"Teacher!?"
A crisp, surprised cry came from behind him. Brando turned around in astonishment and saw Huang Huo emerge from the Place of Silence. Her shoulder-length black hair hung loose, and she wore a red swordsman's outfit embroidered with golden phoenixes in a distinctly Eastern style. She held a sword at her side, with Mr. Liu and Fang Qi following behind her.
"Huang Huo, what are you doing here?" Brando asked in surprise after a moment's hesitation.
"Miss Delphine asked us to come here." Huang Huo glanced at the Chancellor's daughter standing beside Brando and answered.
"It was Her Majesty the Queen's intention." Delphine lowered her head slightly and explained softly.
"Aren't you afraid she'll wipe us all out?" Brando said irritably.
The Chancellor's daughter said nothing. She calmly glanced at him, and Brando understood her meaning from her eyes. She had deliberately tied Huang Huo, the imperial princess of the Land of the Nine Phoenixes, to her own chariot so that Queen Madara would be wary of acting rashly.
"That was completely unnecessary."
Delphine did not argue back, but Huang Huo defended her. "It's not Miss Delphine's fault, Teacher. It was Huang Huo's idea."
Brando shook his head. His student was clever, but she was still too naïve in the face of a deep-minded woman like Delphine. She had been sold and was still counting the money for the other person. However, Delphine was his subordinate at present, so he could not expose her to her face. He merely turned around and glared at her.
"Arch-Priest, what exactly does Her Majesty the Queen mean?" He turned back and asked.
Before he had finished speaking, the ground suddenly shook violently again. Several sharp cracking sounds rang out as a few cracks several inches wide spread from one side of the