Chapter 69: Governor's Manor

The next night, the Water Kingdom troops in BlueFire City

were resting with a few guardsmen keeping an eye on the perimeter. They

expected the Fire Kingdom’s army to continue to wait for a slow siege.

Overall, they knew that they were in a state of war, but

they weren’t too worried for the time being.

All of a sudden, a guard on the western wall shouted. “Attack!

We’re under attack!” Some troops rushed towards the western wall and saw a

massive army heading towards them.

“Man the walls! Inform the commander! Quick!”

Although they were taken by surprise, the soldiers were

quick to respond and quickly set themselves up to defend the walls.

Just a minute after, a hail of arrows began to assault the

attacking Fire Kingdom soldiers. A proper defense had been set up.

At the same time, the entire Burning Legion in hiding about

half a mile away from the eastern wall of BlueFire City.

At the northern wall, a single figure clad in some

tight-fitting black clothing crept along the walls.

After he heard the fighting begin at the western wall, he

looked toward the top of the walls.

There were only a few guards who were keeping a lookout in

case the Fire Kingdom had sent troops to surround the city. The rest of the

troops were concentrated along the western wall.

Seeing this, Jia Yuan continued along the wall until he saw

a section where there was only a single guard.

Jia Yuan briefly closed his eyes and began activated his Song

with his soul.

He forced a thick and powerful flame to blow out from under

his feet, and flew toward the top of the wall in this manner.

The soldier was looking out in the distance, and so didn’t

see Jia Yuan until Jia Yuan had already reached the top of the wall.

“IN-“ The guard was about to shout the word ‘intruders’ but

was rudely cut off by Jia Yuan.

During the day, Fan Meng and Lin Zheng had told Jia Yuan of

the finalized plan. They were worried that 20-30 members of the Burning Legion,

even under the cover of night, would be discovered by the guards patrolling the

walls of BlueFire City. As such, they had lowered the amount to 10. In their

eyes, 10 people was enough to find the HQ and assassinate the enemy commander.

Upon hearing this, Jia Yuan simply refused. He would go

himself.

Which brings us to the present. Jia Yuan stood alone on his

section of the northern wall. From his vantage point, he could see the hustle

and bustle occurring in the city.

He knew the layout of the city quite well. The most

fortified place in the city was the Governor’s Manor, which sported very

defensible walls and a single entrance.

Might as well head

over there first…

Jia Yuan jumped down from the wall, shooting bursts of water

out of his hands instead of fire to slow his descent. He could use fire to get

the same effect, but now that he was inside the walls, the brightness of the

fire would undoubtedly bring too much attention. Water would splash to the

ground, creating noise, but fire was undeniably bright and easy to spot.

He had only risked using fire to climb the wall because he

had confirmed there was only a single guard in the area he had made his ascent

at.

After landing comfortably on the ground, Jia Yuan began to stealthily

make his way toward the Governor’s Manor.

After about 20 minutes of making his way through the city by

jumping from rooftop to rooftop, he had arrived in front of the Governor’s

Manor.

Jia Yuan nonchalantly walked up to the guards at the

entrance to the Manor.

They saw Jia Yuan and immediately raised their weapons.

After all, Jia Yuan was wearing a rather suspicious outfit.

“Hey, brat! Who are you and what are you doing here?”

Jia Yuan smiled. “My name is Jia Yuan and I’m here to take

the city.”

He drew the black sword out of his ring and sliced the two

guards up before they had time to react.

Jia Yuan was comfortable using all of his hidden cards in

BlueFire City. After all, there was nobody from the Fire Kingdom there, and

these Water Kingdom soldiers didn’t know him.

After the battle, he could even say that he picked the sword

up from some random officer or something of the sort, and nobody would be any

the wiser.

Jia Yuan walked into the Governor’s Manor and looked around.

There’s nobody here!

Why were the guards there then?

Jia Yuan was rather confused.

Hmm. I still think

this was the HQ… but it appears that everyone has left. Did they all leave to

the western wall? Or did they escape?

…

One way or another, my

first priority now should be to signal my troops to swarm over the eastern wall.