Chapter 818
“Lady Valor, we were wrong. It was those blind fools who locked you up! Even if we had ten times the courage, we’d never dare treat you that way!”
Raven raised an eyebrow in surprise. Outwardly, she remained calm, but inwardly, she was deeply confused. She didn’t know what had happened.
She remembered only feeling dizzy and tired, and when she woke up, she found these patrol officers trembling with fear in front of her.
Just a short while ago, they had been swaggering around, threatening her with execution.
Raven carefully thought back. Before she lost consciousness, she had taken a sip of bottled water given to her by a young man. It was just an ordinary bottle of water. There shouldn’t be anything wrong with it.
She couldn’t make sense of it, but seeing how terrified these patrol officers were, she decided to test the waters. She said, “If I’m not mistaken, one of your people said earlier that I broke the law and was going to be executed?”
“No, no, no! It was all a misunderstanding!” The patrol chief waved his hands frantically, shaking his head. “We wouldn’t dare punish you!”
“That’s quite a change in attitude.” Raven probed further.
“It was those fools who offended you, my lady. Please, don’t be angry!” The patrol chief trembled like a leaf, urgently trying to explain.
“You seem… very afraid?” Raven observed their reactions closely. The panic and fear they showed toward her didn’t seem fake.
But in their eyes, she was just someone from the lower realm, someone with no status in Forreb. They shouldn’t be afraid of her.
The chief replied, “Of course we’re afraid! Do you realize your status? Offending you is a crime punishable by death!”
Raven was even more confused.
пар. Raven frowned slightly as she thought things through. She suspected those corpses on the ground had been her doing. But she had just taken a
hadn’t done anything.
She
“My lady, I beg you, please show mercy and spare us! We have wives, children, and elderly parents to care for. If we die now, what will happen to our families?” The patrol chief was practically weeping, kneeling at her feet in desperation.
Raven rubbed her temples in frustration as she watched his exaggerated performance. “Weren’t you the ones trying to kill me a moment ago? Why are you all so scared now?”
The chief replied, “No, we would never dare harm you! You are the leader of the Cloudshadow Sect. We wouldn’t dare, and we have no right to lay a
finger on you!”
‘The Cloudshadow Sect… again.‘ A thought flashed through Raven’s mind. Perhaps the executives from the Cloudshadow Sect had realized she was missing, tracked her down, and revealed her identity to the Inspection Bureau.
Since they now believed she was the leader of the Cloudshadow Sect, Raven saw no reason to keep pressing.
So she said to them, “Then I suppose I’m free to go?”
“What?” The patrol chief could hardly believe his ears. Raven was really letting them go, not even planning to hold them accountable.
He thought his luck must be good enough to win the grand lottery.
Even so, the patrol chief kept a close eye on Raven’s expression, not daring to relax until he was sure she truly wasn’t planning to kill him.
He said, “Of course! You may go wherever you please. We wouldn’t dare stand in your way. Wherever you wish to go, I’ll arrange an escort immediately. Men! Lady Valor is returning!”
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