Chapter 199: The Fall of Lang Yao
The voices grew louder, sharper, and more bitter. And in the center of it all, Lang Yao stood frozen.
He tried to defend himself again, but his words were lost under the growing noise.
One woman threw a rag at him. Another man pointed toward the base’s gate and shouted, "Get out!"
"You think we’ll follow you back to that rotten base?" someone else sneered. "You couldn’t even protect your own people!"
"Get out! Get out!" others began to chant.
Lang Yao’s face twisted in anger and shame. Fear flashing across it...but no one was on his side anymore.
The same people he tried to turn were now pushing him away.
He was escorted to the outer gate by a few guards who didn’t even need to use force. The crowd cleared a path, spitting curses and insults, their trust in Liora more solid than ever before.
"No one like you deserves a place here," someone growled.
The guards who escorted Lang Yao didn’t speak a word as they walked him to the gate. They weren’t cruel, but they didn’t bother to hide their contempt either. One of them, a woman who had once listened to his advice, clenched her jaw the entire time.
She removed her armband and stared at it for a moment before tying it back on. "Let this be the last time we trust the wrong person," she muttered. Her partner nodded. Their duty had never felt this heavy before.