Seized by the System

At the same moment, the people from the Justice Cavalry were trying to resolve the situation as Vigilante A remained dormant…

A few priests discussed for a moment and an old priest explained to Lord Knight Ivan, “Forgive us. I believe that because the summoning ritual was carried out too quickly, the spirit bear was still in its infant stage with its natural instincts. As it matures, it will lose its mind and be filled with our own thoughts. By then only it will become the indestructible weapon that has no fear of anything, and all it thinks of is a fight.”

Lord Knight Ivan replied coldly, “Father Bathurst, I understand. I know that nothing good will come out from last-minute work, so it was no surprise that Misha couldn’t handle that attack from the Dragon God. Those people back there only know to rush our work!”

After he finished he thought for a moment, before lifting his head and shouted at the Vigilante A who was floating in midair, “Very good, I will remember what you did today. We will not chase them away from now on. However, we will find you again!”

After that, he turned and left without worrying Vigilante A might stab his back.

He knew that Vigilante A was an old-fashioned guy who would never attack him.

Just as he predicted, Vigilante A never said a word and just let them leave without chasing after them.

Fang Ning saw that and decided to play his role as a military adviser. He said, “Sir, this cavalry has hundreds of people in it. Even though they are not Pond-level powerhouses, at least they are still at the peak of Basin-level. If you beat up all of them, you could have earned an extra few millions of experience points, right?”

The System replied, “Didn’t he just say that he wants a rematch? I am worried I might scare them away…”

Fang Ning was speechless, “You already did… These people might not have the courage to come again. You have no idea how humans think. From what I can see, this man is just acting tough but deep down he is afraid. Besides, he does not command the whole of Russia, so he alone cannot decide on their next action. I think before the spirit bear matures completely, they would not send it out again. If you allowed them to continue to nurture that bear, you might not win so easily when that time comes.”

The System replied, “Richman Host, your hypothesis is on point this time. This monster is still too naïve and had a predictable battle tactic. It didn’t even try to dodge my attack. If it is in its a mature form, it will not be defeated with just a single attack. Its current stage is the best time for me since it is still providing a substantial amount of Experience Points at its weaker state. This is known as highly efficient like how you explain your games…”

Fang Ning thought about something and said, “Let me think. Since they have already seen our power, they will surely leave Cloud Fog City to itself before they beat us, so now we don’t have to worry about Cloud Fog City. This is simple. All you need to do is activate your Master-level faking technique and fool them into thinking that Vigilante A overexerted himself in the battle and was just forcing himself to remain cool… Give them a bit of hope so that they could come sooner after they finish treating its injuries. Since you love the Pay to Win method, take the chance to get as many Experience Points as you can get now.”

Sir System replied, “Yi, we can do that? I thought after the stupid book exposed our Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing tactic it no longer works. Richman Host really is a master tactician.”

Fang Ning laughed and said, “It’s normal to have a tactic before every battle, and the way to fully maximize the power of such tactics is through one’s wisdom and judgment. Although I am weaker than you in battle, when it comes to tactics, you will never be better than me.”

Sir System was speechless, “…”

Fang Ning was satisfied, ‘How long was it since the last time I made Sir System speechless? I finally got it this time around.’

The sun was setting after the big battle, and it was shining on the Russians. The shadows made them looked more spiritless than they already were.

Everyone in the Justice Cavalry no longer had the spirit when they initially arrived. All of them were moving away behind the lord knight with their heads hanging low.

That huge spirit bear also started to listen to the order of the possessor after knowing that the crazy guy in the sky would not stab him anymore. It stood up and followed the team.

It slowly walked towards the place where It came from, without its usual bloodthirsty look or its anger. It just walked while looking down behind the cavalry. Its life was just starting yet it already tasted the worst defeat in its life.

Everyone from the observation groups shook their heads and sighed.

“Such a pity. A strong totem like the spirit bear was destroyed in seconds, twice. I wonder if it can regain its confidence after this?”

Master Blaise cleaned its spectacles and said while shaking his head, “I heard from the Russian priest that this spirit bear was summoned in a short time and is still in its infant stage. No wonder it has a limited pool of move sets. It was easy when its opponent is weaker than it, but when it came to facing opponents at the same level, the situation would be different. Besides, that Venerable Dragon God was born talented, and had already trained for half a year in this realm and mastered many moves. I can only say that this totem was summoned into the world at the wrong time.”

The others heard him and nodded in agreement.

