It doesn't matter what the lord is.

Inspiration strikes.

I opened my eyes, stared at Fang Yuan who was hugging my thighs, suppressed the anger in my heart, and asked:

"About what?"

Fang Yuan blinked her tearful eyes and said:

"About the little princess Lana. I heard some news about Lana! Boss, Lana is in danger. I heard from people in the palace that Lana may not survive tonight. Boss, Boss, we can't just sit there and do nothing!"

62. They are coming

"Have you found out where Lana is?"

I asked.

Fang Yuan nodded carefully. I thought for a moment and said to Fang Yuan:

"Take me there."

Bai Huang said loudly:

"Li De, Jin Ling's imprisonment is obviously a plot by Xi Wang's gang. Our top priority now is to rescue Jin Ling so that we can protect the 300,000 people in Tianyue Mountain!"

I asked directly:

"How to save?"

Bai Huang opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

The black-armored warrior who was guarding the gate of Tiance Mansion just now said:

"I advise you not to cause more trouble. Right now, almost all the masters of the Jinyiwei and the Imperial Guards are guarding the prison to prevent the remnants of the Tiance Mansion rebels from attacking the prison. If you want to take action by force, don't blame me for not warning you if you lose your life."

Bai Huang stomped his feet fiercely.

I turned my gaze back to Fang Yuan and said:

"Let's save Lana first. We are outsiders to the capital's affairs, but Lana must be saved. Some of the things I said were jokes at the time, but since the other party took it seriously, I can't help but take responsibility. Alayya, take the sword and follow me. Fang Yuan, lead the way!"

Fang Yuan got up from the ground and said repeatedly:

"As expected of the boss, you are loyal and righteous! Big sister, will you come with us?"

Bai Huang bit her lip, still looking unwilling. I said:

"Bai Huang, you stay. Tell the people in Tian Ce Mansion not to do anything stupid... like going to the prison to ask for someone. Let them do their job. After all, Jin Ling is the general of Tian Ce Mansion, he won't die so easily. Also, if the situation in the capital gets out of control, don't try to join us, and don't try to save anything alone. The faster you get away, the better."

Bai Huang nodded and said:

"This is the only way. Lid, be careful."

After parting with Bai Huang, Fang Yuan led me to the north of the capital. Fang Yuan only had a rough idea of ​​the route and took us on many detours.

On the way, Fang Yuan kept telling me various things about Lana until Alayya and I were a little tired.

When the cool wind blew on my face, I suddenly felt something was wrong. When I walked through a quiet alley, I called out to the young man who was walking in front of me and was so fat that he almost blocked the alley entrance:

"Wait, Fang Yuan."

Fang Yuan turned around and looked at me in confusion.

I leaned against the wall and asked calmly:

"How far is it to where Lana is being held?"

Fang Yuan wiped the sweat off his face and said:

"Not far, Boss. Just a little further on..."

I interrupted him and asked bluntly:

"What benefit did the King of Xi promise to give you that made you go so far as to make up a lie to deceive me and get me away from Tiance Mansion at this point in time?"

Fang Yuan trembled and said nothing.

I walked forward a few steps. There was no one around. Only the cold moonlight shone outside the alley, making the shadows of the three of us very long. I walked up to Fang Yuan, stretched out my hand, gently patted his cheek, and said:

"You've become more capable, Fang Yuan. I thought you were smarter and more cunning, knowing when to humble yourself and when to be proud. Now you're helping others plot against me. Are you planning to just turn hostile? But if Yuxi City and Lord Zhaochen launch a pincer attack on your fiefdom, your situation won't be much better than Fang Lita's."

The sweat on Fang Yuan's face dripped onto the ground like a stream, but he didn't dare to reach out to wipe it. He just looked at me and said:

"Boss, I..."

I still smiled and interrupted him:

"Bai Huang can't enter Xi Wang Mansion, so how can you enter Chao Wang Mansion without even a guard? How did the people in Chao Wang Mansion know that Princess Lana was in danger tonight? How could they tell you the location during a casual conversation? You just happen to know this location, and can you take Alayya and me there immediately? You have only been in the capital for a few days, Fang Yuan, not much earlier than us, how come you are so familiar with this place?"

