Mamba's wrath 2
The sovereign had to sacrifice his cultivation as to posses Mamba's body. It had been long since he had died,that he did not mind starting over his cultivation. Getting to live as a human,though in a borrowed body was better than leaving as a nascent soul.
Nascent souls could not cultivate,and so there was no way for him to increase his timeline,but as a human,as long as he raised his cultivation realm,he would be immortal.
For these two years,he had used his previous knowledge to boost the bandits strength. He planned on slowly transforming these bandits to a respectable power,but now,he had to weed out all the rotten members.
The spy trembled as he felt the intense gaze from the bandit chief. Mamba managed to perceive the bloodline seal on the spy because of his experience and the fact that he was a former sovereign,those were six realms above Zach.
He knew that having the man speak of the seal or however placed it on him would cause backlash on the man,and so he planned on keeping an eye on him. As he knew that the man would be reporting to his boss very soon.
"Thank you for the report..."
Mamba said as he handed a bottle of pills to the spy,who let out a breath of relief. For a moment,he thought he had been discovered.
Taking the bottle of pills, which happened to be the low ranked spirit qi gathering pills and a single foundation stabilizing pill,the spy returned to his place.
"The twelve of you are to lead a five man unit and search the forest for the fifth captain's squad..."
Eleven of the twelve mid stage spirit qi gathering bandits felt a sleight pain on their dantians.
"I have left a little gift for you..."
Mamba said as he explained what it was they had felt. He had placed a seal on their dantians, preventing them from ever progressing in cultivation untill Mamba lifted it.
If they wanted the seal lifted,they had to follow Mamba's orders to the latter,or look for another sovereign to lift the seal, which was next to impossible.
He had spared the spy as he did not want his seal to conflict with the bloodline seal placed on him.
He wanted to meet the person behind the seal. If the person was reasonable and willing,he would gladly hand over everything in this lair to them. Managing the bandits was hectic,he prefered a place where he could quietly cultivate and interact normally with the locals.
Having gotten lead of the twelve mid stage spirit qi gathering realm bandits,and sixty of the body forging realm associates of the four captains,Mamba had the five high stage spirit qi gathering bandits in the warehouse guard duty.
They to had their dantians sealed. The five plus the other twelve had been ordered not to speak of their task to others.
The lair was now left with less than fifty bandits at the body forging realm,nine at different stages of the spirit qi gathering realm and the four foundation establishment realm captains.
The twenty-four bandits who had not associated with the captains were still waiting in place as ordered.
The sudden shift left the captains confused,they and their associates had planned on using their advantage on making a move after dinner,but from nowhere,the chief had sent search parties for the fifth captain and squad.
The search parties had left one group at a time,as not to raise any alarm. By the time the captains realized what had transpired, close to two thirds of their associates were gone.
They converged once more, suspicious of each other,as the chief move was a clearly directed at reducing their support.
"Someone snitched on us..."
The high stage foundation establishment realm captain was furious,as he was the one affected the most,a third of those who left, both body forging realm and spirit qi gathering realm bandits were members of his faction.
Their looks could bring down the heavens and put out the fires of hell. Each man was on guard against the other.
"There is no way the chief would have guessed our plans..."
One of the four said,
"What if he has not,we may be getting ourselves worked out for nothing..."
Another captain,
"And what if he has,do not forget that each of missing a large number of our men,and if you have not noticed,those who did not join any faction are missing..."
This piqued everyone intrest,as now all doubt had been washed clean.
"The chief is on to us..."
The moment that man's word left his mouth,an oppressive aura descended upon them.
"To think that after everything you would all stab me in the back..."
Mamba voice echoed in their minds. The four quickly overcame their shock.
"We are bandits and not some saints,you lost our support from the day you forced those rules on us,it was just a matter of time old man..."
The high stage foundation establishment realm captain without a hint of fear in his voice.
"You truly desire my seat,why don't you come out and fight for it..."
Mamba challenge d the four, though he had a higher cultivation realm and possessed knowledge on hundred of skills, techniques and had the experience gained from more than six thousand years that he had leaved,the body his soul was in,was too fragile and weak to handle the power generated from these skills. And so, fighting the four at their peak would become a challenge to him. He had to at least heavily injure two of them,before the battle began,and so he made his first move.
A huge fireball struck the cabin the four were in, obliterating it in seconds.
The four captains had acted a tard bit slower,as they could not see the attack coming. Two of the mid stage foundation establishment realm captains had deeply burnt skin. The odour of burning flesh and smoke were everywhere. Before they could mount a counter attack,Mamba had struck again,a spear in each hand, catching them by surprise,as the Mamba they knew wielded a long sword.
The other bandits wanted to help their faction heads but the aura and shockwave from the battle of the five was more than enough to oppress them. Only the archers were becoming a nuisance,as Mamba had to keep on dodging their arrows.