Chapter 1853: 24.114 Sixth Violet Star - A Familiar Face

After the allocated thirty minutes had passed, the Marshal standing on the stage had gestured for the soldiers to bring people. They were wearing ragged full black clothing which only assassin and death soldiers wore. When people look at those dazed and lifeless eyes, they instantly recognize what kind of people they are. Death Soldiers, men who are willing to sacrifice their own lives for their mission.

Nowadays, even the military has stopped gathering these kinds of people. After all, it is against human rights to make such beings. However, like there is light then there is darkness. If the military led by the marshal is open for the public to see, the noble clans aren’t the same.

These are big clans who enjoy almost the same privilege the military possesses. But no one truly knows their face. That was until that day when the old marshal went to the Ancient Forest to save some human scientist who had gone beyond what humans are allowed to do.

The old marshal had sacrificed himself just to bring back as many alive soldiers as he could. Even so the noble family led the public into blaming the old marshal just to force him to abdicate. The old leader had lost a pair of legs just to save as many soldiers he could. But when he returned to the city what welcomed him wasn’t a warm welcome he was expecting but disdain, contempt and hatred in all forms.

There are also rumors about his aides’ betrayal leading to the sudden abdication of the old marshal. Thankfully, the talented second son of the old marshal, Long Tian was prepared for this situation and was able to salvage the position of marshal from his father. Though the Long Clan had lost the support of the noble clans they got the support of the masses instead which is considered numerous compared to the people of the noble faction.

It is just that the Noble Faction didn’t want to give up their authority to the military and created organizations like the Killer Pavilion, Adventurous Guild, Mercenary Guild, Merchant Association and Beast Master’s Abode. There are also some organizations not big enough to be mentioned but their influence within their territories is higher than that of the military.

Pei Clan is the one handling the reins of the Merchant Association which can be considered the wealthiest organization within the human lands. That’s why their influence within the city can even rival the military under the Long Clan. They were the ones holding back the military from going back to their original position as the sole leader of the human race.

But now they have a chance to drag his Pei Clan who hinders them. After the dead soldiers had gathered before the group of reporters, a huge screen appeared beside the current marshal.

Marshal Long Tian says, "Let us watch the surveillance recording from two places. These groups of death soldiers had targeted two locations during the martial laws. The first one is the Killer Pavilion under one of the heroes of the human race, Beast Master Xie Yun. The second location target is... the Long Clan."

The moment the two target locations were mentioned the press were eager to gather as much information as two recordings appeared before them. Both surveillance videos of that night from the two target locations appeared before them. They saw groups of men in black clothing like the ones wearing by the men tied up before their eyes.

The first night of ambush, the Long Clan as if anticipated this situation had captured the intruders before they could start the massacre in their territory. However, most of the intruders had killed themselves knowing that they had failed their mission. They weren’t called death soldiers for nothing. Failure missions for them meant death whether they are killed or they kill themselves. Some were captured before they killed themselves, the faces of these men who were caught matches the ones who are now in front of them.

They were shocked about the content of the surveillance video from the Killer Pavilion. They didn’t expect someone who had supposed to disappear for a long time to suddenly appear in the Killer Pavilion to protect it.

One of the reporters recognized the man on the video,

"Doesn’t this man look a bit familiar?"

"Pointy ears. Is he an elf?"

"Impossible! Didn’t the Elven Race say he had died!?"

"But that face, that control over nature and wind as well as that strength..."

"He is without doubt the former Elven King, Lord Vega!"

"Oh my God! Had he been living in the Killer Pavilion at this time?"

"Lord Marshal, is he truly the former elf king?!"

Long Tian explained the appearance of the former elf king Vega in the video. Even he actually didn’t expect him to appear there. After all, he had escorted him and his family to the ancient forest where they now live. However, after meeting him once he learned the reason for his presence in the killer pavilion. The Pavilion Master Xie Yun upon deciding to leave his home to head to the Barren Lands, he asked his friend, Vega, to watch over his house while he was away.

The marshal gave his answer, "He is indeed the former Elf King Vega without doubt. However, after the last war he broke off with his clan as he fell in love with a beastman whom the Elven Race couldn’t accept. To protect his wife and child, he abdicated his throne as the elf king. They had been living in the human city for a while and it was such a good life."

"However, that also ended after the massacre in the ancient forest had occured. His wife and daughter were discriminated against and living in our city became a nightmare for them."

Everyone who was listening to the words of the marshal felt guilty. There are also some who think that they deserve it. Most of these people are those with deep hatred towards the beast race and lost a loved one. They are just a minority though.

"And so, they were picked up by the brother of his wife and were allowed to live in the ancient forest."

"I am not in the right to speak about who is wrong or right in that situation. The deaths of hundred beastmen eggs and their cubs were truly done by human scientists at that time. Moreover, some of their children despite having half human bloodline were forced to sign contracts and act like beasts to some beast masters. It cannot be denied the sins the human race had done to the beastmen race."

"Their retaliation was the result of our human race’s actions. In their immense anger, they can only retaliate at the close source of the sin. At that time, the people from the military led by my father, the old marshal, had taken a brunt of their hatred."

"However, think about it. If at that time the one who had reported the situation to the military didn’t arrive that very day, do you think those brave soldiers would have died? No, the military, the old marshal was schemed by someone. They ended up coming to the ancient forest thinking they were there to save some beast masters caught by the beastmen in anger."

"However, what welcomes them instead is a pile of beastmen’s broken eggs and dead cubs. Humans killed their children and the military just had to arrive at this very moment. Don’t you think it’s a coincidence?" The current Marshal said.

The words of Long Tian lingered in the ears of the masses and they all fell in deep thoughts just for this one moment.

"The schemes of the past are already done. This lord cannot do something about it. However, the current one is worse. The attack on my clan lasted with two waves, please watch how degrading one is to create not only a group of death soldiers but to treat them worse than tools just to get back at my Long Clan."

Another set of videos were exposed this time is the human bombing incident that happened to their Long Clan and the assassination attempt that was accidentally recorded by Long Juedi automatic video recording for his daily dairy.

The human bomb almost kills their marshal only to be saved by Lord Long Kian leading him to an unknown state as well as the scene of the old marshal being stabbed on his chest but someone with a very familiar face. The face of Pei Clan’s young master’s butler, Shadow.

As expected the reporters reacted almost immediately after they saw someone they recognized in the video. Moreover, it was the person who had always appeared in public with that one from the Pei Clan.

"I think I saw someone with a familiar face in the video."

"Me too! It’s that person who had stabbed the old marshal on the video."

"Is it possible to ask the Marshal to revert the video a few minutes later to the scene where the old marshal was stabbed?"

Upon the request, the marshal, Long Tian, gestured to his people to do as they were requested. The video reverses a few minutes at the exact scene where the old marshal was stabbed and the face of the assassin was exposed openly and almost everyone in the press section recognized who it was.

"The Young Lord Pei’s personal butler, called Shadow!"

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