With Saburo no longer controlling the law enforcement and patrol guards, it was as if their souls had been pulled from their bodies. They collapsed to the ground. The pressure on Hua Yumu and Jing Tianyang lessened considerably. After tidying up the remaining situation, they hurried to check on the carriage. Wakako finally regained control of her body. Blood flowed…
Lin Lin carefully broke off the branch as instructed. Sure enough, the sap oozing from the cut was unlike that of other plants, emanating a strange, enticing aroma that was clearly poisonous. Muna helped as well, and the two of them quickly gathered several dozen “arrows.” Using tree branches as arrows was something Lin Lin had never tried before, and…
Hua Yumu made several attempts to contact Lin Lin, but to no avail. Squinting at the sky, he searched for any signals but saw nothing. His unease deepened with each passing moment. As they moved further from the port, a group of mounted men suddenly appeared on the road ahead. Judging by their uniforms and the tokens hanging from their…
They had been incredibly cautious—Lin Lin and Muna had made sure to leave no trace, no evidence of their presence. Their actions were meticulous, calculated. By all logic, they shouldn’t have been discovered. And yet, here they were, surrounded by precisely twenty people. Not too many to raise suspicion, but just enough for an ambush. If someone said this wasn’t…
Hidden enemies…? Wakako looked down at the fully loaded wagons. Could this be why the boxes were so unusually heavy? Old Chen urged the drivers to move quickly, and soon the wagons began to move out one by one. The three mercenaries pretended to leave but didn’t go far, their eyes fixed on the horse tracks on the ground. “If…