“Master Blaise is correct. A matured spirit bear will surely give the Dragon God a hard match. The Russians are too impatient. The spirit bear was just summoned, and they already sent it onto the battlefield. It was the same as those tanks that England sent out in previous years. It will for sure face some difficulties.”

“Yi, look at Venerable Dragon God. Is something wrong?”

Everyone stopped their discussion and looked at the battlefield.

Vigilante A was standing on his flying sword. He suddenly shivered before flying into the sky on his sword and disappearing.

“Look, Vigilante A’s power diminished considerably just now! Plus, he was getting away too quickly.”

“I completely understand now! Like how Master Blaise predicted, Vigilante A surely knows that the spirit bear is in its home ground and can recover rapidly, so he chose to use his best technique without considering his own limit to quickly kill the bear twice. By doing that he made the bear fear him and ran away!”

“Unfortunately, that spirit bear is still in its infant stage and not fully mature. It could have won the battle if it didn’t succumb to its fear after the losing streak!”

“En, this must be the truth! A summoned totem is a very strong technique. If that’s the case, the result should be a draw. Vigilante A suffered a considerable amount of injuries, while the spirit bear could just recover in a short time. This is the true power of the summoned totem. If they have their rematch, Vigilante A should not participate in that fight.”

“Yes, totems are not afraid of injuries or death. Unless the country suffers devastating destruction, they could recover rapidly. I think the Russians will come again after a few months…”

Master Blaise started discussing with a few other researchers and professors in totem research.

Through this way, they could salvage their pride since before the fight began, they were all supporting the spirit bear…

See, even though Vigilante A won in a landslide, he also sacrificed a lot for that victory. He is smart because he used the right tactic… but he didn’t hide the after effect well enough.

The observation group from India and Vietnam were staring at Vigilante A for the whole time. Compared to others, they noticed all the small movements and slight changes in his power.

When they heard the analysis given by those professors, they became excited and agreed to them, while sending the information to the Russians.

They had a long history with the Russians…

Lord Knight Ivan was moving when he suddenly received an emergency message from the Indians.

“Vigilante A found out the weakness of the spirit bear and chose to use all his energy to kill that bear quickly to make it surrender. His power level has reduced, and we believe he is badly injured.”

A short video was attached along with the message.

“Damn it. These Easterners are cunning,” lord knight said with hatred and stared at the dispirited spirit bear.

However, he didn’t ask the bear to turn back and fight.

The battle had already ended. Even though he never admitted his defeat, he chose to temporarily accept the presence of Cloud Fog City.

Plus, he knew that the people in Russia had completely expended their spirit energy and can no longer support the spirit bear.

The spirit bear also suffered a hit on its confidence. It was not suitable for battle before fully recovered.

He chose to spread the news to the others in the cavalry. The group that was lifeless immediately regained their spirit after hearing the news.

They believed that the spirit bear wasn’t weak. It was all the result of Vigilante A’s foxiness!

How dare he use a self-sacrificial technique! If this was a normal battle, their spirit bear would have won!

“Lord knight, let the bear rest for three months, and get him to come for a rematch!”

Everyone was chanting as they were no longer lacking confidence.

The spirit bear was rubbing its head in confusion.

It sensed that that man was unbeatable!

Unfortunately, that was only its feelings, and it couldn’t express it out to the others. It only looked at the humans that summoned him.

All of them were energetic while feeling angry, as they felt that they could have won the battle if they worked slightly harder…

At that moment, the Russian man that it possessed started talking to it after sensing its confusion.

“Relax, Misha. The guy who beat you also suffered some terrible injuries. We will soon take our revenge…”

“What, you don’t trust me?”

“Misha, you are still a kid. You have no idea how cunning the adult world is. He tricked us with his lies. When you recover your energy, we will have a rematch. By then you will realize how weak Vigilante A really is!”

“Oh, you finally trust me. Alright then, Misha. Let’s go!”

Lord Knight Ivan was happy to finally see that Misha the spirit bear regained its fighting spirit and held its head up. It started walking with energy and left behind large footprints!

That was the true spirit of a Russian. They can be knocked down, but they can never be defeated!

Comments started flowing in again on the live streaming site.

Even though those in the area could see the changes in Vigilante A, those watching from the internet had no idea what had happened. They couldn’t sense his power, and they would not pay much attention to those minor movements.

“That’s it?”

“This is so nice. I hope I can learn to fly on a sword as well.”

“I agree. We shall group up tomorrow to find a master. I want to see if anyone would see the diamond in the rough!”

“We should just ask that hero directly. Why settle for the lesser when we can have the best.”

