After killing that Eight Banners banner lord, Chen Shaokuan suffered backlash, while Xu Yue's face was tinged blue. The gathered Beiyang group did not act rashly again.
Instead, they concentrated their strength and launched a surprise attack on the manor where the prisoners were being held.
All sides were locked in mutual combat and restraint. With their side having freed up forces to raid the manor, the other side naturally could not put up much resistance.
They easily dealt with the guards.
To the Sino-Japanese Alliance, these Reincarnator captives had only been tools to force Chen Shaokuan out. Now that he had appeared, there had been no real need to keep guarding them.
Yet although the enemies had been dealt with quickly, Chen Shaokuan's already pale face from the backlash grew even uglier when he saw two figures among the captives, beaten to within an inch of their lives and covered in bruises.
The captives who should have been happy to be rescued instead wore awkward, guilty expressions.
None of them dared meet Chen Shaokuan and the others' eyes.
How were they supposed to know that the Sino-Japanese Alliance would be so useless? After all that preparation to force him out, they had actually been counter-killed!
When they had only been watching through the projected screen before, they had naturally dared to curse a few times. But now Beiyang had won and had come to rescue them. No matter how stubborn they were, they naturally did not dare say much.
"Mr. Chen, it was our fault. We were forced into it."
"Yes, we were threatened."
"We had no choice. We're not human."
"Please spare us."
"You came here to save us in the first place. Now it can still be considered a happy ending for everyone..."
"..."
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