2177 Did He Take The Lives Of The Innocent As A Joke? (1/2)

The guard was expecting the intruder to be glaring at him with a serious face. Instead, the man gave him a warm smile in return. The sword was still hanging on the guard's neck, however. Slowly, but surely, he started to feel the sword cutting through his flesh.

The skin on his neck was slashed open, and blood emerged. As seconds past, the pain became more and more unbearable. The whole process was as though someone was cutting meat with a blunt knife. It was slow but surely painful and frightening.

The guards were shocked to the core. Their leader was in the hands of the intruder, so his followers dared not take another step forward. ”Don't you do anything to him!” They verbally warned.

”The guard is the cousin of the governor. If he is hurt, your life will not be spared.”

”Let him go! Release him now!”

The shouting continued.

The guard was trembling in fear, but he still refused to keep his voice down. ”I bet that you dare not do anything to me. I…” Suddenly, he could not continue speaking. The sword buried another inch deeper into his neck. With the slightest movement in the right direction, the man's aorta would be slashed open. By then, his life would be surely gone.

”You… What do you want?” The guards finally gave in.

”Open the gate and let everyone through,” Di Fuyi answered slowly.

The guard's face was as pale as a sheet, but he decided to give his one last try. ”I… I cannot do so. You see… Can you see the archers at the wall? If you do not let me go, they will kill everyone down there.”

A few moments ago, he gave the archers a secret code to signal them. The archers responded immediately and were all in their respective positions. All their bows were armed with arrows. With a wave, the archers would release their arrows and kill every life on the ground.