"Huh?! I'm leaving now, who dares to stop me?" Luo Ge merely glanced at the crowd. The remaining knights all showed fear, their eyes darting away, unable to meet his gaze.
Spears hung low, swords were sheathed.
No one dared to step forward and offend the young Sword King's authority.
Luo Ge nodded in satisfaction.
I'm fairly satisfied with their sensible attitude.
He turned and walked towards Lilia, preparing to take her away.
The moment he took his first step, a voice came from behind him.
"Wait a moment!"
Luo Ge stopped in his tracks.
"You... you're not allowed to leave! Stay here!"
Um?
There are more experts?!
Luo Ge tilted his head to look at the person who spoke, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.
I didn't expect there to be a master here!
It's Jin Jie.
She had woken up from her coma at some point, swaying unsteadily like a candle flickering in the wind.
She was struggling to stand up, supported by her companion who was being helped by her.
His body was covered in wounds, the blood at the corner of his mouth hadn't been wiped clean, and his face was as pale as a sheet of paper, but his eyes still shone with an unquenchable light.
Luo Ge looked at her with some surprise.
This woman's combat strength was indeed average, but her vitality was astonishingly tenacious. Even after her magic power was exhausted and she suffered such severe injuries, she was still able to stand up again.
It's truly worthy of the name "Water God Style."
She's quite resilient; in this woman, Luo Ge vaguely saw a resemblance to Isolte.
Jin Jie dragged her battered body, her voice weak yet unwaveringly firm. "You committed a grave crime in the Shirone Kingdom, do you think you can just walk away like this? Unforgivable... This is an unforgivable crime!"
"Prince Pax will never let you get away with this!"
"Oh?"
Luo Ge paused slightly, turning back to glance at her. "Is this what they call chivalry?"
"???"
Pax, who was standing to the side, had just seen that Luo Ge was about to ignore him and leave, and he was feeling lucky to have escaped with his life.
When Jin Jie shouted to stop the other party and specifically named him, Pax was completely stunned.
I practically wanted to kill Jin Jie with a single blow.
Why did you have to stop that devil when he was about to leave?
Wouldn't it be better to just let him leave?
Jin Jie is deliberately trying to kill this prince!
Pax huddled in the corner, trembling, his hands covering his head, frantically praying in his heart: Don't notice me... don't notice me...
However, the reality is always cruel.
"Oh."
As if suddenly remembering something, Luo Ge slowly turned his gaze to Pax. "I almost forgot, you seem to still be alive."
"Hmm?"
Pax shuddered. When he felt that gaze lock onto him again, he felt as if he had been thrown into an ice cellar, chilled to the bone.
Jin Jie.
You've really put this prince in a terrible situation.
Luo Ge frowned slightly as he looked at Pax, who was clearly terrified, and smelled the nauseating stench in the air.
He looked away with some disgust, sighed, and said, "Fine, I'll give you a ride first."
These words, though spoken lightly, struck Pax like a death sentence.
Despair surged up like a tide.
It overwhelmed every inch of his reason.
Jin Jie, Jin Jie, this prince is truly grateful to you... In his heart, Pax had practically cursed Jin Jie's entire family.
"Then let's leave it at that."
Just as Luo Ge was about to raise his hand to kill Pax, Jin Jie remained motionless, watching helplessly as he faced death.
"Don't want!"
"Spare his life!"
A sound suddenly rang out from outside the main hall.
Immediately afterward, the third prince, Zanoba, tumbled in, stumbling and crawling.
He rushed anxiously to Luo Ge, his forehead covered in sweat. "Senior! Senior, please have mercy! Please, you must have mercy!"
Luo Ge paused slightly, his gaze passing over Zanoba's shoulder, noticing an old man following behind him.
He had a round belly, an oily face, and wore a magnificent royal robe and a golden crown.
At that moment, King Shirone stood at the palace gate, his expression shifting between anger and uncertainty as he looked at the mess and corpses scattered on the ground.
King of Shirone.
When he saw the horrific scene inside the palace, the old king's face instantly turned extremely grim.
Corpses lay scattered on the ground, broken weapons lay strewn about, tables and chairs were overturned, and his good-for-nothing seventh son was huddled in a corner, trembling.
The sight before him made his temples throb.
What guy?
How dare they cause trouble in their Shirone Kingdom?
"Speak! Who can tell me what has happened here?" The king's voice was low and suppressed.
"Your Majesty, it's like this..."
Jin Jie immediately stepped forward and quickly reported the whole story in the most concise language.
After King Shirone heard the whole story, his expression changed completely.
From gloom to horror, from horror to anger, his entire face turned a deep liver color.
He abruptly turned to look in Luo Ge's direction, shouting angrily, "Kneel down and admit your mistake to me right now!"
Pax saw his father arrive.
He immediately scrambled to his feet from a short distance behind Luo Ge, feeling as if he had found a powerful backer, and his confidence returned instantly.
