"People disappeared?"
"Yes. We did find several assassins from Xisiya, but after leaving on the night four days ago, they never returned."
Early that morning, in the courtyard of her residence outside the academy, Yelena was slightly surprised when she heard Sigaoxin's report.
She did not doubt Sigaoxin's investigative abilities. Since Sigaoxin had reported it this way, there would be no mistake.
"Princess, I believe the assassins sent by your brother were secretly executed," Sigaoxin guessed.
"Who did it?"
"There are no leads yet. Perhaps it has something to do with the teacher you mentioned."
Guan Tong?
That somewhat cold face appeared in Yelena's mind, and she frowned slightly.
She did not doubt that Guan Tong was powerful. Anyone capable of teaching Mind Power Circulation could not possibly be weak. It would not even be an exaggeration to call him the strongest fighter among all the academy's instructors.
Shi Jingyi, who had taught this course before him, had also been recognized by the previous class of students as the academy's "most combat-capable teacher."
That had to do with the nature of this course. Those who could skillfully wield energy-based Mind Power could achieve both attack and defense without using any other abilities or items. It was immensely powerful.
But being able to fight and being able to kill were not the same thing.
A King of Soldiers might die at the hands of a street thug in a street brawl. Did that mean the King of Soldiers had worse fighting skills than the thug? No. It was simply because the thug had killing intent and had come to kill, while the King of Soldiers had not.
Yelena had worried about Guan Tong before because she believed that, as a teacher, he could not compare to professional assassins when it came