The sky was dim, and a giant in the distance stood still in the sea. The people of Constantine gathered in the harbor took a long time to come back to their senses. The flesh and internal organs of the people who fell in the stands exuded blood, and the scholar next to the monster created a depressing and suffocating atmosphere.
The soldiers on duty outside the harbor squeezed over from behind the crowd at this time, drew their bows and arrows and aimed at the stands. Seeing the huge unicorn beast and the emperor who dared not move, they looked at each other hesitantly.
roar!
On the stands, the unicorn roared and groaned, and its fluorescent yellow pupils looked at the archers in the mixed crowd below. They dropped their bows and crossbows in fright, not daring to make any other movements.
Facing the sea, Lu Liangsheng slowly turned around, leaned over, picked up the mermaid at his feet and placed her on the back of the unicorn. He spoke softly in Greek to the Byzantine emperor standing beside him:
"I have no grudge against you, but since you are the emperor, I have to give you some respect. This is the end of the matter today."
The light words seemed to linger in Phocas' ears. He could never have imagined that things would turn out like this. As long as he got the Siren, he could declare him the emperor favored by God in front of countless people of Constantine. However, the sudden appearance of monsters and strange Greeks disrupted everything.
All the well-thought-out plans are gone.
Phocas stared at the Greek who turned away with his back to him, clenching his fists in terrible silence. As an emperor, he had completely lost all his dignity. His uneven beard stood up one by one, and his teeth were grinding with a slight "clacking" sound.
Staring at the back of the 'Greek' holding the reins, Phocas signaled to the captain of the guards next to him, quietly took a light crossbow from the other's hand, and slowly aimed at the back of the figure walking up the stone steps while holding the crossbow with his other hand.
'I am Phocas, I am the Emperor... Dirty Greek!'
His lips trembled as he murmured, his finger touched the trigger, and the next moment he stared at the moving figure, his index finger pulled the trigger!
Bang!
The sound of the string vibrated, pushing the crossbow arrow to shoot out at the moment. Behind the scholar who walked down the stone steps, the unicorn beast breathed heavily and shook its mane. Then it turned around, and there was a sound of metallic collision at the buttocks. A ball of sparks jumped up, and the crossbow arrow collided, turned over, and flew back with an imperceptible muffled "puff" sound.
The unicorn paused, turned its neck, stretched out its long tongue to lick the itchy black scales, and followed its master gracefully and majestically. On the stone platform behind it, drops of blood dripped down the edge of its robe and fell to the ground.
"Your Majesty!" The captain of the guards widened his eyes.
Phocas raised his hand to prevent him from getting close, and covered his shoulder with a crossbow arrow that had pierced his shoulder with only the tail end left. He staggered forward two steps, blood gushing out. He raised the light crossbow with his right hand covering the wound, held the crossbow string in his mouth, pulled it back, and stretched it to the side of the guard.
"Kaiya."
"Your Majesty!" The guard hesitated for a moment, then called out again. What greeted him was a kick from the emperor. He shouted softly, "Use the crossbow! I don't believe... we can't kill him."
Hearing the slight sound of the crossbow arrow being stuck, he raised the crossbow with one arm, walked to the edge of the stands, and tremblingly aimed at the Greeks walking below, adjusting his breathing. Just as he was about to pull the trigger, the guard seemed to be unable to hold it back and finally spoke.
"Your Majesty, the crossbow arrow just now was soaked in snake venom..."
Over there, Phocas' hand shook violently and he pulled the trigger, shooting obliquely downwards. The crowded crowd and guards looked at the Greek man who was followed by a monster, and they retreated to the left and right in fear, making way.
At this moment, a black shadow came from above. Lu Liangsheng held the reins with one hand and raised the other hand. He pinched two fingers and caught the flying crossbow arrow steadily between his fingers. His face turned cold and his eyes glanced sideways at the stands.
"That's it? I gave you a chance, Emperor of Byzantium."
