Heaven, Earth, Me 5 (GL)

Chapter 907. Surprising Guests.

Yasenia flew with Draheart toward the Sect's entrance, her face thoughtful. 'I didn't expect the humans to show up. I wonder what might've happened?'

She was really confused. After all, An Meiling and her companion, Ou Junwei, seemed like very intelligent people. If she was them, she would stay in the human territory that's mid-growth and gather as much strength as possible while fortifying her defenses. Coming to her sect in such a forward way was nothing but a sign to the World that humans were her ally.

Now, that could be taken both ways, good and bad. If their alliance intentions were good, then it didn't really matter from the outside perspective, as her side would gain An Meiling and her otherworlder humans as allies. Their influence in the grand scheme of things was higher than almost all local powers.

But if their intentions were not good, her coming here might be a ploy to frame her as a "human ally" and use that as a pushback in the opinion and political war that was ongoing together with the military war.

Achieving victory in a war didn't mean defeating the enemy soldiers. If the winner couldn't really convert the losers into part of their overall power, then the war was meaningless. In the far future, an extremist group appearing in the conquered lands was very likely, eventually causing more war and repeating the cycle.

Hence, planting a seed of doubt or resentment in the citizens was a good way to fight back in a losing war while having sights in the far future. When Yasenia looked at records of mortal wars, it was something that people were very bad at.

In most mortal wars, instant benefits were the priority, almost never taking into account that future events might unfold in a direction you never wanted. Those mortal powers that did eventually became a dominating force and managed to re-emerge.

Yasenia pondered. 'Do they think they can trap me into something like this because I am young? So, perhaps, my sights are more on immediate profits without taking into account long-term benefits?'

When Yasenia arrived, she saw the human group waiting near another group.

It was clearly the Undead group, covered in their usual black robes and giving off an eerie aura. The dragoness knew that it was not on purpose, as their appearance was even worse than their current look for most living creatures. Moreover, that eerie aura came from the dissonance living beings had toward undead creatures.

She first approached the Undead with a smile and said. "A welcomed surprise. What made your mysterious group decide that you wanted to pay me a visit?"

The male undead at the front, the one that gave the most profound aura, spoke. "I am Xu Enjiang, the leader of our Undead group together with Yan Baimei here."

A cold and flat phantasmal voice came from the robed undead he gestured at. "Nice to meet you."

The dragoness blinked, not knowing why she was being so hostile when suddenly, Xu Enjiang slapped the back of the woman's head. "Can you not speak so stiffly? What if you give her a bad impression?"

Yan Baimei spoke coldly again but with a stutter in her voice. A very strange combination that amused Yasenia. "I-I am not being that s-stiff. I am calm."

Yasenia laughed and turned to look at An Meiling and the other six humans. "If their visit was a surprise, yours was completely outside of my calculations. I always thought that you would hole up in your region and slowly accumulate strength."

An Meiling didn't hide it. "That was the plan if that Tang woman didn't mess up big time."

The dragoness smiled. "While I expected that, I thought she would be more clever. I guess she is much more gone than I thought. Well, let's talk inside."