Swordswoman: The Few Unrecorded Decades - Chapter 17

Ye Shin had been anticipating as to where the middle aged man went. A dog when get hurt will definitely return to its master to seek security. In addition, she heard the man said that the one she killed is a member of their royal family. Her mind is calculating the possibilities that would happen later on.

She glances at the bed where the emperor is sleeping soundlessly. This man had mentioned to her before that most people in this empire are adept of using medicine. This means the emperor would probably use the dark side of medicine to attack them. Some medicine can heal, others can kill. Poison!

The lady walks toward the emperor and slightly shoves his body to wake him up. She needs to make some preparation. The emperor stirred then suddenly grabs her arms. Her body slammed near his face. She sighs and stares at his sleeping feature for a while.

“You’re no longer even sleeping?!!” she stated and the emperor suddenly opens his eyes. He grins widely to her.

“Sit up. I’ll wrap your internal organs with my inner force.” the emperor heard her say. He sits on the bed without asking her the reason of her action.

“Close your eyes and relax your majesty.” the lady ordered him. Then she placed her right hand index finger in his forehead.

As her internal force gradually enters the young emperor’s brain, the man felt an immense calmness. In his mind, a strange scene is playing.

He is standing alone in an unknown lake and everything is strangely frozen. He can feel the wind blowing but there are no branches of any trees that are moving. The water in the lake is also dead still. All things were undisturbed! It is stillness, in the midst of chaos. This is the temperament of the lady!

When the inner force enters his heart, the scene in his mind also changes. He is now in the galactic outer space. The planets are rotating and the stars shining brightly. Some rocks floating near him are bumping on each other but there is no sound of their collision. The stone had shattered into tiny pieces silently in front of his eyes. As he focuses his eyes, the stone slowly becomes the shape of her tiny blades! Control in the realm of zero gravity. Weightlessness! This is what her weapon is!

The lady proceeds to wrap the other internal organs. When she is finished, the emperor felt reborn. His skin is glowing and his countenance has improved greatly. He sighs with satisfaction.

On the other hand, the middle age innkeeper has frantically run towards the palace to report the death of Prince Hu and the things that the outsider had done to his inn. The Hu Emperor just looked at him for a while. This emperor has three sons, he does not give much care if one will lost. He is more concern of how the death of his son happened.

“What did you say? How did my son died?” he asked the innkeeper. And the middle age man obliged to describe how a tiny blade slit the throat of the prince. The Hu Emperor might be hard to reason but he is not stupid. He wants to go to the bottom of what really is happening.

After a while of listening, he seems to get the picture of what happened.

“Get all our doctors to make preparations. We shall treat these outsiders generously. Let’s go to the Qian Inn!” the emperor ordered. His tone is full of sarcasm.

Upon the arrival of the Hu emperor and his subordinates, he saw corpses in front of the inn. The doctors immediately attended to the bodies on the ground.

“Your majesty!” the doctor who first saw the body called in panic.

“Could it be that this is your first time to see dead bodies?” the emperor harshly said to the doctor.

“No! Your majesty, Prince Hu… His wound…” the doctor trails as he pointed the throat of the emperor’s son. When the emperor saw the wound, he was also bewildered.

“Innkeeper Qian, how come this is the wound of my son?! You said that his throat was slit!” the emperor shouted.

In front of his eyes, he saw that in the throat of his son, there is a line and the skin in this line looks like it has been grind! The flesh in the throat was reduced in to small particles. This is blasphemy! The bodies of a royal member should not be treated like this!

The Hu emperor is enraged by what he witness!

“Kill these outsiders in the most painful way! Doctors, use the thousand punishment poison!” the emperor ordered. The doctors immediately collect some kind of powder from their bag and carefully hold it in their right hand.

Thousand punishment poison is a powder that they specially concocted to punish outsiders. Since their nine familial punishment cannot be applied to this kind of people. When a person gets contracted by it, they can feel like thousands of needles entering their body and quickly destroying their flesh. The body will dissolve like a liquid in a painful manner.

The doctors swiftly step inside the inn. They throw the powder in each room and went back outside. They have estimated that after few minutes, the outsiders will soon be dead.

“Call all our soldiers in our capital and surround this inn. We must ensure that they can’t escape.” the Hu emperor said. After a while, soldiers wear scattered all over the place.

“It’s about time. Let’s check those outrageous outsiders! Innkeeper Qian, lead the way.” the Hu emperor said before he and his subordinates went inside. The middle age innkeeper walks in front if them proudly. He went to his post first to check which room key he had given earlier. When he learned which room the outsiders are occupying, he immediately led them to the direction.

On the fourth room of the inn, two figures are inside. One man is on the bed while a lady is sitting beside it. To the dismay if the newcomers, the two figures were not affected at all! The moment the one of the soldiers knocked down the door of the room, the innkeeper is welcomed by the sight of the two figures.

“How is this possible?” the innkeeper said in disbelief.

“You! Why are you causing trouble in my kingdom!? Men, take them!” the emperor accused them before ordering his soldiers to capture the two figures. Just as the soldiers were about to go near the bed, all of them fell down. Dead! They died in the blink of an eye.

“Medicine should be utilized in good way. Should I spare them your majesty?” the lady said and looked at the man in the bed.

The Hu emperor was horrified! His subordinates were also surprised and the innkeeper has actually fainted! What does the lady mean when she called the man your majesty? Another emperor? Which Empire? A series of questions floated in his head.

As the Hu emperor looked closely at the young man on the bed, the Hu Emperor had no recollection of the young man’s image in his memories. Even the doctors have forgotten to close their mouths because of the shock. They had never expected that there would be a day that they will encounter another emperor in their empire.

“I am the Emperor from the He Empire. I am just passing by and had no bad intentions in your Hu Empire. Unfortunately, I did not expected that this is what I’ll experience in this empire. How do you plan on compensating me?” the man said calmly. Emperor He Mo did not even glanced at them when he told the newcomers if his identity.

“He Empire! So it is a fellow emperor! Sorry for not recognizing such fellow royal. To show our sincerity, I will give you the best physician in my empire.” the Hu emperor said immediately.

“I do not lack those things.” the young man answered. The He Empire is indeed more than prosperous than the Hu Empire.

“Then emperor of He, what are your demands then?” the Hu emperor asked.

“Destroy all your medicine that can potentially be harmful to human. If I heard another incident like this, I shall pay your kingdom another visit. By that time, you cannot blame me for any impoliteness as i have granted you some leniency today.” Emperor He Mo declared.

“This…” the Hu emperor hesitated. This young man’s demand is completely bizarre!

“If you cannot do it then there is no need for the likes of you to stay alive.” the young emperor said.

“Wait a minute! We will do as you say emperor of He.” the emperor of Hu quickly said in fear of his own death. His soldiers are all dead. They died in front of them yet they cannot identify the cause of their death! It was too quick! What kind of sorcery does the emperor of He Empire possessed?