CHAPTER 407: CHAPTER 407: I REALLY AM A GOOD PERSON

Hearing the trembling answer, Emperor Shitian whispered each word slowly without turning around.

"Before I left, I instructed you all to pay special attention to that Evil Dragon. Why didn’t you pray to me?"

"This..."

The voice faltered, and the speaker bowed their head in timid silence, unable to say a word.

Even they didn’t understand why they suddenly got possessed, thinking it was no big deal, and they would win, so there was no need to inform the Heavenly Lord...

And then... across the battlefield, they were instantly wiped out!

Until the last second of their lives, seeing that world-destroying dark sword energy coming at them, they realized how ridiculous their previous thoughts had been.

How could they underestimate such a powerful being?

Regret gnawed at their hearts like a snake, and they banged their foreheads on the ground, unable to answer Emperor Shitian’s question.

The tall, exceptionally beautiful figure slowly turned around, glanced at these unreliable subordinates, and narrowed his transparent phoenix eyes.

"Now the Gate is only temporarily interrupted. You have 48 hours to fix it. If you can’t..."

His threatening words stopped abruptly, and looking at the idiots trembling on their knees, Emperor Shitian stepped forward and left.

Unknowingly, the Qian Dapo, who had been standing by his side, hurriedly followed, whispering softly at his side.

"Heavenly Lord, should we use the Gates of other countries to descend first..."

Before she could finish, Emperor Shitian gave her a sidelong glance, freezing the words in her throat.

"There are only about ten Gates open to this Illusion Realm, who would you have me beseech?"

"Should I ask the Blazing Angel, or the gods of Northern Europe, or the Olympian Gods?"

"..."

"You might be able to throw away your dignity, but I cannot!"

"..."

"Besides, these idiots acted so ostentatiously before, almost treating this Illusion Realm as their own forbidden land. Now that something’s gone wrong, how could other countries miss this opportunity?"

"Without paying a huge price, it’s impossible for them to allow me to use their paths to descend into the Illusion Realm again!"

As he spoke, Emperor Shitian glanced back at the idiots who still didn’t dare to get up from the ground and couldn’t help but grind his teeth lightly.

"A bunch of useless trash!"

.........

Clink, clank~

Various gold, silver, and ironware were dragged by ragged centaurs to the top of a flat snowy peak, piled into a small mountain.

When they saw the black-clad boy standing at the edge of the cliff, hands behind his back, gazing into the distance, all the centaurs couldn’t help but show their hatred and venomous feelings, but under the watchful eyes surrounding them, they could only bury these emotions deep in their hearts.

On the other side, sensing these extreme negative emotions, Zhu Haomiao remained indifferent.

You can’t expect someone not to hate you after you’ve killed their husbands, sons, and fathers...

Although he had been as benevolent as possible in the previous war, since the Yilianzhen Khan of the Golden Court was still campaigning abroad, the centaurs’ spiritual faith had not completely crumbled. Many young and strong ones resisted to the last, preferring death to surrender.

This also resulted in at least one-third of the centaur youth dying on the battlefield. The remaining half, seeing the unfavorable situation, scattered and fled.

For a time, almost every household in the Golden Court was in mourning. How could the old, weak, women, and children who were captured not hate him?

Moreover, he had taken away all their wealth...

Standing at the edge of the cliff and looking far into the distance, Zhu Haomiao’s vision beheld a massive shadow slowly writhing; tens of thousands of cattle and sheep were being driven south.

This was already an unknown number of batches setting off, and conservatively estimated, millions of cattle and sheep would eventually flow into [Da Zhen], and from now on, this would happen every year...

Upon thinking of this, Zhu Haomiao withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the various metals piled like a mountain not far away.

At the moment the black-clad boy turned around, the originally secretly hateful centaurs lowered their eyes in fear, not daring to look directly at that nightmarish figure.

Only a pretty little girl with delicate features stubbornly stared at the side of the boy’s face, refusing to bow her head.

"Huh?"

Noticing this different gaze, Zhu Haomiao turned his head in surprise and met her eyes.

Even in his Triple Seal state, the boy’s gaze remained profound and dark, carrying a pressure unbearable for mortals. Just for a moment’s exchange, the little girl seemed weighed down by a mountain, her four long hooves trembling violently.

But even so, the centaur girl persistently held her neck high, defiantly refusing to be the first to look away.

"Insolent! How dare you meet His Majesty’s gaze directly!"

At this moment, noticing the girl’s actions, a nearby Jinyi Guard swung a long whip, lashing at her fiercely.

Snap~

The whip, tearing through the air, left a gaping wound, but the little girl seemed unfazed, still staring directly into Zhu Haomiao’s eyes, her pupils full of defiance and hatred.

Stopping his subordinate from further action, Zhu Haomiao walked up to the little girl with interest, softly scrutinizing her face.

"Are you not afraid of me?"

"You killed my father and brothers, took my cattle and sheep, and robbed my gold and silver. I have nothing left! What is there to fear?!"

Yet before the girl finished speaking, a pretty centaur woman rushed out, kneeling and weeping before Zhu Haomiao.

"Sir! She’s just a child, she doesn’t understand anything, please don’t kill her, if you must, kill me instead!!"

Watching the woman before him, crazily kowtowing, Zhu Haomiao pressed his lips tightly in speechless difficulty.

I’m not some Demon...

Acting like this makes me seem like a villain...

I really am a good person...

"Mother!"

The stubborn girl finally shifted her gaze, desperately trying to pull her mother up.

However, seeing the black-clad boy silent, the centaur woman became more frightened and despairing, her forehead pounding against the hard stone slab, soon bloodied and bruised.

"Sir, please spare her life!"

Zhu Haomiao: "..."

"Mother! Get up! Don’t plead with him! I’m not afraid of dying!"

Even though she had faced Zhu Haomiao without fear, the little girl was now in tears, holding her mother’s head as the two women cried bitterly together.

Zhu Haomiao: "..."

Looking at the mother and daughter centaur pair weeping in front of him, the black-clad boy painfully pinched the bridge of his nose.

If my reputation gets ruined in the future, it’s all because of troublesome people like you!

Then, Zhu Haomiao sighed deeply, speaking with deep meaning to the centaur girl.

"See, you are not without anything; you still have a mother who loves you..."

The grieving cries paused slightly, sensing the change in her emotion, Zhu Haomiao slightly curved his lips.

"In times of weakness, you should learn to endure; otherwise, what you think is bravery is nothing but childish and laughable impulsivity..."

"Not only will you harm yourself, but you may also endanger those around you. Look at your mother..."

"Because of your recklessness, she almost kowtowed herself to death in front of me..."