Chapter 488
Chapter 488 Coercion
"Brother San," Si De looked at him with an expression of unparalleled reverence, "your words are too profound for me to understand."
"If you don't understand, then don't listen," Lord Lin said with a smile, patting him on the head. "You just focus on leading the way for me, and your rewards will not be lacking. Take this—" With that, he casually handed Si De a chopping axe. The blade was sharp, shimmering with a dark glow. Lord Lin then commanded solemnly, "Now, on my order—open the door."
Open the door?! Si De felt like his soul was about to flee. The scholars outside were out for blood; wasn't opening the door akin to seeking his own death?
"Brother San, could we perhaps wait a bit?" Si De spoke cautiously, "The situation outside is perilous—"
"Time waits for no one," Brother San said, slapping him reassuringly on the shoulder. "As the old saying goes: the soft fear the hard, the hard fear the reckless, and the reckless fear the fearless. Don't worry, brother, with me here, what could go wrong? When have I ever let down my own brothers?"
Hearing Brother San say he wouldn't be let down, Si De felt a touch of comfort in his apprehensive heart. He knew that Brother San's promises were never empty.
"Fine," Si De gritted his teeth and grumbled as the clamor from outside seemed to escalate. Fear dissipating, he quietly unlocked the door. No sooner had he peeked his head out than a rotten egg flew from an oblique angle, splattering squarely on his face.
"Damn it, who threw this at me!" Si De roared, charging outside, his forehead shining in the light. The stinking egg yolk dripped down his nose, a horrifying mix of yellow and white.