The crossbow arrow in his fingers suddenly changed direction and aimed at the figure who was leaning sideways at the edge of the stands. My mercy will not be extended to barbarians. "
With a slight flick of the thumb, the crossbow arrow shot out.
In the stands above, Phocas turned his head and looked at the captain of the guards with an angry face, "Order all the soldiers to surround and kill him, and then send him to my castle for medical treatment..."
As he was speaking, he suddenly heard the voice of "... barbarians". He turned around, and his pupils, which were originally filled with anger, suddenly shrank, and a black shadow instantly enlarged in his sight.
puff!
The crossbow arrow pierced his forehead and crushed his bones. Red flesh, white sticky liquid, and bone fragments were all blown away along with the skull cap on top of his head.
The black shadow penetrated and nailed to the throne, firmly aligned with the sword next to it.
The body attached to the bloody head swayed twice, and amid the guards' shouts of "Your Majesty!!", he fell straight back and fell on the stands.
Blood, flesh, skulls, and hair were splattered everywhere. Seeing the emperor fall, there was extreme panic and chaos all around. Regardless of whether there were soldiers in the crowd to maintain order, the people of Constantine fled madly into the city, pushing, shouting and chaos, but they all subconsciously avoided the slowly approaching "Greeks" and the monster carrying the Siren.
Lu Liangsheng stretched out his hand and flicked towards the sea. The giant standing in the sea seemed to melt, and the sea water poured down and merged into the surging waves.
The scholar put away his water-controlling skills and did not stay here any longer. He jumped onto the unicorn's back, grabbed the little mermaid who was still gesticulating excitedly, and whispered an order.
"Old donkey, go back to where you were just now."
Roar~~
The unicorn swung its mane, roared, raised its front hoof and stomped the ground, bricks and stones crackled into spider webs, and its nimble body instantly drew a bluish-white lightning that rushed into the air, stepped on the cliff wall of the harbor, turned across the strait with the lightning, and rushed to the opposite cliff.
Hum-ah-
Stepping onto the cliff, the unicorn neighed excitedly, ran to the bookshelf, and asked the four scholars to help put it on its back. The lion's mane, dragon scales, and deer antlers were slowly retracted into its body. Its tall and elegant body shrank to the size of a donkey. It leisurely wagged its tail and continued to look for grass leaves on the ground.
When Lu Liangsheng landed with the mermaid in his arms, the Toad Taoist no longer had any interest in watching the show. He brushed off the snack residue on his flippers, stood up, and walked over on his flippers.
"Liangsheng, if you just kill an emperor like this, aren't you afraid that they will hunt you down along the way? You might as well just destroy the city and let these barbarians think twice."
Throwing the mermaid back onto the donkey's back, Lu Liangsheng took the water bag and poured out some water, which turned into mist to cover the mermaid. Then he turned around and looked outside the cliff at the chaotic harbor opposite.
He shook his head and smiled.
"No need. Without a leader, the nobles and royal families of various provinces will only fight for the throne. Who will care about us? Besides, these barbarians have nothing to do with this matter. Killing more lives will not benefit cultivation at all, and will only increase hostility."
After saying that, he blew a whistle, and the old donkey trotted over excitedly with the grass in its mouth, jumping around in front of its owner with its tongue wagging. The mermaid above looked at the old donkey curiously, blinked, and subconsciously opened her mouth to imitate him, wanting to stick out her tongue, but it was too short, so she could only move it up and down quickly at the corner of her mouth.
The Toad Taoist twitched his mouth, climbed up the bookshelf, took out his pipe, jumped onto the donkey's back, and hit the mermaid's head and the old donkey's head a few times.
"Who told you to imitate me?!"
The sky gradually brightened, and the darkness that shrouded the world was dispelled inch by inch by the sunlight that emerged from the clouds again, until it reached the end of the world.
The sun shone on the shaking old donkey, the exasperated toad, and the curious mermaid. Lu Liangsheng looked at them with a smile on his face. He pulled the reins and called out to the four scholars who were following them with silly smiles. Amid the noise, he turned around and left, heading further east. It was time to start his journey home.