137 Spill More Blood (2/2)
Bai Han's face furrowed at the thought.
”You…”
”Lord An! The troops have come back from the cliff!”
The three men's expressions turned alert at the sound of a soldier's voice. Without a second thought, An Sun strode out of the tent.
Upon coming out, they saw a Tuhan soldier with his legs and arms soaking wet, his body trembling.
But no body.
An Sun's eyes turned dark. ”Where's Bai Lan's body?”
The soldier stepped forward, his body bathed in cold sweat from his commander's cold glares. In his trembling, pale hands, he stretched out a light green color ribbon.
An Sun's eyes flashed at the familiar ribbon in the soldier's hand.
That ribbon…It was Bai Lan's!
Unknowingly, his steps underneath him quickened.
”I…” Before the soldier could speak, the ribbon was snatched from his hand and into An Sun's.
An Sun stared at it with burning eyes before he glanced up at the soldier.
”Where did you get this?”
The soldier was surprised by his commander's intense stare but still managed to respond.
”Reporting to Commander An. It was discovered at the bottom of the cliff near the river. The troops and I carried out your orders and searched for Advisor Bai's body. When we looked, however, Advisor Bai's...”
The soldier stopped upon feeling various cold, biting stares on him. He glanced up and found an old man staring intently at him. On the side, a middle-aged man in armor along with a group of unfamiliar troops also gazed at him.
Too many scary eyes!
An Sun grew impatient. ”Speak!”
”Y-Yes…” The soldier gulped. ”We followed the upstream in hopes of finding him, but Advisor's Bai's body…it's gone!”
The air turned stiff, everyone at the scene held their breaths. For a brief moment, Bai Han's still eyes lit up.
He walked toward the soldier and gripped his shoulders, his silver eyes penetrating deep into his.
”What do you mean gone?”
The soldier stuttered, ”I-I mean we searched everywhere, but were unable to retrieve Advisor Bai's body. It's almost as if it vanished!”
An Sun's eyes narrowed up, a deep chilling glint flashed within them. His throat tightened. He couldn't say the words, but he thought them.
If they discovered the body, then it could only mean he was dead.
However, it was missing.
Either his body was far-gone upstream, or Bai Lan was still...
As if thinking the same thing, Bai Han turned to look at General Guo.
”Send our men out to search! Look at every area for Bai Lan's remains if they can't be found start searching neighboring towns!”
”Yes, commander!”
Manchu's brows furrowed, he couldn't help but steal the man in front of him a glance. Meanwhile, An Sun's dark, gray eyes were locked on the green ribbon in his hand.
”Sun, do you think Bai Lan could still be alive?”
An Sun didn't respond. His eyes staring at the pale green ribbon in his hand deepened slightly, his fists clenching.
Even if there was a possibility that the youth was alive…he'll take his chances.
An Sun's head raised, and he turned to look at his troops.
”Help them search and send others to the nearby villages. The rest of you start heading back to the main camp, I'm staying here.”
The Tuhan troops were stunned.
”But Lord An…”
”I am no longer your lord. From now on, you can consider Lord An dead. Inform An Hongyu your Lord An tragically died during the camp's ambush attack. Do you understand?”
Though confused, the troops could only nod. An Sun couldn't help but soften his gaze while looking at his men.
”I don't harbor any regrets. If I hadn't met all of you, my life would have had no meaning. I'm glad I had the chance to be your lord and commander.”
Toward An Sun's heartfelt, strong words, the Tuhan troops smiled in return and felt their hearts burn. Lowering their heads deeply, they yelled.
”It was an honor, Lord An!”
An Sun arched up an eyebrow as he stared at the men's expressions who was turning more and more serious and let out a rare laugh.
Meanwhile, on the side, Bai Han glanced at the young man and his troops with a complicated gaze.
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