Legend of Wyatt
Chapter 208: Wise and Brave

Chapter 208: Chapter 208: Wise and Brave

When Wyatt Barnes, Remi Sinclair, and Seeker Sinclair walked out of the tent, they were taken aback.

A throng of nearly ninety thousand soldiers kneeled before the central tent, their expressions a mix of grief and anger. Waves of voices rolled over, echoing throughout the Flourishing City, as if a cloud of gloom had descended.

The residents of Flourishing City had congregated in the streets, their faces pallid with despair.

"I had thought that when the Crimson Drake Army arrived, they would certainly join forces with the border troops to counter the South Kingdom... I never expected such a devastating defeat!"

"Humph! This had nothing to do with the Crimson Drake Army. It is entirely due to the ridiculous commands of that damn military strategist that our border committed such a large number of soldiers!"

"How do you know?"

"I have a cousin in the border troops. He and his comrades are currently begging General Ho to sentence that damn military strategist to death!"

"A military strategist, who caused the death of countless warriors, should be sentenced to death without question. Why even ask for permission?"

"That military strategist has a not so simple identity. He is the son of the Prime Minister of our Crimson Heaven Kingdom, named ’Clarke Drake’!"

...

Similar opinions were being spread throughout Flourishing City.

Outside, anger and resentment were rampant.

Andni Ho stood in front of the central tent, tears welling in his eyes as he gazed at nearly ninety thousand soldiers, desolate and grieving, unable to find words to comfort them.

"General! If you’re worried about ’Clarke Drake’ being the Prime Minister’s son, we can take him down ourselves, we’re not scared!"

"Yes, we’re not scared!"

"General, in battle, casualties are inevitable... If we had taken down ten thousand of the South Kingdom, we would have accepted it! But this time, we lost tens of thousands of brothers, while the South Kingdom only lost a thousand!"

"Our brothers did not die in vain!"

...

The soldiers were furious, their eyes red and voices thunderous.

"We lost tens of thousands while they only had about a thousand deaths or injuries?"

Wyatt Barnes frowned.

Although he foresaw that Clarke’s ploy would not work, he didn’t expect such devastation...

He knew clearly.

Even if Clarke lived through this day, he might be infamous forever.

Not to mention inheriting the ’Prime Minister’ role!

Remi Sinclair and Seeker Sinclair were also taken aback.

They were aware that tens of thousands of soldiers from the Crimson Heaven Kingdom had been sacrificed, but they didn’t know about the losses on the other side.

Having heard about the enemy’s casualties, they were silent.

"Tens of thousands of our soldiers died, just to take less than a thousand of theirs?"

Remi Sinclair and Seeker Sinclair exchanged glances, both could see the wrath in each other’s eyes.

"This Clarke Drake, he deserves to die!"

Seeker Sinclair’s face darkened with anger.

Over ten thousand valiant warriors were trapped and killed by ’Clarke Drake’!

This was an absolute ’outrage’!

Inside the central tent.

Clarke Drake sat on the ground, his face white as a sheet and legs weak, unable to rise for a long while.

He could sense the anger emanating from the soldiers outside, and had no doubt that if he made an appearance at this time, they would not hesitate to tear him to pieces!

"I need to get out of here, I need to get out of here..."

Suddenly, Clarke Drake’s eyes brightened as though clutching at the last straw.

"Brother Clarke...maybe you should, apologize."

The two people who had been by Clarke Drake’s side spoke up hesitantly.

"Apologize?"

Clark Drake’s face darkened, his eyes cold, "There’s no way I’m apologizing!"

Outside, despite General Ho’s attempts to placate them, the soldiers refused to back down.

"Without Clarke Drake dead, we won’t get up from our knees!"

"Yes! Without Clarke Drake dead, we won’t get up from our knees!"

...

The soldiers were firm.

General Ho finally did not know how to soothe them any longer, he could only turn to Kanan Nigel for assistance.

Kanan Nigel nodded towards General Ho, then stepped forward.

"Brothers, I am Kanan Nigel, the leader of the Crimson Drake Army!"

Kanan Nigel looked at the nearly ninety thousand border soldiers, his face grim with sorrow, "For the tens of thousands of brothers we’ve lost in this war, both General Ho and I share your grief! But they have already passed, why make things difficult for General Ho?"

"I assure you all, if you all rise and return now, we will expel Clarke Drake from Flourishing City, and have him return to the Imperial City! Moreover, within three days at most, we will launch another attack, and avenge the deaths of our fallen brothers!"

Kanan Nigel’s voice resounded strongly.

Looking at a group of frontier army soldiers who seemed indifferent, Kanan Nigel continued, "I know that you have some doubts about my promise... but as for yesterday’s events, you have witnessed them with your own eyes. Do you know why I was able to detect the changes in the situation in time and led tens of thousands of brothers from the Crimson Drake Army to cover your retreat?"

At Kanan Nigel’s words, the eyes of the frontier army soldiers present illuminated, turning towards Kanan Nigel.

He continued, "Actually, this was not because of my foresight, but because a student from saint martial academy’s ’Star System’ reminded me before my expedition, that if a certain situation was detected, I must resolutely retreat!"

