Wei Liuying furrowed her brows. While it was true that women could be very dangerous, it didn't mean that she wanted to kill them when they were merely here. From the sight here, she could guess that Xiong Tribe would be losing so much just from this battle alone.

"War should have just targeted the soldiers."

"They're additional unintentional damage," Shi Mo said unhurriedly. "Are you going to be a good girl and say that I shouldn't have killed them?"

Wei Liuying was silent for a moment. There was always a saying that all is fair in war. Even though she didn't want to involve these people if it was unnecessary, Shi Mo didn't seem to be able to see it that way. However, Wei Liuying knew that there was nothing she could do anymore.

"I never say I'm a good person."

"Then…"

"But I won't allow you to continue your massacre for these innocent people anymore."

Shi Mo frowned and struggled to stand up. "There's no innocent person."

"Yes, there's no innocent person. Still, there's no reason to involve them in the war." Wei Liuying looked to a distance where many soldiers were coming over. From their reaction, she could guess that they were not on their sides.

"You…"

"Too kind?"

"Yes."

"It's stupid, but I don't want them to be the one to die because they can't even defend themselves properly. Are they wielding weapon and tried to kill you?" Wei Liuying asked once more. Her dark eyes were looking straight at Shi Mo.

This time, Shi Mo couldn't answer. They were not trying to fight back but run, yet he didn't allow them. They were in the second prince's side, so he didn't want to spare any of them. In his eyes, even children could potentially become his enemies in the future.

He didn't want to sow any seeds of hatred where they would be coming to him again in the future.

But Wei Liuying was completely different. She didn't want to involve them because these people didn't do anything. They didn't wield weapon and didn't even try to fight back, so she didn't want to kill them. Unless even the women were carrying weapons and attacked, she wouldn't kill them.

Really…

Despite living such a cruel life since childhood, Shi Mo felt that Wei Liuying was too soft as a person.

"The battle is not over. There'll be more soldiers coming."

"You'll fight?"

"If I'm not fighting, who will fight?" Wei Liuying asked and looked at Shi Mo. "This time, do you want to fight the soldiers properly?"

Fight the soldiers….

The one who killed Princess Ji Xiaoli back then was not only the second prince's men but also his soldiers. There were many of their soldiers here, so he knew that he didn't want to let them off.

Slowly, Shi Mo struggled to stand. His gaze turned sharp. "Bring it on!"

Wei Liuying looked at the incoming soldiers and closed her eyes for a moment. This entire incident was caused by her, but this is her choice. She could not turn back time. All she could do was to keep moving forward and face the consequences of her action.

"As despicable as it might be, I can only make use of the soldiers in order to prevent any reinforcement for the second prince. This is the only possible method to reduce the casualties in our sides," Wei Liuying murmured. Her eyes looked at the people coming at her. "Because of that, you all have to die."

Clang! Slash!

…

- Prince Ji Sheng's City -

"The last message from Yang Xian," Gao Ling said with a frown. "Why is it a bird this time?"

"It means the time has come," Ji Sheng replied unhurriedly. It was dawn, yet the bird came knocking to his window and disturbed him. Gao Ling, who was staying in the room next door, was also awake because of this.

"You mean…"

"Prepare for war," Prince Ji Sheng said in a low tone. "This will be a long battle."

"Yes!"

As Gao Ling rushed out, Prince Ji Sheng looked at the cloth in his hand. It was part of Yang Xian's robe, which was torn forcefully to provide something to write. After all, it was hard to tie the bamboo strip to the small bird.

The writing was done in a hurry. There was sign of the ink rubbed to the side, making the word a bit unclear. Prince Ji Sheng could also faintly notice the small red mark on the side.

'Xian, you better return back safely.'

"General! There are soldiers from smaller tribes at the north of the city!"

"Call everyone to prepared for battle."

"Yes, General!"

Prince Ji Sheng sighed. The last message from Yang Xian before this had already informed him the strange movements that they saw in the north. Even though there was no clear and definite proof, he had been preparing for war for some time. This message this morning just proved that it was already the time to start war.

He looked at the north once more before he changed his clothes and wore his armor for battles.

"Report the situation."

"The two sides are ready, General Sheng. The tribes who come here are Tribe Yu, Hu, Mi, Ciao, and Rou."

Prince Ji Sheng furrowed his brows. If he was not wrong, all of those tribes were located at the most north from them. There was no chance for his army to meet with people from these tribes because of the distance. They didn't have any conflict between each other too.

Walking to the front, Prince Ji Sheng could see the leader of each tribe was already standing in front of their army.

"Can you give me a reason for coming so far away?" Prince Ji Sheng shouted.

"You have already eliminated most of the tribes in this area. If we don't stop your advance, you'll take over our homeland!"

"We come here to stop you and to take back the areas that belong to us in the past!"