Beauty Is A Beast

"Great General Argon, I finally found you." 11 military soldiers appeared in the campsite of the Azkaban's army.

A stature man watched the people who had just arrive. His expression held a hint of familiarity and alarmed towards the opposite people.

The other soldiers in their tent came out when they heard a familiar voice. There are 11 soldiers of Azkaban army lead by Rob, and all of them are highly familiar with.

"Rob," General Argon muttered as he stared at the young man who's wearing a general uniform the same as him.

"What are you doing here?" General Argon's face is ashen. This was the person who he treated as his own son. If he was here in the orders of the Queen to kill them, he will not hesitate to make Rob and his men retreat. He did not want to kill them.

"General Argon, relax. No need to be so cautious. I'm not here to fight. Put down your hand from your weapon." Rob tried to calm the General while making a gentle gesture with his hands.

"Yes, we are in the order of the Queen. But we never intend to obey her orders." Rob said and sat down from one of the trunk.

"We are loyal to the Azkaban's Kingdom and to the deceased King. I will never betray the King's order."

"And that is to protect his child." Rob's face turn solemn. "But we failed." His voice trembled.

"I have a feeling that Princess Li Wei is returning back soon, General. We have to prepare."

...

"What did you say?!" General Argon exclaim.

"That's what we heard. The Queen said that the Princess is in another world. Ora is making the portal now."

Ora...

Ora...

That name sounds very familiar ever since I heard her name and saw her in the Kingdom a few times. Ira... Ira Thunderstorm, sister of King Argneel Fire Thunderstorm.

Suddenly, Argon's face turn white then black.

No, that's impossible. She was lock up underground never to be seen again. The King was sure that she died. Yes, Ora and Ira is just a coincidence.

"One month and the portal will open. One month and we will see the Princess again. I want to see if she's well..." Rob muttered softly.

"She's not going to be well if the Queen finds her."

"Let's go!"

"NO! If you go, the Queen will kill you. Me and my team will go back to them. Lay low and inform the mercenaries and the revolutionaries that one month after, red flag will rise towards the sky."

The General and the others looked at Rob. The mercenaries and the revolutionaries have been acting weird these past few years. These group has been moving against the dark. However, Their movement will never be unnoticed with the armies. Or even...the Queen.

"Are you the person behind their move? The mercenaries hasn't taken job from the others. And the revolutionary has been quiet." One of the soldiers said.

"No. It wasn't me. It was because of Li Wei. I don't know what she did. But when they found out what she had experience, all eyes are in the castle. Waiting to make a move. But, their movements halted when they found out that the Queen and her attendant is powerful. They train for years because they wanted to rescue Li Wei from the Queen's clutch but they never saw her shadow."

General Argon listen intently. His mind wanders from the past time.

[General, I have made friends with others. They are great people. They are the revolutionaries and mercenaries. I promise them that I will help them in the future adventure.]

[General, I'm hiding from my friends. I felt really unstable, I might kill them. Of course, you all should have stay away from me too. I don't want to kill you, hehe.]

[General, help me. I accidentally kill a friend. What should I do.]

[General, am I evil?]

[General, do I look like a beast? A monster? The Queen and the people always told me that.]

[Mother! Don't make me kill a person! Leave me in this cage all you want!]

[Queen Mother...It's so dark and cold in here. I want to leave the cage...]

Li Wei's voice rang repeatedly from General Argon's mind. Her cheerful voice doesn't line from her tired and sad eyes.

[General, I'm only a 10-year-old kid but I have big responsibilities.]

[The Queen is right. I was a tool. A beast---her pet. General, do you think of me that too?]

The little girl that always smile the brightest faded, replace by a cold and insanely craze-look person, who's blood excite from killing.

[General, look! Look! Haha! Amazing right?! I killed a dozen of people!]

[Ahahaha, there's too much blood on my face but it felt amazing!]

[General, should I scare the citizen with these heads? We should used it as the decorations outside the country to scare away the people who wanted to invade us!]

[General! General! How's that! Amazing performance right? I like slitting their throats but cutting their heads was way more satisfying!]

"General, I'm different but I'm still the same...]

"General. General Argon. Did you hear what I said?"

General Rob keeps calling the space out General. He's been talking but the General's mind seemed to be somewhere.

Argon snaps back from his senses. His eyes tingling and water brimming at the corner of his eyes.

"What is it."

"At the east, there's a secret tavern behind a big tree. That's where the mercenaries stays. Infrom that they should prepare. One of them will relay the message to the revolutionary."

"The revolutionary will surely take this time to take down the Queen. Some of them had grudges towards her for being a merciless being."

"I'm finish. I'll signal when the Princess arrives. I'm going, Uncle..." Rob turns around together with his men, leaving the stun general behind.

'He knows?'

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"Are you all ready?" Liu Qing ask them. They were going to depart to Mythical Land, but before that they needed to pass by the borderland, the gate or the portal of the lower land. After that, they will going to enter the Median Land. The land between the Borderland and the Mythical Land.

"Brother, why are we going to the Mythical Land so early? Isn't it supposed to be a month's time before going up?" Liu Xu looked at his older brother puzzled. Why does Master in such a hurry? Does this mean that the other side is moving?

Liu Qing gave his brother a look and did not respond.

"We're ready." Mu Yang and Chu Lin replied in unison. These two both wanted to go back to their own home but dropped the matter.

However, Chu Lin had ordered a pigeon to send her letter to the Chu Family. Mu Yang on the other hand was a disgrace to her family, but she plan to comeback in the near future to redeem herself and expose those she have to exposed.

Li Wei was hesitant. She had read that if you're still not a Martial Disciple then don't go to the upper land.

In order to get stronger, she will hug the golden t.h.i.g.h of Liu Qing.

Li Wei, Feng An and Meimei felt really uneasy nowadays.

Their hearts beating with an ominous feeling.