RETURN OF THE EMPEROR

CHAPTER 20: THE MURDER

Myro, Zhi Li and Shi Yan returned again to the sect from the mine, upon discovering that the sky was already dark then Shi Yan said full of shock "Have we been in the mine for almost a whole day? I had thought that it had only been a few hours, but it was already night!".

Myro who kept walking back with them explained "In the mine, we have a very hard time distinguishing time, however there is no sun or moon there. Therefore, a person often does not realize that he has spent a lot of time in the mine. It was also this reason that made me have to always remind Lars that he did not spend his entire life just to guard the mine".

Zhi Li and Shi Yan nodded, after all if they became Lars then they would definitely refuse to work in the mine. Especially Shi Yan already had Rena while Zhi Li continued to pursue Myro, if they stayed in the mine then the time to meet would be reduced.

"Okay, we've arrived! You can return to your respective homes to rest first before absorbing the monster crystal that we fought earlier, the most important thing is that you have to absorb this crystal before the war starts so that you can also have the power of a Martial Warrior. You can use the mine to absorb these crystals, absorbing them in the mine will be much faster than absorbing them elsewhere" Myro explained.

"Well, patriarch!", replied Shi Yan who decided to return home first, while Zhi Li was still with Myro.

Myro looked at Zhi Li who was still not going "What's the matter? Do you have a problem?".

"Teacher, when are you going to absorb this crystal in the mine?", asked Zhi Li, he felt better going to the mine with Myro.

"I? It seems that I will not absorb this crystal in the mine because I already have a plan, tonight I will have a guest" Myro said with a smile.

"Guests?", said Zhi Li in confusion, but he did not ask much more and nodded "Then then Zhi Li will return first, the teacher must be careful".

Myro nodded "Rest, you've worked hard today, not to mention I've seen how much you've progressed. As your teacher, I'm certainly happy".

Zhi Li nodded with a bright smile, then he left still having a smile on his face, the reason he worked so hard was for Myro to admit it. Now that Myro had already appreciated all his hard work, how could Zhi Li not feel happy.

After Zhi Li left then Myro walked back to his house.

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Deep in the middle of the night, a man wearing completely black clothes secretly came to the Zodiac Sect.

The man stared at the circumstances surrounding the Zodiacal Sect before saying mock "No guards? The fake sect is really a fake sect, this task is much easier than I thought. At first I thought of only killing a few elders, but with this weak guard then I could kill their patriarch without any problem".

The man gazed towards the tallest building which was Myro's residence, a smile appeared on his face and he rushed towards that place.

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On the other hand, Rena woke up due to that killer movement that came to the Zodiac Sect. Rena took her sword to rush towards the man, but Shi Yan who was beside her woke up "Rena, what's wrong? Is there a problem?".

Rena looked at Shi Yan before saying "There are people who come secretly to our sect, from his movements then he is a murderer. So I'm going to go kill-".

Before Rena finished her words, Shi Yan raised his hand to stop Rena "Where did the killer go?".

Rena closed her eyes to feel the killer move "He went towards the patriarch's house, we have to move fast-".

"Sleep again!", said Shi Yan who was back lying on the bed.

Rena was shocked towards Shi Yan's actions, however it could be seen every day that Shi Yan was extremely loyal to Myro, therefore this act of indifference to Shi Yan greatly shocked her.

But Shi Yan said firmly "Rena, have you forgotten our patriarch? Now I'm not worried for Myro, if it's someone else like Feka or Sun Wu then I might be worried. But if it's Myro, I'm sure tomorrow the killer's body will arrive before our eyes. The one who could defeat Myro was still not around".

Then Shi Yan went back to sleep, Rena was again shocked by Shi Yan's words. After thinking that nothing could kill Myro, he went back to sleep as well.

Not only Shi Yan and Rena, but almost all the other elders were awakened as a result of the assassin's appearance. As they sense that the killer is headed to Myro's residence, they know that this killer is dead.

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The killer came to Myro's house without any problems, not even anyone managed to find him halfway which added to his confidence.

The murderer passed through the door of Myro's house without the slightest sound, he looked at the sleeping Myro with a smile on his face.

Pulling the poisonous dagger in his hand, the assassin stabbed the sleeping Myro without hesitation.

"Slabs!".

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The next morning, all the disciples and elders of the Zodiac Sect were gathered together in a field, the one who did this was Zhi Li with Cristi.

Not only were the disciples confused, the elders were also confused as they had never been awakened this early.

Under the confused gazes of many people, Zhi Li and Cristi appeared while carrying the corpse of a man wearing black clothes, this man was none other than the assassin last night.

Zhi Li started shouting with a gloomy face "Yesterday night, an assassin came to attack our patriarch, although the patriarch could realize it in time but the dagger belonging to the assassin still managed to hit the patriarch, moreover, the dagger was still poisonous. Therefore, before losing consciousness, the patriarch told me and Gristi. The state of the patriarch is now still losing consciousness, the life or death of the patriarch is still uncertain! But for a war with another sect later on, the patriarch might not be able to come along".

The entire people in that place became silent, they froze because the injured person was the patriarch who was the emblem of their sect.

"What?", the disciples cried out fearfully or worriedly, they had only tried to change their fate but the patriarch was between life and death which made them very worried.

Different from the disciples, the elders were not worried but rather they had strange faces. Even if they die, they don't believe Myro could have been seriously injured by the killer. Especially Rena, she was sure that she could kill the killer last night unharmed, not to mention that Myro was much stronger than her.

"Silent, I haven't finished explaining!", said Zhi Li again shouting with a gloomy face "Today's matter will be kept secret, no one should mention this matter to the other sects, no one should mention the matter, if they were known to do so, the sect would sentence the disciple to death. No matter what treasure the other sects gave you to tell of this incident, you must reject it unless you are ready to die! Don't let the enemy in a war that's about to happen know about this, do you understand?".

"Chairman, we understand!", replied all the disciples resolutely, but from the answer then there were indeed disciples who were completely loyal to the sect and thanked for the kindness of Myro who gave them a chance to become strong. While there were also some other disciples who had sneaky faces.

After all the contract only forbade them to betray the Zodiac Sect, it did not mean that they should not tell something like this to other sects.

But they had no idea that Feka on the other side was smiling, Myro pointing to him as the oldest elder was not without reason because he could already see something behind all these events.

"Is it time to start cleaning?", Feka thought with a smile, she could already think of what would happen next.