Chapter 595. Scattered Like Birds and Beasts (Part One)
The M Nation’s commanders did it.
All they wanted was to provoke these mercenaries’ resentment towards what Xu Cheng had done, and to make them feel that they had been seriously humiliated.
They shifted the problem on the national level into a problem of a confrontation between justice and the outlaws.
It was obvious that they couldn’t just go back. If they returned with the man still free and wandering around, then they would lose their jobs. Now, they were redeeming their mistakes and trying to mitigate their wrong-doings. As long as they exterminated Xu Cheng’s area, then they would only need to face a punishment instead of losing their jobs when they return to the M Nation.
“Currently, the remains of our soldiers have been taken away, and their attitudes were quite arrogant.”
The commander played the footage of the video call with Xu Cheng.
The unrestrained look of Xu Cheng in the footage showed no fear of the M Nation’s troops nor the possibility of any large-scale military operations to exterminate them.
A group of special forces from the other countries stood up and said, “Exterminating them doesn’t require any tanks or warships. Just ourselves will be enough to teach him how to behave!”
“Good, he may have made extensive preparations in that one area so that he could take the M Nation special forces out. I don’t think he could really do blind sniping and aim for the faces of the M Nation soldiers that accurately. How in the world could anyone do that?”
The commander saw that they were angry and felt that he had achieved his goal, so he signaled at the judge whom he had bribed.
The judge nodded and walked up to the podium. “So the second mission will not involve the M Nation’s participation. The second mission is a beheading mission! The target will be the leader of the Deviant Mercenary Corps, that man in black!”
The other countries weren’t stupid, and those commanders had already figured out that the M Nation was definitely working on something behind the scenes.
The M Nation had lost their face big time this time, and it was obviously impossible for them to withdraw from the competition so easily. So they will try to use their existing resources to kill the mercenaries that made them fall into disgrace.
This mission was not so much about points, but more about justice for the M Nation and recovering the bodies of their soldiers.
First of all, how could they come up with the 14 million ransom money they need? Who would pay for it? Their country? It would be impossible for them to ask their government to take out this money because of their mistakes and the embarrassing turn of event. Obviously, the commanders were responsible for this amount of money, which they did not have. Therefore, they had to make someone else do the dirty job and get the bodies back without spending a penny.
However, the other countries did not reject the task because eliminating the Deviant Corp was the same thing as eliminating the other mercenaries. They also wanted to see how powerful the Deviant Mercenaries were, since they could wipe out the entire special forces team from the M Nation.
“Strike tonight! Whichever team can kill the leader of the Deviant Corp will be the winners of this mission,” the Judge announced.
The other countries started to investigate and learn more about the man in black with the available information.
All 9 countries wanted to dominate the second round of the competition, which tested each member’s tactics, strategy, and execution. Strictly speaking, this stage tested more of each team’s solo combat ability.
“The shameless M Nation is using us as guns, right?”
“That doesn’t matter since the mission is the same no matter who we are targeting. I actually want to meet this man in black from the Deviant Corp. I don’t believe that he was able to wipe out the M Nation’s special forces on his own.
“Don’t underestimate him; remember Kush back in the day?”
Chapter 595. Scattered Like Birds and Beasts (Part Two)
“You think any person off the streets could be on the same level as the mercenary king? Kush’s battle that day established his legendary status, and there are only five people in the world who can match up to his level. Did you think we can just run into one?”
Xu Cheng waited for a day for the M Nation to pay the ransom for their soldiers’ bodies and nothing came back so he said to those captains, “The silence of the M Nation means they are not compromising. I think those three have probably been shot, do any of you have any news from that side?”
Li Wei, who was in charge of the intelligence, said, “Big Brother Cheng, the worst news is here. The beheading mission is in our district and the target is you!”
The other team captains straightened their faces!
The beheading mission was basically a big scramble of all ten nations involved trying to kill the leader. It would be a massacre, and anyone who tried to stop them and protect the leader would be killed.
Of course, there were also examples in history where the leaders were handed over, so they could be spared.
Xu Cheng laughed after hearing this. “It looks like my showoff is overdone, and now everyone’s got their eyes on us.
Diesel asked Li Wei, “You didn’t share this information with anyone else right?”
Li Wei shook his head. “No.”
The refugees as well as the Black Cat mercenaries all gathered around and pointed at Xu Cheng. “See, you killed their soldiers and now, great, this camp is getting surrounded for the beheading mission!”
Xu Cheng raised his eyebrows. “Are we supposed to wait for them to kill us instead?”
“But you shouldn’t provoke them.” The refugee said, “Do you know that being sieged means slaughter?”
As soon as the man finished speaking, Diesel kicked him in the face and shouted in a deep voice, “Watch your f*cking mouth! Without our Boss, you bastards wouldn’t even be standing here talking!”
“We paid our money, but now you got us in even more trouble. The 10 nations joining together will cause more deaths! You guys should refund our money and get us out of here!”
“Yes, I thought it would be somewhat safer here and we could fight and win together. Well, now all 10 countries are involved for the beheading mission. Even if we join together, it’s not enough for people to soak up their bullets. Not only did you not make us safe, you got us into even more trouble. Refund us and let us go!”
“This area wasn’t supposed to be noticed, and now all eyes are on us. You should have sent the soldiers’ bodies out long ago. Provoking the M Nation like that, are you trying to make everyone follow you to your death?”
“Any of you who are upset can get the hell out of here!” Diesel and Luo Yi yelled at those people. They ushered Xu Cheng to the side, preventing them from approaching any closer.
Xu Cheng directly said to these people, “I will not refund the money. If you want to leave, go ahead. But I want to tell you that whoever leaves today will be our enemy in the future. No matter where you run and hide, as long as you are still in the Land of Mercenaries, you will die!”
Those people were shocked.
But some others yelled, “Let’s wait until you get out of here alive and survive tonight’s crisis. We’re not going with you to confront ten nations, let’s go!”
As someone took the lead, the others followed and headed outside.
The ones who left were either those scattered mercenaries or were individually armed. It was the native people who did not want to leave.
Xu Cheng looked at them and asked. ”Why didn’t you guys leave?”
“There’s no way to protect ourselves if go out anyways, so why not just stay here and gamble,” a few refugees confessed.
Xu Cheng nodded and looked at the two hundred armed mercenaries of the Deviant Corp and said to them, “Their target is me, you guys can actually leave as well. If anyone wants to leave, I’ll let them go. I’m sure after they succeed in their mission, they will leave this area and move on to their next solo mission, and then everyone will be safe.”
That was when Diesel stepped forward and yelled at his gang of former Cobra soldiers, “Anyone who dares to f*cking leave and step outside this door will be my enemy after today!”