Dark night falls in Wufang City, and this is when all the turmoil begins.
The banquet was filled with the allure of power, and in the joy of enjoying it, no one noticed—after removing the soft and beautiful lights, everything outside was too quiet.
If someone pushes open the door at this time, they will find that what is waiting outside is not a useless chess piece cut off by the superior's chessboard, but a beast with cold light attached, always waiting to tear apart the eroder.
Wufang City is a place where the weak eat the strong. Here, no matter how many identities and backgrounds you have, it is just a piece of white paper draped over the body. If you rub it, it will completely shatter.
"boom--"
"What--!"
The arrow mixed with flames pierced the delicate window. The Duke, who was almost targeted, was shocked and stared at the hole that was still warm. He screamed and grabbed the attendant on the side to question.
"What's going on - who is it! Who wants to ruin my banquet!"
No one answered. The arrow just now was like a signal to start. More and more screams appeared in the originally quiet snow, and the quaint music coming from the banquet completely stopped——
"Fire!"
"Run!"
Xue Chu, who was standing at the window on the second floor, looked down and saw countless arrows mixed with flames piercing into them. The superiors who claimed to have noble blood were busy escaping, and they did not hesitate to drag innocent attendants to resist the arrows.
"Damn! They're just a bunch of incompetent trash!"
"I must kill them—!"
"Ah ah ah - the fire is coming!"
The luxurious and useless decorations were mercilessly burned by the sparks thrown at them. People wearing cumbersome and expensive clothes were also struggling to escape. Many of them could no longer hold on and fell to the ground. Even the air they breathed began to be so strong that it was suffocating.
And the door through which one could escape was completely locked at some point.
"Xuechu, we have to leave too," Rong Xu never showed much mercy. He just glanced at the remaining two people who hurriedly picked up the two children, and said rationally: "No matter how careful you are, there will be trouble here." It was quickly affected.”
"Maybe," Xuechu, who had expected it, watched this scene quietly. Behind her, the nine tails, as sacred as the moonlight, were raised high, protecting the entire room like an unreachable barrier.
"It's so pitiful..." Flosia covered Yulaika's eyes and looked at this scene calmly. Although she was a little surprised, she was not optimistic. "If it was just a fire, they would not be able to shake this scene. Of a crowd.”
Even though the current situation seems to be like catching a turtle in a urn, in fact——
Just like Xue Chu, ability users with strong bloodline have always been far more powerful than ordinary people. What's more, those who exist here more or less have their own strong reliance.
They may be incompetent on their own, but when they attend such an occasion, there will definitely be strong people around them to help them!
Hearing this, Xi Ning's calm pupils shook slightly. She pursed her lips tightly and said nothing. Instead, she quietly watched everything happening underground. She felt that there was something stronger in her chest that was about to surge. And out.
Of course she knew it, from the beginning.
Taking the initiative to involve Xue Chu in this banquet, isn't it for a more helpless and helpless purpose?
only……
"There's nothing to see anymore, let's go."
Xuechu glanced at Xining and yawned lazily, with the words "not interested" clearly printed in her eyes.
That's right... Xue Chu has never been a chess piece that can be placed on the table.
"Xining?" Flosia couldn't hide her worry when she noticed that the people around her were not in the right mood. It was then that she suddenly remembered that unlike herself who had been staying in the Feather Clan, Xining... was in this deserted place. Fang Cheng has been staying for a long time.
Xining withdrew his gaze and met the complicated look in his friend's eyes. The latter seemed to want to say something, but in the end he suppressed his words and just hugged the well-behaved Yulaika tightly in his arms and whispered, "You can't stay here any longer. It’s here, let’s go first.”
"……Right."
Xining finally gave up and sighed. Just as he was about to follow Xue Chu's actions and leave, he was interrupted by the sudden opening of the door.
"As expected, it's you——"
The Duke, who had a quick voice, was holding on to the doorframe. The anger of his failed plans over and over again made him lose his mind, and he gritted his teeth to say anything he wanted to do in a hurry to die.
"And you -!" The Duke's face turned red as he pointed at Yinxi who was being picked up by Xi Ning. He wished he could burn him to ashes right here, "You white-eyed wolf who should have died long ago! You It’s not enough that I killed your mother, now I want to kill your father too?!”
"Disaster! The one who deserves to die is obviously you!"
The extremely sharp sound pierced Yinxi's eardrums. He stared blankly at the scene in front of him. Looking at his father who looked like an evil ghost reflected by the flames, he felt that he was related to some desperately forgotten memories. Coincident again.
Disaster, mother...
[Yunxi’s mental state continues to decline! Please host take measures! 】
"Xining, cover his ears."
Xue Chu took two steps forward, glanced at Rong Xu, and patted Yin Xi's shoulder as gently as possible. The dull child suddenly raised his eyes, his eyes were red, and wet tears seemed to fall down in the next second.
"This really pisses me off..."
Xuechu sighed, looking at the eyes that could be easily crushed by emotions, she felt that her originally dull mood was completely ignited by the fire burning underneath.
…Raising children is really troublesome.
She complained to herself in a nonchalant manner, then took Yinxi, who seemed to have lost her soul, from Xining's hand, turned around and walked downstairs.
At this time, the banquet hall was already in a mess, but as Flosia said, just a fire could not really shake the people in front of them.
"Bah -" the captured man spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm. He grinned, blood was still oozing out of his mouth with missing teeth, and his voice became muffled, "Wufangcheng... it's not you. A place where you can mess around!”
There was a "ho ho" sound in his throat, and his hands were tearing at the ropes that bound his body in vain. It was obvious that he had reached a dead end, but those eyes alone! The stench mixed with blood still persisted and refused to move even half an inch!
The person standing at the front suddenly became grimaceful, his embarrassment of fine clothes hanging on the ground, as if he was provoked to the extreme, and he didn't even care about his own identity.
"Heh, they're just a bunch of disgusting hyenas. Even if they're not grateful, what do they really think they are?"
He picked at the wounds of the person in front of him extremely viciously, his lowered eyes full of viciousness and disdain, "You disobedient vicious dog will have its skin and teeth extracted!"
"Yeah?"
Xuechu, who had long been tired of watching the vicious drama, slowly stepped forward, lowered his head slightly, and calmly glanced at the guards standing on the side in a defensive posture. His long black hair fell down, covering his emotionless eyes. , as if laughing.
