The Princess And The Lord

Lory could stop glancing at the city of Sun Jan, in the distance a lot of smoke was billowing, faint screams and explosions could be heard, Lory's heart tightened upon seeing this familiar sights he was reminded of her past when dozens of cities were destroyed simultaneously when the black dragon Nazareth woke up from its long slumber and the beast's tide destroy everything in their way.

Although this scene wasn't as bad as she had seen before, but the gray smoke rising in the air made Lory keep on remembering her past and she could only put her trust in her friends.

"It's too late" Wei Zu Tian suddenly chimed in.

Lory turned her gaze to Wei Zu Tian but without answering his words then she turned her gaze back to Sun Jan city.

Wei Zu Tian thought Lory was overwhelmed by sadness and desperation and Wei Zu Tian mocked Lory's weakness, it seem she wasn't as strong as she had shown before, in the end, she was just an ordinary woman.

"Stop looking back, you are only slowing us down" Zi Quan Mei scolded her.

Lory looked at Zi Quan Mei indifferently, Lory ignorant make Zi Quan Mei's anger was ignited, she raised his hand to slap Lory again but Wei Zu Tian stopped her.

"Enough Quan Mei, let her see Sun Jan city one last time, after all the city will be annihilated today and so will Jing An city, looks like Empress Ming will end her short reign" Wei Zu Tian snickered and Zi Quan Mei's anger subsided while looking at Lory with a condescending look.

The destruction of the Liang Zu kingdom will serve as a reminder to anyone who is willing to side with the Hei Shen sect and the time will come for the Jiu Yun sect to experience its demise if they do not dissociate themselves from the Hei Shen sect immediately and when that happens it would become a big blow for Hei Shen reputation and influence.

Noticing Lory's silence Zi Quan Mei want to ruffle her further so she brought her face close to Lory's so there was only a little distance between them, she smirked right in front of Lory's face "Why are you silent now are you worried about your friends, or your little disciple, or maybe Long Ming, maybe you worry about everyone but what can you do? nothing right, it's time for you to understand that without your husband and friends you are nothing but a pathetic-weak girl" Zi Quan Mei sneer deepen after seeing the anger in Lory's face Zi Quan Mei's satisfied then she burst out laughing.

Lory furrowed her brows then looked up at the sky.

Soon after,  they arrived in front of two carriages, but one of the carriages looked more like a rectangular iron prison.

Zi Quan Mei enjoyed the surprised look on Lory's face, with given explanation she pushed Lory into the metal box harshly, Lory was pushed so hard until she bumped into the metal wall, and before she could comprehend the situation the box closed and suddenly everything around Lory become pitch black.

There is only one small hole in the top corner of the box to let air in and provide some light. Lory took a deep breath then she crouch in the corner quietly, Lory then squeezed her hand then slowly opened her palm then all of a sudden dozens of dim small lights flew from her palm like fireflies and ceased the darkness.

[Are you okay, little girl?] Girsha called Lory over their telepathic connection.

[I'm fine...] Lory replied curtly.

[Are you hurt?] Girsha asked her.

[No more than I had to...] Lory casually replied.

Girsha didn't comment he know how resilient Loy could be since Marcus raised her with the pride of royalty but mentality as a warrior, she wouldn't mind with little pain as long she got her objective.

[How is the city?] Lory asks eventually.

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The line of soldiers standing above the city gates all looked ashen as they look to the outside of the city, the line of oddly shaped beasts roared loudly while stamping their front feet vigorously as if impatiently storming the city and behind the beasts, hundreds of soldiers on horseback wearing bronze armor while carrying long sturdy spears ready to attack them together with the ferocious beast.

No matter how brave the city guards and soldiers of Sun Jan city were, they still felt trepidation seeing their formidable opponent and they realized that if they didn't have the chance to win against this enemy, inevitably the beautiful Sun Jan city would find their demise today.

Most of the soldiers in Sun Jan city have families and friends living in the city knowing everything they love will be destroyed their will to fight is slowly fading as they drown in their own desperation.

"What should we do captain?" one of the soldiers asked anxiously.

The captain shook his head "Even if we run now, we will only hasten the death of the citizen of Sun Jan city, however, if we fight it will at least give the people a chance to escape outside the city..." it was clear on the captain face he will not back down, he would sacrifice his life today to protect Sun Jan city and his people at all cost.

The captain's determination moved the hearts of his subordinates tremendously, soon their fighting spirit returned, the captain was right! They will survive as long as they can so that everyone in the city can escape and their families can survive.

"Immediately order the residents to evacuate!" said the captain to one of the young soldiers.

"Ready captain!" The young soldier cupped his fists then ran in a hurry.

The captain set his sights on his enemy, the chances of winning were almost zero but his determination was unwavering, he came from a long-established military family, this is what he had to do, he had no regrets.

"Hit the battle drums!" the captain raised his fist in the air.

The drums were beaten and the soldiers shouted battle cries into the sky, they only hoped that their sacrifices today would not be in vain.

"It seems that there are still brave people left in Sun Jan city." Xiao Wanzu sneered.

Xiao Wan Zu was Xiao Bo Jie's second son, he had the title of general and was also Fu Ying's biggest rival at least that's what he thought.

Initially, Xiao Bo Jie planned to marry Ming Yue Yin but his plan was rejected by Ming Yue Yin due to various reasons but it was clear to everyone that Ming Yue Yin didn't like him, Ming Yue Yin's refusal made him dislike Ming Yue Yin increased even more.

Like Xiao Bo Jie, he also thought that women were unfit to rule, in his eyes a woman's duty should only be to take care of her husband, family, and bear children, therefore the Xiao family was annoyed that they had to obey a women's orders plus their Ming Yue Yin give her full support to the Fu Xiao Jin thus the resentment toward Ming Yue Yin deepen.

All the anger, dissatisfaction, and frustration build up like amber to blazing fire and eventually drives them to commit the most unforgivable act of coup d'etat.

At that time,  'coincidently' Jin Kai approached them with a lucrative deal that require the Xiao family's submission to Lao Min Na in exchange for the Liang Zu kingdom. What made the Xiao family even more daring was when they knew that Wei Zu Tian's powerful figure and Heaven's Gate would support them.

They thought their submission to Lao Min Na will only be temporary until they got the Liang Zu kingdom before they flip to Wei Zu Tian side instead, the Xiao family got everything planned hence they did not hesitate to face Long Ming and Li Mo Zhen, they were confident of winning this war.

"Hump, actually I'd rather destroy Jing An city but I have to settle for destroying Sun Jan city," Xiao Wan Zu snorted expressing his disappointment "Oh whatever, at least I can fight with Fu Ying, I'll prove who is stronger between us !" he grins wildly.

"General, it's time," Xiao Wan Zu strategic adviser reminded him.

"Hm…" Xiao Wan Zu let out 'Xun' an egg-shaped aerophone made of clay which is also known as ship flute as soon as he blew on the ship's flute, the hybrid beast let out a long roar then ran towards the gate leaving a trail of smoke behind them.

"HERE THEY COME!" one of the soldiers of Sun Jan city warned his comrades with a loud voice.