Chapter 412: Pillaging the Treasury (1/2)

Chapter 412: Pillaging the Treasury

Without any rush, Jian Chen formed a bright blade of Sword Qi on his finger and completely massacred all of the Great Saint Masters. From this group, there were only three Earth Saint Masters that were fortunate enough to survive the initial attack.

“Your Majesty, please escape! We will hold him off!” The three Earth Saint Masters were by no means cowards. They were willing to throw away their lives in order to try and stop Jian Chen from attacking their king.

But the king only looked at the three soldiers willing to die for him with remorse. He had no intentions of running since he knew that escaping now was futile and would only expend energy needlessly.

“Stop!” The king suddenly called out to the three soldiers powerlessly. Looking to Jian Chen with a grieved look, he spoke, “This king has already been forced into a state where I cannot run away. If you could please tell me just who you are, then I will be content to die.”

Jian Chen stared passively at the king for a moment before speaking, “Who I am is not important. Just know that I am from the Gesun Kingdom.”

“As I expected, you really are from the Gesun Kingdom.” The king sighed before looking back to Jian Chen. “It seems this king’s decision on joining the other three kingdoms to attack the Gesun Kingdom was the wrong choice to make. I had been 90% sure that the Gesun Kingdom wouldn’t have such a hidden talent who could storm my Pingyang Kingdom’s imperial palace and cause me to be end up like this. Ai~~~” The king looked even more ragged than before as if he had spontaneously aged.

“This king has already fallen, do as you seem fit as punishment, whether that is to kill or torture me. This king can only humbly request that you forgive these soldiers; they are innocent of my crimes.” The king pleaded humbly.

“Your Majesty! This servant’s only mission in life is to protect your wellbeing! We three do not fear death!” The three soldiers immediately protested, kneeling in front of him and Jian Chen without concern for their life.

The king shook his head, “This war is a sin that I must bear alone. The decision of going to war does not fall upon your shoulders. Furthermore, you have your own family to take care of.”

Upon being reminded of their families, the three soldiers immediately stiffened with their eyes filling up with tears.

The look in Jian Chen’s eyes grew dark for a moment. When the king had mentioned family, Jian Chen couldn’t help but think to his own family.

The king pleaded to Jian Chen once more, “Everything is the mistake of this king. I will call my armies back immediately, so please spare my three guards.”

Jian Chen looked to the pale three soldiers kneeling nearby. They had already been injured by his initial attacks, so Jian Chen hesitated for a moment. “I will forgive them, but if they dare try to exploit the Gesun Kingdom in any way, I will not be so kind then.”

The king let out a sigh in relief. Each one of the three guards had been with him for twenty years at the very least and had protected him without question. Although he was their king and they were his servants, they had a deep friendship with each other. Thus, the king had naturally tried his best to insure that the three guards would not die with him. The king knew that Jian Chen was a Heaven Saint Master, so sending these three Earth Saint Masters would accomplish nothing but their deaths.

Instead of killing the king, Jian Chen grabbed him by the shoulders and took him away, leaving behind the three guards still kneeling with miserable looks.

“Your Majesty!” The three guards began to tear up as they watched their king get dragged further and further away. Although they wished to go with him, they lacked the power to do so.

Jian Chen quickly left the underground palace with the king, re-emerging into the palace hall. By now, there were many armored men of high status along with other officials gathered nearby.

Seeing Jian Chen walk out, the palace grew tense with anxiety as several men took out their Saint Weapons. Even if it cost them their lives, they wanted to stop Jian Chen since they knew that soon, the army attacking the border would return.

But when a certain purple and gold robed elder came walking out, everyone was stunned. It didn’t take much to tell that the king had been captured by Jian Chen.

Seeing all of the gathered high ranking officials here, the captured king could only sigh before quickly ordering them to stand down. Then, without needing to be ordered to by Jian Chen, the king immediately issued out an imperial edict to bring back all of the soldiers stationed by the Gesun Kingdom’s northern stronghold.

After the edict, the king turned to Jian Chen, “What do you wish for this old king to do now?” Jian Chen’s strength had already caused the king to give up any chance of escaping. He knew that if he didn’t cooperate, his entire army would suffer. The palace would be washed with the blood of his people; an event like this was common enough within the continent.

“Take me to the treasury!” Jian Chen spoke.

At this, everyone’s face blanched before a blunt elder spoke, “Impossible! The treasury is where the root of our kingdom’s finances lie, if it is robbed, then our kingdom would…”

“Pcht!”