He struggled to his feet, trotted to the king, pointed at Luo Ge, and said imperiously, "Did you hear that? Father told you to kneel down and apologize to this prince! Don't be so smug, don't be so arrogant!"
"Smack!"
Who knows?
A crisp, loud slap echoed through the hall.
Pax's head was slapped to one side, and he staggered a couple of steps, half of his face swelling up at a visible speed.
He covered his face, staring at his father in disbelief.
"Mmm!"
"Father... why did you hit me?"
"You unfilial son!"
King Shirone was so angry his fingers were trembling. "You scoundrel! You're going to make me furious! This is the esteemed Sword King! It's one thing to treat him with disrespect, but who gave you the audacity to kidnap the Sword King's family?!"
"I'm telling you to apologize right now!"
Kneel down and admit your mistake.
"If the Sword King doesn't forgive you, I'll pretend I never had such a rebellious son, you worthless wretch."
He then slapped her again.
Pax was quickly beaten and ran away with his head in his hands, howling and screaming.
"Father, stop! It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!"
"It's supposed to hurt!"
"I'll beat you to death, you unfilial son!"
The old king's slaps rained down on Pax, each blow a drop of blood dripping from his heart.
The ground was littered with the corpses of knights, all of whom he had painstakingly trained!
And just like that, his foolish son squandered it all.
Not only that, but they also offended a Sword King.
What is the Sword King?
There are only two Sword King in the entire world.
Especially this Demon Sword King before us, who is known as the Three Kings, is said to have cultivated the three major schools to the highest level of the King Rank, and his overall strength is close to that of the Emperor Rank.
A person of this caliber would be an honored guest even in the Kingdom of Wanglong, let alone in Shirone, a small vassal state that doesn't even have the strength of Sword Saint.
King Shirone felt dizzy and nearly collapsed.
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and the more ruthless he became.
Pax was beaten so badly that he screamed and rolled on the ground, completely bewildered as to why he was the one being beaten when he was the one being bullied.
After finishing the beating, King Shirone, panting heavily, quickly composed himself, turned to Luo Ge, and bowed obsequiously, saying, "Please calm down, Sword King Majesty! That rebellious son, Pax, I will demote him to a commoner and banish him from the palace afterward."
"We will never allow him to appear before the Sword King again! We beg the Sword King not to vent his anger on the Shirone Kingdom because of such a foolish fellow."
He was bent over, and cold sweat was pouring down his forehead.
The rage of Sword King- level combatant is enough to wipe the small country of Shirone off the map.
He dared not gamble, nor could he afford to.
"Um?"
Luo Ge was somewhat surprised to see the king bowing and scraping before him, his attitude changing as easily as turning the pages of a book.
As expected of a ruler, his ability to assess the situation is indeed strong; he doesn't put on airs at all when it's time to back down.
Zanoba then knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Senior, please, for the sake of this prince, spare my good-for-nothing brother this once."
Luo Ge didn't rush to answer Zanoba's question. Instead, he turned to look at Lilia: "What do you think, Lilia...?"
"..."
Lilia was taken aback.
She hadn't expected that Luo Ge, who could have made the decision himself, would still ask for her opinion, which made her feel valued.
That was a warmth that even Paul had never given her.
Deeply moved, Lilia's eyes welled up with tears, and her voice trembled slightly as she said, "It's all up to you, Young Master... Lilia will only obey your orders."
"I see."
Luo Ge withdrew his gaze, glanced at Zanoba was still kneeling on the ground, pleading with him, and remained silent for two seconds. "How about this, the favor I owe you before is wiped clean."
"How about it?"
"Next time we meet, I won't hold back."
Although Zanoba was somewhat disappointed, he still slammed his forehead heavily on the ground. "Oh! Thank you, Sword King Sword King! Your compassion is a rare quality in this world. I will always be grateful for this kindness."
When King Shirone saw that Luo Ge had finally relented, he slumped to the ground, his back soaked with cold sweat.
He wiped the sweat from his brow, bowing and scraping repeatedly. " Sword King, I will prepare a generous gift right away..."
"No need."
"Prepare a carriage for me; I'm leaving the Shirone Kingdom tomorrow."
Upon hearing that Luo Ge was leaving...
King Shirone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
No one noticed that the King of Shirone's legs had begun to tremble slightly after he heard that the other party was a Sword King.
Sword King.
With such world-class combat power, annihilating a small country like ours, which doesn't even have a single Sword Saint, would be effortless.
Only that foolish son of Pax is completely unaware of the gravity of the situation. Offending the Sword King will not only kill him, but also destroy the Shirone Kingdom.
Luo Ge ignored them, turned around, took Lilia's hand, and walked out of the hall.
At sunset.
Lilia obediently followed beside him, her eyes slightly red, but a barely perceptible smile playing on her lips.
The two walked side by side through the palace gate and disappeared into the warm afternoon sunlight.
In the grand hall behind them, only Pax, slumped on the ground, Zanoba, who breathed a sigh of relief, and King Shirone, who could finally put his mind at ease, remained.
The mess and bloodstains on the ground silently tell the story of what had just happened.