The group of generals behind her echoed her one after another, a chorus of curses rising up. "Traitor!" "Ungrateful wretch!" "You ungrateful bastard!" "And to think Her Majesty took you in back then!"
Among the crowd, a general named Scarlet Flame wore the most complicated expression.
She had once fought side by side with Lin Ming and knew this young man's strength and character well.
She remembered that when Lin Ming had been in the Fire Phoenix Empire, he had been quiet and reserved, but he had always charged at the very front in every battle and never retreated.
She did not understand why Lin Ming had defected to the Sirius Empire. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end, she said nothing. She merely watched Lin Ming quietly, her eyes filled with confusion and incomprehension.
Lin Ming looked at Skyflame Marshal. There was not a trace of anger on his face. Instead, he smiled.
That smile carried the calmness of someone who had seen through everything. He slowly spoke, his voice not loud, yet clearly reaching every ear.
"Why did I leave the Fire Phoenix Empire? Your empress wanted to kill me as a token of allegiance so she could become the disciple of the Star River Empress. Why shouldn't I resist?"
His gaze swept across the crowd as he continued, "And do you truly understand your empress? The Fire Phoenix Scripture values bloodline inheritance and can absorb inferior bloodlines to strengthen oneself. Do you really not know what your empress relied on to cultivate so quickly? To break through to Tier Twelve, she would not hesitate to sacrifice the entire Fire Phoenix Empire!"
The moment those words fell, the crowd went silent. Some were shocked, some furious, and some doubtful.
But even more could