Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Lu Shaoqing shook his head. Things had happened too abruptly. The citizens surrounded him the moment he stepped out of the door and had no time at all to see the woman’s cause of death.
Ji Fengyan narrowed her eyes. “Although many of the wounds had been obscured by flesh and blood, the bite marks upon her bones were still obvious.”
Lu Shaoqing was thunderstruck. He looked incredulously at Ji Fengyan.
Bite marks??
“Does General suspect that… whoever killed that woman… was a demon?”
Ji Fengyan said, “Not just a suspicion. I am certain of it.”
Lu Shaoqing went numb at Ji Fengyan’s resolute tone. It must be pointed out that Ping City was considered the safest town in the area surrounding the Plain of Corpses. If there were demons hiding here, then… things were not as simple as it appeared to be.
“Ping City has never suffered a demon attack all these years. There have been no signs of demons either. If… there really are demons here…” Lu Shaoqing shuddered just at the thought of it.
“Doesn’t Military Advisor Lu find it strange?” Ji Fengyan raised her brows at him.
“Ping City is the first city in the Plain of Corpses and somehow survived all those long years of war. His Majesty has launched several campaigns to regain the Plain of Corpses, only to fail each time. It was as if the demons knew of the plans beforehand. No matter how the army strategized, all of our schemes were uncovered and foiled.”
This three-army alliance was not the first time the Kingdom of the Sacred Dragon had tried to make a move on the Plain of Corpses. The Kingdom had launched several campaigns since the last major war, but regardless of how many elite teams were sent forth, they were unable to make any progress.
“If I recall correctly, all the troops bound for the Plain of Corpses would stay for some time in Ping City, right?” Ji Fengyan glanced at Lu Shaoqing.
As the only large city nearby, Ping City was the logical spot for the army to replenish their rations and supplies before going into war.
The scale of the three-army alliance was too big for Ping City alone to provide the required resources. Hence, all the military gear and other necessities had been supplied by the military itself—and this alliance was kept a secret from the city.
Ji Fengyan’s tone was placid but each of her words dropped onto Lu Shaoqing’s mind like rocks. It was as if a huge net had been draped over his head.
“Does General think… Song Yuan is in cahoots with the demons? Passing on intelligence about our troops to the demons, causing us to suffer such heavy losses in the previous few battles?” A tingling sensation traveled through Lu Shaoqing’s fingertips.
This assumption was too terrifying!
He had never heard of any human being in cahoots with demons before.
Not to mention this was Song Yuan they were talking about—a veteran war hero.
“I had originally just suspected. But after today’s incident, I am fairly certain.” Ji Fengyan shrugged. “Ping City was being used as a logistics hub for the military but didn’t suffer any demon attack. I don’t believe that… the demons are so stupid as to not realize the strategy of cutting off your enemies’ supplies and escape routes.”
Lu Shaoqing’s face had gone frightfully pale. Seeing that, Ji Fengyan patted him soothingly on the shoulder. “Stay calm.”
Lu Shaoqing nearly cried out loud. How could he possibly stay calm now?
“General, if this is true, we should immediately leave Ping City and send a request for reinforcements to investigate this place!”