"Heh... heh... heh..."
As Miao Ne gradually tightened her grip, the Qi Country Sovereign's eyes grew bloodshot, nearly bulging from their sockets. She struggled with all her might, letting out meaningless gasps, but her hands and feet grew weaker by the moment. She couldn't understand it. She simply couldn't understand why "You Bao" had betrayed her.
Everything "You Bao" had was built on her, the Sovereign! Without the Sovereign's trust, "You Bao" was nothing. Why betray her? Why was she the one being betrayed? The pressure on her throat was so great that the Sovereign felt as if her neck were about to snap. The world before her eyes blurred. "Why..."
She only wanted to ask why!
Miao Ne was no kindhearted soul. Naturally, she wasn't going to let her die knowing the answer. Just as she prepared to finish her off in one breath, the zither string in her hand snapped at the worst possible moment. As the Qi Country Sovereign teetered on the brink of unconsciousness, she felt the deadly pressure around her neck loosen.
Her body rolled halfway over.
Before the joy of escaping death could reach her brain, she saw "You Bao" above her, looking impatient. Her fingers curled like claws as she seized the string that had cut a bloody groove into the Sovereign's neck. She tightened her grip without hesitation, and the bone beneath her fingertips snapped. The Qi Country Sovereign's head lolled to one side. She stopped breathing, her eyes still stretched wide. Miao Ne bent a finger to check her breath and only let out a long sigh once she was certain the woman was completely dead.
"She's finally dead." Only after coming to her senses did Miao Ne realize that cold sweat drenched her back and tiny beads of sweat dotted