âBrother!â the demon princess exclaims at the sight, âIsnât that one of your shadow guards? How did he suffer such a heavy injury? There shouldnât be anyone here that would hurt them.â
At this moment everyoneâs attention had fallen onto the indicated personâs body and none of their faces were looking very good. Its too obvious the news wouldnât be good.
âSire, we have failed the mission you gave us.â Not daring to look up, the shadow guard hangs that head almost to the floor.
Because of their clone being effectively killed by Bai Xiachen, the person here was extremely weak and could faint at any moment. If not for his absolute loyalty and urge to report the critical news to Di Cang, he wouldâve lost consciousness like the rest of his comrades who went after Bai Yanâs life.
âMission? When have I given you any mission?â All emotionless in his face, Di Cang raises an inquisitive eyebrow and asked.
âHuh?â Stunned by that, the shadow guard then replied in earnest without leaving a single detail out. âSire, did you not send us on a mission to kill the queen? During the exchange, we couldâve killed her and retrieved the prince. But His Highness suddenly exploded with strength right after we inflicted a wound on the queen, thatâs why Iâm here to report our failure.â
Kill the queen?!
Exploding with unbridled fury from within, Di Cang instantly stepped forward to make a grabbing hold around his subordinateâs collar: âWhat did you just say?â
Blinking at his lordâs appearance, the shadow guard truly didnât know whatâs going on. Shivering all over: âIâm sorry my king, we are incompetent and couldnât kill the queen, please punish us.â
Bang!
Unable to endure another word of this, Di Cang directly slams his subordinate to the ground and actually left a huge crater from the impact blow. Blood now seeps out of the guardâs mouth due to adding injury to injury.
It wasnât just the demon lord here whoâs livid to the bone either, there were many others as well. Di Xiao Wan being the first and foremost. The demon princess only thought the substitute wanted to get rid of Bai Yan, she never expected him to send assassins after her sister-in-law.
âImpudent scoundrel!â The second elder suddenly rushed up and slashed down at the substituteâs shoulder with a knife he took out from the sleeve. Next moment an arm now flies and blood sprayed the air, dying the seniorâs robe in the process.
âYou not only used me while pretending to be the king, you also impersonated His Majestyâs order and sent a death order for the queen?! Even if we turn you to ash right now it would still not satiate our anger for you and that whore!â
Due to the intensity of his emotions, trickles of tears ended up leaking out the corner of the seniorâs eye, indicating how humiliated and shameful this second elder felt.
This is all my fault! If it werenât for me and my foolishness then the queen and prince wouldnât have left. If they didnât leave then none of this couldâve happened!
Back over in the crater the shadow guard still didnât know whatâs happening at first; however, as soon as he heard the cries from the elder, he immediately realized what heâs done. In that second, it was if the soul had been sucked out of that body.
The previous king⦠is a fake?
In other words, the order to kill the queen didnât come from the king and is a lie!
Scared to the point where heâs shaking sweat, the shadow guard felt like his whole worldâs about to collapse. He knows, regardless of it being his unitsâ fault or not, the shadow guards would never again exist after today.
Climbing up from the impact crater, he grovels before his lord and master to await the impending punishment.
âIâve said it before: my wife comes first before me. Whoever dares to bring harm to her or violate her order will face only one ending and that is death!â Sure enough, Di Cang didnât care what reasons these people have, he only knows theyâve all harmed Bai Yan and thatâs the only thing he needs.