180 Resealing The Entrance (1/2)
Among the group of shadowguards stationed at the sealed entrance to the second underground floor, Billy was the youngest and also the weakest.
When the leader delegated the important mission of reporting to the Queen; the imminent breach in the seal, to him, he knew that the leader was sending him away from the danger… or at least that was what he thought.
He was overwhelmed by the leader's consideration.
In truth, Kasif didn't think so much. He simply picked the nearest shadowguard to do the job. His eyes had never left the sealed entrance when he issued the task.
”I will accomplish the mission without fail!”
With those words, Billy had left at his quickest speed.
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Heinrich's face was swollen like a pig from all the beating. This was not something his wife would do in the past. At most, she would pinch his waist.
He wasn't quite mentally ready to accept the stark transformation of his wife. His loving and gentle wife had turned into a ferocious tigress.
Furthermore, his wife has reached the Transcendent Realm, while he was still at the 9th step of the Awakener Realm. That was harder to accept.
As a man, even if find it hard to accept, he had to submit to changes. One must know when to retreat when the odds are against them.
So what if his wife was stronger? So what if she is violent? He was still the bigger man! He shall not fight with his wife!
Heinrich took his beating like a man!
Vent it all out, my dear! All the anger and grievance you suffered in the past 17 years, just vent it all out! I can take it!
But he was wrong! Very wrong! He couldn't take it!
He thought after a short beating, his wife would fall into his arms and cry out all her feelings, but that wasn't the case. His wife didn't seem to be holding back and there were no signs of stopping.
He began squealing like a pig being slaughtered shortly after the beating started.
”Stop! I can't take it anymore! My wife, my dear wife, have mercy!”
Heinrich pleaded, but Elizabeth only stopped after a shadowguard appeared with an urgent report.
Billy gulped as he walked in on the scene of the Queen grabbing the collar of a pig-face person with both hands. He did not recognize the king, but considering the person's loose clothing and the location, he could make a guess.
The Queen wouldn't be intimate with any other man other than the king. It appeared that he walked in on their quality time together. He wanted to congratulate the king's recovery, but he forced the words down when he remembered the urgent task on hand.
If Heinrich knew what the young shadowguard thought, he wouldn't know whether to laugh or cry. What part of this was intimate? Look at my face, do I look recovered?
Since he didn't know, he can only look at the shadowguard like he was looking at his life savior.
Heinrich heaved a sigh of relief as he fell back onto to his bed and recollected his thoughts.
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”What the hell happened here? Where is the Transcendent-level threat?”
Elizabeth had rushed at her quickest when she heard the wails from afar. By the time she arrived, everyone was already squirming on the ground, except one.
”Ah… you're here, Elizabeth.” Don stretched his limbs. He gave the beaten shadowguards and palace guards a threatening look, before saying, ”You don't have to worry. The Transcendent-level threat has already been eliminated.”
Kasif wanted to curse that the Transcendent-level threat was right in front the queen. However, he also didn't want to receive another round of beating. His old bones won't be able to take it.
The group was forced to swallow their grievance in silence.
Unaware of the events, Billy gazed at the leader with heartfelt gratitude. He wouldn't have been able to avoid this disaster if the leader didn't send him away.