Nightmare Light

Chapter 267 The Death of Uncle Liu
Uncle Liu, the butler of Lushan.

The culprit behind the destruction of the imperial tomb's seal.

They were also the culprits who severely damaged the Wild Wolf Gang and the Steelbone Army.

At this moment, the old man, who was single-mindedly trying to restore the imperial era and believed that he should be the emperor's steward, spread his arms, looked calmly at the people around him.

"You can arrest me now."

The old steward of Lushan was not worried about his safety—the Federation was a country ruled by law, and Lushan had a huge influence in the Chu Federation. His actions might be subject to trial, but he was certainly not in mortal danger.

A person who knows a great deal of secrets about Lushan cannot die easily.

At most, it will only take one or two months for him to be rescued by the people of Lushan and return to Lushan.

This is something that not only he understands, but everyone else understands as well.

Therefore, he remained calm and unrestrained.

Then, the old man saw Lin Wang take a step forward, lean close to Dog Brother's ear, and whisper a few words in his ear.

Dog Brother's eyes widened as he glanced at Lin Wang, his face showing surprise and disbelief: "Boss, you can do that?"

“I believe this is the true judgment for him,” Lin Wang said earnestly.

After thinking for a moment, Dog Brother nodded seriously: "I'll listen to you, boss."

He took a step forward, coughed softly, and said to Wu Long, "Lord Long, I have a question for you."

"What's the matter?"

"Now that you've returned to the human world, theoretically you can acknowledge the existence of imperial power, right?" Dog asked.

Lord Long was taken aback at first, then gave Lin Wang a deep look, and then looked at Brother Gou, as if he understood what they wanted to do.

A slight smile appeared on the old man's face, his wrinkles crinkling at the corners of his eyes: "That's right."

"Now, as a descendant of the Deer Mountain clan and the eldest son of the Deer Mountain family head, may I declare that I am the only true heir to the throne in this world?"

“That’s only right.” Wu Long nodded.

Butler Liu's eyes widened, and his body began to tremble: "Young Master Shu Ming...you, what are you going to do..."

"Okay." Dog Brother nodded.

Then, he straightened up, coughed, looked at Uncle Liu, and said in a serious and authoritative tone: "I now, as the sole heir of the Candle Clan Emperor, declare—you are stripped of your status as a royal steward and your noble status, effective immediately."

He looked at Uncle Liu and said, "Now, you are no longer the steward of Lushan, nor do you have any noble status."

Dog Bro grinned, slowly revealing a smile: "Uncle Liu, the era of imperial power is over... but even if one day, the secular world truly restores imperial power, you will still be just an ordinary mortal."

Uncle Liu was trembling all over, and beads of sweat were dripping down his forehead.

He opened his mouth, but after a few seconds, he sighed.

His body slowly hunched over, and he walked slowly outside.

Uncle Liu brushed past the crowd. As he moved forward, his body became increasingly hunched. After a few more steps, he collapsed to the ground, his eyes lifeless, and crawled outwards.

After that, he lay on the ground and didn't move.

He lay on the ground, catching his breath for a moment, and then suddenly burst into laughter while coughing.

"Young Master Shuming... let me tell you a story."

After a moment of silence, Dog Brother walked up to the old man, sat down cross-legged, and looked down at him.

From as far back as he can remember, this old man had been taking care of him and his family's daily lives, and in his memory, he was categorized as a "family member".

But this same old man tried to poison all his comrades-in-arms.

He even attempted to unleash a terrifying demon upon the world in a mad manner, solely for his dream of imperial power.

The old man took a moment to catch his breath and then said, "One day, I went to Luoyun Palace to do something for the mistress."

"Who am I? I'm Lushan's butler! In the entire Federation, who wouldn't give me some face?"

“But that person! That clerk! She’s just a young girl in her early twenties! She actually dared to ridicule me! She actually dared to look down on me! She… she actually said that everyone who comes has to obediently line up! Even if the emperor comes, it’s the same!” He pounded the ground a few times: “What kind of talk is that! Is that reasonable?!”

"If! If I were the emperor's steward! Would she dare speak to me like that! Would she dare..."

The sounds of Uncle Liu pounding the ground and roaring gradually faded away.

Then, just when everyone thought he was dead.

The old man suddenly sprang up, grabbed Dog Brother's trouser leg, his eyes widened, and he struggled to sit up, looking at Dog Brother and shouting, "Your Majesty!"

Then, his eyes widened, and he slowly slumped down, dying just like that.

The Night Wanderer floated before Lin Wang: "My Lord?"

Lin Wang didn't say anything.

The Night Wanderer understood immediately, took out his oar, and swept it across the air: "You are treacherous, unworthy of your position, and have committed numerous evils!"

"It cannot be crossed!"

"It cannot be crossed!!"

"fall!"

A large expanse of pale arms appeared out of thin air, grabbing the old butler's corpse. From the corpse, a semi-transparent, pale figure was dragged out.

The figure's expression was one of pain, its body twisting and struggling.

But his struggles were futile. A dozen seconds later, his figure was dragged into the ground by those arms amidst screams.

Only a cold, lifeless body remained lying on the ground.

Dog sighed and stood up.

Bai Xiaoxiao walked closer and looked at Dog Brother with concern. The latter shook his head, indicating that he was fine.

Huang Liangye climbed up Bai Xiaoxiao's body onto her shoulder, looked in Dog Brother's direction, and handed him two melon seeds: "Here! This is my treasure!"

Dog Brother chuckled at Huang Liangye's joke, took the melon seeds, and thanked him.

He then sincerely thanked Lin Wang, followed by Lord Longshou.

Wu Long waved his cane: "No need to thank me, this is just a mundane matter for you."

Dog said to Dragon Head, "Although I thank you... I have one more request."

"What's the matter?"

"Could you please bring out your pots and pans?" Dog Brother hesitated for a moment before saying, "Those are, after all, the ancestors of the royal family. I want to give them a proper reburial."

Wu Long nodded: "That's how it should be, that's how it should be, but..." Then he smiled slyly, raised his cane, and pointed to the walls around the tomb, "Look, what are those?"

As the cane was waved, countless ash beetles flapped their wings and flew in all directions, attaching themselves to the walls.

In the light created by the beetles, everyone saw that the coffins in every tomb on the surrounding walls were completely intact, showing no signs of having been disturbed.
Dog Bro's eyes widened: "Huh? Those..."

“I have an endless supply of incense ash, which can transform into all things. What use are those bones?” The Dragon Head Lord raised his hand, and a white pot appeared in his hand. The pot slowly turned blackish-gray in front of everyone. “That was just to scare you before—your ancestors have always been sleeping peacefully in their coffins.”

“Then the copper ring I saw on one of your pots before…” May raised her hand.

"That was a year when a tomb raider broke into the imperial mausoleum. That guy pried off a bunch of gilded reliefs from the tomb walls, thinking they were gold, and wanted to sell them. But they were all made of copper—poor fellow," said Dragon Head. "I used that copper to make a handle for that pot."

"..."

After finishing his sentence, Lord Long walked to the pile of iron chains, bent down, and began searching among them: "There's something else here... Strange, where did it go?"

A few seconds later, the Dragon Head Lord happily raised his hand: "Oh, found it!"

He raised his hand from the chains, and in it lay a black and red heart—which had fused together with a tree fern fruit.

[Recyclable material found.]

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