644 Settling (1/2)

Looking at King Kuari in the morning sunshine, Lotus said in a low voice, ”King Kuari would not be his match even if he were still alive.”

Gu Shenwei stood beside her, three paces apart, as if they were still close partners. ”He has fatal flaws too.”

”Hmm, he trusts his men too much and thought that none of them would betray him.”

Standing behind the two, Han Fen stared at their backs and felt that they were a perfect match, and couldn't help but wear a happy smile on her face.

As Gu Shenwei quietly appreciated the assassination that Lotus had planned, he gradually began competing with her in his mind, secretly thinking about how he would have gotten rid of King Rizhu if he were Lotus.

As soon as the small group of horsemen was recognized, they immediately turned their horses around and fled northward. More than a hundred men of King Rizhu followed closely behind, while another hundred men turned southwest, ready to intercept any assassins.

It was like hunting. Gu Shenwei thought of what Dugu Xian said about the Norland Cavalry and realized that he was right. The fighting style of the Norland army had evolved entirely from their hunting tactics and required little command. Everyone knew their own position and role.

The tents were like dense trees, and the horsemen of King Rizhu were obviously more familiar with the terrain, as they galloped back not long after leaving. ”It's Golden Roc Castle; they were all killed.” The officer reported the result to the king, and the soldiers behind him threw several narrow sabers onto the ground.

”Heh, the people of Golden Roc Castle are really stupid. They have changed several lords but none of them are decent.”

”It's all thanks to Wild Horse.” The officer didn't forget the meritorious statesman that had helped them surround the assassins.

Wild Horse came forward on foot and knelt down on one knee to show his respect to the lord.

A bit surprised, King Rizhu waved for the crowd to move on. The battle in the East seemed to have broken out, and the sounds of the fighting could be clearly heard. One of the guards gave Wild Horse a horse and let him ride beside the lord.

King Rizhu raised his right hand with a whip in-hand, wanting to make a few gestures before he suddenly remembered that this mute killer wasn't deaf. ”Done?”

Wild Horse nodded and made several gestures with his single arm. King Rizhu understood the general meaning that the plan was successful.

”Where's Shangguan Nu and the Dragon King?”

Wild Horse pointed to the camp of King Kuari in the East.

”Heh, those two are really anxious to win back some honor. You came back just in time. Stay with me as a bodyguard.”

The army's vision was obscured by the forest of tents. Gu Shenwei walked out of his hiding place and admiringly said, ”You won Wild Horse over? When did that happen?”

”When you put Wild Horse under my command and we went out to rescue the granddaughter of the Unique King.”

”What terms did you offer him?”

”He'll be able to set up a real killer organization, pick his own disciples, and train them himself. I'll provide some disciples of the Waning Moon Hall to help him.”

”That's his dream.”

”Hmm, he'll be more successful than Golden Roc Castle.”

”How many people has the Waning Moon Hall placed in the Royal Court?”

”Not too many, only about a hundred people.”

”Much better than me.”

”The Waning Moon Hall wouldn't have had such a good chance if you hadn't attracted everyone's attention and the Norland hadn't despised women so much.”

The two behaved as courteously as a newly-married couple. They spoke while secretly moving forward. Lotus didn't say where she was going and Gu Shenwei also didn't ask. Behind them was Han Fen alone.

After a long silence, Gu Shenwei suddenly said, ”King Shengri's army is too weak and he himself is also unreliable.”

The Dragon King seemed to be thinking from the perspective of the Waning Moon Hall and wasn't satisfied with the puppet chosen by Lotus.

”It doesn't matter. He's just a nominal head. It's fine as long as he can stir things up when the different parties are about to call truce.”

After that, the three of them no longer spoke and soon arrived at the camp of the Land of Fragrance.

This place was like an island, around which smoke still rose in many places. The torrent of war, which had washed away the surrounding tents, had left it alone and swept past its shores.

The defense of the female soldiers was so tight that King Rizhu didn't want to divide his forces to draw out the nail for the time being.

Lotus waited for a while, and a disciple of the Waning Moon Hall galloped over. ”Wild Horse did it.”

King Rizhu was 'luckier' than King Kuari. When he was cut in the throat, what he saw was a victorious army. His guards could only watch him fall from his horse, and even the closest man could not come to his aid.

Wild Horse had chosen the best moment to act – when King Rizhu decided to go to war on his own and was deep in the battlefield. Wild Horse had finally made a move when the king was surrounded by chaos. When he fled, many on the periphery didn't even know he was an assassin and also didn't recognize the head in his hand but instead gave way for him to enter the camp of King Riyao.

All of King Rizhu's men believed that Wild Horse had betrayed their lord to join King Riyao.

It was then that the battle of the kings went out of control as Lotus had predicted.

Although King Riyao wanted to avenge King Kuari, he didn't lose his reasoning. Zhe Su, the general under King Rizhu, however, was outraged by what he had seen and issued a kill order, the targets of which was exactly Wild Horse and King Riyao.

The newly extinguished fire flared up again and this time it was even more vigorous than the night before. Even the people hiding in their tents in the hopes of escaping from the chaos couldn't keep their composure anymore. Like a flock of ants whose homes had been trampled apart, they mounted their horses and fled to the outskirts in panic.

There was no need for Lotus and the Dragon King to hide now. People were everywhere and had formed a torrent heading the opposite direction, which also bypassed the camp of the Land of Fragrance in its sweep westward.