Einder Bloodline

Chapter 26: Reinforcements

On the Eastern Continent, there was a certain location in which a large group of people could only be observed as arming themselves. They were the men that had been long hidden and nurtured silently by the Chen Clan. Similar to their plans, they immediately took action after usurping the Eastern Capital, leaving behind the riots and occasional uprising against them, they had begun preparing to attack multiple parts of the empire simultaneously to create more chaos as it was only in times of pure chaos could their ambitious plan work.

After the Golden Bullet company had made arrangements with them, assuring that they would provide the weapons and the transportation while the Chen's would provide the necessary manpower which would spearhead the entire operation, they would effectively target various strategic points in the empire.

The Chen's, however, had a different agenda. They set their eyes merely for the conquest, they didn't want to just weaken the empire for the short term instead their long term goals were to effectively take it for themselves. Currently, ten large floating ships began to descend as they headed towards a large open space.

"They're here!" An elderly man with a white beard exclaimed. He was one of the elders of the Chen clan. "Call the Clan head here!" He commanded as he looked at one skinny youth. The scrawny youth nodded as he began to run towards the direction of the clan head. He was running at speeds that seemed to be faster than what you'd expect from his appearance. 

The elder then began to rub his white long beard. "Will this be the road to fortune or destruction... nobody knows." He had a longing look in his eyes. He was one of the people who had personally seen the downfall of the clan. He was still unsure if their current actions were made to fulfill the long wish of their ancestors who had sworn the rise of their once great clan.

"Elder Bai!" I have already called the Clan head. He said to make sure that all preparations are complete before we set off." The skinny youth had already come back when not even half a minute had passed. It was a speed unbelievable to normal human standards.

"I see..." The elder then dismissed the youth as he made haste.

Ye Chen, on the other hand, made sure to keep everything under his control. He knew that since they had not taken full control over the Eastern continent the empire might do something when they were out on the mission. Afterall there were still lots of people who did not enjoy being under their rule and were rebelling against their forceful takeover.

He was having a headache as he tried to at least keep seventy percent of their power to firmly guard their current foothold in the East. He left behind men who were only loyal to him to stay on the island as he was worried that the different factions within the clan might not work cooperatively thus further reducing the likelihood of success for their operations.

He then took out some of the newly sprouting elites from different factions under the name of training to make sure that no matter what happens, when he returns, he will still be the one true leader of the clan. If they had returned victorious then his name would only increase in fame and his position as Clan head would be solidified. If he lost then at most all he would lose are disloyal subordinates from the other factions.

After donning on his azure armor he then made way towards the direction of the large ships. On the way he had met Elder Bai, "Greetings to Clan Head, all the preparations are now ready. The troops are ready to go at any moment as long as you give the word." The elder had respectfully greeted the Clan head as he made his report.

"Good work Elder Bai. Well then, it's time so I'll leave you in charge of the base while I go."The clan head smiled as he left the elder. "I wish you good fortune, Clan head, take care.....Make sure you come back alive."

The elder gave his farewells as he watched the clan head's back. "If only his father could see him now, he would be proud of how much his son has grown." He softly murmured to no one in particular.

The men who were gathered in front of the Clan head all had resolved themselves to die. Every one of them had the strength which was at least comparable to the elite troops that Robert had brought from the Central Continent.

These men were trained by methods that their ancestors had polished while making considerations towards the survival of the future generations as they knew that they knew that the future generations would not be able to stay in their island sanctuary forever with their dwindling resources and for them to be able to survive that future, they would need sufficient strength to do so. The lack of resources however only made things difficult for them but it was still manageable.

Today, however, was the day that they had finally made their mark by once again emerging from the hidden realm.

Today they are no longer the cowards that had only survived because they had left the battlefield and went on hiding. They are now men who have the strength to face the empire while they were at their strongest and the former at their weakest.

"Today the men and women of the Chen Clan would have the sweet taste of revenge that all of the descendants of the Chen Clan had been giving their lives for."

"TODAY WE SHALL KILL!"

An azure aura showed itself as it danced around the body of Ye Chen. It danced around like waves in the ocean. The crowd was astonished to see how terrifying their leader had become. Their hearts began to beat fast.

The crowd which had already been fired up by the continuous reports of them being able to take back good news against the empire were now once again inspired by the speech that Ye Chen had made. They all felt an indescribable feeling of being able to crush whatever comes their way, as if the aura of Ye Chen was gripping at their hearts, engulfing them and were slowly made to match the wild beating of the drums.

Others who saw this, however, were stunned at the magnificent display of finesse and raw power that Ye Chen had shown as their glorious leader. His control was slowly turning the crowd to his favor.

"FOR OUR POWER!"

"FOR OUR FREEDOM!"

"FOR OUR REVENGE!"

The crowd felt their bodies getting hot as they began shouting the same lines that the Clan head had said.

On the Western Continent, however, Anastasia who was inside one of the 10 ships that made their way to meet Ye Chen was stunned at how much Ye Chen had made an almost complete dominance simply with his speech as if the whole world was his stage.

"He's good," Rina commented as she had seen Ye Chen's speech. Anastasia who heard that gave a strange look at her sister. She knew she brushed up and learned the history of the Chen's, so she knew things that Rina didn't.

"Don't you feel something weird from seeing that? Aside from the fact that his every move was leading those people by using his aura to influence them, they were also born and raised to bear extreme hatred towards the empire. I can only pity their childhood. I can almost imagine how they must've been raised with their brainwashing techniques." Anastasia gave her thoughts as she knew that hating something from generation to generation continuously must've been something difficult for the previous generations of the Chen Clan.

Hearing what her sister had in mind, Rina also began to vaguely see the small waves that stretched out from Ye Chen's body which then connected to almost everyone listening in on his speech.