After knocking down five beastly men, the vicious female escaped

Chapter 188 Infiltrating the Inner Palace
"Ah."

Wen Shu composed herself and peered through the gap in the gauze curtains at the magnificent palace bathed in the setting sun.

Before the towering palace gates, elegantly dressed nobles were passing through the guards' searches one after another, heading towards the banquet venue.

“Wu Xuan,” Wen Shu observed carefully and pointed to a tree with a shallow mark on it on the lawn behind the palace, “wait for us there, transform into your beast form, and be ready to leave at any time.”

As night fell, Wen Shu and Nan entered the bustling garden. The flamboyant black dress attracted the attention of the nobles, and several of them struck up conversations with them.

Nan dismissed everyone one by one and escorted Wen Shu to sit down at a white porcelain table in the corner.

With her gaze sweeping around, Wen Shu noticed that Queen Niss had not yet arrived, but she had already spotted Bai Qiao near the main seat, talking with her several beast husbands.

Noticing someone was watching her, Bai Qiao turned around and saw Wen Shu sitting in the corner. She bit her lip and pretended not to see her, looking away.

With just a glance, Wen Shu felt a slight stirring in her heart, realizing that this meant she would help.

As expected, when everyone arrived, Queen Nyss looked at Wen Shu several times, but Bai Qiao stopped her each time under some pretext.

After dealing with Bai Qiao, she was about to speak again when Yining, who had just arrived, interrupted her with a smile, "Your Majesty, Bai Qiao and I have something very important we would like to discuss with you privately."

Before they could exchange more than a few words, Queen Nyss's face darkened.

They were too far away for Wen Shu to hear clearly, but judging from their lip movements, they were talking about borrowing the branches and leaves of the gods.

Seeing that the Queen had no time to pay attention to her, Wen Shu pressed down on Nan's hand, "Let's go quickly."

The two quietly left the garden and headed towards the rear palace. There were few people along the way until they passed the Queen's bedroom, where the patrol teams gradually increased in number.

Wen Shu touched Nan's arm, but Nan's eyes lit up, and the group of tall orcs didn't budge an inch!

Do they have magnets on them?
Things became somewhat complicated. Wen Shu frowned slightly, tapped the air with her fingertip, and gestured for Nan to attract the patrol team's attention.

They then followed the marks left by Musil and headed toward the temple behind the palace.

Strangely, Queen Nyss seemed to have anticipated this, and sent a densely packed army to surround the temple like an iron barrel.

There are way too many people!

Wen Shu examined the entire temple but couldn't find the slightest flaw.

She pursed her lips, clenched the poisoned needle in her palm, picked up a pebble and flicked it at the tree trunk beside her. The guards immediately went on alert and sent a small team to investigate.

As they drew closer, Wen Shu tightened her grip on the poisoned needle...

A moment later, a group of orcs with blank expressions returned to the patrol.

The guard captain asked in a deep voice, "What's going on over there?"

"It's the wind."

The captain waved his hand, signaling them to continue patrolling.

The orc squad swaggered toward the back of the temple when suddenly, a relatively slender figure broke away from the group, his shadow flickering and disappearing into the temple.

Meanwhile, Bai Qiao was also trying his best to persuade Queen Nyss.

"Your Majesty, I went to the city gate before I came. It won't be long before the heavy snow spreads to the royal city!"

Her eyes welled up with tears of anxiety, and her timid nature was broken by the courage inspired by kindness.

"We have a way to save the continent; now all we lack is this precious branch of the divine tree that you have treasured!"

Her words were inspiring, but Queen Connie remained indifferent and unmoved.

"Is this a rescue, or a new disaster?"

Queen Nyss sat upright in the main seat, her gentle features now tinged with a sharp edge. "You all still remember Priestess Isha, who was strangled, don't you?"

Her voice was cold, and the imperial nobles who were eavesdropping nearby all showed expressions of grief.

"She was the founding queen of the Isa Empire and the most outstanding priestess on the entire continent, yet you regard her as a heretic!"

Queen Nyss looked up at the sky, where dark clouds gathered, threatening snow again, but her expression remained calm and resolute. "Which of her prophecies has ever gone wrong? Even your request to borrow branches from the divine tree was hinted at in the Book of Prophecy..."

Yining narrowed his eyes; he knew perfectly well what Queen Nyss was talking about.

After losing the protection of the Beast God, the Beast World Continent opened passages to parallel dimensions more than once in an attempt to save itself.

Isa was the time traveler who arrived after Ye Lin's failure, when she and the Divine Tree were trapped in the Earth's core.

She was arrogant by nature and, relying on her complete knowledge of the continent's fate, she took every opportunity to manipulate things, consolidate her position through prophecy, and establish the Isa Empire.

Completely disregarding the negative impact of the prophecy, they even acted arrogantly and tyrannically on the mainland, engaging in racial discrimination and turning the entire mainland into a chaotic mess.

Unexpectedly, she also left behind a book of prophecies?
Seeing that Queen Nyss showed no sign of backing down, Bai Qiao anxiously raised her voice, "Your Majesty, you cannot arbitrarily influence the fate of the entire continent because of a prophecy!"

Her words were harsh, and Queen Nyss gave her a dismissive glance.

"How rude! I know you were eager to save people, so I won't hold it against you this time, but as for the rest..."

She took a sip of the wine and juice. "The prophecy said that the mainland would be reborn when things went to extremes."

Bai Qiao's eyes widened, but before she could question it, Queen Nyss pursed her lips and said, "On the contrary, if you obtain the branches and leaves of the divine tree, it will pose a new threat to the continent."

A new threat?

Yining lowered her eyes and pondered for a few seconds, then her heart skipped a beat.

Impossible, is that false god still alive?

-

Casarte Sea Area.

The heavy snow had been falling for a day and a night, and now, instead of stopping, it had condensed into palm-sized snowballs, which were falling from the dark clouds.

Thick ice formed on the surging sea, and the sea creatures, wrapped in heavy velvet robes, struggled to move forward on the glacier.

Leaving their homes, the people were heavy-hearted. The long migrating procession was deathly silent, with no one speaking.

At the very front of the procession, a tall male walked calmly toward the Isha Empire, his expression unchanged.

Unlike other orcs, he was covered in snow and looked disheveled.

The snowflakes surrounding him floated in the air under the influence of his supernatural power.

Her curly silver hair cascaded down her back, and her dark purple eyes flashed with a dangerous red light, giving her a confident and composed appearance.

An old orc with burn marks on his cheeks followed closely behind him, asking cautiously, "Chief Sein, where are we going now?"

Sein stood still, gazing into the distance.

The heavy snow obscured visibility, making it impossible to see the road ahead.

But as he stared toward the southwest, the dim red light in his eyes suddenly surged for a moment, and his aura became somewhat sinister.

“Bain City.” A smile curved his lips, and his deep, pleasant voice seemed to be covered by a thick, husky mist, distorting his original tone.

Gazing at his unfamiliar profile, the old orc Jin Yu held his breath and silently took a half-step back, recalling the anxious and worried look on his face when Sein came to the palace.

He merely touched the platform with his fingertips, and from that moment on, he was like a completely different person!

His eyes were filled with crimson blood mist. Recklessly, he sacrificed all the sea beastmen who participated in the case, and even almost killed him!

Only then did Jin Yu finally understand the old king's dying wish.

But it was all too late...

Ps:

There will be two more chapters tonight as a bonus.