Chapter 41 - Bai (1/2)

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The King of Shia's face floated in mid-air looking at Hao Xuan as he killed the envoy and the soldiers. To him, it wasn't too big of a deal to lose a single envoy as there were many to take his place. What he originally found unacceptable was the fact that a 'nobody' wouldn't even give him, a King, enough face in front of other people and let the envoy go.

But after meeting General Li, he was just happy to still leave with his life, even if it meant sacrificing one of his children.

When he saw Hao Xuan, he remembered the stories about the old general when he was young. Once, an enemy Kingdom sent a spy to take the life of his wife, and when the General found out about it, he slaughtered his way into their capital and killed until rivers of blood flowed. Just he alone fought against their armies until they begged him to leave and promised to never pull such a stunt ever again.

After that, no one ever even thought about targeting any of his loved ones. He was known to be very impulsive and with his power, that was a ticking time bomb. But something happened that made him retire from the battlefield that no one knew.

When the king saw the smile on Hao Xuan's face it gave him a terrible feeling, like he was looking at a wolf in sheep's clothing.

”Are all of them like that?” he thought thinking about the other eight. If the newest member was this merciless, what about the others? Were they all monsters?

But little did he know that all of the others were actually very honorable and merciful, and always acted above the board and wouldn't usually take a life for no reason. It just Hao Xuan that was so cruel to his enemies.

The king sighed and then disappeared into the night. He had to prepare to send his Firstborn to serve the Ninth Leader of the Red Legion.

Luke, Mia, Aria, and Mason looked at each other. They thought their new caption would be a greenhorn like them and would be very reserved but this anything but that.

Lt. Kuo stood behind Hao Xuan and waited until he was finished killing all of them.

”Clean this up,” he ordered to some of the other legionaries and they walked out of the formation to store the bodies.

”No need. He hasn't been fed in a little while, let him take care of it,” Hao Xuan spoke without turning back.

The legionaries stopped in their tracks and looked at Lt. Kuo, who furrowed his brow looking at Hao Xuan's back.

Just as he was about to ask what Hao Xuan meant by that, he turned around and looked at the legionaries and said, ”Something to whet your appetite,” and started walking towards the villagers.

”....yes?” Aria and co. were stumped and kept looking at each other, until she felt the wind blow right behind her with enough pressure that she got pushed forward several steps. Everyone was surprised by her actions and turned to look towards her only to be left with their mouths open.