Hearing this, the citizens of the Shixi County, who initially did not believe Rong Yuan was jolted awake as they reflected on what he said.

“Our prince is powerful and capable, how could he have been defeated so easily? You must be lying, everyone don’t be fooled by him!” But they themselves knew that their strong reactions were due to the frenzy they felt internally.

Rong Yuan laughed lightly, easily seeing the internal conflict that they were having within themselves. He asked back, “If your prince has not been defeated, why is he not the one returning?”

This sentence weighed heavily on them. That’s right…if their prince was still alive, why would Rong Yuan be the one who arrived here first?

Yuan Zheng, who had just chased up to Rong Yuan, muttered a silent prayer for the Dayin Kingdom’s citizens in Shixi County. Even he was confused and surprised by Rong Yuan.

They had agreed to attack Shixi County directly when the Dayin forces were attacking Sangbo Town. Since when did attacking turn to trying to take over? Since when did it become trying to...