However, before leaving, she raised her head and let out a commanding, piercing scream which instantly rippled through the whole battleground. âClang⦠â
On hearing the piercing scream, all magic beasts on the battlefield, both injured ones and unharmed ones, quickly retreated into the forest like a tide.
Before long, not a single magic beast could seen on the battlefield, except for those dead ones on the ground.
Yun Wu looked in the direction of the phoenixâs receding figure. When she withdrew her gaze, a relieved look appeared on her face.
How could she not feel relieved when that little thing that kept calling her mom was no longer around?
She leisurely turned around and planned to return to Luo City.
But the moment she turned around, she saw hundreds of thousands of troops in front of her, eyes of every one of whom were fixed on her.
In those eyes gleamed surprise, curiosity and puzzlement. They were all sizing her upâ¦
Being watched by so many people, Yun Wu furrowed her eyebrows.
At this moment, an officer followed by a couple of soldiers walked up to her.
âMay I ask you something, Lady?â
Yun Wu flicked a glimpse at the man who was barely in his thirties, crossed her arms across her chest and said in a languid, bland voice, âWhat is it?â
âWho are you? Was it you who stole the egg of the phoenix?â the officer queried in a commanding voice, sizing her up with piercing eyes.
It sounded more like an interrogation than a query.
Yun Wu peered at the clothing that officer was wearing and believed that he was probably a deputy general.
She curved her lips in a half smile. âDeputy general, why am I having this feeling that youâre not âaskingâ me but âinterrogatingâ me? Whatâs going on here? You want to interrogate me on this battlefield? Did I kill anybody or burn anybodyâs house? Or did I rob your family members?â
On hearing this, that deputy general frowned and his face slightly darkened.
âLady, in a circumstance like this, youâre still in the mood for joking? Do you have any idea how many residents and our soldiers got killed because of what you did?â
After hearing this, Yun Wu lifted her eyebrows, but a flash of apathy crossed the bottom of her eyes.
Because of what she did?
Had she done anything? Even if she had, given her manner and style, it was not a deputy generalâs place to interrogate her like interrogating a prisoner, not to mention that she hadnât done anything.
Besides, she didnât know about these things at all.
âSo deputy general is telling me that I should have a sad look on my face because of all those people who got killed, arenât you? It is just that thereâs one thing that I donât quite understand. Did those peopleâs deaths have anything to do with me?â
âDid their deaths have anything to do with you? Do you know that the very reason why they were killed was because you stole the phoenix egg?â
Yun Wu pretended that light had suddenly dawned on her. She raise her eyes and looked at that deputy general. âOh! Now I understand. So deputy general is saying it is those who stole the phoenix egg that deserve death penalty!â
âBut I want to ask deputy general â how can you be so sure that I was the one who stole the phoenix egg? I mean, even you and these hundreds of thousands of troops couldnât steal the egg from the phoenix. You actually think that a little girl like me, whose arms and legs are so thin, somehow managed to steal the egg from that divine beast?â
âDoes deputy general by any chance think that all these troops of yours are just a bunch of good-for-nothing fatheads who canât even compare with a little girl? Or does deputy general think that Iâm a reincarnation of some god who is more powerful than all these troops combined? If the latter is the case, that will be a huge compliment I donât deserve, and I will feel flattered and honored.â