"Enemy attack!"
"Enemy attack!!!"
*Whoosh.*
An arrow, dark and surging with lightning, shot through the air. A scout standing on the signal tower of the City Lord’s mansion suddenly had a bloody hole in his throat.
His eyes widened, and he fell down, lightning surging through his body.
Immediately after, several dark lightning arrows appeared from the darkness, each accurately piercing the throat, taking down all the scouts within the City Lord’s mansion.
"Good archery."
The lion beastman praised, giving a thumbs up, and looked towards the petite dark lightning archer beside him.
The archer said nothing.
After dealing with the scouts, the lightning bow condensed in her hands disappeared into her palm. She silently took two steps back, her expressionless face betraying nothing. *Reads*
"Hey, I say..."
"Enough." Seeing that the lion man was about to erupt, a hand was placed on his shoulder. "Why are you arguing with her?"
"Boss, I'm complimenting her, and she doesn't even say a word. She looks down on me."
"How can you say that?" The youth who held the lion man grinned. "She's socially anxious, not looking down on you. You should try to understand."
"What's socially anxious?"
"Uh..."
The youth clearly paused, scratching his chin.
"It means she's not good at communicating with people, she's shy around strangers. Someone like you is socially outgoing. She and you are two extremes. You wouldn't understand if I explained too much. Anyway, you just need to know that she isn't looking down on you. On the contrary, I believe she's quite happy that you're praising her archery."
"Thank you~"
As if to confirm the youth’s words, the archer who had put away her bow nodded slightly and thanked him in a tiny, almost inaudible voice.
"You're welcome, you shoot really well."
The lion man was indeed straightforward, his temper flaring up quickly and dissipating just as fast. He ungrudgingly gave the archer a thumbs-up.
At this moment, the street outside the City Lord’s mansion had descended into chaos.
Hundreds of well-equipped beastmen surged out like a tide, clashing with the City Lord’s mansion guards. The sounds of fighting and shouting were incessant.
It had to be said that the City Lord’s mansion guards were truly well-trained.
They were not at a disadvantage against the ferocious beastmen.
"Tsk, these brats are so pathetic." The lion man pouted with disdain, watching the street outside fail to be quickly conquered. "Can humans with their physiques compare to us beastmen? They've been fighting for so long and can't even take one street. How pathetic!"
Before he could finish speaking, he felt several gazes directed at him.
These gazes came from the humans on the lion man's side.
Among them was the leading youth.
"Boss, I didn't mean anything else, I wasn't talking about you guys." The lion man quickly explained. "I meant that humans are inherently a low-level race, and you... no, that's not what I mean either, I meant to say, to say..."
The more the lion man explained, the more he realized he was saying it wrong. In the end, he stammered and couldn't speak.
"Hurry up and go help up front." The youth didn't seem to mind him. The lion man nodded as if granted a pardon. "Boss, don't worry, I'll take this street within five minutes!"
The lion man roared and charged towards the City Lord’s mansion, engaging in a fierce battle with the mansion’s guards.
Although his words were clumsy, his strength was undeniable.
The City Lord’s mansion guards, who had been fighting back and forth with other beastmen just moments ago, found the situation instantly reversed with the lion man’s appearance.
The well-trained guards could not withstand the lion man’s strength.
They were pushed back steadily!
It was estimated that within a few minutes, the street outside the City Lord’s mansion would be occupied by the beastmen, who would then storm into the interior of the mansion.
"The heavens are indeed fair. They gave Lionheart a strong physique, but not a sound mind." Seeing the lion man charge out, a tall woman emerged.
Judging by her ice-elemental attire, it was evident she was skilled in ice magic.
"That's good, it fits the beastman persona." The youth's eyes were filled with a smile. The ice-elemental woman frowned slightly. "Boss, your appearance has disrupted my plan."
"What do you mean?"
"I had already planned how to infiltrate the City Lord’s mansion, eliminate the inner advisors and public officials of the mansion, and then retreat. You, on the other hand, decided to launch a direct assault."
"A decapitation strike is all about momentum!"
The youth was unfazed by the woman’s complaint and shrugged indifferently.
"Then you should have told me in advance," the ice-elemental woman murmured. "You show up only half an hour before the attack. Don't you trust me?"
"Quite the opposite, you're the one I trust the most."
"Then you..."
"Liu Yue, you're overthinking it." The youth comforted her. "I'm not here for you; I'm here in the Tartarus Kingdom to handle some matters. I happened to know you were here, so I came to check on you and, by the way, organize the attack on the City Lord’s mansion. Although it disrupted your plan, look at how much momentum our direct assault has. By tomorrow morning, the news of tonight will spread throughout the Tartarus Kingdom."
"The problem is that the city reinforcements will also arrive soon."
"So, what are you waiting for? Go help out quickly. If the reinforcements trap you, I won't come to save you." *kan shu wu . xia*
"You're truly despicable!"
Liu Yue gritted her teeth tightly, looking at the youth who was grinning at her. She raised her fist high but then quietly lowered it, turning back to the few people behind her.
"Follow me."
The youth sitting on the rooftop grinned, until the petite archer bit her lip.
"Why do you bully Sister Liu Yue like that?"
"Who's bullying her? I'm helping her recognize herself," the youth whispered. "She's clearly suited to be a frontline commander, but she insists on acting like Seven Stars as a strategist. Look at her now, fighting so fiercely. What kind of mage engages in close-quarters combat?"
"She and Sister Seven Stars have always been rivals, it's normal."
"Yes!"
To this, the youth nodded slightly in agreement.
"I know that, but whether they are rivals has nothing to do with me. They can be at odds, but I will never allow personal grudges to affect others. Seven Stars excels in strategy, and Liu Yue excels in combat. If she does something that puts the cart before the horse, it will be detrimental to the future development of her legion and her own life. If I let her continue like this, she will eventually fall victim to her own 'strategies'."
"I am the supreme commander of the legion, and I must consider these matters."
"Alas!"
"To put it bluntly, they just don't listen. Liu Yue doesn't listen, and Seven Stars doesn't listen either. If both of them were as worry-free for me as you are, I'd wake up laughing in my dreams."
The youth sitting on the rooftop suddenly lay down, looking up at the hazy sky above.
"When will I see the stars?"
"You will," the archer said softly. "The caves before could see the stars. They were very bright, very beautiful, and very pleasing to the eye."
"How interesting, the caves could see the stars."
The youth lying on the rooftop chuckled in disbelief. He glanced at the battle outside the City Lord’s mansion.
"You should go help too. I think the reinforcements are about to arrive. Hurry up and destroy the City Lord’s mansion, then retreat quickly. Also, remind Liu Yue not to fight to the death."
"Shouldn't you remind Lionheart?"
"Just do as I say. I'm tired. Let me sleep for a while."