"What do you want to do!"

  Seeing these soldiers, Liam knew that something was wrong. From the uniform armor worn by these soldiers, it can be seen that they are not mercenaries outside, or just followers of noble young masters. They are regular troops! The regular army of the Valkyrie Kingdom!!

  Things are getting complicated now!

  Liam gritted his teeth, knowing those spoiled brats wouldn't let it go that easily. But he didn't expect them to actually mobilize the regular army... Damn it, come to think of it, when did these soldiers arrive at the base? How did I not know about this? Does Lord Roxas know about this?

  "Are you Zhan En?"

  At this moment, a hoarse voice emerged from the crowd. Liam looked in the direction of the sound and saw a thin old man dressed as a butler standing behind the soldiers. He was wearing a black butler uniform, white gloves, and had a slender sword hanging at his waist. The whole person was shrouded in shadows, looking like a poisonous snake. At this moment, his eyes were coldly staring at Zhan En, emitting a chilling aura.

  "What's it to you?"

  Facing the old man's stare, Zhan En didn't flinch at all. He simply swirled the tea cup in his hand and narrowed his eyes to savor the red tea inside. Upon hearing Zhan En's response, a sharp glint flashed across the old man's eyes, and then he raised his hand and waved it forward.

  "Take it down!!"

  "Stop it!!"

  Seeing Zhen Na's ambiguous smile, Liam can't help but stand out now. If he continues to watch the play on the side, Zhen will probably start a massacre immediately. Although he promised Liam that no one would be killed, what happened to Duo Luo and how he ended up was not unseen by Liam... even the pastor said that poor guy would spend the rest of his life in bed as a useless person even if he recovered... damn it, this is also not killing anyone!

  At this thought, Liam suddenly drew out the long sword at his waist and blocked in front of Zane, staring at the soldier in front of him.

  "What kind of people are you! What do you want to do here?! Mr. Zhan is a guest invited by our Holy Church, what do you want to do with him?"

  When he heard the words "Holy Temple", the old man finally turned his head to look at Liam, and after seeing that it was a young Holy Knight, the old man showed a few hints of disdainful smile.

  "We are the Knights of Leyte, and this man is suspected of murdering a retainer of Lord Barfleur. We have come at Lord Barfleur's behest to take him back for questioning. This is an affair between our lordship of Leyte and Mr. Jarn, and has nothing to do with the Temple Church. Moreover... even if he were a guest of the Temple Church, that would not give him license to murder a noble's retainer! Sir Knight, I hope you understand."

  "You, you all..."

  Liam's face turned red as he listened, but he didn't know what to say. In fact, Jian's street killing was indeed wrong, but now he stood here not for Jian, but to protect these foolish idiots. Jian's strength was something Liam had witnessed with his own eyes, and his arrogant personality was also something Liam had experienced. He said he would clean up this group, and that meant he would really clean them up - not just the local defense army, but even the royal guard wouldn't be spared if they were here.

  "Alright, Liam Knights, this old codger is right, this is between me and these idiots, it's not much of your concern."

  At this time, Zhan En also put down the teacup in his hand and spoke. At the same time, he nodded at Liam and showed a hint of a smile.

  "Don't worry about these trash, they won't be any trouble. Once I've taken care of them, I'll go and discuss the next steps with Lord Roxas."

  Upon hearing this, the soldiers surrounding Zhan En suddenly turned pale, and the old man's eyes were also filled with a strong intent to kill. The atmosphere became increasingly tense, and Liam could only smile bitterly in response to this icy killing intent. This Mr. Zhan was indeed skilled at stirring up trouble; with just one sentence, today's matter would be impossible to resolve.

  "Get me out of here!!"

  At this moment, the old man no longer hesitated, and with a forceful swing of his hand downwards, he gave the order. The soldiers also shouted in unison, raised their weapons high, and charged towards Zhan En.

  "Whoosh!!!!!!"

