Chapter 108
He fell to the ground, the pain awakening his brain from the confusion, but when he looked up, his whole body suddenly turned cold.
His horrified expression was as if he had seen the real endless hell.
Behind the black metal mask, a pair of cold yellow eyes were looking down at him. The look seemed like looking at a weed or a stone, without any emotion.
"What's going on?" someone nearby asked.
"A pariah has broken in." The man said, raising his sword to chop him down.
"etc."
A mount animal clattered slowly towards the man. The man on the mount leaned over and looked at him with interest. Then he smiled and said to the man beside him, "You think I scared away your prey, don't you? How about I compensate you with one now?"
He said this while pointing at the man lying on the ground with his skinny ribs exposed.
The man looked at him blankly, fear and despair freezing his thoughts for a moment. After a long while, he realized that the people in front of him were actually two royal families!
The cavalry of the Moon Wolf Tribe are basically gray, black or brown in fur, with yellowish pupils, protruding nostrils, and exposed fangs, and they look extremely ferocious and terrifying. It is said that because they are too ugly, the royal family ordered them to cover their faces with metal visors, wear leather or iron armor, and often carry multiple, bloody weapons with them.
But the royal family of the Moon Wolf Clan looked like two completely different species from them - eyes as blue as the clear autumn sky, silver fur so beautiful that it seemed as if moonlight was flowing, and their looks were similar to humans, but they were generally more handsome and delicate. The animal ears on both sides of their heads weakened their cold and noble temperament, making them look somewhat cute.
Moreover, the wolf riders were cruel and violent by nature, but the royal family of the Moon Wolf Clan was gentle and kind. When they occasionally inspected the villages under their jurisdiction, they were polite even to the lowest slaves, and even gave the children some candy. Therefore, the biggest dream of many girls was to serve the royal family in the castle, but those who were truly sober understood that the real culprits who condoned, tolerated, and promoted those evil deeds were the elegant, noble, and kind royal family. Under their beautiful appearance, they had a heart that was even colder and crueler than that of ordinary Moon Wolf Clan.
There were two royals in front of him. One had long hair and wore a white robe with gold edges. He looked lazy and didn't care about anything. The other had short hair and a black and gold band on his forehead. He wore black clothes and black armor, and had a playful smile on his face. The two looked down at the man on the ground. The short-haired royal even smiled at him kindly.
The man's whole body twitched and he quickly turned over and knelt down. His messy mind didn't even have time to think about what the short-haired royal's words meant.
The long-haired royal family member glanced at the man and said lazily, "What's the point of waiting for the prey to be killed?"
"That's true." The short-haired royal nodded in agreement and said to the man, "How about this, you run away from now on, and we will chase you after ten o'clock. If you are caught by us, you will be dead; but if you can escape from us, I will not only pardon your death penalty for trespassing in the hunting grounds, but also exempt your family from taxes for three years. How do you think?"
The man shuddered, and there was no hope or joy in his eyes that he could escape. Instead, he became more desperate. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately, hoping to get a little mercy. Soon, the man's face was covered in blood, but he still couldn't hear any sound he expected.
"Tsk, boring." The short-haired royal waved his hand and said, "These untouchables nowadays are not fun at all. They are not like before, when they believed everything you said, and when they were desperate, their expressions were really... delightful!"
"Boring." The long-haired royal turned his mount and said, "I'm hungry. Let's go back and eat."
"Okay." The short-haired royal smiled and waved his hand to signal the cavalry to deal with the man.
The handsome silver-haired royal pulled the reins, and the ferocious mount turned around like a docile rabbit, its claws stepping on the soft leaves piled on the ground, and walking towards the castle with a "clacking" sound.
The brisk voice is still coming——
"By the way, I heard that you recently got a female slave from the Eldar tribe? Can you lend it to me to play with? I will exchange ten female slaves with you!"
"don't want--"
"Don't be like that! I'll only play with it for two or three days and then give it back to you. I promise not to break it!"
"No!"
"How about this, I'll give you Lina too. Didn't you say she had beautiful eyes last time?"
"These are all your leftovers, I don't want them!"
"How about... the scimitar that my father gave me last time..."
The sound of conversation gradually faded away, and when the two figures were almost invisible, the black-clad cavalryman straightened up, and his yellow pupils turned to the man kneeling on the ground, murderous intent appeared, and a cold light flashed!
"Rebellious people!!!"
The cold blade hovered above the neck, and a thin line of blood appeared. After several seconds, the man was sure that his head was still firmly on his neck. He suddenly realized that the throat-tearing shout just now came from his own throat.
He shivered, feeling several cold gazes on his back. He felt that the cavalryman's limited patience seemed to be running out because of this moment of hesitation. He hurriedly said with trembling lips: "I... I found a rebel... It's... a girl... She... is very beautiful..."
"Oh?" An interested voice came. The silver-haired royal family turned around at some point and asked, "Aren't the rebels the kind who hide in the mountains and caves...dirty, smelly, and starving like rats? How? There are actually pretty girls? Tell me, how pretty are they? Are they prettier than him?"
