After navigating several winding paths and bypassing a pile of garbage, the four saw a scene unfolding in the distance in an open space—
Twenty or thirty children, dressed in tattered clothes and only about ten years old, were held to one side by soldiers dressed in the [ Gale Legion ] uniforms, their young faces filled with barely concealed fear. They huddled together like lambs, trembling, their innocent eyes filled with confusion and anger as they stared at the center of the flat ground.
There, several young people, dressed in fine clothes but with excessively pale faces, laughed triumphantly.
Before them stood a beautiful female warrior, dressed in tattered, bright red leather armor, with a slender figure and delicate features. Two officers of considerable strength, their bodies radiating Dou Qi, gripped her shoulders, rendering the angry and beautiful warrior completely immobile.
"Hehe, what a spirited little horse, hahaha, struggle, keep struggling, I love a spirited Chick like you, hahaha..." The man laughing wildly and arrogantly, the notorious bully and scourge of Hot Springs Pass, Young Master Kulun, whose small, narrowed eyes gleamed with a venomous light, reached out and pinched Danni Lizi's fair cheek hard, then sniffed his fingers.
"Pah, you piece of trash!" The female warrior glared angrily and spat on Kulun's face.
Slap slap!!!
Kulun slapped the female warrior hard across the face several times, leaving two bloody handprints on her fair, jade-like cheeks.
"Don't hit Sister Danni, you bad guy! You big bad guy!" A little girl who looked only five or six years old rushed out, waving her dirty little fists and hitting Kulun's leg.
"Get out of here, you little bastard!" Kulun roared in fury.
Although he lacked martial arts skills and his body was weakened by alcohol and women, he was still an adult. He kicked the little girl in the chest, sending her flying three or four meters away. The poor girl immediately turned pale and lost all color in her face, collapsing to the ground and remaining motionless.
"Ah... Miaoli... Stop! You beast, are you even human? She's just a child..." The female warrior's eyes blazed with fury as she struggled frantically to break free and embrace the unconscious little girl. However, the two [ Gale Legion ] officers were clearly far stronger than her, twisting her shoulders on either side and rendering her completely immobile.
Seeing this, Kulun's eyes gleamed with malice. He chuckled, "Haha, looks like you care about these little bastards, huh? Hahaha, that's great! Little wild horse, step forward, strip naked, and let this young master have his fun. I'll let these little bastards go today. If they resist... hehe, I'll chop off their arms and limbs one by one, so you can see them die in agony..."
After saying that, he gave a wink, and the soldiers holding the children in the distance placed their long swords against the children's necks. The cold, menacing blades terrified the children, who Shout and tried their best not to cry.
"You..." Danni Lizi was stunned.
How could a human being have such a vicious and despicable thought? This guy in front of me is simply an unforgivable devil who should be sent to Hell ten thousand times over.
"What? Still hesitating? Cut off a few arms for me first!" Kulun's words were cold, sinister, and vicious.
In the distance, the soldiers slowly raised their sharp steel blades, which gleamed with a cold, Bloody light under the morning sun.
"No! No! Don't hurt them!" Danni Lizi Shout in terror.
She had no choice. These days, the children had become an important part of her life, like family. Faced with the threat of the devil, she had no choice but to submit.
Under the venomous, burning gaze of the sickly pale young nobleman before her, Danni Lizi's face paled. Her slender fingers lightly touched the buckles of her fiery red leather armor. Surrounded by the malevolent, greedy eyes of the men, the warrior suddenly thought of him, the one she had always kept hidden in her heart. She couldn't help but wonder, if he were here right now...
"Hmph! My patience is very limited!" Kulun's two eyes were like two venomous snakes as he snorted impatiently.
The Executioner in the distance had already raised their gleaming steel blades.
A proud and contemptuous smile suddenly appeared on Danni Lizi's face. She was no longer afraid, though her fingers still trembled slightly as she grasped the straps of her leather armor, about to gently pull them open. Just then, she suddenly saw all the men around her, who had been like jackals, freeze in shock. Young Master Kulun, who had been grinning excitedly, suddenly showed a look of astonishment and fear in his eyes...
Unbeknownst to her, a shocking scene was unfolding behind her—
The two highly skilled officers of the [ Gale Legion ] who had previously controlled him suddenly had their heads and bodies separated silently, with extremely clean cuts, as if someone in the void had severed their heads with a sharp blade. Most strangely, there was no one around them at all. All of this happened in silence, without the slightest sound, yet crimson blood gushed out.
This scene was both bizarre and terrifying.
Silent and stealthy, killing without a trace.
It was as if Death itself was silently reaping lives with a sinister grin.
Young Master Kulun's excited expression froze, and his cronies were also stunned, unable to comprehend what they were seeing. They hadn't seen any attack, yet two top experts had been beheaded like wheat being harvested. It was a scene straight out of a horrific story told by a wandering poet; the spurting blood sent chills down their spines...
Danni Lizi finally noticed the strange change behind her.
She slowly turned around and saw an even more terrifying and bizarre scene—
In the distance, the fifty-odd soldiers of the [ Gale Legion ] who were escorting the children suddenly began to bleed from their necks, one by one, as if infected. They seemed unaware of this until they saw the horrified looks on their comrades' faces. In despair, they clutched their necks, trying to scream but unable to. Their bodies slumped to the ground as if all their strength had been drained away...
More than fifty people fell to the ground in just seven or eight seconds, like wheat under a farmer's sickle.
How did they die?
I can't tell.
Who killed them?
Nobody knows.
Because from beginning to end, no one saw any trace of the assassin.
Danni Lizi's eyes widened; she was completely bewildered, not knowing what had happened. When she turned around, her body trembled. Suddenly, she saw five knights dressed entirely in black armor standing silently ten meters away. Their bright eyes and icy expressions, bathed in the golden morning light, exuded an aura of death that instilled despair in their opponents.
For some reason, Danni Lizi's gaze instantly focused on the handsome and refined young black knight in the very center.
Her beautiful eyes shone with incredible excitement.
Because the female warrior recognized the knight's origins.
"You... you... who are you? Did you kill my men? Do you know who I am? Do you know who you killed? Damn it, do you want to die?" After the initial shock, seeing that there were only five of them, and all of them were so young, Young Master Kulun's courage returned.
After all, this is Hot Springs Pass.
This is his territory.
The territory of the Ptolemy Family.
However, this blustering question only elicited a disdainful smirk and a chilling murderous aura in return. The handsome young knight in the center, as radiant as the midday sun, raised an eyebrow and asked, "I know who you are, but do you know who I am?"
Second update.