  Just as they rushed to Zhan's side, suddenly, accompanied by a strange and crisp sound of drawing a sword, a cluster of silver light rapidly unfolded beside Zhan, like a rolling and roaring fog, turning into stars and dots of light that enveloped everyone.

  No good!!

  Seeing the sword's edge filling his entire field of vision, Liam was shocked and lost color. He had a mind to do something, but at this moment, by his side, that sharp sword intent had turned into icy cold air howling non-stop. Like an invisible big hand suppressing Liam's actions tightly. Making him feel like he was standing alone in the middle of the ocean, with waves crashing against his body. And he couldn't do anything, could only despairingly let the waves engulf and pull him, dragging him into that bottomless abyss, burying him completely.

  Ding!!

  Just as Liam was about to hold on, the sword light that had been flying all over the sky suddenly withdrew, and the chill that had enveloped Liam's body also dissipated. It wasn't until then that Liam let out a long breath. He lowered the long sword that had been placed in front of him, but when he looked forward with his eyes fixed, he was startled again.

  All that could be seen in front of them were the soldiers who had just surrounded Zhan En with evil intentions, all lying on the ground without exception, wailing in pain. Their elbows and knees below were completely severed, blood gushing out from the wounds, dyeing the ground red. And their arms and legs were scattered all over the place, it was impossible to tell who was who.

  "Ah!!!!!!"

  Witnessing this scene, Liam took a cold breath. He knew that Zane was terrifying, but he didn't think that he would be so ruthless and cut off the hands and feet of these people, almost crippling them. If people have become like this, then what's the difference between being alive or dead?

  "You, you actually...!!"

  The old steward was also unable to escape, and at this moment he was leaning against the stone wall, staring wide-eyed in shock, gazing at Zhan En. As the strongest among these people, the old steward had not taken Zhan En seriously from the start. It wasn't until Zhan En made his move that he realized something was wrong, but unfortunately it was too late, and he didn't even have time to react. All he felt was a flurry of sword lights in front of him, followed by an icy cold air invading his body without mercy. Then the old man only felt his legs and hands turn cold, and the next moment he fell to the ground, completely losing control of his limbs.

  "A bunch of trash, dare to come looking for trouble with me?"

  Zhen En snorted disdainfully, glanced at the old butler, and then looked sideways at Elise.

  "Alice, get these people out of here."

  "Yes, master."

  Elise, who was standing beside him, nodded hastily as soon as she heard Jan's words. Then, looking at the intruders, her right hand swung violently. With Elise's movement, a strong gust of wind suddenly rose from the ground, sweeping their bodies and limbs, and in the blink of an eye, they were blown out of the cave. Immediately afterwards, several dull collision sounds came from outside, followed by screams and wails that filled the air.

  "Mr. Zhan, this is really too..."

  Seeing this scene, Liam really didn't know what to say. He glared at Zane, but couldn't think of anything harsh to say. Noticing Liam's complex eyes, Zane just smiled slightly. Then he put down the teacup in his hand, gestured for Bixie to pour him tea, and opened his mouth to speak.

  "Don't worry, Liam the Holy Knight. I assure you, this is much simpler than you think. And look, I've even kept my promise and haven't killed anyone... yet. Instead of staring at me like that, why don't you go help those idiots outside? I didn't say I'd kill them or anything, but if they keep going like this, they won't last much longer either... Don't worry, everything is fine on Lox's side."

  When Liam heard Zane say that, he had no choice but to turn around and leave. After all, although Zane didn't make a move to kill them, those soldiers were seriously injured. If they weren't treated in time, their lives would be in danger. As for the development of things on this side, it had already exceeded Liam's control, so he could only report to the Grand Knight of Roxas and see if he had any good way to solve this problem.

