404 Heart of the Realm (2/2)

”Hmph!” The servant didn't understand what Raven was trying to do but in his mind, he knew that this kid is just putting on an act in order to reduce the shame and guilt on his body. Knowing this, of course the servant didn't want to be on the passive side.

The kid unboundedly infuriated him. A piddling Hero Knight not only dared to slight the orders of the Martial Emperor Sect but also dared to hurt him. How could he accept this? Not only did he want to personally kill this kid, he wanted to torture him and hunt down every single person who's important to him in order to get rid of this humiliation.

Seeing the pitiful display of the servant, a mocking smile appeared on Raven's face once more. Now that the Life Monitoring Jades are out, then its time to teach him a painful lesson.

Raven tightly gripped the keepsake, and under everyone's watch, a large screen of light emerge from it. Everyone was shocked but before they could even say anything, Raven controlled the array and displayed the real time feed from the secret realm.

This array was actually showing them what's happening inside!

”Ah! I remember this guy.” Raven said as he zoomed in on one person, ”This guy was the one who kept on saying that the Highlander Clan doesn't have the capabilities to monopolize this secret realm by themselves. Quite an overbearing fellow really.”

Raven then turned towards the servant and said: ”Watch.”

He lifted a single finger and poked at the image being shown on the screen. All of a sudden, everyone saw how a bolt of golden lightning descended and struck the unsuspecting fellow inside.

Everyone was gobsmacked. And as if that wasn't enough, the Life Monitoring Jade of the fellow who just died, shattered whilst being held by the servant.

A deadly silence permeated within the vast field. Everyone stared at Raven with bulging eyes. All hairs on their bodies were standing up due to fright. The servant's face was pale and filled with horror. He couldn't understand just what Raven did but one thing is for sure.

That unlucky fellow died because of him.

”You don't understand right? No matter, I'll explain it for you then.” Raven cleared his throat as he wore a 'kind' expression as he stared at the horrified servant. ”This secret realm is not fated for everyone.”

There was brief silence before Raven continued explaining.

”As someone who leaked this information, you should've known the requirements for opening the secret am I right?”

The servant dumbly nodded, a sense of ominous feeling was gripping his heart.

”See this keepsake right here?” Raven waved the jade he was holding at the servant. ”This is not a Soul Calming Jade, but rather the Heart of the Realm.”

”I never intended to keep this fact since initially, I thought that only those from the Highlander Clan would enter this secret realm. Unfortunately or not, you leaked the news, allowing everyone to know about it. My brother and his clan suddenly became the laughingstock of the whole realm. As a friend, how could I sit by and watch him suffer? Of course, I had to get revenge right?”

After saying this, Raven zoomed in on a group of people and with a flick of his fingers, bolts of golden lightning struck them down, causing several Life Monitoring Jades to shatter on the servants hands.

”This right here, the Heart of the Realm, is something that could control everything inside this secret realm. Which means, that if I or anyone from the Highlander Clan, wants someone dead, then so long as they're inside the secret realm, there's nowhere they could hide.”

”Just like this…”

Raven sent bolts of golden lightning to group of people once again, causing yet another batch of jades to shatter on the hands on the old servant.

”Cool right?” Raven asked sarcastically. ”The lives of those who entered, are decided by us. Which means that so long as we wanted it…”

”We could kill everyone who entered the secret realm, and no one would know that it was us who did it.”

His ghastly words finally broke down the last traces of hope in the old servant's heart. His face was now filled with horror as he stared at the cold expression on Raven's face.

”Think about this way…” Raven eerily said, ”If, and I'm only saying if, I decided to kill you and everyone who entered, including the Sect Master. Doesn't that mean that the Highlander Clan could not only monopolize the entire secret realm, but also claim the Martial Emperor Sect for themselves as well?”

…and with such words, the old servant finally couldn't take it and lost consciousness.