Chapter 316 Do Not Read
Would you look at her? Her plan was amazing. They weren't just buying time or turning attention away from them. They were trying to cause tension between us and the heavenly demon sect.
"There is nothing to worry about," Tae Yong replied, "I can personally vouch that the foreigners were in a meeting with me."
"All of them?" The platinum-haired woman asked.
"Yes," Tae Yong replied with certainty.
"Is it not a little suspicious, your lordship? Are you sure you're not mistaken?" The platinum-haired woman politely asked. I could see her eyes shining which meant she properly weighed the consequences of her questions.
But, it also gave me an idea of her power. She wasn't all-powerful. Because if she were, she would have known on simple rule of the heavenly demon sect.
The heavenly demon was the heavenly demon sect.
"Are you questioning the words of the heavenly demon?!" Liu Kuang asked, his rage obvious by the flare of Qi he let out.
The word of the heavenly demon was the law. Nothing was above that, not even themselves. If Tae Yong said I was with her, then I was with her. If she vouched for everyone in my party, then they were all vouched for. No one in the heavenly demon sect doubted us at this moment.
"This meeting is adjourned until we find out what the truth is," Tae Yong said and left the court without saying another word under the guidance of her maids. She didn't even look at me which just showed how good she was.
I, on the other hand, looked at the platinum-haired woman. In essence, she held the same power as Celandine, the girl whose heart I will win one day for sure.
I'll pull it out, with my hand penetrating her chest, her face marred in horror and drizzles of blood escaped her mouth and her eyes show---
[Focus]
Right. I always get enthusiastic whenever I talk about her. Anyway, the platinum-haired woman held the same power as her. The power to see the future.
[A seer]
[Dangerous beings]
They definitely were. I should know. My sister was one of them.
[That's a surprise]
[Did she ever know when you were about to… hand one out?]
'What are you, seven? And no, I never did that. But she'd know my future.'
Aliya wasn't like this woman. She lived in the past, the present, and the future constantly. She mostly kept her powers on a lock because of how strong they were, but unlike this woman, she had complete control over her power.
Once, she knew that I was going to kill someone and came to stop me. It was so frustrating that I couldn't kill that scumbag and even more frustrating when I had to make do by cutting off his manhood and making him eat it.
[That's dark]
Anyways, the problem with seers was that they felt like they controlled the entire world. The world was theirs to manipulate. Leaving my sister out, not one seer I met in my entire life was free of this characteristic. They were simply manipulators.
Of course, they had to be strong enough to read my future and no one other than Aliya could ever do that. Even this woman couldn't if her slight frustration was any indication when her eyes shone slightly when she was looking at me.
She couldn't see my future so she was trying to use me as bait. However, I had to be on guard as well. She couldn't see my future but she could see anyone else's on my team and that was bad which was why…
"Why?" Laura asked.
"No questions asked," I replied and said, "No one will leave this place and I mean no one. Not even Asmara and Sasha. You've learned what you could have. Now master that."Nôv(el)B\\jnn
"What is about to happen, Adrian?" Asmara asked.
"Something you have no part in," I replied and silenced her before she could ask anything anymore. She was good at strategy and all of them were smart enough to know what that really meant.
With that out of the way, I just waited. Waited for the day to come when this matter would be escalated far beyond one's imagination.
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"Who do you think did this?" A man asked another man who calmly sipped his tea and replied with a relaxed expression.
"Why would it matter?" The second man asked before he said, "The powers of Murim are in one place. We wanted that and that happened. Now we need to make our next move."
"I know," The first man replied, still a little uneasy, "But I'm more worried about the unknown here. I feel like we're walking into someone's trap."
"You're just worrying too much," The second man nonchalantly said before he said, "Let's begin. We move now."
The first man sighed and nodded. He stood up and took out a strange object from his robe before he put it on his lips and blew hard. No sound came out of the flute-like object but those who needed to hear it did.
The ground began to tremble as the first man turned to look at the army on his back. The army didn't end as far as the eye went. It wasn't just the numbers. Each and every one in that army was at least at the rank of a first-rate martial artist, only they weren't martial artists. It was a massive army that would have been normally unmatched.
"Let us conquer the east of this world as well, Bernard. Then we can move on to the other parts of this world. I'm curious as to how far we can go." The second man said before he added in a proud tone, "For the glory of Ashguard Empire."
"For the glory of the Ashgaurd Empire." The first man, Bernard, joined him in the praise and they both led that massive army to their destination.
The heavenly demon sect.
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"Adrian," Asmara called me while I was looking in the distance but I saw nothing. Whoever they were, they were late.
"What?" I asked.
"You're not hurting anyone, right?" She asked, her eyes fixed on mine. She was judging me. She was deciding whether or not I was the correct man for her.
"Don't you know me by now?" I asked, acting as if I was hurt by her question, "I'd never get innocents involved in my goals."
"I know," She said, her tone clear and precise before she came forward and settled herself on my lap. Had to say, feeling her toned and hard body on mine was a different feeling.
She placed her ear on my chest and snuggled into it, and said, "I can hear your heartbeat. It's strong."
"Despite what you hear, I have a weak heart," I replied as I wrapped my arms around her.
"You're worried about leaving here, aren't you?" I asked.
"I am," She replied, "But I'm more worried you'll do something wrong to do that."
"Nothing I'd do in this world for you would be wrong. Otherwise, I wouldn't deserve you." I replied.
"Mhm," she said as she made herself comfortable, "Just promise me one thing."
"What?" I asked.
"You wouldn't hurt them," She said, her tone not of an order but a request. When she asked me to make her strong, she was almost demanding me but this time, she really was requesting something.
I ran my hand through her hair as I replied, "I promise."
She closed her eyes and entered deep sleep. I, on the other hand, was now as unsettled as ever. After all…
[You just made a promise that would be very hard to keep]
But I did. The fact remained unchanged that I did and there would be nothing in this world that would stop me from keeping my promise.
No matter how hard it was.
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While I was still combing Asmara's hair gently, I heard the sounds of bells and horns in the distance. But that wasn't what I was focused on. My focus was on the army that was slowly making its way over here on the horizon.
A truly massive army that was on the level of the empire's army if we had to count the Silver Knights as well. However, the main highlight, or should I say the cause of concern was the two individuals leading the army.
One of them had an overbearing sensation emitting from his entire being. As if he was born confident and nothing in this world could stand in his way.
The heavy sword on his back was also glistening with power and each step of his was creating tremors throughout the ground.
The other one was meeker compared to the man with the sword but all the more dangerous than the first man.
[Is that a…]
'Mage.'
And the other one was an aura master. The things in this world just got hella complicated and not in a fun way.
But whatever it was, they were heading over here and the power they were emitting only pointed towards one thing.
A war was coming.