Chapter 2139 - 2132: Your Home Was Burgled

"What did you say?" Monteli had never been so humiliated in his life. The other side actually wanted to keep him as a hostage, and this was even suggested by a slave. For him, this was an immense shame.

"Is there something wrong with your ears?" Zhang Menglong pouted, "I said you stay here as a hostage, let your people go back and exchange something for you! If you’re not willing, that’s fine too, then we’ll fight!"

Monteli seemed to be engaged in a difficult game in his mind, but in the end, his dignity lost to the honor of the country and the honor of the troops.

"Fine, I’ll stay as a hostage!"

"General, I’ll stay too!"

"I’ll stay too!"

Monteli’s deputy generals were very loyal, each choosing to share his fate.

"Stay stay stay? For what?" Zhang Menglong immediately became displeased, "I only planned on feeding one more mouth, and now I have to support a few more of you. Where does our Mansha Kingdom have such a budget?"

"Also, if you all stay behind, who will go back to report the news? Are you out of your minds?"

The Transcenders were immediately angered, their faces darkening, but they had nothing to refute.

"Why are you still standing there? Come over!" Zhang Menglong said to Monteli.

Monteli removed everything on him and handed it to his subordinates, "Take this back to the troops, report all of this to His Majesty, and let His Majesty decide the rest!"

Monteli dejectedly flew over, and immediately two Xiwat deputy generals used a special chain to bind him. A second-order Transcender in the camp was like a time bomb; if he managed to break free, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"No need for such trouble," Zhang Menglong stepped forward, "Open your mouth, I’ve got something good for you!"

Turning around, Zhang Menglong asked, "General, how long will it take for them to go back and forth?"

"What are you giving me to eat?" Monteli asked.

"Why are you asking so much? If I said it’s poison, would you eat it?" Zhang Menglong said, "If you don’t eat it, I’ll kill them all!"

"You!" Monteli couldn’t believe this slave-born Transcender could be so ruthless, but now he had no choice but to swallow the pill from Zhang Menglong’s hand.

Suddenly, he felt the energy in his body become uncontrollable and dissipate. Now, if no one supported him, he would directly fall from the sky!

"You’ve just temporarily lost control over your energy," Zhang Menglong said, "When your people bring something back, I’ll give you the antidote."

"Menglong, did you also pick this up?" a deputy general asked curiously. The Mansha Empire had no one with the skill to produce such a miraculous thing; if they did, it was usually an injected medication, and recovery was very difficult.

"You’ve even learned to answer questions," Zhang Menglong turned and asked, "General, how far is the Hongteng Kingdom from here?"

"If they travel with all their might, they should be able to make a round trip within five days."

"Hmm," Zhang Menglong nodded, and then said to the other Transcenders from the Hongteng Kingdom, "Then I’ll give you five days. If you’re a day late, I’ll cut your General. If you come back late, I won’t guarantee your General will still be intact."

Several people turned pale, "We’ll go back immediately, please don’t harm the General!"

A deputy general raised a token, "Everyone, stop resisting. Hongteng Kingdom warriors, full retreat!"

The deputy general said to the other deputy generals, "You guys go back first, I’ll lead the troops back. The troops can’t be left unmanaged!"

Several people nodded and immediately headed in the direction of the Hongteng Kingdom.

"Victory!"

"Hahaha, we finally won!"

The army of the Mansha Kingdom erupted in cheers again and again.

This war had lasted 22 years from the very start until now. Today, they finally drove them out!

"Inform the rear units, immediately start reclaiming these two cities!" General Xiwat was also glowing with a red face, "From tomorrow, start rebuilding the defensive works!"

...

It was clear that the Hongteng Kingdom valued General Monteli greatly. After they took the message back, on the fifth day, the deputy generals returned with a huge supply of resources!

No one knows how much they plundered at the time, but they received tens of thousands of space storage devices, and it took millions of people three full days to tally these items.

Many things had already been lost to the flow of history, and for those lost items, the Hongteng Kingdom offered very satisfactory compensation. Besides, they even brought additional compensation.

The reason was simple: this flying unit had posed an immense threat to them. Now, they needed to consider how to let go of past grievances with the Mansha Kingdom and maintain peace between the two countries.

If the Mansha Kingdom were very aggressive and launched an invasion war, their momentum might become unstoppable.

After receiving these items, Zhang Menglong and others naturally chose to release the people, officially announcing the great victory of the Mansha Kingdom!

But for some reason, Zhang Menglong noticed General Xiwat’s expression was somewhat heavy, seemingly burdened with worries.

"General, we’ve won a victory, but you don’t look very happy."

"It’s always good to win," Xiwat said, "But when we sent the good news back a few days ago, there was still no reply from His Majesty, and I couldn’t even contact my family. Something seems off."

"Oh?" Zhang Menglong’s expression changed slightly. During this time, he had developed a basic understanding of the technology level in the Mansha Kingdom. In this world, unless under special circumstances, it was very rare to be unable to reach someone.

By the looks of it, something might have happened in the capital!

"General, someone from the capital has arrived, it seems to be your family!"

At this moment, a deputy general rushed over with another person.

This person was limp and weak, with a black face, surrounded by a strange odor, seemingly poisoned.

"Zeta? Why are you here?" Xiwat appeared very surprised. Zeta was in charge of the General’s Mansion in the capital, mainly responsible for protecting his family, and he never left his post. If something happened, he always had someone else deliver the message.

"General, there’s been a coup!" Zeta said with difficulty, "The conservative faction took advantage of the years you were away from the capital to hoard power, even roping in several generals. Recently they staged a coup, and the entire capital has fallen into their hands!"

"What did you say?" Xiwat’s face changed dramatically.

"Huh?" Zhang Menglong was speechless on the side, "This kind of thing happened right in front of me. ’General, don’t ask anymore, he’s too poisoned and has fainted... he said it all clearly, evidently, your house has been ransacked!’"