300 Untitled (2/2)
”We have the short end of the stick! The enemy's hidden in the shadow, yet every move of ours is exposed!”
”Stop complaining. We don't have it the worst. Apparently, the brothers who have cooperated with the guards at Shang Feng had to suffer losses but could only bear with them. This group of assh*les, vicious!”
”What's his highness thinking… Actually working together with the Third Prince.”
”Let's not talk about national affairs, let's not. Whatever the top decides is not something we can doubt!”
Those in the tent fell silent. Xuanji's fight for the throne was something that everyone knew but also a taboo topic. Apparently, every time this national affair took place, a heartless, cruel massacre would always flood. The current king had braved the storm of death and he too, chose to continue this tradition, subjecting his heirs to the same experience he had.
Even though he had decided on the heir to take over the throne, he had still allowed for the princes and princess to hold authority in their hands. The most competitive Eleventh Prince, Eldest Princess, and Third Prince seemed to have been exiled and banished on the surface. Yet, in actuality, they held great power in their hands, controlling the north, central, and west borders, respectively. No could tell what His Majesty was thinking, nor did they dare to.
Someone muttered, breaking the silence, ”How odd, why are they taking so long to pluck the herbs?”
”Probably because it's hard to see in the dark,” someone laughed. ”Ah, don't remind me of this itch.”
”I'll scratch for you.”
”Who would want that, clumsy as heck an—” One of the other leaders froze in mid-sentence.
This voice… An unfamiliar one!
He looked up and noticed the rest were paralyzed with fear. Under the lighting, their faces paled, resembling a doll. He tried to turn around to see who was behind him to no avail. Forcefully, he looked up and notice a man in light purple smiling with his arms crossed while another youth, strutted over.
Blood was rolling down the tip of his blade as he walked over. Those sticky blood scraps passed his dense purple aura, glistening under the light.
He strolled over. As he got closer, the few vice leaders could feel the pressure on their body being released.
They glanced at each other. With all their might, they leaped up, rushing towards the roof of the tent.
Escape!
The vice leaders were no weaklings. In an instant, they had already reached the top of the tent, and their heads had already made it out of the tent.
They felt relieved. And then, they suddenly felt that their bodies were really light.
Really, really light. The entire body weight was cut down by half, even the heaviest of all was taken away—the soul.
On the roof of the tent, six heads stuck out of it in a deadly fashion. The six faces looked at each other, forming a hexagonal shape at the top of the tent, watching as the death painted their faces white, as the essence of life slowly vanishing from their pupils.
In the tent, Meng Fuyao wiped her sword as she mumbled to six halved corpses, ”How convenient.”
And then, she looked up and knocked against the other half of the corpses.
”Cortizone 10, relieves itchiness fast. Your one and only trustable brand.”
On the mountain, the stark naked Amethyst Cape Knights searched frantically for the herbs. Someone looked behind the rocks and uttered, ”Eh, there aren't any of those herbs.”
A person nestled right next to him, searching for the herb. Suddenly, he grabbed and pulled a plant out and exclaimed, ”Look, is this it?”
The Amethyst Cape Knights speedily gathered over and eyed the plant with doubt. ”Hey, why are you wearing clothes?” One of the knights pointed out, surprised.
That person flashed him a radiant smile and patted his shoulders while driving a knife into the heart. With an innocent voice, he laughed. ”You must have gotten it wrong. All humans wear clothes, only beasts don't.”
Behind a shrub on the mountains, a crystal clear lake laid there unsullied. At one glance, one could tell that the water was not polluted and clean to the point where drinking directly wasn't an issue.
As one of the knights passed by this glistening water, he was immediately enticed. Calling over his friends, they jumped into the water eagerly. ”Feels good!” Someone yelled as they splashed into the water.
”Just take it as showering. Maybe after soaking in this water for a night, we'll get better!”
”Help me scrub my back.”
”Psh, why do you smell like hair, cream, and oil? Tell us honestly, which married woman did you do it with?”
”With your mother!”
”Pei! Looking for death, huh?!”
The splashing sound lurked in the air as the knights smacked each other playfully. They had been tense recently, and even normally, they seldom had the luxury to bask themselves in nature and fully relax. Teasing each other, their giggles and laughter resounded in the night as they fooled around.