35 One Step In (2/2)
How many more were like the fourth madam? How many were more out there to kill him? He needed to kill them all!
The hand gripping the weapon wavered, slowly filling with dark energy.
Seeing this, Hongyue glowed happily. Just as she thought, the more insecure a person, the more they could be controlled. Her eyes narrowed at the sight of the dead servant. It's not enough. She vowed to take vengeance on them all. How could a single death satisfy her? She wanted all those tormented the previous soul dead.
”Father,” Hongyue clung on to his sleeves, ”I'm still scared.”
She leaned over to whisper into his ears.
”What if there's more?”
Like a trigger, her words set him off.
Right.
What if there was more?
His killers could be lurking in his estate pretending to be servants.
He flung his sword forward and struck another servant across the neck. Their head had flown off and spun across the yard, staining a whole streak of red. Seeing this, the group of servants lost their composure. They took off screeching for help and attempted to escape.
What they didn't know was that running away made them all the more suspects in the general's mind. The more they screamed, the more the general would kill. Observing this chaos, Hongyue struggled hard to maintain her scared expression; her face hurt not to laugh.
At last, only a few attendants remained.
Their mind concentrated on one thought.
As long as the general were alive, they would die, so the only way out of this was to kill the general.
Having this thought in mind, the remaining servants revealed their killing intents and aimed for the general together, seeing them retaliating triggered General Wei even more. He slashed ferociously right to left not allowing any of the servants go. Bodies one by one fell as the blade fell upon them. His mind was set on killing.
When the last body fell, the general sighed in contentment. His tired body staggered back; his mental state was highly strained.
Hongyue couldn't hide her smile anymore. As she thought, this was much more fun.
”Father...we're safe now, right?” She asked doubtfully.
The general looked back at her, dazed in his thoughts.
”Yes, we're safe.” He assured.
Hongyue's lips curled up in an arc.
”Then, that's good.”
However, others at the commotion were more than freaked out. There was still the doctor, his guards, and his servants. They had seen Hongyue had only said a few sentences, but with those few lines of words, the general went crazy and killed all the lower servants at the scene. They didn't understand what transpired, but this Hongyue was dangerous.
They stood frozen praying she would no longer speak. However, their wishes were not heard.
”Father.”
Hongyue looked at the rest of the audience staring at her with startled eyes.
”What about them?” She pointed, innocently.