The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 1024 Hopeful Gazes, Heavy Responsibility
Lin Chen turned his head and saw a thick python swimming out of a shop not far away, its narrow eyes filled with coldness.

The old woman turned deathly pale with fright and collapsed to the ground, hurriedly protesting, "Sir, I didn't speak ill of the city lord, I didn't..."

"Humph!"

The python slithered over, its emerald green eyes sweeping over Lin Chen before settling on Nalan Wushuang's face.

"What a beautiful woman! Giving you to the master would surely be a great achievement!"

Nalan Wushuang's eyes turned cold, filled with anger.

A mere demon who has only reached the Core Formation stage actually wants to give his city lord, a dignified demon saintess, as a plaything.
Lin Chen's lips curled up slightly. He glanced at Nalan Wushuang but remained silent.

This is the work of your demon race, it has nothing to do with our human race.

I wonder what you, as the Holy Maiden of the Demon Clan, think about this.

Seeing that neither of them spoke, the giant python assumed they were both frightened, since they were both so young and didn't seem particularly powerful.

It's at the Transformation Stage, equivalent to the Nascent Soul Realm in humans. Dealing with two brats should be a piece of cake for it.
The giant python's cold eyes fell on Nalan Wushuang's face: "If you know what's good for you, come with me. Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite."

Nalan Wushuang suddenly spoke up: "Where to? The City Lord's Mansion?"

The python sneered, "To see the city lord, naturally you'll go to the city lord's mansion. Don't worry, you're so beautiful. As long as you behave and serve the city lord well, you'll get your share of the benefits."

Nanan Wushuang nodded and said, "Alright, I'll go with you. Lead the way."

Since I'm going to ask for directions anyway, I might as well take advantage of this readily available guide.

The giant python seemed somewhat surprised by Nalan Wushuang's straightforwardness, and chuckled coldly, "Good, you're a smart one. But you'll have to wait. This old woman actually spoke ill of the City Lord behind his back. I need to give her an extra meal so that others know the consequences of speaking ill of the City Lord..."

The old woman was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground. Lin Chen stepped forward and stood in front of her, calmly saying, "Take us to see the city lord."

The giant python's cold gaze fell on Lin Chen: "I was just annoyed by you. Well, you've stepped forward. Fine, I'll kill you first, so this woman won't still be thinking about it. One person isn't enough, two will do..."

"You talk a lot."

Lin Chen casually pointed his fingers like a sword and swept them horizontally, unleashing sword energy that was as sharp as a blade.

This giant python had already formed its core, so it was already sentient and could speak human language, but in front of Lin Chen, it was no different from a newborn baby.

Each of Lin Chen's sword bones is a magical sword; with a single strike, sword energy surges forth.

The giant python's massive head fell directly to the ground, its eyes still filled with disbelief and shock. Lin Chen casually grabbed it, and the python's demon core flew up and landed in front of him.

Lin Chen placed the demon core in front of the old woman: "Auntie, thank you for your kindness earlier. This giant python frightened you. Consider this demon core a small apology. You can sell it and live a good life."

The old woman stared at Lin Chen in shock, at a loss for what to do: "You killed the city lord's guards, you'd better leave quickly, or you won't be able to leave if they find out..."

Lin Chen laughed and said, "Auntie, how do we get to the City Lord's Mansion? Don't worry, we are much more powerful than that Green Wolf City Lord. We're here to kill him."

The old woman's eyes suddenly lit up: "Really? That's wonderful! Ever since they occupied the city, they've not only killed the kind city lord and his wife, but also robbed so many women and killed so many people. We can't live like this anymore..."

Kind city lord and his wife!
It seems that the couple were indeed good to the people of Xingyuan City; everyone remembers their kindness.

After finding out the location, Lin Chen and Nalan Wushuang continued walking along the street.

Behind them, countless people leaned out of the houses on both sides of the road, casting hopeful glances at their retreating figures.

Lin Chen walked to the end of the street, turned around, and looked at the hopeful eyes around him, his brows furrowing slightly.

How much unspoken hope was contained in those gazes?

Lin Chen had never felt so clearly that he was urgently needed and expected to succeed, as if an invisible responsibility was pressing down on him at this moment.

Nalan Wushuang also turned her head and saw the same scene.

Along the long street, countless ordinary people from the lower class, their eyes filled with hope, gazed at themselves.

This instantly stirred a strong emotion within her.

He, who had always been high above others and dreamed of grand goals, suddenly realized that ordinary people at the bottom of society also had strong emotions and strong needs for survival.

If this applies to humans, then it should apply to the people of the demon race as well.

In times of war, it's not just humans who die; the demon race also loses thousands upon thousands of its people.

Lin Chen turned his head and saw Nalan Wushuang's furrowed brows and thoughtful gaze.

Lin Chen didn't ask her what she thought about Yi Ke, and simply said, "Let's go!"

(End of this chapter)