Book 19: Chapter 73
All of the soldiers at the entrance of the imperial palace were ready to confront the enemy. They had their long spears prepared for the huge fox’s arrival. Well, technically, the fox had already arrived. However, she halted in her tracks when she spotted the burning red tips of the spears in a formation.
Liu Yue bent down. She poised herself to attack as a wild beast would and then gnashed her teeth in the faces of the soldiers in silver armour. The soldiers were chosen elites and veterans who didn’t shy away from any battlefield, but they hadn’t ever fought a huge wild beast. Suddenly, somebody desperately squeezed their way through the crowd.
Vera came out from the group of soldiers and shouted, “Liu Yue! Liu Yue! Calm down! Liu Yue!”
Liu Yue narrowed her blood-red eyes. She faced the sky and howled prior looking back at Vera. The soldiers were scared. Owing to their training, they raised their spears and thrust them at the huge fox. The heat emitted from the spears raised Liu Yue’s fur. The smell of burnt flesh was mixed in with it, but she marginalised them. Instead, she charged toward her sister.
Vera shouted at the huge fox charging toward her with saliva being flung from her mouth. Her legs shook. She wanted to run; her human instincts took over. The instinct couldn’t be overcome no matter what. Even the bravest of soldiers would lose their courage in the face of a dragon. The bloody-thirsty fox before her wasn’t different in any capacity. She was her sister, though, her beloved sister. She couldn’t run from her. Still, Vera revealed a terrified expression when her sister’s claws were in front of her. Alas, a huge net fired from a cannon suddenly trapped Liu Yue inside from the rear.
A dragon could break apart a solid metal cage, but they couldn’t escape a net. Ropes weren’t firm. To the contrary, they were soft. Powerful as a beast may be, they’d never able to get rid of a fly buzzing around them. Ropes were tantamount to said flies. The four corners latched onto the stone buildings. Liu Yue folded to the ground as a result. She wanted to stand. Sadly, the net completely immobilised her.
The soldiers locked the net down on her and restrained her legs. Vera looked dumbstruck as she watched Liu Yue struggle to try and attack the soldiers. She was so scared that she didn’t dare to approach her sister.
Ikana gently touched Vera’s head. She softly laughed and whispered in Vera’s ear, “Don’t be scared, Vera. She is your sister. She’s here to rescue you. Sometimes, it’s not others fearing you that hurts most but your family fearing you.”
Vera could tell from Ikana’s voice that Ikana was serious. She turned her head to look at Ikana. Ikana wasn’t a huge fox or wolf. She was only an ordinary human. To Vera’s surprise, though, that was what Ikana thought.