He pointed at the long-haired royal beside him.
His companion glanced at him sideways, not angry, but the pair of eyes that seemed to have no interest in anything were now staring at the man, as if he had finally perked up.
Looking at those two pairs of eyes that were high above him - although they were smiling, they did not carry a trace of warmth - the man suddenly thought of another pair of eyes.
Clear, gentle, eyes as pure and clean as a deer.
The overwhelming regret suddenly overwhelmed the man like a tide. He stared blankly at the noble royal figure in front of him, his eyes filled with dead despair.
…
When Rong Yuan found Qilin, almost no one could recognize that the bloody body was the one they were familiar with... the girl who always followed Rong Yuan silently with her hands behind her back.
She was covered in filth, with almost no intact skin visible. Her belly was cut open, with red and green internal organs dragging on the ground, crawling with large and small insects. Two hungry wolves were biting the girl's torn thighs, and a vulture was waiting beside her with its head tilted, as if tolling the death knell for her.
But she is still alive!
With injuries like that, anyone would think that it should be a corpse - but she is still alive.
She endured the pain of her body being bitten and gnawed, endured the agony that would have made many powerful warriors wail and scream in agony and wish for death, and lived on as tenaciously as wild grass in the mountains, not even uttering a single groan save for the faint rise and fall of her chest.
Until she felt a cold hand trembling slightly, carefully holding up her body, and the familiar, warm breath seeped into her body like invisible water, relieving the excruciating pain. Only then did she reveal a slight smile.
The girl didn't know how horrible her face looked at that moment, and she didn't know how sad her smile was at that moment. She used all her strength to turn her neck, and looked up with her only remaining eye, only to see a vague shadow.
But even if it was just a shadow...she could recognize who it was.
...Mr. Rong...
The girl moved her lips and murmured, but no one heard her voice.
She knew that she should not look good now, and felt a little regretful, but in the last moments, she was finally able to lie in that man's arms, as if her previous prayers in despair and pain were finally heard by the gods and Buddhas in the sky, and she finally got the response she wanted most. In her heart, she felt very happy and satisfied.
She opened her pale lips slightly and uttered a weak voice: "You...you are here..."
"I... have been... waiting... for you..."
"I knew... you... would definitely... find it..."
"I, I want to tell you... I know... you have always been... very... sad... very sad... I want... I want to say... don't, don't be sad... I think... if you... smile... you will... look very, very beautiful..."
"I really...really...like it...so much..."
Rong Yuan's palm was glowing with a warm white light, which poured into the girl's body at all costs like a surging tide, but it still could not save the lost life.
The girl was seriously injured, and he... came too late!
Qidan, who was kneeling beside, looked at his sister's mutilated body and didn't even dare to touch it. He looked at Rong Yuan pleadingly and expectantly for help, until the white light faded and the girl's body gradually became stiff and cold.
“Ahhhhhhhhhh——”
He howled in agony, like a dying wolf howling in agony.
But his father and his companions did not just indulge in grief. The well-trained people quickly investigated all the clues around them, gradually pieced together the original picture of the incident, and then went to Rong Yuan to report.
"Qilin walked out of the defense barrier on his own."
"Someone must have set a trap to lure her out."
"We also found a human corpse nearby. Judging from the slave mark on his body, he should be a villager from the village in Bunaka. He seemed to be chased by a wild beast and accidentally ran into the defense circle and saw the forest. Then... I don't know what happened, but he attracted the Moon Wolf Clan..."
"They have silver-white hair... They are from the royal family, and there is more than one..."
"Qilin must have realized it was a trap and deliberately did not run back, but ran desperately in the opposite direction... She was afraid that the enemy would know our location..."
"We have always believed that our enemies are the Moon Wolves and other alien species that enslaved humans, and that all humans are our natural partners. We should absorb more humans to become our like-minded partners, so the defense barrier is only defenseless against humans. I didn't expect that this tragedy would occur... It seems that even humans cannot be fully trusted in the future..."
No.
Rong Yuan thought to himself.
[It’s not that I haven’t thought about it. I just… never really thought about it…]
[You don't know how powerful I am, so in the most dangerous moment, you didn't dare to seek my protection. Instead, in order to protect us, you took the initiative to give up the last hope of survival. ]
[You were worried about me in your last moments, but you didn't know that I was not your savior. I never took you seriously. I just had nothing to do and nowhere to go, so I stayed here temporarily.]
[I am very strong, stronger than you can imagine. I can think of things you can't think of; I can deal with enemies you can't deal with; difficulties you can't face are just a piece of cake for me.]
[But I just...did nothing...]
[This shouldn't have happened! ]
[This kind of thing should never happen! ]
Rong Yuan placed the girl's body on the ground, looked at her last peaceful smile and her broken body, clenched his fists, and said to himself in his heart -
【Remember this moment, Rongyuan! 】
[——This is your sin! ]