“Hmph, you guys are naïve. You think you are the main character in those martial art novels you read? In real life, it will be a thousand times more difficult than trying to enter Harvard or Tsinghua University! You guys should try to get into those universities before thinking about becoming his student,” Someone was pouring cold water onto the others.

“I received the letter of acceptance from Harvard in March. I will tear it now and start my search for him!” Someone commented below.

The comment sections started arguing.

Regardless, the trend of cultivating had begun among the people.

There really was someone who could wield a sword, someone who could fly, and someone who could win his battle with a single slash!

…

Inside the Cloud Fog City, everyone was cheering in the plaza.

Duke Yun immediately said, “Besides the $5,000,000,000 that we promised, hurry up and gather all the best herbs from our storage and send it to the Venerable Dragon God. He is a master when it comes to making pills. Make sure you gather enough amount and all of them must be high in quality. Get more varieties as well.”

He received the news from the observation group and found out that the Venerable Dragon God paid the price to quickly kill that bear monster. He already flew away immediately without asking for his reward. He must have returned to recover his injuries…

Duke Yun had no idea that Sir System had nothing to worry about as it knew that its allies would always pay their reward.

He felt that the technique that Vigilante A used must have caused a huge strain on both the soul and his body.

The Venerable one sacrificed himself to protect the city. He was sending a message to the Russians from the way he was killing that bear with that crazy technique. They would never reach Cloud Fog City without defeating him, and no one from Russia could do anything about it!

How was this not touching enough?

“Ai, unfortunately, we don’t have much cash, so we can only repay him with our resources. If not, we could have repaid him with more.” He sighed before settling the following problems.

“Landlord Liu, what should we do with those 9,000 extraordinaires that were knocked out by the Venerable Dragon God?”

Landlord Liu immediately said, “Capture every single one of them. Make sure you don’t leave anyone behind.”

Yun Hui nodded and looked satisfied, “Nice work. These people caused us a huge loss. When they wake up, they will be forced to take a Heavenly Oath and work for us for ten years as repayment. Of course, we will still pay them in case they try to be lazy.”

Landlord Liu agreed. The 9,000 people were carefully selected to be in the nine forces. Each of them were Bucket-level or better, so they could potentially create some fortune for them.

For some independent forces like them, they had fully set up a way to produce vitality to be sold out, and what they were lacking was extraordinaire workers.

If each of them could easily make $1,000,000 in a year, in total they would have pumped in $9,000,000,000 per year…

That was why people always say manpower is the best investment.

Even though the Venerable Dragon God didn’t make them their slaves, Cloud Fog City wouldn’t be so kind to them…

Duke Yun thought about it and said, “We were deeply troubled this time, yet everyone still trusted me and never left my side. Landlord Yun, bring someone and gather some revitalizing medical herbs and distribute it to every family in the plaza…”

Yun Xuan quickly brought some men with her.

…

Keiko Yamanashi was walking back joyfully to her home with her daughters and neighbors. Even though they were affected badly by the problem, they managed to return to their normal life thanks to the Dragon God.

Plus, she could regain some energy using the herbs that Duke Yun distributed to them.

Wang Qi never followed her back home. As a veteran worker for over ten years in Cloud Fog City, he was chosen as a leader and had been ordered by Captain Liu to go and handle some issues after the battle. He was busy.

Keiko Yamanashi let the girls played among themselves once they reached their house.

She placed the Poria, Ginseng, Hairy Antler, and Gastrodia Tuber in the kitchen and took out an old Ginseng from her store and placed it together with those newly obtained herbs, before preparing dinner.

All those were good herbs that could hardly be found outside. Normal citizens would never be able to get their hands on such herbs. Wang Qi only managed to keep an old Ginseng after so many years. She was overjoyed when Duke Yun decided to give out those herbs.

Sanori and Saki had no interest in those. They were just happy they could play with their phones again.

“Sister, did you record down that live stream just now?”

“You bet I did. I also took so many snapshots. Look at this picture. The Green Dragon looks so powerful when he is flying!” Sanori passed her phone to her sister while boasting about it.

Saki slowly swiped through the photos before she yelled as she reached the last photo, “Yi, sister, why do you have the picture of that monster in your phone?”

In Saki’s phone was a picture with a weird looking head appearing in the mist. The head looked like a snake’s head or a dragon’s head. It had a pair of blood red eyes and was staring at them scarily.

Saki’s face turned sour before saying, “Oh, I accidentally took the picture while I was running away.”

While they were talking, no one realized that grey smoke appeared on the phone and quickly disappeared.