119: Chapter 119 Abuse of Power

Outside the palace.

"Your Majesty, when are you going to release that kid? I'm still waiting to kill him back to the Novice Village, haha..."

Liefeng shouted provocatively with a group of people.

He had been waiting outside the city for a long time, but there was no sign of Jiang He.

Growing impatient, he simply brought his people directly to the palace to demand the man.

Theresa stepped out of the palace with Jiang He and the others, her face grim.

"Presumptuous! How dare a mere commoner shout and yell in the imperial palace?"

Liefeng curled his lip and waved his hand. "Fine, fine. Just give him to me so I can take him out and kill him to my heart's content, and then I'll leave immediately."

Then he muttered under his breath, "Damn, what's an NPC acting so high and mighty for?"

But the next second, Theresa shouted in a rage, "Seize him!"

*Clatter—*

In an instant, thousands of guards swarmed out from all directions of the palace.

One of the guards, clad in silver armor, shouted:

"By order of the Empress, seize them!"

In a flash, the people Liefeng brought were surrounded by the guards.

The guards all looked fierce as they approached with weapons raised.

Liefeng's face paled instantly. He hurriedly raised his hands and shouted, "Hey, hey, hey! That's enough, Empress. I'm a player, okay? You're just an NPC—is this really necessary? This is a matter between us players; you have no right to interfere."

The corners of Jiang He's mouth curled up.

This Liefeng wasn't stupid; he knew that NPCs couldn't interfere in conflicts between players.

Theresa was fuming, but she had only intended to intimidate him.

As long as the other party hadn't broken any rules, she truly couldn't punish him.

Just then, Jiang He waved his hand. "Let me."

Hearing this, Skylark and the other two turned their heads, looking at him with surprised eyes.

"What are you doing? This is inside the city; fighting is forbidden?" Skylark reminded him.

"Don't worry, why would I need to do it myself to deal with him?" Jiang He dropped those words and strode toward Liefeng.

Skylark and the others stood frozen in place, confused. What was he doing?

"Brother, do you want to know where Chuan Liu Bu Xi is?" Jiang He asked with a smile.

"You know?" Liefeng looked up at his ID and was startled.

He hadn't expected this person to be the newly appointed Duke?

"Of course I know. Come here, I'll tell you." Jiang He leaned mysteriously toward Liefeng's ear and whispered something in a very low voice.

Suddenly, Liefeng's face turned beet red. He shoved Jiang He's arm away and roared in anger:

"Fuck! You're the fucking idiot! Your whole family is!"

"You fucking dare to insult me?"

Just moments ago, he thought Jiang He was going to tell him some secret.

Instead, the man had insulted eighteen generations of his ancestors one by one.

How could he possibly endure such humiliation?

He immediately lashed back in a rage.

Suddenly, Jiang He's expression darkened as he barked:

"How bold! You dare to publicly insult a Duke? Guards, seize him!"

"Yes!" The guards instantly tightened their circle around Liefeng.

Now Liefeng was completely dumbfounded.

It was understandable if the Empress couldn't do anything to him.

But the person opposite him was also a player!

How could he counter this move?

"Fuck, you're playing dirty with me?" Liefeng shouted through gritted teeth.

Jiang He spread his hands and shook his head. "No, I'm screwing you over in broad daylight."

"Fuck! I'm going to report you! You're using your power to oppress me and bully players!"

"Oh, go ahead and report me then!"

Liefeng quickly stepped forward and shouted, "Empress, I want to report him! He's abusing his authority to pressure players!"

"Petition granted," Theresa's voice came.

Hearing this, Liefeng looked delighted and turned to Taunt him, "Did you hear that? It's granted!"

"According to the laws of the Crystal Capital, the Duke's actions are indeed improper. This Empress fines you 100 copper coins to be paid to the national treasury," Theresa announced.

The next second, Jiang He pulled out a gold coin and tossed it in his hand. "As you command, Your Majesty. This official accepts the punishment."

Then he turned and continued to order, "Drag him outside the city gates and kill him!"

"Yes!"

Immediately afterward, Liefeng was tied up and carried away by a group of guards.

"Fuck! Game ID, you're shameless!"

"You bastard! Abusing your power! Just you wait, I'm not done with you!"

A few minutes later...

[Player Liefeng has been killed by Level 3 Guards...]

"???? What's going on?"

"Yeah, how did Liefeng get killed by NPCs?"

"Wasn't it said that NPCs wouldn't easily attack players?"

The chat area exploded once again.

Jiang He turned and returned to Theresa and the others.

At this point, Skylark said with a look of astonishment, "This... it can work like that?"

She never dreamed that authority could be manipulated this way.

"Hehe... Pavilion Master Yun, it's clear you lack experience in officialdom. I'll teach you slowly later; there are plenty of tricks to this!" Jiang He chuckled to himself.

The tricks he learned from Gu Qingming in Chang'an City happened to come in handy.

Sure enough, using a villain's methods to deal with a villain was the most effective.

Afterward, the group chatted for a few moments in the palace before parting ways.

Before leaving, Skylark invited him and Xie Yunzhou to join the War Wolf Gang.

At first, Jiang He thought it would be fine.

But he discovered a key issue: although he had a new identity, he couldn't join two guilds at the same time.

He thought about whether he should leave his guild first.

But then he thought, if Xiao Yao found out, wouldn't she throw a fit? He quickly shook his head and gave up on the idea.

After leaving the palace.

Jiang He sent a message to Fire Phoenix, arranging to meet in two hours.

Fire Phoenix didn't refuse and readily agreed.

Since it was still early, he took Xie Yunzhou out of the main city and headed toward the Level 90 map.

Now, including himself, the team already had five people.

The remaining members were left for Skylark to organize.

At this moment, he was in a great mood.

"Old Xie, there's hope for us to go home now."

"Hehe... it's all thanks to you." Xie Yunzhou cupped his hands.

Setting aside how powerful Jiang He's backing was.

Just observing that move where he utilized his authority was enough for him to study for a while.

It turned out that posturing could reach such a level.

As the two were traveling, the sound of fighting suddenly came from not far away.

Out of curiosity, the two of them quietly crept over.

They saw a player in a white robe, ID: Bai Yi (Level 68), locked in a fight with others.

There were about forty people on the opposing side.

On Bai Yi's side, besides himself, there was a pet that looked like a Centaur Beast fighting alongside him.

"Bai Yi, you won't escape today!" a Level 69 male mage on the opposite side shouted as he waved his staff and sent a bolt of lightning crashing down.

Bai Yi hurriedly dodged and swept a cold gaze over them. "Hong Jiu, don't think I really can't beat you all. You know what I'm capable of!"

"Hehe, so what if we know? Do you actually dare to use it again? Don't you care about your guild anymore?" Hong Jiu sneered.

Hearing this, Bai Yi bit his teeth, his expression struggling, as if he were making a difficult decision.

Then, he let out a long breath.

"In that case, let's fight!"

Immediately after, the Centaur Beast beside him let out a roar and charged into the crowd once again.

At this point, Jiang He, not far away, frowned slightly.

Why did this Bai Yi's movements look a bit familiar?

Especially the weapon in his hand—it was just a small wooden stick about thirty centimeters long with a gem embedded in the tip?

Just as he was wondering.

Suddenly, a high-pitched dragon roar rang out.

Beside him, Xie Yunzhou cried out, "Fuck! It's an Ice Dragon!"

Jiang He also shouted, "Damn! A Summoner?"