Catastrophe Card King-Chapter 936 - 290: Is the Traitor the Rebels’ Leader?

Chapter 936 -290: Is the Traitor the Rebels’ Leader?

The battle in Waren City continued.

After the Governor’s Mansion was breached, the Rebellion Army moved on to the mansions of various nobles in the city, engaging in a fiery rampage of burning and killing.

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The fires that devoured the city shot up into the sky, igniting the signal for assembly.

The Rebellion Army, hiding in the darkness outside the city, flocked towards Waren City.

Breaching the city was just the first step of that A-rank main quest; it was surviving afterwards that posed the real challenge of the mission.

The main storyline had just begun, and Leonard Churchill was in no hurry.

First, he triggered all the various difficulty quests that could be triggered according to the intelligence, then he had been scavenging inside the Governor’s Mansion.

The most valuable things in Waren City were all here.

With his proficiency in various lockpicking skills, he found many hidden safes that the Rebellion Army had not had time to open.

His haul was considerable.

A Mechanical Drawing [Heavy Steam Mechanical Siege Arm], a set of Silver heavy armor, a Golden Quality [Black Shining Stone Dagger], a Silver [Black Knight] Sequence Demon Mark, several Extraordinary Materials, a few hundred pounds of [Vine Demon Black Wheat] that could restore Curse Power when consumed, several Demon Beast Crystal Cores…

All these were items that could be taken out of the Alternate Dimension and were the rewards for the high mortality rate of the Rebel Faction.

If one could make it out alive, these items themselves were of substantial value.

However, other than the food, these gains were not of much use to Leonard Churchill.

What he sought were key items that could trigger hidden storylines.

Moreover, Leonard also had a great interest in the history of the Taren Dynasty from three thousand years ago.

The Governor’s Mansion housed the largest collection of books in all of Waren City.

Leonard found a large number of historical books in a ransacked library.

Although he could not take those books out of the space, he could read them on the spot!

Leonard’s efficient reading ability came into play immediately.

As it turned out, intelligence could be life-saving at critical moments.

Having a bit more knowledge was vitally helpful for this Alternate Dimension, where the evolution of real historical events played out.

Although the Taren Dynasty was decadent in its later years, its level of civilization was only higher than the present, not lower.

The City Lord Manor had a large number of briefings, internal documents of the nobility, and other materials, which provided a lot of useful intelligence.

‘Taron Calendar 3301, February 3rd, a riot broke out in the Gladiator Arena of Thunder City. Thirteen gladiators stormed into the Governor’s Mansion and killed the slave owner. They later formed a Rebel Faction with the city’s slaves…’

‘Taron Calendar 3302, August 11th, an uprising at the Frostwolf Mountain Prison, one hundred thousand miners joined the Rebel Faction…’

‘Taron Calendar 3303, January 15th, “The Four Knights under the King” “Grand Marshal” Us Cornelius led an army of three hundred thousand and fought the Rebels on Blood Moss Plain, crushing the Rebels and beheading their leader, the Gladiator King “Barbarian” Balor, killing two hundred thousand enemies…’

‘…’

Leonard paid close attention to the numerous reports about this “slave uprising.”

These newspapers had detailed timelines and also included the events, locations of battles, and the participants.

In Leonard’s eyes, those snippets of information were like beads of crystal clarity. Strung together along the timeline, certain causes and effects automatically played out in his mind.

Like beads threaded into a curtain, they gradually radiated the mesmerizing luster of a dreamlike story.

After reading some intelligence, he also had a general concept of the causes and consequences of the Rebel Army.

Unfortunately, many details had been lost to the great fire, leaving fragmented information.

This restriction was probably intentional by the Spatial Will.

As Leonard continued browsing, he stumbled upon another important piece of information.

‘Taron Calendar 3300, January 23rd, the King of Augustus died. A nationwide draft of craftsmen began to construct the Imperial Mausoleum… conscripting eight hundred thousand slaves…’

“Forced conscription of slaves to build an Imperial Mausoleum, huh?” Leonard mused over this piece of information.

He guessed it might have been one of the catalysts for the slave uprising.

However, intelligence was one thing; as Leonard perused those newspapers and notes, his consciousness fell into a very profound state.

Keep in mind, these were newspapers from thousands of years ago!

Yet, when looked upon, there was not a hint of incongruity.

It was as if the events could still find their traces in today’s newspapers.

Oppression, resistance, violence, suppression…

Indeed, as Noah Wright previously said, if one looked far enough into history, there would be nothing new under the sun.

The scripts swapped around seemed to weave familiar stories, simply changing the names of the protagonists.

“Tsk, tsk, Mushroomhead’s scripts are truly profound…” Leonard grasped that ephemeral insight, contemplating thoughtfully.

And as he riffled through, he found a Sheepskin scroll tucked away in a corner.

Unfolding it, it was a map of Waren City.

It showed not only the internal street layout of the city but also the terrain of the surrounding suburbs.

The city was surrounded by an expansive plain with abundant water sources and fertile black soil, making for a rich granary.

Open spaces bordered the city to the east, south, and north, while a vast area of Dark River and various Underground Caves lay to the west.

Most of the Rebels hid in those far-reaching burrows, retreating into the holes like field mice at the first sign of danger.

Only by luring them onto the plain could they possibly be annihilated.

Seeing this map, Leonard also had a rough understanding of the official army’s ambush plans.

If it came to fleeing for his life, the west was the only way out.

….

The data was plentiful, and sorting out clues from a mass of useless information required a great deal of effort.

Knowing that the plot could change at any moment, Leonard could no longer pay attention to anything else and quickly flipped through the information.