"General Nigel, didn’t all students from the saint martial academy’s ’Star System’ participate in planning this ’war strategy’? If he knew in advance that there were flaws, why didn’t he speak out in time and avoid this disaster?"

A military strategist standing behind Andni Ho furrowed his brows, somewhat annoyed.

"At the time, he was not in the tent and did not participate in the planning."

Kanan Nigel looked at this strategist, his eyes calm.

"Could it be?"

As if recalling something, Andni Ho’s pupils contracted.

He still found it somewhat hard to believe.

If it was really so, he could hardly escape blame!

Wyatt Barnes stood in the distance, suddenly hearing Kanan Nigel’s words and noticed Kanan Nigel looking at him...

He knew that Kanan Nigel was planning to sell him out!

Wyatt shook his head, brought a puzzled-faced Remi Sinclair and Seeker Sinclair, stepped forward, and stood beside Kanan Nigel.

"It’s you guys!"

The faces of the two military strategists behind Andni Ho changed, revealing disbelief.

Could the ’Star System’ student reminded by Commander Nigel be these three first-year students? The ones they found annoying and expelled from their first year class?

Their faces became somewhat unsightly.

"The one by my side is the recently famous genius in the Crimson Heaven Kingdom ’Wyatt Barnes’! People only know about Elder Brother Wyatt’s exceptional martial arts talent, but they don’t know that he also has an extremely brilliant unique insight into war strategies! Before the expedition, it was him who told me to be cautious of two types of situations and if either appeared, I must retreat at the first opportunity..."p>"At first, I also thought he was exaggerating these two conditions until one of them actually happened. Only then did I realize, there was no mistake in his initial judgment! Therefore, without hesitation, I led the Crimson Drake Army to cover your retreat... otherwise, your losses would not be limited to tens of thousands of brothers, but could potentially reach thirty, forty, or even fifty thousand!"

Kanan Nigel’s voice was soaring with an infectious spirit.

"General Nigel, you saved us, we are all grateful to you! However, there’s one thing I do not understand. If this young fellow is also a ’Star System’ student and saw through the flaw in Clarke Drake’s strategy, why did we still carry out the attack according to Clarke Drake’s strategy?"

A ’Leader of Ten Thousand Warriors’ from the frontier army, kneeling at the front, voiced the thoughts of many people present.

Wyatt Barnes raised his eyebrows, stepped forward and spoke, "To answer that, allow me."

For a moment, all eyes were on Wyatt Barnes.

Wyatt spoke calmly as though narrating an incident unrelated to him, "On that day, the two behind me and I had also participated in planning strategies against the South Barbarian City... However, later, Clarke Drake stated that we would only hinder the planning and were useless. He claimed that he could breach the South Barbarian City without us."

"At that moment, your General Ho was also swayed by Clarke Drake’s words. He viewed us as young and thought we were just first-year students from the saint martial academy’s ’Star System’ so he expelled us from the planning discussion! Later, although I noticed a flaw in Clarke Drake’s strategy, it wouldn’t have been convincing without a real battle... and given our ’status’ at the time, nobody would have believed us even if we did mention it."

Wyatt slowly explained.

"I can attest to this!"

Kanan Nigel added, "At that time, even I somewhat doubted the supposed ’flaw’ mentioned by Brother Wyatt. Otherwise, I would not have risked my Crimson Drake Army brothers!"

Wyatt’s words caused a great surge of anger in the hearts of the frontier army soldiers.

Kanan Nigel’s words served as the fuse, igniting their anger, triggering a complete outbreak!

"It’s that Clarke Drake again!"

"He has no ability yet is envious and jealous, suppressing the talented Brother Wyatt, who is both wise and brave!"

...

At this moment, a group of frontier army soldiers was once again expressing grief and indignation.

Thump!

Suddenly, the scene fell silent, leaving only the sound of kneeing on the ground.

It was Andni Ho, his face flushed, kneeling in front of a group of soldiers, "Brothers, this matter is my oversight... it is all my, Andni Ho’s fault!"

"General Ho, there’s no need for this. You were also being manipulated... After all, given our age and experience, anyone would typically not be convinced by us."

Wyatt gave a light smile, his words echoing around.

"Exactly, Brother Wyatt is right, this matter is unrelated to the General!"

"Unrelated to the General!"

...

A group of soldiers loudly voiced their agreement.

Seeing Wyatt speak up for him, a trace of gratitude showed in Andni Ho’s eyes, his face filled with guilt.

"Wyatt Barnes!"

Inside the tent, Clarke Drake gritted his teeth, his face filled with hatred.

Isn’t what Wyatt said equivalent to pushing all responsibility onto him?

Even though, he had to admit, it was indeed his responsibility.

Suddenly, another sentence spoken by Wyatt Barnes from the outside made Clarke Drake’s eyes brighten:

"Everyone, I understand that you wish to kill Clarke Drake. But I still hope that you can calm down and think for General Ho. After all, Clarke Drake is the son of the Prime Minister, his status is esteemed... If he were to die in Flourishing City, you may be unaffected, but General Ho will inevitably suffer the consequences!"

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