Dragon's Origin

Chapter 348: Collecting Debts (Part 1)

The Great Elder of the Dai family, now the Prime Minister of the Dai Kingdom, left the palace with a heavy heart.

The Marquis and the others had a good idea: offer an apology, submit to Wang Sheng. But was it really that easy? If that really happened, what would be the fate of him, the one who gave the order back then?

The elders of the council were dreaming beautifully, casually pushing out a scapegoat for Wang Sheng to vent his anger on, ending this grievance. What a beautiful dream! Did they really think they could play Wang Sheng like a fool?

Everyone here was just having wishful thinking, not even considering whether Wang Sheng would be willing? So naive!

Of course, most importantly, the Great Elder didn't want some people to use this matter to threaten his position. Therefore, the suggestion of yielding, which had been discussed for several days, was still rejected by the Great Elder with an extremely tough attitude.

The Great Elder had already decided to spend a large sum of money to find experts from the Divine Might Prison to assassinate Wang Sheng again. This time, he must put Wang Sheng to death, otherwise he would be a huge threat to himself in the future.

Walking out of the palace gate, the Great Elder suddenly noticed something unusual, as if someone was secretly watching him. This feeling was fleeting and disappeared immediately.

It should be a guard who noticed something and relaxed their vigilance after seeing it was him. The Great Elder thought to himself, not taking it to heart, and continued forward.

With at least four seventh-level guards by his side, nothing could possibly happen in the capital of the Dai Kingdom. None of the four guards noticed anything wrong, it must have been the Great Elder's imagination.

Walking down the newly built palace's high steps, the Great Elder looked at the capital beneath his feet. The closely arranged houses, the bustling crowds, everything made the Great Elder feel high above, looking down on all living beings. Looking at the distant crowds like ants, the feeling of controlling everything arose spontaneously.

The Great Elder felt this way every day, in a state of blissful intoxication. The Great Elder even felt that the Marquis of Dai was becoming somewhat uncontrollable, and if things continued like this, he might have to replace him.

Raising his head, the Great Elder took a long breath, wanting to exhale the pent-up feelings caused by the past few days of arguing, but his eyes caught a glimpse of a spot of light. Then, there was no more for the Great Elder.

The four guards protecting the Great Elder were watching him walk down the palace steps, which was the Great Elder's favorite moment of enjoyment every day. Guards were stationed on the steps, below the steps, and even every few steps, making it impossible for anyone to assassinate him at close range, so their vigilance was greatly reduced.

Just as they heard the Great Elder's familiar inhalation, a beam of light flashed. Everyone was shocked. The guards didn't even have time to block in front of the Great Elder when they heard a loud bang. The Great Elder's head, which was close at hand, turned into a pile of碎骨碎肉.

The light's momentum did not diminish, blasting off the Great Elder's head, and with a hiss, it penetrated the hard stone steps behind the Great Elder. Boom, that section of stone steps seemed to have been hit by a giant hammer, shattering into pieces.

Even at this moment, the Great Elder's headless body was still standing upright. The Great Elder's four guards, and dozens of palace guards on the surrounding steps, were all dumbfounded, looking at the Great Elder's body with disbelief.

Several miles away, Wang Sheng had already put away the heavy sniper crossbow and left nonchalantly. The Dai Kingdom's palace was built on the mountainside to appear high above. From the palace, one could overlook the entire city, giving the Marquis and those bigwigs a feeling of superiority.

However, for Wang Sheng, a sniper, this architectural style also meant that Wang Sheng didn't even need a high point, and could see the target from any suitable distance in the houses at the foot of the mountain.

Wang Sheng had been in the capital of the Dai Kingdom for two days. After confirming the target's daily routine, he waited in this temporary residence and succeeded with one shot.

He dusted off his clothes and left, concealing his merits and name. Wang Sheng ignored the chaos in the palace and quietly left according to the escape route he had already observed.

Although the palace immediately ordered the city gates to be closed to search for the assassin, by the time the order to close the city gates was delivered to the city gate, Wang Sheng was already outside the city gate, curiously looking at the reward notice posted on the city wall.

As soon as the city was in chaos, the people outside the city immediately followed suit, scattering in a panic for fear of being implicated. Wang Sheng followed the crowd and disappeared inconspicuously. Even if they dug three feet into the ground in the capital, they wouldn't be able to find Wang Sheng's whereabouts.

The Marquis of Dai and his confidants were feeling depressed in the palace. The Great Elder's aggressive tone and resolute refusal to compromise made the Marquis of Dai feel really embarrassed. It was clearly the Great Elder's own mistake, but he refused to admit it and insisted on fighting Wang Sheng to the end. Did he really want to watch Dai being excluded from the core of the Thousand Desolation Land?

Suddenly, a loud bang came from outside the palace. The Marquis and others were stunned. What on earth had happened? How could such a big commotion be made in the palace?

Someone immediately ran out to check the situation, and at this moment, the guards at the palace gate, who had just recovered, also hurriedly sent the news.

The Prime Minister of Dai, the Great Elder of the Dai family, was shot in the head with some kind of hidden weapon on the steps at the palace gate and had already died. The assassination weapon was still being excavated, and would be reported to the Marquis immediately after it was dug out.

Just now, he was still bothered by the Great Elder, but suddenly the Great Elder's troubles were no longer troubles. While the Marquis was overjoyed, he had to put on a look of extreme grief and ordered the city gates to be closed and a city-wide search to be conducted.

Before long, the search in the city didn't return any news, but the arrow that killed the Great Elder of the Dai family had been dug out and sent to the Marquis of Dai.

"What kind of arrow is this?" Everyone looked at the arrow that had pierced through the Great Elder's head, blasted the Great Elder's head to pieces, and shattered several pieces of the steps behind the Great Elder without any deformation. The Marquis couldn't help but ask in surprise.

A group of people shook their heads in unison. This didn't look like an arrow at all. The pointed, long cylindrical shape in the front, without even feathers on the back, how could it be called an arrow?

While everyone was making various guesses, a guard reported another discovery. At this moment, the attack should have been launched from a house at the foot of the mountain five miles away. It was said that people around the house heard a loud popping sound, and the temporary tenant in that house had disappeared without a trace, which also became an important piece of evidence.

"Who did it?" Taking a person's life five miles away, when the Marquis of Dai thought that if this arrow had been aimed at him, his head would probably not be much better than the Great Elder's head, he felt terrified. If he didn't find out, he probably wouldn't be able to sleep.

"Five miles away, I'm afraid there's only one person who can do it." Someone immediately thought of an answer and hesitantly replied, "Chang Sheng Marquis Wang Sheng, who killed Dai Si and Elder Wuji last time."