"What do you think?" Han Shuang mocked, "I really do envy you! You court death yet you weren’t imdiately killed by the City Lord, it really does matter whom you swear loyalty to."
"Don’t mock , I’d rather be dead!" Lin Qingfeng was well aware of the terrible fate that awaited him in the hands of that tyrant.
He had been avoiding the Lost Association and Fu Xing, but he feared being captured and taken back to Eternal City even more.
He had risked such a dangerous task in collusion with Your Highness while the City Lord of Eternal City was absent, pushing Your Highness into the most perilous situation. The tyrant not killing him upon his return only ant that he had greater value alive.
Han Shuang skillfully piloted the flying vessel. On the way back, Lin Qingfeng laid motionless, occasionally wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes devoid of any of the flippancy he had shown while speaking with Han Shuang earlier.
Han Shuang remained silent as well, and the two of them continued in this silence, each lost in their thoughts.
As the flying vessel entered the starship’s gravitational orbit and landed on the runway, Han Shuang had just jumped down from the vessel when soone had already dragged Lin Qingfeng out first, taking him directly to the bridge to et the City Lord, Lin Cheng.
At that mont, the bridge had its viewing mode activated, and one could see the scattered debris of explosions drifting in the starry sky.
Lin Cheng sat on a luxurious chair, his long legs nonchalantly tapping on the table in front of him, leaning lazily against the back of his chair, head tilted as he looked at Lin Qingfeng tossed on the floor like a dead dog, a smirk playing on his lips.
This man was the City Lord of Eternal City, Lin Cheng.
An old fox who was a tyrant, his age unknown to many.
Many wondered why Eternal City, despite not being a small star system and having a unique cosmic environnt and nurous resource planets, was nad such.
Because this city was Lin Cheng’s city.
Not city as in a tropolis.
As for the origin of "eternal," it remained a secret known to very few, but undeniably, Lin Cheng was surrounded by mystery.
"You did well."
Lin Cheng looked at Lin Qingfeng, a trace of reminiscence crossing his handso face, "I rember I was the one who gave you your surna, never did I imagine the day would co when the wolf cub I raised would turn against ."
Lin Qingfeng, enduring the pain of his injuries, struggled to stand up, then knelt on one knee, right hand on his chest, his expression earnest and solemn, "Your subordinate would not dare."
"Subordinate?"
Lin Cheng raised an eyebrow, "You put my Ah Foo in danger, and arranged for her to marry a damned Duke of the Empire."
Saying this, he suddenly stood up, walked over to Lin Qingfeng, and brutally kicked him away.
"Clang."
Lin Qingfeng crashed heavily to the ground, rolled several tis, and spat blood repeatedly, but he endured the pain without making a sound, stood up again, and knelt on one knee.
"Hmph!" Lin Cheng looked down at Lin Qingfeng from his lofty position, sneering, "The wolf cub I sent out has beco cklenburg’s dog."
A flush of sha crossed Lin Qingfeng’s face, but he quickly ca to terms with it.
"City Lord, I now serve only Your Highness. I will unconditionally execute His commands. As for cklenburg, it has nothing to do with . Perhaps when His Highness ascends the throne and reigns over the Galaxy Empire and cklenburg unified, your calling cklenburg’s dog will then be correct."
"You have a lot to say."
"Your subordinate has always been verbose, an old habit that I haven’t been able to change over many years."
"And quite the tough mouth too."
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