Chapter 185: Murder and Arson
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The abbot of Imperial Fist Temple had completely lost the confidence he had earlier. He only wanted to escape and survive.
As long as he survived, with his resources and cooperation with the minister, he could rise again.
Even though he was deeply unwilling to accept it.
Why had it come to this? Imperial Fist Temple, a top force that had stood in the Empire for centuries, had actually been destroyed by nothing more than a few rebel assassins.
The elders, each no weaker than the Four Rakshasa Ghosts, along with the temple's strongest law-enforcement disciples... without exception, after pursuing Night Raid, none of them had sent back any news.
Then... Night Raid had appeared again completely unharmed, while not a single elder had returned.
Everything about this scene indicated that the elders and law-enforcement disciples were likely dead, but he found it hard to believe. That was a force even the Four Rakshasa Ghosts could not face, and yet...
However, that was not even the worst part. The worst part was that when chaos had broken out on one side earlier, although the abbot had arranged for people to deal with it, he had not paid much attention to it.
He had thought an elder leading the group would resolve it quickly.
But unexpectedly... not only had they failed to resolve it, even more than half the elder and disciples sent to handle it had been lost.
Not only had they failed to stop them, but the zombie ranks had instead expanded considerably. The dead kept climbing back to their feet and joining the zombies... attacking the people of Imperial Fist Temple.
Facing the zombies and Night Raid, the temple's disciples dwindled with every passing moment until they finally collapsed completely.
Even the