Fang Yuan's eyes were evasive, but then he suddenly gritted his teeth and answered crisply:

"Boss, I did lie to you, but I did it to protect you. The capital will soon be destroyed, the royal family will be truly destroyed, and Yongtian Kingdom will be in chaos. I am not the only city lord who knows about this, many city lords are involved in this! Including Kaia, including Norn... Boss, there is still time, get on our ship."

I stared into his eyes and sneered:

"Destroy the entire royal family? Just relying on him, the King Xi?"

Fang Yuan said:

"Boss, if there is only one Xi Wang, why should I work hard for them? Isn't it obvious that I will lose? They are looking for other ways... I wanted to refuse at first, but if I don't, even if I sit in my father's position one day, they will not recognize it. Besides, those city lords and the territories behind them will sign a treaty with my father to help them eliminate me! Boss, Boss! I have no other choice but to agree!"

I was just about to ask him what he meant by "other methods", but found that there was no need.

The inspiration that had disappeared reappeared in my mind.

Tamros's calm expression and Fang Yuan's fearful expression appeared in his mind together.

——"With human nature being like this, what else do we need people to do?"

——"The night is still long."

——"The capital will soon be destroyed...Eternal Heaven Kingdom will be in chaos."

The next thing that came to my mind was the conversation between me and General Jin Ling of Tiance Mansion at the banquet.

——"What do you usually do in Tiance Mansion?"

——"Every year, we mobilize the army to fight against foreign invasions... In addition, in peacetime, the main responsibility of Tiance Mansion is to look after the national defense formation. We cannot allow any problems to occur with this formation. The center of the formation is located in the capital, and the weakest point is also in the capital. The safety of mankind depends on this place, and we must guard it carefully."

The biggest doubt before was that even if King Xi killed the king, he would not be able to take that position. He simply did not have enough power to suppress the Imperial Guards, the Imperial Guards, and the Tiance Mansion. Doing so would be a complete suicide. But what if... the power in his hands was not in the capital, or even in Yongtian Kingdom, but somewhere else...

As soon as I thought of this, I slapped Fang Yuan in the face.

This time I didn't control my strength and I whipped him out, and he hit the wall. Fang Yuan had a lot of fat, and if it were someone else, he would have been injured, but he still got up, knelt in front of me, and kowtowed without saying a word.

I felt my hands trembling a little, but my brain suddenly became very clear, and my voice was very calm:

"Tell me, which race did you sell humans to?"

Fang Yuan raised his head and stared at me with his round eyes. I also looked at him with a smile.

Fang Yuan panted heavily for a long time before he put his forehead to the ground and uttered a sentence:

"Dragon...dragons in the northeast."

He swallowed his saliva and said tremblingly:

"The dragon clan is one of the [Six Middle Clans]. They are powerful, fast, and live close to human territory. As long as a hole is broken in the national defense formation, they can rush to the capital from the air in an instant. By then, the upper limit of the capital will only be Qingyun, who is at the tenth level of the sword, and the dragon clan is expected to have giant dragons at the twelfth level descending here. In addition, there will be a lot of regular flying dragons... Whether it is the Jinyiwei, the Imperial Guards, or the guards brought by the city lords, they will all evaporate in an instant. King Xi will become the new king, and humans... will become slaves of the dragon clan."

I tried to stay as calm as possible.

Because I know it's too late.

When a roar that seemed to be able to shatter a person's skeleton came from the distant sky, it was too late.

I calmed my breath and asked Fang Yuan:

"The national defense formation cannot be broken so easily. What did you do?"

Fang Yuan replied:

"It's Tianyue Mountain... Boss, they planned it a long time ago. They want to use the blood of the victims of Tianyue Mountain to break the national defense formation of the capital! It's difficult to break through the formation from the outside, but it's not impossible to corrode a hole from the inside out. As long as there is enough blood... The people of Xiwang Mansion, as well as part of the army under the command of ten ministers and ten generals, have secretly rushed to Tianyue Mountain since yesterday..."

Fang Yuan knelt in front of me, tears dripping onto the ground, and said in a hoarse voice:

"Just waiting for tonight!"

I rubbed my temples and looked up at the sky.

Strands of blood gathered towards the moon, casting a faint red tint on the cold moonlight.

It’s easy to imagine what Tianyue Mountain looks like now.

I looked at Fang Yuan who was kneeling in front of me, and suddenly asked with a smile:

"Fang Yuan, when General Jin Ling was imprisoned in Tiance Mansion, you immediately sent me away from the scene. This should not be what King Xi asked you to do, but your own choice. Tell me, why did you do this?"

