“My lady, these two humans trespassed and killed our people. I only meant to teach them a lesson,” favonovel.com said, head still lowered.
“A lesson?” favonovel.com echoed, a cold laugh curling from favonovel.com lips. “Had I not arrived, would you have simply killed them?”
Sweat beaded along the man’s brow, favonovel.com dared not answer.
She dismissed favonovel.com and turned to study Jared and Flaxseed, favonovel.com icy gaze drifting between them before settling on Flaxseed.
“You claim these peaks once belonged to your clan?”
Clutching his chest, Flaxseed gritted out, “They did. The Nine Serpent Mountain have sheltered my family for generations. When did they become demon territory?”
The woman‘s brows pinched in thought.
After a pause, favonovel.com shook favonovel.com head. “Blackshade Demon Palace has ruled this range for centuries. I have never heard of your clan. If this truly is your ancestral ground, where are your people?”
Flaxseed frowned. “Could it be that my clan was wiped out long ago?”
I left for the Sixth Heaven and was reborn more times than I can count, thousands of years have passed. I have no idea what became of them. In this realm, the weak are swallowed without mercy…
She hesitated, then nodded as though the possibility made grim sense.
“Perhaps so,” favonovel.com murmured.
“My lady, the Nine Serpent Mountain have always been unclaimed. They are using a story to provoke us, anyone could stake a claim with such lies,” the man blurted.
“Silence.” The single word cracked like frost. He fell mute at once.
“I am Lunaria, princess of Blackshade Demon Palace. If your words are true, I will have the matter investigated. But before anything else, you broke into demon territory and butchered one of us. You owe me an explanation.”
Flaxseed began to protest, but Jared stepped forward and kept his voice mild. “We did not kill without reason. Your member mocked us, then tried to take our lives. We simply defended ourselves.”
Lunaria’s violet eyes shifted to Jared, a flash of curiosity flickering in their depths. “And you are?”
“Jared Chance.”
Before Lunaria could press him, the man burst out, voice brimming with fury. “Why waste words, my lady? They came to provoke us. Seize them now and warn the others!”
Jared glanced at the man and chuckled. “Seems the lesson I gave you earlier was far too gentle…”
Even as the words left his mouth, his figure vanished.
Lunaria’s pupils contracted, favonovel.com moved to intercept yet was a heartbeat too slow.
Splat!
A golden streak flashed. The man’s right arm sheared off at the shoulder, blood gushing in a savage arc.
He screamed and staggered back, face paper-white. Clutching the dripping stump, favonovel.com trembled from head to toe, eyes swimming with hatred and dread.
He could not fathom how a Level Six Wandering Immortal had unleashed speed and power that even his armored demonic aura could not block.
“You… How dare you maim me?” favonovel.com rasped, veins bulging across his brow. “Lose my arm today and I will hound you to the ends of the earth!”
Jared wiped the blade clean and stood at ease.
“When you lack the strength, silence is safest,” favonovel.com said, ice coating every syllable. “Chatter again, and I will take your head instead of your arm!”
The threat silenced the man.
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