough, token, their minds filled with questions.
What is this?
A new secret weapon? Or some kind of Eastern magic they don't understand?
Does the prince mean that with just this small sign, the 50,000 troops in Azuchi Castle can be made to surrender obediently?
Isn’t this too ridiculous?
"Your Highness, what... what is this?" Yue Fei couldn't hold back any longer and asked cautiously, pointing at the token.
He now holds everything Lin Zhen brings out in utmost awe, for heaven knows what kind of divine artifact this is that is beyond his comprehension.
Elizabeth stared intently at the token, her sapphire-blue eyes filled with curiosity and scrutiny.
She didn't believe in anything supernatural or ghostly; she only believed in cannons and money.
But after witnessing Lin Zhen's "devil's musket" that could blast a person into a charred corpse, her perception of this Eastern prince was completely overturned.
Maybe this little brand really has some kind of magic she doesn't know about.
“A stepping stone,” Lin Zhen said calmly, putting the “Yatagara” token back into his pocket.
He didn't explain much because some things are too complicated to explain, and it's better to let them see for themselves.
“Date Masamune,” Lin Zhen’s gaze turned to the one-eyed man still sprawled on the ground, “you are in charge of leading the way. Take us safely to the castle town of Azuchi Castle.”