Because of that betrayal, Liu Lan had come to hate Shadow with a vengeance.
If she had had any choice, she would have wanted to disband Shadow.
Shadow was not one person, but a squad. Their leader was called Shadow Heaven.
Shadow existed much like the Ten Heavenly Stems and Twelve Earthly Branches.
Shadow had been left behind by Xiao Jingfeng for the island lord. They belonged to the island lord, not Liu Lan.
No matter who became the island lord, Shadow's duty was to protect his safety.
Zhuangzi told me that what Shadow had done could not really be called betrayal. Shadow was right: they were only responsible for the island lord's safety. They could not involve themselves in any matters beyond the scope of the island lord's safety.
They were not the island lord's subordinates. To put it plainly, no island lord could treat Shadow as private property, much less use them as personal enforcers.
That was why Shadow had the confidence to refuse Liu Lan.
"So Shadow is pretty formidable too?"
Zhuangzi thought for a moment. "Formidable? Shadow's strength isn't actually that great. They're between Level Three and Level Four. They're somewhat stronger than those hundred mechanical people, but somewhat weaker than the manor's ordinary guards. There are six members in Shadow. Their leader is Shadow Heaven, followed by Shadow Heaven Two, Shadow Heaven Three, all the way to Shadow Heaven Six."
"Those names are way too casual, aren't they?"
"Yes. Mister Xiao said Shadow was actually only a semi-finished product. Strictly speaking, they can only be considered half Intelligent Humans. They can carry out their master's orders one hundred percent, but they don't have much capacity for independent thought. Nor do they distinguish whether an order is right or wrong."
"So you can tell whether an