Through the Teleportation Array in the Death Cemetery, Han Shuo arrived deep underground in the wilderness outside Xijie City and stepped out of the array.
He summoned the Earth Armor Zombie to open a tunnel to the surface above, then left the depths of the earth and hurried toward Xijie City.
For someone as powerful as Han Shuo, any city's defenses were as good as nonexistent. Descending from high above into a secluded corner of Xijie City, he headed toward the area where Helen had been staying. Only when he arrived did he discover that Helen and her personal guards had already left the city.
At the Dark Curtain's base in Xijie City, Han Shuo summoned Delant. From him, Han Shuo learned that after Helen's bloody purge, Xijie City was now entirely under her control.
Han Shuo's previous letter had already reached Dick. Following Han Shuo's instructions, he had spread word from Brettel City that Helen had never had an intimate physical relationship with Han Shuo, and that the earlier rumor of her being raped had been nothing more than the servants' speculation.
As Han Shuo had instructed, Brettel City issued an official statement. This statement was soon deliberately circulated throughout the Seven Grand Duchies, and it did convince some people. Others with filthy minds, however, still refused to believe it was true.
Among the citizens of the Xilun Duchy, some genuinely believed the statement when it arrived out of respect for Grand Duchess Helen. Helen had originally disdained to step forward to prove whether the matter was true or false, but after enduring cold, contemptuous looks for so long, she came forward following Brettel City's statement. Under the joint supervision of several great nobles of the Xilun Duchy, including some highly respected women, Helen agreed to have her body