Dominion's End

V5Prologue: Captain of the Ice Spears

Dominion's End Volume 5: Zhanjiang Garrison

Original novel in Chinese by: 御我 (Yu Wo)

Prologue: Captain of the Ice Spears-translated by Miaka_Mei (proofread by EvlNabiki; C/E edited by lucathia)

"Join my squad!"

I simply got straight to the point. Things had already reached this stage; it was meaningless to continue beating around the bush.

Chen Yanqing's face brightened, and he almost gave a quick nod. But Wen Jianuo, also known as Ah Nuo, grabbed and pulled the former backward, then stepped forward himself.

"On what terms?"

Thank god he's not demanding a dowry...

I harrumphed and said, "Discussing terms with me? Do you have holes in your brain? My family's big brother is the boss of this troop. Consider yourself lucky that you get to join my squad. You'd actually dare haggle over terms with me?"

Ah Nuo spread his palms out, and helplessly said, "Even so, do you think we're gonna agree to be the cannon fodder of the squad?"

I rolled my eyes, and snapped, "Wasting so much effort to save two cannon fodders, you think I have so much free time? Ah Qing, you'll be the vice-captain of the squad."

Chen Yanqing stilled, glanced at Wen Jianuo, then honestly said, "Ah Nuo is better than me at this kind of thing. You should pick him."

"But you're more obedient."

Wen Jianuo folded both arms across his chest, with a look of "I've already expected this."

Chen Yanqing scratched his nose, and continued to try and persuade me. "Don't judge him for always disagreeing with you. He's actually extremely protective of his people. Once he's part of your squad, you'll be considered one of his people and he won't butt heads with you all the time anymore. There is nothing you need to worry about making him your vice-captain."

Wen Jianuo almost choked in rage. He roared, "Chen Yanqing, which side are you on!? I'm helping us discuss some terms, but you're rushing to expose our inside information. Do you really think you've been married off?"

Chen Yanqing said in a low, grating voice, "I'm recommending you to Xiao Yu to be the vice-captain. Which side do you think I'm on? You keep going on and on about marriage. Marriage, my ass! Xiao Yu was right, your brain must be rotting. Wen Jianuo, if the man standing in front of you right now was Xiao Yu's big brother, let's see if you'd still dare to discuss freakin' terms with him!"

Wen Jianuo's face twitched, but he didn't retort immediately. Dàgē's ultimate move really did prove to be valuable. It scared them so much that they didn't even dare to discuss any terms.

"Just because of Xiao Yu's young age, you're not taking him seriously. Let me tell you: those aberrants that got us running with nowhere to go and almost annihilated us all, Xiao Yu could freeze each and every one of them into a popsicle with just a single attack! Like hell you can negotiate with him!"

Wen Jianuo abruptly turned to look at me, dumb with disbelief.

Like I said, Chen Yanqing had seen a lot, so he knew a lot too, and this had nothing to do with him wanting to get married off or not. No, wait! Why am I going on about this marrying or not marrying thing, too? Even if he dared to marry me, I wouldn't dare to marry him!