Fang Yuan said with difficulty:

"Because I don't want to implicate the boss..."

I stepped on his head with such force that the bricks on his forehead shattered into numerous cracks.

I said slowly:

"No. Because you are afraid of me, Fang Yuan. You are afraid that I will see what you want to do, so you chose this path. Until now, you are standing on the boat of King Xi, you should be looking down on me from a high position, why are you kneeling so lowly, what are you afraid of?"

I shifted my gaze from the moon in the sky to his head and asked:

"Even if I'm afraid of this situation, I can still handle it. Right?"

The blood from Fang Yuan’s forehead flowed into the gaps between the bricks and stones.

His hands trembled unconsciously as he said:

"Boss, I know you look down on people like me, but in my eyes, being a beast doesn't matter who it serves! I worked like a slave for my father for so many years, but I didn't even get a little respect. Now? What do I have to lose by serving those dragon guys? I've already lost everything I have to lose! Boss, let me tell you! We beasts don't care who our masters are. We only care about who can keep us fed and watered, and who can keep us alive for a few more days!!"

The last ray of moonlight disappeared.

A huge cloud-like monster blocked the moon, and a dark shadow enveloped the entire capital.

The strong wind made it impossible to open my eyes.

I removed my foot from Fang Yuan's head and said slowly:

"You are right to be afraid. I tell you, Fang Yuan. King Xi cannot be king, and the dragon race cannot rule over human territory. There are no shortcuts to many things in the world. If you want revenge, you have to take it step by step. In my eyes, there is no such thing as the top three, middle six, and bottom nine, or the eighteen races. Those strange races are nothing more than the difference between being more human or more like animals. The dragon race is more like an animal. From ancient times to the present, I have never heard of anyone obeying the principles of an animal."

63. The Night of Disaster

In the eyes of the people in the royal capital, other races are nothing special, really nothing special.

The flying dragon is used as the king's mount, the murlocs will beat the booming gongs and drums, and the elf lady will gently play the harp.

None of them are dangerous at all.

Anyone who has fought on the border knows that foreign races are difficult to deal with. Especially when fighting against the six tribes in the middle, even with the national defense formation, the war is often very difficult. The giants' powerful iron fists can often directly crush the human army, and the flames spit out by the dragons can burn people and their steel armor together. The number and strength of the demons are quite difficult to deal with, and the elves can use powerful magic to divide the human lineup into a mess. No matter which side they fight, humans are often in a weak position from the beginning.

However, because most of the human territory is in peace all year round, most people have never experienced the despair brought about by this power gap.

But all it took was one night to give them a taste of that fear.

The dragons used as mounts raised their heads and roared. They changed their docile appearance and stared at the night sky with their red eyes. The chains that bound them were torn apart. The soldiers guarding them were completely unable to control them. Their powerful wings instantly swept all the wooden stakes into pieces. The dragon claws grabbed the soldiers holding spears and threw them down, watching them fall to pieces.

Disaster struck.

The absolute force instantly wiped out all the resistance forces in the capital. Of course, it was also related to the fact that there were too few resistance forces left in the capital. The Jinyiwei and the Imperial Guards prioritized protecting the king's safety. In this case, they dared not split their forces and could only escort the king to escape. The Tiance Mansion was leaderless and could not organize an effective resistance. In addition, a large part of the army commanded by the ten ministers and ten generals went to Tianyue Mountain. The capital was now the weakest point.

The dragon's sharp claws trampled on houses at will, and the raging flames turned the prosperous buildings into a sea of ​​fire.

It's just like a simple game for them.

Those who struggle between life and death seem so ridiculous to them.

There's not even a hint of sympathy, it's just plain funny.

How weak, human beings.

How incompetent, humans.

How vulnerable we are, humans.

There is no cold-resistant and heat-resistant scales covering the whole body, no wanton high-temperature flames, no wings to soar into the sky, no eyes that can see clearly even in the dark, nothing. But there is only a head full of arrogant ideas and a despicable heart that betrays compatriots.

Oh, yes, speaking of despicable hearts, we have to mention King Xi.

The old king refused to punish his son, so King Xi escaped by pretending to be crazy. But this kindness had no effect and would only lead to bitter consequences.