Chapter 175: Chapter 175

Nathan Lane was like in a dream, as the divine power of the River God descended, every ghost soldier and ghost cave, were shattered instantaneously!

The warriors who had come with him, after their chain locks dissipated, took a long time to recover their breath. They gathered around Nathan Lane, their eyes full of respect as they asked, "Leader Lane, was this the backup plan you mentioned earlier?"

Before the action, Nathan Lane had a thread of hope for the Iron Plate around his neck, and also to motivate everyone to work with him, so he had assured them that he had a backup plan, and that the ghost beings were nothing to worry about.

Nathan Lane’s face did not show the slightest sign of guilt, he just nodded composedly.

Although this was not his original plan, it was still his "plan", wasn’t it?

The warriors admired greatly, "Worthy of Leader Lane!"

"Really from the upper layers of the County Government Office parachuted from the big city!"

These words turned Nathan Lane’s face slightly red, so he quickly switched topics: "The criminals have surely been arrested, everyone should go inside the mansion and search for the missing villagers."

"Alright." Just as the warriors were about to go, they saw countless ghost soldiers rushing out from the tightly closed door of the mansion!

The warriors were instantly frozen in their tracks, the ghost soldiers swiftly reached them and sniffed them.

They all broke out into a cold sweat, not daring to move an inch.

However, the ghost soldiers quickly ignored them and began to search for those few that got away, sprawling all over the hills.

Nathan Lane understood in his heart: these ghost soldiers, they must have been subdued by the River God!

Once the ghost soldiers were gone, the Mechanical Dao Soldiers walked out and stated: "It’s safe now."

The warriors looked at the impressive Mechanical Dao Soldiers with reverence, then looked at Nathan Lane. The latter waved his hand: "Hurry up and look for the people."

Staying with the Mechanical Dao Soldiers was stressful for the warriors, so they hurriedly rushed into the courtyard.

Nathan Lane went up to the Mechanical Dao Soldiers, respectfully knelt down to pay respects; he was about to address him as the River God, but the Mechanical Dao Soldier had already spoken: "I am but the messenger of the River God in this world."

Nathan Lane quickly corrected himself: "Believer Nathan Lane, I welcome the Envoy."

The Mechanical Dao Soldiers stated: "Prince Henry is treasonous, causing disaster to the country and its people — but he holds high power, his strength is formidable. If this case is handed over to you, do you have the courage to investigate thoroughly?!"

Nathan Lane froze on the ground, stunned: thoroughly investigate? What? Investigate Prince Henry’s past?!

Everyone knew that Prince Henry had deep roots and was powerful. His surface strength was not to mention, and everyone knew that Prince Henry was probably the richest of all Vassal Kings; and his hidden strength... seeing this single ghost cave alone was enough to know that he probably had many powerful cultivators hidden up his sleeve!

The Mechanical Dao Soldiers stared at him coldly. Nathan Lane did not dare raise his head, knowing that if he undertook this task, it would probably result in a life-or-death situation!

But at that very moment, he thought back to just now, the statue of the River God that emerged in his mind — so, in an instant, courage filled his entire being. Who cares about Prince Henry, could he be greater than a deity!

As long as the River God stands behind me, even if he’s the number one Vassal King, I can bring him down.

"The believer is willing!"

The Mechanical Dao Soldiers nodded: "Very good. I will join you in your actions — starting with the interrogation of this criminal."

He took the lead and warily walked into the mansion: "Wait inside, the criminals will soon be escorted back."

"Yes." Nathan Lane responded, he was about to follow him in but remembered something. He pulled off the Iron Plate from his neck, sneering, he tossed the Iron Plate forcefully into the pond.

As expected, the ghost soldiers captured every single one of the guest chieftains — these guest chieftains were very strong, but the ghost soldiers were numerous. Despite suffering heavy losses under the siege, they all managed to win in the end.

These fellows, like Nathan Lane and his men before, were brought back one by one with their necks bound by the yin energy chain lock.

Before this, Nathan Lane and the warriors had searched the entire mansion, and the servants here were all coerced to come. After being rescued, they cried bitterly and thanked them on their knees. Even before they interrogated those criminals, some servants had already quickly revealed some important clues.

Slyvia’s younger brother had been dead for a long time, probably already refined into a ghost soldier.

Thankfully, because Slyvia was beautiful, she had been captured and temporarily detained, planning to train her into a dancing girl.

Nathan Lane rescued her, and the young lady clung to him, crying her heart out, wetting his clothes. The warriors on the side jeered and laughed, Nathan Lane didn’t have time to pay them any attention, busy consoling the beauty in his arms.

This move, compared to the Corpse Fiend, was indeed a breath of fresh air and obviously wouldn’t result in singlehood.

After the guest chieftains were captured, Nathan Lane immediately began the interrogation. The Mechanical Dao Soldiers stood by, Owen Bertram watched the whole process through the eyes of the Mechanical Dao Soldiers, and only then was he relieved: this young man’s skills and techniques in interrogation were extremely proficient, and his case handling was very seasoned.

Nathan Lane handed the convicts over to the Mechanical Dao Soldiers after the interrogation. Owen Bertram had the Mechanical Dao Soldiers bring them back overnight, he wanted to conduct a soul search on them once again — having Nathan Lane interrogate them was simply a test of his capability.

Nathan Lane again directed everyone to clean up the mansion, they would rest here for the night, then head back to Pelier Town at dawn.

The Mechanical Dao Soldiers hurried back to the outpost overnight, Owen Bertram pulled out the souls of these defeats with a single strike, activated the Three Divided Spirit Skill, and reviewed their memories.

Owen Bertram’s face was grave, just this branch headed by the Master of the Estate had caused the death of tens of thousands of people over the years! Of course, not only were they from Pelier Town and Levi County, but most of them were kidnapped refugees.

Moreover, to allow the ghost soldiers to have greater resentment, these poor people had been subjected to all kinds of unbearable torture before they died, causing them to die full of pain and humiliation.

Many of the methods used made Owen Bertram feel that the Master of the Estate had been let off too easily by death, after seeing them.

In addition to the Master of the Estate’s branch, Prince Henry should have many similar secret powers; only those known to those guest chieftains were about a dozen.

Corpse refining, beast taming, poison making... Owen Bertram was most interested in a "Manufacturing Workshop", where an artifact-making genius had bamboozled Prince Henry into wanting to mass produce "Dao Soldiers", forming an army of Dao Soldiers that a Grandmaster could fully command!

Owen Bertram stroked his chin and nodded continuously: all the precious materials in this Manufacturing Workshop, should be taken by heroes like me who are acting on behalf of heaven!

Since there was a Manufacturing Workshop for artifact creation, there should also be a place for making marching pills; it was a pity that these guest chieftains were unaware of it. I’ll find the clues once I’ve taken over the Manufacturing Workshop!

Just relying on this one point, Owen Bertram already felt that his decision to join the Guardian Hall was the correct one.

The small fights before were not comparable to Prince Henry! Just one small victory could yield a large number of treasures, if Prince Henry was truly brought down, and his Royal Palace raided... Owen Bertram wiped the drool from his mouth, secretly admonishing himself not to be like the second and Alexia, drooling all the time. After all, I am the only one of the three siblings of Sun family with a dignified appearance.

Furthermore, there was also a more direct gain.

The Storage Brocade Pouches of Master of the Estate and the guest chieftains were all secretly taken by the Mechanical Dao Soldiers.