Imperial General!
Events like those at Heavenly Sound Pavilion were unfolding all over Badlands Prefecture!
Badlands Prefecture, in a residential compound.
"Ning Sang, I truly never imagined this! You're the steward of the Sword Alliance restaurant, yet you're secretly working for the Imperial General. After all the sincerity your brothers showed you!" An Assassination Hall martial artist spoke coldly to the dazed, disheartened middle-aged man before him. "How can you face His Excellency the Night Emperor?"
The middle-aged man gave a bitter laugh and shook his head. "Since my brothers from Assassination Hall have already come to my door this morning, I know I'm sure to die today. But for the sake of our brotherhood, please don't implicate my family!"
"Rest assured. Assassination Hall only looks at the names on the list!" the martial artist said. "His Excellency the Night Emperor has already made arrangements. If the hidden agent is a martial artist from the Sword Alliance, whoever it may be, after they're killed, their family will be escorted out of the divine capital by the Sword Alliance and sent to Eastern Continent."
"Thank you, Your Excellency the Night Emperor!" The middle-aged man knelt on the ground and bowed toward the horizon. Then, as he rose, he brought both palms down hard against his forehead. Blood burst forth on the spot, and he collapsed onto the ground, already lifeless.
After checking the body, the Assassination Hall martial artist turned and left.
At the same time, martial artists from Benevolence Hall came to handle the aftermath and arranged for the family of the man named Ning Sang to leave the divine capital.
In a dark alley, a martial artist with a panicked expression and blood covering his body sped past.
Yet at the other end of the alley, a group