Dawnless Sovereign-Chapter 52: A Plot to Kill Fang Che

A spark of hope was instantly ignited in the hearts of the Lords from the main church upon hearing this.

They were all staring at Starlight with hopeful expressions, praying that at least one of the two alternative paths would be relatively easy to take.

Starlight's lustful gaze roamed back and forth over the chests and legs of the young women present as he said, "The first option applies only to the women among you. You have the choice to become my concubines. That way, we'll become family, and I'll also have connections to the main church through you. That will suffice as compensation."

All of the young women from the main church collectively shuddered.

The idea of having to marry someone as cruel and hideous as Starlight was even less appealing to them than death!

One of the young women mustered up all of her courage, and with her body trembling and her teeth chattering, she asked, "Wh... What about.... What about the second option?"

"I suggest you take some time to consider the first option!" Fang Che insisted in an enraged voice. "I may not have the best temper, but I'm a good-looking guy! I'm already a Lord, and I'm not even fifty years old yet!

“Why're you asking to hear the second option when you should be jumping for joy at the prospect of getting to marry someone like me? I strongly suggest you reconsider! If you marry me, I'll let all of the men go! It's a win-win situation for everyone!"

"No! Please! We'll choose the second option!"

"Are you sure?" Fang Che asked in a disappointed manner.

"We're certain!" the eight young women answered in unison.

Fang Che turned to Liu Hanshan with a forlorn sigh.

"I'm a good-looking guy, am I not, Helmsmaster Liu? Why is it so hard for me to find a wife?"

Liu Hanshan hurriedly put on a fawning smile as he replied, "These mediocre women are not worthy of someone as brilliant as yourself, Helmsmaster Starlight! You'll be sure to find much better women in the future! Tell them the second option."

Everyone was eagerly waiting for him to continue.

"Which clans are you all from?" Fang Che asked.

"The Zhao Clan!"

"The Qian Clan!"

"The Sun Clan!"

"The Zhou Clan!"

"......"

"The second option is for all of you to join my branch helm. If you become my subordinates, then you naturally won't have to compensate me," Fang Che said with a smile. "You're here to pave future paths for yourselves, are you not? You can just as easily do that in our One Heart Church!"

All of the Lords from the main church fell silent upon hearing this.

This was not a very appealing option to them, either.

If we become your subordinates, will we ever be able to leave? If not, then won't we be trapped here for the rest of our lives?

"Rest assured, all of you will be free to leave when all of your peers are summoned back to the main church. All I ask is that you serve as my subordinates during this period. However, you have to all swear vows to the Heavenly Centipede Deity to serve me with absolute loyalty! Otherwise, you can all die here!"

Fang Che drew his nine ring broadsword once again as he spoke, and his baleful qi swept through the hall in palpable waves of malice.

Starlight's stance was very clear.

Either the women become my concubines, or all of you become my subordinates. Otherwise, none of you are leaving this place alive!

"We're willing to serve you!"

The women were the first to fold. In their eyes, anything was better than having to marry him!

They were terrified that their male counterparts would sell them out for their own freedom, so they eagerly pounced on the second option.

The women had been blinded by their fear, but the men were able to remain relatively level-headed, and they were all rendered speechless by how quickly the women had folded.

It had become clear to them that Starlight didn't actually want any concubines. Instead, his objective from the very beginning was to force everyone into subordination!

If he really wanted to take them as his concubines, he would've simply forced himself upon them instead of giving them a way out!

However, now that the women had complied, they had no choice but to follow suit. Otherwise, they had no doubt that Starlight would execute them all.

"We agree to serve you as well!"

"Good. Swear the vow then."

"I, Zheng Yunqi, swear upon the Heavenly Centipede Deity..."

"I, Zhao Wushang, swear upon the Heavenly Centipede Deity..."

"I, Zhao Wubai, swear upon the Heavenly Centipede Deity..."

