442 Confession (1/2)

Gu Shenwei had to admit that the little prince did suprise him.

”Some midgets can pretend to be children, and sometimes it's difficult to distinguish them from real children. However, the little prince is not one of them,” Gu Shenwei thought to himself. He had a habit of observing everyone he came across and had scrutinized the boy's features as well as his every action. He was sure that the little prince was just a child.

”It's impossible for a child to have superb kung fu. Besides, the little prince seems to be pampered and lack regular physical exercise, as he dosen't have a good physique.

”It's really surprising that he's so good at acting. He's less than 10 years old but has successfully tricked me into believing that he's timid, helpless and bewildered.”

”Besides, at that time, my whole attention was concentrated on the agitated queen, completely neglecting this boy,” thought Gu Shenwei.

In the blink of an eye, the weapons flew close to him. He did not have time to think about what had happened and immediately began to brandish his saber to fend them off.

These hidden weapons carried an awful lot of momentum, as if they had been thrown out by a kung fu master who had practiced with them for decades.

They were 5 prism-shaped darts. Four of them were blocked by Gu Shenwei, and the last one grazed his left shoulder, leaving a bleeding wound.

”Yes, I hit him!” the little prince shouted excitedly and did not look timid or nervous at all.

”Now, you're dead.” He pointed at the Dragon King and issued an order. He looked so confident as if what he had uttered was a magical spell, which could deprive a person of life.

”Don't get close to him,” said the queen. Evidently, she was more cautious than her son. She took a step back and carefully observed the Dragon King.

Upon seeing their reactions, Gu Shenwei knew that the hidden weapons must have been coated with some poisonous substance. Thanks to Maid Lotus, who had left him with lots of pills which could be used to counteract the effects of poison, he was still able to save himself.

He put his Five Peaks Saber down on the table and took out three small wooden boxes from the front of his coat. He quickly picked up and swallowed some pills of different colors from the wooden boxes, all the while remaining calm and collected.

If the poison on the hidden weapon was specially made, these pills would hardly work. However, no one else in Western Region was so proficient in making all kinds of strange medicine like the New Moon Hall.

Soon enough, when the numb feeling around his wound subsided and stopped spreading to the other parts of his body, he knew that he was alright.

He picked up his Five Peaks Saber again and pointed it at the little prince while saying, ”Put that thing down.”

When he discovered that the prince was hiding a steel cylinder in his sleeve, he came to realize that the little prince was indeed an ordinary child and it was this steel cylinder that had fired the hidden weapons.

Upon seeing that the Dragon King was still alive and well, the little prince was so frightened that the color of his face changed. Nevertheless, he did not freak out and even looked as if he was eager to try again.

As the tip of the saber was at least a few meters away from the little prince, the boy believed that the Dragon King would never be able to stop him. However, the queen who was standing by the side, thought that the Dragon King had already gained the upper hand.

”Put it down,” the queen said to her son.

”He's injured. This is our only chance,” the little prince retorted. He did not want to give up and even felt a little regret that he had not launched the second round of attack right after the first round. A cunning look came into his eyes, which made him look somewhat more like a deceitful adult than an ignorant child.

Nevertheless, he was still a child, and his smarts were not enough to make up for his lack of experience. Instead, it would only bring him trouble.

”As long as he's dead, the Dragon army will fall apart,” the little prince said while lifting his arm slightly to aim at the Dragon King.

”No.” The queen wanted to stop him, but her clever son had already made up his mind.

Even a first-rate kung fu master would never dare to throw a hidden weapon at the Dragon King when he or she was clearly at a disadvantage. However, the little prince still refused to back down.

The next moment, the shining Five Peaks Saber cut across the few meters with unearthly speed, and then the little prince was transfixed by the scene in front of himself: there were only half a steel cylinder on the table and beside it laid four tender fingers. They were obviously the little prince's fingers; only an extremely pampered child could have such spotless fair skin.

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”Argh—” the little prince screamed painfully, jumping up and down while holding onto his severed hand.

The queen ran over to hold the prince tightly, looking absolutely desperate, and then she shifted her gaze to the Dragon King and pleaded. ”Don't kill him. We, We surrender. I'll tell you everything.”

Upon hearing the screams, Long Fanyun led the guards into the Council Chamber and was greatly surprised to see the wound on the Dragon King's shoulder.

Outside the chamber, the Dragon King's guard troops had already occupied the whole palace. They also sent out some teams to take over the other importants places in the city, intending to have the entire the city under control.

”Show this parchment to the ministers outside and put up a notice to tell the truth to the public.”

”Yes,” Long Fanyun picked up the parchment and walked out. He did not know what the ”truth” was, but he was certain that the ministers were going to tell him everything.

”Who gave you this thing?” Gu Shenwei asked the little prince, while showing a great interest in the boy's weapon. He believed that no one in the Hui Kingdom was able to make such a thing and that it must have something to do with the Golden Roc Fort.

By now, the queen had already finished dressing her son's wound. She admitted her defeat and only hoped that the Dragon King would spare their lives after she told him the truth. ”A man from the Golden Roc Fort—”

Upon seeing that the Dragon King was dissatisfied with such a vague answer, she immediately added, ”Shangguan Jianyi. He—”

”Don't tell him anything. The Golden Roc Fort will take revenge on him for what he did to me. I'll chop off his fingers and toes,” the little prince interrupted, still refusing to come to terms with his failure. As he said this, his blood kept oozing out of his wound, and the pain was so intense that he broke out in a cold sweat.