Chapter 339: It was indeed me (2/2)
The force behind the strength caused Wallace to stagger. He backed up a few times in a bedraggled fashion before finally falling on his butt on the ground. There were a few traces of humiliation mixed in with the anger on his face as he shouted, “What do you want to do?”
“Whether or not I can go in isn’t up to you. You’re just a small Dark Star envoy and have no right or strength to stop me. Just don’t try then!” Han Shuo expressed the most direct kind of contempt and looked back at Chrissie, who was coming over to try and smooth things over. He smiled, “Let’s go and see Emily.”
Chrissie was stunned in her tracks by Han Shuo’s display of strength and then turned her head with an exclamation of surprise, “It must be you! The mysterious person who killed Celt’s green dragon and sliced off his ear must be you!”
Wallace had been about to stand up and challenge Han Shuo again when his face suddenly went as white as paper. His knees weakened, as he was so frightened he fell into a sitting position.
Han Shuo chuckled softly and flicked his eyes contemptuously at Wallace, urging Chrissie onwards, “Speak no more of this, I need to see Emily urgently.”
Han Shuo’s lack of denial was a subtle admission to things. Chrissie’s gaze at Han Shuo was full of worship as she ran over excitedly to Han Shuo. When she passed by Wallace on the ground, she said a bit apologetically, “Sorry Wallace, you don’t have much at the moment either, so I’ll be going now.”
Chrissie no longer looked at the ashen faced Wallace after she spoke, hopping over to Han Shuo’s side and saying enthusiastically, “Let’s go, I’ll take you Madame Emily. Oh Bryan, how did you slice off Celt’s ear? That was too amazing!”
Han Shuo discovered that the Dark Mantle had chosen their hideout quite carefully along the way. The leafy fauna grew everywhere, and there were plenty of random rock outcroppings to hide behind. This place was perfect for the Dark Mantle members who were adept at concealing themselves.
All sorts of alarm mechanisms were set up starting from where Wallace had been stationed. These were made by hand and employed some magic elements in them as well. They appeared very adorable and practical. Han Shuo learned that these had all been made by Cecilia.
Although the curious Chrissie kept asking about Celt’s destroyed ear, Han Shuo didn’t say much more on this matter. He took the attitude of neither confirming nor denying things. When he saw Emily, the latter repressed the agitation in her heart with great effort and spoke with the dignity befitting her situation, “Thank you, Chrissie. I’d like to discuss with Bryan the matters of this mission alone.”
“Alright then, Madame Emily.” Chrissie responded with disappointment, casting a longing look at Han Shuo before she left. “Remember to tell me the details next time, I really want to know what happened with that!”
“No problem, I’ll tell you next time. Thank you Chrissie!” Han Shuo responded with a friendly smile and then walked with Emily towards a cave.
Apart from the lush growth of the red, banana-shaped leaf plants around this area, there were also some small caves. It looked like Emily was temporarily taking residence in one of the caves. Perhaps she didn’t want other people to see them as she avoided some of the caves with sounds coming out of them and walked to a remote corner.
“You little bastard has started tempting other girls again. You have me and Phoebe, isn’t that enough for you?” Emily immediately pinched Han Shuo halfway when she saw that there were no other voices, cursing him in a low voice.
Han Shuo felt quite aggrieved as he laughed wryly. When he saw Emily let go out of fear of hurting him, he explained, “It’s not like what you think! I only met her on the way and had her take me to come find you!”
“Hmph!” Emily looked at Han Shuo distrustingly. “Then what was she talking about, what details and what explanation?”
“Eh… she wants to know how I killed Celt’s green dragon and sliced off his ear?” Han Shuo responded honestly.
“What! You did it?!” Emily was startled as she looked at Han Shuo incredulously.
Nodding, since Han Shuo had no secrets in front of Emily, he said, “It was indeed me.”