"I, Qian Yishan, swear upon the Heavenly Centipede Deity..."

"I, Wu Lianlian, swear upon the Heavenly Centipede Deity..."

"I, Zhou Mei'er..."

After all of the vows were sworn, Fang Che had earned himself forty-two subordinates!

The thirty-four men ranged from the first to the fifth-rank Lord tier, while the eight women ranged from the first to the fourth-rank Lord tier.

Such a formidable lineup was virtually unheard of in any subsidiary church branch helm, and as everyone gathered behind Fang Che, it was as if a small army had been assembled behind him!

All of the other helmsmasters were left to stand on their own, completely flabbergasted by this turn of events.

They had brought all of these people here to intimidate Starlight, yet all of them had turned into Starlight's subordinates!

"From this day forth, we're all one big, happy family!" Fang Che declared with a wide smile. "I'm a bit more tolerant to family, but you still have to serve me with loyalty and diligence! By the way, Helmsmaster Liu, you mentioned earlier that you came here because you had something to discuss with me. What is it that you want to discuss?"

Liu Hanshan: "......"

Oh, so now you want to talk? What are we even supposed to say now that you've taken all of our people?!

Liu Hanshan cleared his throat, then said, "As you've probably already heard, there's an administrator in the Hall of Protectionists by the name of Fang Che that's been killing a lot of our people in the past few days.

“He's a prodigy who possesses the ability to punch above his own weight, and he was recently attacked by four Warlords, but was still able to get away. Someone like him poses a potent threat to all of our branch helms, so we've come here to devise a plan to have him killed."

"I've heard of Fang Che before. Is he really as much of a threat as you proclaim?" Fang Che asked as his eyes narrowed slightly.

"He most certainly is! Just a few days ago, he singlehandedly eradicated Qiao Yishu's Divine Heavenly Church branch helm! According to our sources, he was able to kill eighty-seven people in barely more than the blink of an eye, among which were close to twenty Lords!"

Fang Che's eyes widened in shock upon hearing this.

"He does sound like a problem! Do we have any information on him?"

"At the moment, we only have information from after he began working at the Hall of Protectionists."

"Show me what you have."

Liu Hanshan handed a file to Fang Che, and he opened it to discover that it barely contained any information, only briefly going over some of his life experiences and his feats as an administrator.

However, the file contained a great deal of analysis on Fang Che.

"From our observations, we've concluded that Fang Che is fiercely loyal to his comrades and colleagues, but extremely ruthless to church members, and there are barely any survivors from encounters with him. He also possesses a very keen eye and exceptional attention to detail.

“Our church members have been able to remain hidden with a close to 100% success rate, but Fang Che has already been able to identify and kill quite a few church members based on details that others would've easily missed."

"You call this possessing a keen eye and exceptional attention to detail?" Fang Che scoffed. "Do all of you have shit for brains? You knew you would be identified, yet you still go around prancing in front of him, and you're surprised when you end up dead?!

“Also, why are you even plotting against him? You should all be laying low and going undercover! Why are you all so eager to expose yourselves? Let me ask you this, Liu Hanshan: what is our objective in the White Cloud Prefecture?"

"To establish branch helms."

"Oh, so you know our objective is to establish branch helms? I thought you were here to carry out assassinations! What the hell is even going on in that dense head of yours? I can't believe you've brought all of these people here to discuss a suicide mission with me!

“Honestly, I'm beginning to suspect that you're an undercover agent from the Hall of Protectionists! You're clearly trying to intentionally lead us all to our deaths! Either you're an undercover agent, or you're completely braindead!"

Liu Hanshan's face was flushed with embarrassment as he lowered his head and began silently cursing Starlight.

If you're too much of a coward to go after Fang Che, then just say so!

Meanwhile, Fang Che still wasn't done with his furious diatribe.

"Is there nothing in that thick skull of yours?! You want to kill Fang Che?! There has to be something wrong with you!"