Qifu, holding two short axes, stopped in the distance. He wanted to save Liu, but the corpses lying all around him had brought him to his senses. If he rushed over now, the only possible outcome would be his death. Besides, the person he was protecting was still alive. She had merely been tied up.
Thinking this over, Qifu slowly backed away. This brawny fool occasionally used his brain.
Ignoring Qifu, Su Xiao approached Liu with his blade in hand. Things had not developed as he had expected. The arrival of these corrupted Temba had disrupted many plans.
The information currently known was that the Water of Origin was in the Taryn Kingdom. Secondly, Liu was a member of the Royal Family of Taryn. As for why she had been living in Bamboo Village, that remained unknown for now.
A flash of blade light swept past. Liu closed her eyes, and the sensation of being bound all over vanished. She pulled the cloth from her mouth and began to gasp for air.
A moment later, Liu lowered her head and walked past Su Xiao to the chieftain's corpse. Her clenched fists trembled slightly.
"Was sending me back to Taryn your dying wish? Why... why did you want me to return to that magnificent purgatory?"
After saying this, Liu fell silent for a long time. There were too many things she couldn't understand today, and too much sorrow weighing on her.
A green spark fell to the ground. After burning for a moment, it ignited the soil, and a strand of eerie green flame rose into the air. The flames quickly spread out of control, and before long, the surrounding houses were ablaze with green fire.
Su Xiao walked out of the small courtyard holding a wooden box and a sheathed