Chapter 1094: Ascending as an Undead, Calamity’s Reputation, Surging Military Merit!

When the Storm Secret Cult disguised by the Calamity Special Operations Team converged with the Esoteric Rebel Army at Dragon Lair, Fang Zhou had already used his Flesh and Blood Series Skills to alter his face, transforming into an earth Demon Descendant.

And he slipped into the Noxus logistics transfer station by tagging along with a rear-echelon convoy of the Calamity Sun Demon Army.

With Fang Zhou’s current nearly 50,000 points in strength and constitution Attributes, plus Flesh and Blood disguise and soul interrogation Skills, even posing as a Golden Level Demon Descendant was more than enough.

The logistics convoy passed the checkpoint without a hitch. Fang Zhou looked out through the window; the Noxus logistics transfer station truly deserved its reputation as a tax powerhouse of the Calamity Sun Demon Country.

Underfoot, bright stone-paved streets stretched on without end, shops of every kind lined up in rows, dazzlingly colorful and fully stocked with everything imaginable.

Yet who would ever think that such a bustling, prosperous place was about to suffer a sweeping raid by Demon Bandits?

Taking advantage of the logistics convoy being busy settling in, Fang Zhou had already slipped out of his “shell,” quietly wandering through Noxus.

Fang Zhou looked as if he was wandering aimlessly, but in truth he had already memorized in his mind the rough locations of each resource storage point in Noxus.

These pieces of information would save a lot of time for the upcoming plunder.

In addition, Fang Zhou paid special attention to the situation of the garrison troops of the Noxus logistics transfer station and the private guard forces of the Demon Descendant Great Nobles’ domains.

All told, these Demon Descendant nobles’ guards numbered about three thousand; gathered together, they were no small force.

However, Fang Zhou didn’t really take this force seriously.

Compared to the regular army, some experienced noble guards might be individually stronger than common soldiers, but in the Chaos, guards lacking organization and training could exert very little real effect.

If they were fighting under favorable conditions, they might serve as decent supporting arms.

But once they sensed something was wrong, they would definitely prioritize preserving their own strength.

So the greatest obstacle for the Demon Bandits this time was still the two thousand Calamity Sun Demon Country regulars stationed in Noxus.

Along several main streets in Noxus, at fixed intervals a squad of well-equipped, well-trained garrison troops patrolled past.

These were elite troops of the Calamity Sun Demon Country.

Their role, apart from guarding the security of the Noxus logistics transfer station, was to prevent caravans from other regions from getting into conflicts or causing trouble at the hub.

Given the wealth and mixed population at the Noxus logistics transfer station, maintaining such an armed force was quite necessary.

It was just that, in Fang Zhou’s eyes, their current strength was really a bit too thin.

It was precisely by seeing that the Calamity Sun Demon Country was now too busy fending off the Dawn Legion’s main army to spare attention, and that the Hydra Demon Swamp blockade line had siphoned away three thousand garrison troops from Noxus, that the leaders of the three major Esoteric Rebel Armies dared to rally the bandits and set such a plan.

Otherwise, thinking that ten thousand rabble could take a heavily garrisoned Noxus, which could call on support from Head Hunting City at any time, would be sheer delusion.

It seemed the internal secrecy work of the several Esoteric Rebel Armies had been done very well; Noxus at the moment appeared perfectly calm, completely unaware that a calamity was about to descend.

After making a round and finding nothing particularly noteworthy, Fang Zhou casually picked a place to settle down.

Although the Noxus logistics transfer station was wealthy, it wasn’t a place frequented by noble Demon Descendants of exalted status, so there weren’t many high-end establishments.

While Fang Zhou was eating, the noisy chatter around him drifted over from time to time.

“Why did you only get here now? You’re many days late from our agreed time! We thought you weren’t coming anymore.”

A slightly shrill voice said.

“Couldn’t be helped. It’s not like you don’t know—the Dawn Legion has taken Hell Pit Fortress, and most of the roads have been sealed off. Our merchant guild had no choice but to detour through the small paths in the Cartier Mountains. Don’t say ‘late’; just making it here at all is already pretty good.”

The one replying sighed; it seemed the next room was a gathering of leaders of small merchant guilds.

“Right, since you passed by near Hell Pit Fortress, do you know how the fighting is going now? This war’s been dragging on for so long; it’s wrecked quite a bit of our business.”

