World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 1146 - 515: Final Showdown! Lanling’s Evil Methods!

Chapter 1146: 515: Final Showdown! Lanling’s Evil Methods!

After returning from the battlefield, Nini’an indeed did not go to see Lanling again.

Because she had decided that unless Lanling came to find her first, she would absolutely not speak a word to him or meet him.

Initially, she was in an anxious and restless state every day.

Back in the tribe, Lanling was constantly training with Dina, and on top of that, he still had regular trysts with Goufu’s wife, seeming completely indifferent to her.

Nini’an was nearly exploding with anger; she truly wished she could expose his affair with Ali and have them both executed. It took a great effort for her to suppress this urge.

Then, she decided on a strategy to give him a taste of his own medicine.

You, Lanling, are affectionate with Dina and having an affair with Ali, so I will get close to Du Yan.

Thus, upon returning from the tribe, Nini’an would nearly every day visit Du Yan at the Foreign Tribe Army Camp, chatting and laughing pleasantly in front of everyone.

The previous times, Du Yan hadn’t even had the chance to hold her hand, but one day Nini’an proactively held his hand in front of everyone, and it happened just as Lanling and Dina were entering and leaving the camp.

At that moment, Lanling almost ignored it and left directly.

Meanwhile, Du Yan was so happy he seemed like he was about to soar into the sky.

After half a month had passed, the entire Foreign Tribe Army was spreading the rumor that Du Yan was going to marry the chieftain’s daughter, Nini’an.

Every day, Du Yan was elated, feeling extraordinarily proud as if he were floating on clouds.

Time flew by, and now only one day was left before the final deadline.

Lanling had to finally confront Constantine.

...

During this period, Constantine hadn’t been in the tribe for long stretches because he was keeping an eye on the great war between the Ankara and Wild Horse tribes.

After the battle of the Falling Horse Mountain Range ended, Chief Duoduo of the Wild Horse Tribe led four thousand remnants back to the tribe.

But before they reached the Wild Horse Tribe, they encountered three thousand cavalry from the Ankara Tribe halfway.

The two forces met on a narrow road, immediately engaging in battle.

Perhaps because the desperate army was bound to win, the Wild Horse Tribe’s four thousand remnants achieved a tragic victory, repelling the Ankara Tribe’s cavalry.

However...

On their way back to the tribe, the Ankara Tribe’s cavalry harassed and attacked constantly, never seeking victory but only to delay Duoduo’s speed.

Thus, what originally was a journey of a day and a night took Duoduo’s few thousand remnants a full four days.

By the time Duoduo led less than three thousand remnants back to the tribe, his stronghold had already fallen.

While the three thousand cavalry of the Ankara Tribe were blocking Duoduo’s remnants along the way, another seven thousand strong army attacked the Wild Horse Tribe’s stronghold, ending the battle in just a day and a half, nearly wiping out the three thousand defending the tribe.

The furious Chief Duoduo of the Wild Horse Tribe immediately led the three thousand remnants into battle.

But in just half a day, they were utterly defeated and fled, suffering over two thousand casualties. Chief Duoduo was protected by dozens of Berserkers and hundreds of elite Samurai as he fled the battlefield.

After fleeing, Duoduo was in utter despair and drew his scimitar to commit suicide, only to be stopped by his daughter Duo Ning.

"Father, suicide is the coward’s choice! As long as the mountain stands, there will be wood for burning," Duo Ning said. "As long as you have these samurai around you, there is a chance for resurgence."

Tears streamed down Duoduo’s face as he laid down his scimitar.

He couldn’t help but recall the words Lanling had asked his daughter to relay: even in desperate situations, save your life.

Although Lanling was a minor personage and his words might not hold much weight, for some reason, recalling the miracles Lanling accomplished, such as killing nearly a thousand in one battle, made Duoduo find those words profoundly resonant.

Just like a drowning man would seize even a straw.

"If only we had really recruited Lanling and Suo Mo’s Foreign Tribe Army back then, we wouldn’t have lost," Duoduo lamented.

Hearing these words only added to Duo Ning’s heartache.

If the Foreign Tribe Army of Lanling and Suo Mo had joined the Wild Horse Tribe, their three thousand cavalry’s harassment tactics wouldn’t have succeeded. Lanling’s medium-to-long-range shooting was unfathomable and unbeatable!

In that way, Duoduo could have led the army back in time.

Once he returned to the tribe in time, with the three thousand defenders and the Foreign Tribe Army, totaling eight to nine thousand troops, plus Lanling and the help of the tribe’s residents, they would have had no trouble defeating the Ankara Tribe’s less than ten thousand troops.

One could say that if Duo Ning had successfully persuaded Lanling back then, it would now be the Ankara Tribe suffering a crushing defeat, and the Wild Horse Tribe wouldn’t be extinguished.

Moreover, within one or two years, the Wild Horse Tribe could have waged war with the Chimera Tribe, reclaiming the Falling Horse Mountain Range.

"I shouldn’t have been so proud, nor so reserved," Duo Ning thought painfully. "If I could have lowered myself, even offering myself to Lanling that night, perhaps today’s disaster could have been averted."

But regardless of how, what’s done is done; there’s no turning back now.

...

Although Constantine did not directly participate in the great war between the Ankara and Wild Horse tribes, he had always been an observer.

After returning to the Chimera Tribe, he fell into deep contemplation, filled with waves of fear.

The Wild Horse Tribe had perished just like that, the centuries-old Wild Horse Tribe had perished just like that.

Even though the Chimera Tribe was the victor, he still felt fear.

Perhaps it was the sorrow of the swift’s death, or perhaps for other reasons.

But in any case, Constantine had started a very bad precedent, using intrigue to destroy a tribe.