I Bound Myself to a Destructive Witch-Chapter 304 - 279. The truth, the truth!
Xia Feng hurried forward.
Li Zaisi struggled to lift his heavy eyelids and upon seeing the newcomer, a pained smile tugged at his lips, "You've... arrived..."
"What happened? Who is the enemy?"
Xia Feng frowned deeply as he crouched down to examine Li Zaisi's injuries, only to find that it was too late. The man was on the brink of death, his soul about to shatter, beyond any hope of medical help.
"Cough—cough—" Li Zaisi coughed again with difficulty, dark purple blood trickling from the corner of his lips, his pale, cracked lips trembling as he spoke hoarsely, "In my pocket, in my pocket."
Realizing what he meant, Xia Feng quickly searched him and found a red cloth bag and an old, cracked pocket watch.
Upon flipping open the watch, a halo of light emerged and formed a screen of light in the air.
The projection recorded the old soldiers temporarily leaving White Emperor City and hiding in the dense forest.
However, it wasn't long before they encountered a knight dressed in shiny silver armor with a gray wolf-tail hairstyle and a holy white X mark etched between his brows.
The Knight, Yin Shi, emerged from the dark depths of the forest, walking slowly toward them.
As a member of the investigative team, Lin Musen naturally recognized Yin Shi since Yin Shi was his superior.
It was Yin Shi who had dispatched him to lead a squad into the Bailu Restricted Area for investigation.
He had also successfully discovered part of the truth and had managed to send out the information from the restricted area using the spatial passage opened by the blue whale, bypassing the turbulence of space-time.
Yin Shi most likely used this information to locate them.
"It's all right, he's one of our own." Lin Musen exhaled in relief, waved to the old soldiers, and introduced, "This is Sir Yin Shi from the Apocalypse Knight Order."
"Sir Yin Shi, these are the remnants of White Emperor City mentioned in the messages. With them here, the treacherous conspiracy from thirty years ago should soon be overturned and the truth revealed!"
Seeing this, the wary old soldiers also relaxed slightly, as they were well aware of the Apocalypse Knight Order.
Endowed with the highest law enforcement authority and license to kill, superior to all other official agencies, every member of the Knight Order was absolutely loyal to the Empire, upholding the core principle that "any individual or force detrimental to the Empire shall become a target of the Apocalypse."
In essence, they were all death-sworn protectors of the Empire who would not mix any personal interests or emotions into their decisions.
If an Apocalypse Knight were to investigate the case, it was probable that matters would proceed more smoothly.
The old soldiers saw a glimmer of hope; they had been ready to die at any moment, but now they yearned to live, to see the truth unveiled!
They had defended the city for the Empire for thirty years, only to discover that the enemy was the Empire itself, and they had become traitors in the eyes of the world, pinned to the pillar of historical disgrace. Nothing was more infuriating and despairing than this.
All they wanted now was to return to the Empire and make the mastermind pay!
"Sir Yin Shi." Li Zaisi stepped forward with a salute, his voice grave with respect: "I am the City Guard of White Emperor City, part of the newly-formed Eleventh Division of Bailu, originally under the Yinlong Army, Level 5 Sergeant Li...."
As Li Zaisi spoke, Yin Shi didn't pay him any heed. His ashen eyes calmly swept over the old soldiers and women and children, and he slowly drew his greatsword.
The next instant, an unseen fearsome Sword Qi violently erupted!
Ssss—
In the gloomy foggy forest, a hundred heads flew into the air simultaneously, their expressions frozen in the moment right before death, eyes filled with confusion.
The sudden disaster caught everyone off guard, their faces turning pale in shock.
"Yin... Sir Yin Shi!?" Lin Musen was dumbfounded.
"F*ck!" Li Zaisi's skin tingled as he shouted the command, "Scatter! Split up and run!"
But, unfortunately, the Yin Shi who appeared was the real deal, a Venerable.
No one could escape his Sword Qi domain.
Heads separated from headless torsos, Li Zaisi and Lin Musen both glared furiously at the Wolf-tail Knight, before being flung against a tree stump in the next instant, coughing up blood.
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It was an utterly hopeless massacre; the Wolf-tail Knight carried his giant sword and slowly walked out from the billowing dust.
"Yin Shi! Do you realize what you are doing? You are betraying the Empire!" Lin Musen, with his veins bulging, screamed in rage. He had never expected to summon a devil himself!
Nor did he expect an Apocalypse Knight to do such a thing!
"Sergeant Lin, from the moment the investigation team was formed, This Venerable told you to remember."
Hearing Lin Musen's challenge, Yin Shi just responded indifferently and calmly, "To the Empire, the truth is not important; the truth that serves the Empire's interests is what matters."
"A hundred thousand soldiers are wrongfully accused of treason, and not a whisper of it leaked out. The forces and interests involved are much more than you can imagine.
Compared to the potential for a second civil war in the Empire that could be triggered by a reversal of the verdict, letting these soldiers, who have already been forgotten by the Empire, permanently become a part of history, is the matter you and I should be addressing."
Lin Musen was stunned, his mouth agape in horror as he murmured, "Motherf*cker... you motherf*cking..."
Seeing his continued disbelief, Yin Shi shook his head: "Sergeant Lin, This Venerable appreciates your absolute loyalty to the Empire, but it seems that your psychological evaluation for promotion to an Apocalypse Knight must be put on hold for now."
"Hold your mother!" Lin Musen's eyes bloodshot as he roared, lunging at the Wolf-tail Knight with his sword once more.
Boom—
He was sent flying back, crashing into the tree stump, barely alive.
"Thirty years ago, City Lord Wei Zhong of White Emperor City led a hundred thousand troops in an uprising, only to be utterly annihilated by the 'Divine Relic·Heart of the Empire.' This is a historical fact and one fully accepted by the citizens of the Empire."
"So—"
Yin Shi drew out the giant sword planted in the ground, his gray-white eyes lifting, "For the Empire, please, my colleagues, go to your deaths."
"Boom!!"
In the explosion, the image flickered unstably; Xia Feng's face looked ugly as he frowned and stared, while Mu Qingtong's delicate eyebrows also tightened, her beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, her gaze pondering something unknown.
Xia Feng had roughly understood the agenda of the Apocalypse Knights.
In the eyes of the Apocalypse Knights, if the events of White Emperor City were to come out, the repercussions would be too great. Apart from absolving the hundred thousand soldiers, it would bring no benefit to the peace of the Empire but could even lead to widespread internal chaos and, if things got worse, leave the Empire vulnerable to the Evil Clan's attack.
Therefore, Yin Shi had to step in personally when he saw that Xize Walker had failed to deal with White Emperor City, while simultaneously sending an avatar to capture Xize Walker.
After all, someone had to take responsibility for this matter, and the involved factions could not escape unscathed; they had to pay a price as punishment.
Motherf*cker... Upon realizing the intricacies involved, Xia Feng's expression grew even uglier; this world was just too damn cruel!
He almost wished the Destructive Witch would wipe out this bunch...
A wicked thought flashed through Xia Feng's mind.
Soon, the image stabilized, and in the frame, Freya suddenly appeared, half-dragon transformed and roaring as she charged at the Wolf-tail Knight.
But the opponent was ultimately a Venerable, and Freya was simply outclassed, finally being blasted off into the endless heights, past the barrier's protection, and into the chaotic temporal-spatial flow outside the island.