Another new voice joined in.

Hearing this topic, Fang Zhou’s heart stirred slightly.

Ever since the head of Zhao Jingyuan Marshal’s Light Shadow Guard, He Xin, left, he hadn’t gotten updates on the situation at Hell Pit Fortress for quite some time.

“Yeah, tell me about it—but the war is far from over. These days all the Great Nobles are desperately conscripting, hoping to snatch Hell Pit Fortress back from the Dawn Legion,” that Demon Merchant said.

“Can we win?” someone asked.

“Doesn’t look good. You can’t feel it here, but when I passed through Head Hunting City, people there were already seized by panic.”

At this point, the Demon Merchant’s voice grew lower, but his tone carried enough strength that Fang Zhou could still hear clearly.

He heard him speak mysteriously, “Also, let me tell you something—in fact, there’s a Dawn Legion army hidden near Head Hunting City right now.”

“Huh? What!!! The Dawn Legion has already pushed inside? I thought the fortress side was still in full battle?”

Hearing this, all his companions cried out in shock.

If the Dawn Legion had truly invaded the Calamity Sun Demon Country, then the safety of these Demon Merchants who served the nobles would be the least guaranteed.

“Don’t panic. As long as the war at Hell Pit Fortress hasn’t ended, we should still be quite safe here. That Dawn Legion unit inside the Calamity Sun Demon Country is called the Calamity Special Operations Team, only a few hundred men. They infiltrated not long after the Dawn Legion captured Hell Pit Fortress. Their leader seems to be a young Major General named Fang Zhou—he’s practically a household-name hero in the Dawn Legion now.”

Since when did I become a Major General? And a hero everyone knows?

When Fang Zhou heard the Demon Merchant mention a Dawn Legion unit hidden inside the Calamity Sun Demon Country, he had already faintly suspected they were talking about him.

The Demon Merchants’ conversation continued; they were still discussing the Calamity Special Operations Team.

Fang Zhou also wanted to listen and see what he’d missed at the fortress during the period he’d been away.

The first shrill voice spoke doubtfully, “In such a huge Calamity Sun Demon Country, a few hundred troops sneak in? They’d barely have time to hide, let alone be of any use! Even when our merchant guilds escort valuable goods, we hire several hundred guards. You’re not just making this up to mess with us, are you?”

“I’m messing with you?”

Hearing the constant agreement with that remark, the well-informed Demon Merchant guildmaster clearly grew displeased.

Being doubted, he forgot to keep his voice down and said loudly, “If I weren’t afraid of causing trouble inside the Calamity Sun Demon Country, I’d have brought the Dawn Legion’s propaganda bulletins along. This Major General Fang Zhou is quite something—the gate of Hell Pit Fortress was opened by him. And, you know about the recent incident where the Demon Army’s logistics chain was hit, right?”

“That I know. Even though the Calamity Sun Demon Country blocked the news, the inside story I heard was that some brazen Demon Bandit group did it. And that bandit group has already been wiped out by the Demon Army,” a voice interjected.

“Heh, wiped out? If they’d been wiped out, do you think the remaining Esoteric Rebel Armies would still be this rampant?” the Demon Merchant sneered.

“And even if the Calamity Sun Demon Country’s situation isn’t great, what Esoteric Rebel Army would casually dare clash with the regular Demon Army? Let me tell you—the ones who really hit the logistics supplies were that Calamity Special Operations Team of the Dawn Legion!”

“Ah, so that’s how it is! No wonder, last time I ran into a Demon Army supply convoy on the road, they’d beefed up their numbers so much.”

“This Major General Fang Zhou of the Dawn Legion really has guts! With only a few hundred men under him, he dares show up openly and Taunt them. Isn’t he afraid of getting surrounded by the troops from Head Hunting City and wiped out to the last man?”

Hearing the Demon Merchant’s well-grounded account, most of the people were convinced.

They simply felt that, pulling off such results in the Demon Army’s main rear with only six hundred men, was a bit unbelievable.

And while they were still recovering from their shock, the Demon Merchant seemed not yet satisfied.

He paused, then dropped an even bigger bombshell.

“Leaving aside things too far off, I just heard upon arriving that several thousand troops had been drawn away from Noxus’s garrison. You all got here earlier than I did; you should know where they went, right?” the Demon Merchant said.