Inside a grand palace on the vast Caxton Continent, Nilou’s brows were tightly furrowed, a growing sense of unease building within her.
Jemima still hadn’t arrived. Without the Murray family’s support, there was no way the Caxton Continent could hold off the Eighth Hall’s assault.
“My Lady, when’s your reinforcement getting here? If we keep stalling, I can’t even begin to count how many innocent folks in Caxton Continent will fall to the Celestial Palace’s forces,” Andre said anxiously.
“Just a little longer. They should be here any moment now!” Nilou answered.
“My Lady, I can’t keep waiting. Daprein has already fallen under the Celestial Palace’s control. If we don’t act soon, it’ll be completely wiped out,” Andre pressed.
“What do you expect us to do?” Ashton asked.
“We aren’t strong enough to fight back. We have no choice but to surrender. What else could we do, stand there and watch everyone die?” Andre replied.
“You traitor! I knew you’d fold. I ought to finish you off right now…”
As Ashton raised his hand to strike, Nilou cut off, yelling, “Enough! Do you all really want to tear each other apart right now?”
Everyone went quiet, eyes turning to Nilou, waiting for a plan. But all could do was wait and hope. Every moment that passed cost another life from the Caxton Continent.
Suddenly, someone burst through the doors, breathless and excited. “My Lady! They’ve retreated! Their forces have all pulled back!”
“What do you mean?” Nilou asked, eyes wide with disbelief.
“They’re gone! The Celestial Palace people, they’ve left the Caxton Continent entirely!” the messenger exclaimed.
“What’s going on?” Nilou asked, stunned but elated.
“I don’t really know either,” the messenger admitted with a shake of his head.
The three other kings stood In shock. None of them could make sense of why the Celestial Palace forces would withdraw so suddenly.
“I get it now! It must’ve been the ally I asked for help. She must’ve driven the Celestial Palace’s people out!” Nilou’s eyes suddenly lit up with realization.
As spoke, a powerful aura swept toward the palace, landing at the entrance.
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“My Lady, your guest is here to see you!” the man who had come with Jared called out.
“Haha! I knew it was her!” Nilou said with excitement. “Let them in!”
Jemima entered, leading Jared and the others.
As soon as Nilou saw her, Jemima ran into arms, and the two women embraced tightly.
“Jemima, I can’t thank you enough. Without you, the Celestial Palace’s forces would’ve completely taken over the Caxton Continent.”
“Don’t thank me,” Jemima said, motioning toward Jared. “He’s Jared, the one you should thank…”
“Jared?” Nilou looked over at him, clearly puzzled.
When noticed was only at Wandering immortal Realm Level One, face twisted with doubt.
“Don’t judge by his cultivation level; he’s incredibly strong. He even forced the overlord of the Celestial Palace’s Eighth Hall, a Wandering Immortal Realm Level Five cultivator, to admit defeat. That’s why they retreated,” Jemima explained, anticipating Nilou’s confusion.
“My Lady, is this the backup you brought? I’m sorry, but I don’t see even a shred of connection between the Celestial Palace’s retreat and this group here,” Andre scoffed after giving Jared and the others a quick once-over.
Judging from their auras, Jemima was the strongest among them at the peak Wandering Immortal Realm Level Three. Flaxseed and Jared didn’t seem particularly powerful.
He simply couldn’t believe that these few individuals managed to force the Celestial Palace‘s people into retreating.
Nilou didn’t argue. In truth, found it hard to believe, too. She had expected the Murray family to send experts, not just a few unknown faces.
