Legend of Wyatt
Chapter 207: Provoking Public Anger!

Chapter 207: Chapter 207: Provoking Public Anger!

After leaving the tents...

Seeker Sinclair’s face was full of indignation. "Wyatt Barnes, that ’Clarke Drake’ really crossed the line!"

A trace of brilliance passed through Wyatt Barnes’ eyes, he laughed and said,"Seeker Sinclair, some people are just asking to be humiliated, why get mad at him?"

Confused by Wyatt’s comment, both Seeker and Remi Sinclair looked at one another in bewilderment.

"Do you really think taking down South Barbarian City would be that easy? Just wait and watch Clarke Drake make a fool of himself...Hmph!"

A hint of contempt surfaced at Wyatt’s mouth.

Even though he had only glimpsed the positioning of the South Barbarian City earlier, he had understood it all...

He knew very clearly that even with the aid of the Crimson Drake Army, breaking through the South Barbarian City was going to be extremely difficult.

More so, the South Barbarian City was located at a naturally fortified position. If it couldn’t be taken in one swoop, they themselves would sustain heavy losses...

At Wyatt’s words, Remi and Seeker Sinclair both had an expression of half-understanding.

Half a month later...

The Kingdom of Crimson Heaven was preparing to launch a military attack on the ’South Barbarian City’.

Clarke Drake unsurprisingly became the military strategist for this battle.

"Wyatt Barnes, that Clarke Drake is about to lead the army in an expedition... How can you still sleep?"

Seeing Wyatt Barnes lounging in his bed in broad daylight, Seeker Sinclair looked worried.

"What’s the rush?"

Wyatt Barnes responded with a shake of his head and an amused smile.

At Wyatt Barnes’ response, both Seeker and Remi Sinclair were left speechless.

It wasn’t until three days later when the army that went thirty miles away to attack South Barbarian City returned, they realized the meaning of Wyatt Barnes’s words.

The Kingdom of Crimson Heaven attacking the South Kingdom...

South Barbarian City remained unshakable as Mount Tai.

While the troops of the Kingdom of Crimson Heaven suffered heavy losses.

Luckily, under the leadership of Kanan Nigel, the ten thousand Crimson Drake Army retreated in time, only a fraction of them were lightly wounded and no one died.

The three hundred students of the General Star System from the sacred martial arts academy, who were with the Crimson Drake Army, also returned safely.

However, the border troops suffered tens of thousands of casualties!

"Wyatt Barnes, you were so confident half a month ago, did you ever think Clarke Drake had it in him to take South Barbarian City?"

Seeker Sinclair was taken aback by this news, turning to Wyatt Barnes, he inquired.

"Hmph! Taking South Barbarian City won’t be easy."

Wyatt Barnes responded casually.

When he first looked at the layout of the South Barbarian City, he knew that unless he employed a combination of ’Draining the ponds to catch the fish’, ’Borrowing a corpse to resurrect the soul’, and ’Borrowing the eastern wind’ from the Stratagems of the Warring States, it would be impossible to capture the South Barbarian City.

However, Clarke Drake, in Wyatt’s opinion, couldn’t even dream of these.

"If it were up to you, would you have been able to find a way?"

Seeker Sinclair’s eyes lit up as he asked.

"What do you think?"

Seeing the confident smile on Wyatt’s face, Seeker Sinclair knew Wyatt was sure to have a solution.

"Wyatt Barnes, isn’t it inappropriate for you to behave this way? If you knew there was a solution, why didn’t you propose it on that day?"

Remi Sinclair, who had been quiet so far, frowned.

After all, the border army lost tens of thousands of soldiers this time!

Those were living lives!

Wyatt Barnes shrugged, "Remi Sinclair, you were present and witnessed it. Clarke Drake deliberately thwarted us, even General Ho listened to him and asked us to leave... What do you think, would they have believed me if I claimed to have a solution to break through ’South Barbarian City’ back then? "

"So, the death of those tens of thousands of soldiers... if you’re looking to blame someone, blame it on General Ho and Clarke Drake!"

Wyatt gave a cold laugh as he finished.

Of course, some things Wyatt didn’t mention.

Before the troops of the Kingdom of Crimson Heaven set out, Kanan Nigel had found him and shared Clarke Drake’s "strategy".

At that time, Wyatt Barnes had already spotted two obvious flaws in that so-called "strategy".

However, those two flaws were not obvious to the average person. Even if he pointed them out, others wouldn’t believe him... However, those two flaws would inevitably be exposed at crucial moments.

So, he warned Kanan Nigel.

As soon as he noticed something was wrong, he should immediately lead the soldiers of the Crimson Drake Army to retreat from the battlefield without any hesitation!

If he hadn’t reminded Kanan Nigel, the ten-thousand soldiers of the Crimson Drake Army wouldn’t have returned unscathed.

Upon hearing Wyatt’s words, Remi Sinclair pondered for a while and also realized that what Wyatt said made sense. Remi Sinclair apologized to Wyatt, "Wyatt Barnes, I shouldn’t have questioned you, I was too impulsive."

"No matter, after all, we’re talking about tens of thousands of lives."

Wyatt shook his head, unconcerned.

"Hmph! That Clarke Drake, he was so arrogant, I wonder if he’s still feeling good now... I heard after they returned today, they’re all staying in the central camp. I guess his face must be as hideous as can be."

Seeker Sinclair snorted coldly, ridicule surfacing at the corners of his mouth, "This defeat is his responsibility entirely, it was his strategy that was flawed!"

Remi Sinclair also felt a chill in his eyes, "That Clarke Drake, he has utterly disgraced the Prime Minister’s Mansion... Even if the ’Chancellor Drake’ came to know of it, he would probably vomit blood in anger! One plan caused the death of tens of thousands of soldiers... I’m afraid only Clarke Drake could do that."