  The stronghold wasn't that big, and the news of these guardsmen going to find trouble with Jen had already spread throughout the entire stronghold. So when they were thrown out with broken hands and feet, it shocked everyone. Although Jen had previously shown his ruthless side more than once, those were just one or two people at a time. But now, he had directly crippled fifteen fully armed soldiers without even blinking an eye, and even turned Lord Barulf's steward into a human stick. This made many people gasp in shock. After all, most mercenaries are ordinary civilians who are naturally inferior to nobles, especially someone like Lord Barulf. They might dare to complain behind his back, but they would never dare express any dissatisfaction to his face. But this Jen was unexpectedly so brutal, and the people sent by Lord Barulf were crippled just because he said so - it's as if he's gone mad!!! What does he want to do?!

  "Unbelievable!!"

  With a loud slap, Viscount Barlf slammed his palm on the table, his face ashen. He had already learned about what happened from his attendants, and that his own men were beaten to such an extent without being able to fight back made him extremely angry. At first, he didn't take Jenn seriously, just a fallen noble, what kind of waves could he make? However, Viscount Barlf was very displeased with the rumors about Jenn.

  As a noble heir, he already possessed the highest level of swordsmanship at the age of 25 and had inherited the family's legacy to become a swordsman. He was quite confident in his abilities. When Ralph Viscount first heard rumors about Zhan En from behind, he was already very displeased. In fact, there was nothing wrong with the report itself, but it was wrong that the report highly praised Zhan En's strength, even saying that he had already possessed legendary power.

  It was precisely this point that made Viscount Ralph extremely displeased, as he believed that being able to reach the pinnacle at the age of 25 already made him one of the most outstanding talents in the Valkyrie Empire. Now, suddenly, a younger and stronger guy appeared out of nowhere, and on top of that, he was a fallen noble? Legendary level? How is this possible?!

  It was with this idea that Viscount Ralph brought people to the base, wanting to see how capable Jian was. So, he instructed his men to find trouble for Jian. But what Ralph didn't expect was that Jian was so ruthless and arrogant, not only killing his own people but also crippling his soldiers!!

  As the rising star of the Valkyrie Empire, when had Viscount Ralph ever been treated like this?! It was precisely because of this that when he learned that his attendant had been thoroughly thrashed by Jain, Viscount Ralph's anger suddenly erupted!

  "That bastard, he actually dared to lay hands on my subordinate! He's contemptuous of our family's honor, he's declaring war on the entire Valkyrie Kingdom!! Come, transmit my orders, the Imperial Guard will mobilize in full force, bring that bastard down for me, I want him alive or dead!!"

  "Adult."

  Just then a voice suddenly came, and upon hearing this voice, Viscount Ralph turned his head around, coldly staring at Cotton standing beside him.

  "Do you have anything to say?"

  "Yes, sir."

  Seeing Ralph's expression, Cotton hastily lowered his head.

  "After all, this is the territory of the Holy Church, and you're deploying troops so openly, which doesn't look good. And that Zhan Yan, although he's arrogant, his strength is indeed formidable. Even if you manage to take him down in the end, you'll definitely suffer significant losses."

  "Hmm..."

  Upon hearing Gordon's words, Ralph's expression became much more serious. Indeed, this Zane was definitely not weak. Not even his own butler could withstand a single sword from him; such strength would make it difficult to take him down.

  "But I do have an idea."

  "What's the solution?"

  Upon hearing Viscount Ralph's inquiry, Cordon chuckled lightly before speaking up.

  "This is the territory of the Holy Church, and the Temple of Mars will not sit idly by. We should ask the temple to come forward and assist us in capturing that thug. And we can also get the temple to find an excuse to capture those two women who are with him, so even if that man is arrogant, he will definitely not dare to fight back."

  "Hmm...this method isn't bad."

  Hearing this, Ralph fell into thought for a moment, then nodded in approval. He slapped the table with force and stood up.

  "Alright, I'll go find Sir Loxley right now. I'd like to see what kind of explanation he has for me!"