"I still remember the obsequious faces of General Ho and those two strategists in front of Clarke Drake... Claiming that Clarke Drake inherited the ’sophisticated wisdom’ of Chancellor Drake. I am really curious, what their reactions would be when they face Clarke Drake again."

Even though Seeker Sinclair’s words didn’t mean to desecrate the tens of thousands of fallen soldiers, there was a touch of schadenfreude.

Of course, General Ho and the two military strategists under his command would naturally be upset now.

"We lost eleven thousand, three hundred and fifty-two brothers..."

Inside the spacious tent, General Ho’s face was incredibly ugly. He looked at Clarke Drake whose face was equally ugly, filled with humiliation and rage, as though he had forgotten Clarke’s noble identity, "Clarke Drake, don’t you think you owe me an explanation? Our Border Army fully cooperated with your ’strategy’, but ended up being killed in masses by the South Kingdom!"

"Didn’t you say that your strategy was foolproof?"

General Ho’s face turned beet red with anger.

General Ho’s prestigious position today and the faith of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in him were all hard-earned through blood and sweat. He was renowned for his caring nature towards his subordinates.

Once, a Centurion under his command was infiltrated and murdered by South Kingdom’s people in ’Flourishing City’.

He traveled alone to South Kingdom, infiltrated ’South Barbarian City’, and killed two of their Centurions!

Ever since that time, he was known by the people of the South Kingdom as ’Mad Ho’!

From then onwards, the people of the South Kingdom no longer dared to carry out assassinations.

"Andni Ho, I’ve told you, those people from South Kingdom are too cunning."

Clarke Drake’s expression darkened as he reiterated his statement.

The South Kingdom’s people are too cunning?

What kind of excuse is that?

Pfft!

Andni Ho was so angered his face reddened, he spewed out a mouthful of stale blood, and pointing at Clarke Drake, he roared out in grief and anger, "Clarke Drake, had you not been the Prime Minister’s son....solely for your crime of causing the death of my ten thousand brothers, you would without a doubt be dead today!"

This time, if it had been his Military Strategist who caused the deaths of tens of thousands of soldiers....

He would have killed him straight away!

However, Clarke Drake’s background was too unshakeable, otherwise, he would not have let Clarke Drake live even for a second.

"Why, do you want to kill me too?"

Clarke Drake’s face darkened, and he scoffed, "Merely ten thousand cheap lives, you think they’re worth the noble life of this Young Master?"

At this moment, all sorts of pressure weighed heavily on Clarke Drake, nearly causing him to break down and lose his sanity.

If it were the usual him, he would certainly not have made such comments under these circumstances.

"What did you say?!"

Andni Ho’s face turned pale, once again coughing up mouthfuls of stale blood, the killing intent on him could no longer be suppressed and was on the verge of exploding.

Kanan Nigel, who had been silent all this time, kicked Clarke Drake, sending him flying and roared, "Clarke Drake, you’ve caused the deaths of so many of our comrades, not only are you not apologizing, but your words are also devoid of any shred of human decency... Today, I’ll teach you a lesson on behalf of Chancellor Drake!"

"Kanan Nigel, you dare lay your hands on me!"

Clarke Drake stood up, his eyes cold, and hate surged through him.

"Brother Clarke Drake."

The two students from the Star System Academy who had followed Clarke Drake immediately restrained him, a bitter smile on their faces.

"Oh, so you two think I’m wrong too?"

Clarke Drake’s face grew darker.

"Brother Clarke Drake, your words just now were indeed too extreme."

"Yes, those were ten thousand living lives."

The two of them said with bitter smiles.

At this moment, Clarke Drake took a deep breath and finally calmed down, realizing that he indeed had been a bit too hasty earlier.

However, asking him to admit his mistake and apologize was out of the question!

He was the Prime Minister’s son, he was above all, he would never apologize to anyone.

"Kill Clarke Drake!"

"Let him pay for the lives of ten thousand brothers with his life!"

"Kill Clarke Drake!"

"Pay with your life!"

...

At this moment, ear-splitting voices echoed throughout the camp, the atmosphere was charged.

Clarke Drake paled.

Kanan Nigel furrowed his brows and stepped forward.

He looked around.

Only then did Kanan Nigel realize that in addition to the tens of thousands of soldiers from the Crimson Drake Army under his command, the nearly ninety thousand remaining frontier soldiers had all gathered around the tent, their faces filled with anger...

They were here to avenge the ten thousand brothers who had perished!

The Prime Minister’s son, they did not care!

They only wished to use Clarke Drake’s blood to comfort the spirits of their ten thousand departed brethren in heaven!

"If you don’t want to die, it’s best you don’t go out."

Andni Ho’s icy gaze swept over Clarke Drake, who had turned as white as a sheet and had trembling legs, he took a deep breath, his eyes were bloodshot as he stepped out of the tent.

"General!"

At the moment Andni Ho stepped out of the tent, nearly ninety thousand soldiers outside the tent immediately knelt on the ground.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

...

Like an earthquake, like the mountains collapsing and the earth splitting!

"It is I who have failed our deceased brothers!"

Seeing this, Andni Ho could no longer control the tears welling up in his eyes...

A man does not shed tears easily, it is only because his heart is broken!

"General, you are blameless, it’s all because of that Clarke Drake!"

"That’s right, if he hadn’t ordered our brothers to delve deeper, they wouldn’t have died!"

"He sent our brothers to their deaths!"

"We suspect he’s a spy from South Kingdom!"

"Kill him!"

"Kill him!"

...

The frontier soldiers were in an uproar.

Clarke Drake had courted public displeasure!