Under One Person: I, Jiaqian Jushi, work from nine to five

"Betrayal is indeed shameful..."

After thinking it over, Zhou Fengliu slowly spoke, "Although you were forced into it, the act of betrayal is a fact."

Elijah did not refute Zhou Fengliu's words.

"How about this, you pay a fine, and I'll turn a blind eye to this," Zhou Fengliu said.

"?"

Hearing Zhou Fengliu's words, all the Nasen Guards present had somewhat anticipated it.

Pay a fine?

Did they hear me right?

The King of Cinder just needs to make Elijah pay a fine?

“A fine…” Elijah’s face showed a look of surprise.

"Yes, pay whatever amount you have. Let me see if your attitude in admitting your mistake is sincere enough."

Faced with Zhou Fengliu's attitude towards punishment, King Nasen breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Frankly, she didn't want Elijah to commit suicide to atone for his sins, as Elijah's death would not benefit Nathan Island in any way.

...

"Alright, the Behemoth matter is resolved, and the punishment has been given. We're leaving now. As for the future cooperation with Nathan Island, we'll discuss that in detail after I return to China."

After Zhou Fengliu received the fine, he called out to Wang Zhenqiu and the others, and prepared to head to the evacuation point to leave Nathan Island.

Seeing that King Cinder was about to leave, King Nathan called out to Zhou Fengliu.

Obviously.

She couldn't let Zhou Fengliu just leave like that.

Zhou Fengliu is Nathan's Lord of Cinder, how could he not have Nathan's Guard protecting him?

...

Hearing King Nathan call his name, Zhou Fengliu turned around, glanced at King Nathan, and then asked:

"What? You have a story to tell too?"

Zhou Fengliu said that if King Nasen had any more stories to tell, he would be willing to listen.

However, he can't listen for too long; once the ship to pick him up arrives, he'll have to leave...

"No..."

King Nathan shook his head and said, "You are the Lord of Cinder on Nathan Island; you must have guards protecting you..."

As she spoke, she glanced at the Nathan Guards present, then called out two names:

"Elena".

"Afonso..."

"You two stay with Lord Cinder...and make sure he is safe."

Hearing King Nathan call their names, Elena and Alfonso, who had just woken up, were both somewhat bewildered.

"Ah I?"

The expressions on their faces at that moment were quite intriguing.

Elena, who is considered one of the more attractive women present, had an expression on her face that resembled that of an elderly person looking at their phone on the subway, with a face full of black lines.

What virtue or ability does Elena possess to protect Zhou Fengliu?

...

Alfonso, who had just woken up, was also somewhat frightened.

Ever since he was slapped and forced to fight by Zhou Fengliu, he has been somewhat afraid of Zhou Fengliu.

If he were to follow Zhou Fengliu around every day... wouldn't he have nightmares every night?

...

puff-

Before Zhou Fengliu could react, Wang Zhenqiu, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Not...protecting Lao Zhou? You guys aren't kidding, are you? Look at him, does he look like he needs protection?"

The biggest joke Wang Zhenqiu heard this year was that Zhou Fengliu needed protection...

“Whether it’s needed or not…it’s a duty as a Guardian. Besides, if the Lord of Cinder needs Nathan Island to do something, it’s more convenient to have a Guardian by your side to contact Nathan Island.”

Nathan Wang ignored Wang Zhenqiu's laughter and spoke calmly.

Listening to Nathan's words, Zhou Fengliu could roughly guess what Nathan was thinking.

It's simply about establishing contact to prevent him from taking advantage of Nathan Island and then running away...

Anyway, South China is short of people. If they dare to come, we'll take them all and hand them over to Zhang Lingyu afterwards.

"That makes sense, I agree."

Upon hearing Zhou Fengliu's words, Wang Zhenqiu, who had been about to laugh, instantly stopped.

"No way? Old Zhou... don't be fooled by that woman's beauty. She's obviously a spy planted next to you."

Wang Zhenqiu said that Elena is indeed quite attractive, but the prettier she is, the less likely she is to be a good person.

beautiful?

The handsome Zhou Fengliu failed to notice one thing: looking at Alfonso and Elena, all he saw were two words:

oxen and horses!

...

Zhou Fengliu is gone.

Alfonso and Elena followed on either side.

Watching Zhou Fengliu's departing figure, Nathan, who had transformed from his true form into a substitute, felt somewhat lost.

The sacred tree is gone.

The island's rules also vanished with the disappearance of the sacred tree. What changes will occur in the future of Nathan Island?

She didn't know, and dared not speculate.

Now, all she can do is fulfill the duties of a stand-in.

Since the Divine Tree has staked the future of Nathan Island on Zhou Fengliu...

These followers of the tree, naturally, must unconditionally obey the will of the divine tree...

...

P.S.: I pray for everything as usual. Goodnight and sweet dreams to all my godfathers.

Chapter 420 Wang Zhenqiu: Will we meet again? When we do, I wish you happiness.

Elijah...

After Zhou Fengliu's figure completely disappeared from sight, King Nathan turned his gaze to Elijah, the traitorous guard, and saw that she spoke calmly:

"Give me Golden Bough..."

Hearing King Nathan's words, Elijah glanced at the golden branch in his hand and handed it to King Nathan without hesitation.

Having received the golden branch, King Nathan said nothing more to Elijah, only leaving behind the following words:

"You'd better watch yourself."

Having said that, she led the rest of the Nathan Guards away from the mountaintop, leaving Elijah alone on the summit, exposed to the cold wind...

...

the other side.

At any evacuation point.

Zhang Chulan and his group were finally greeted by the people sent by Huang Boren to pick them up.

As the assault boat approached from afar, Zhang Chulan finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his anxious heart finally calmed down a bit.

This trip to Nathan Island was truly dangerous, several times more dangerous than the trip to Tang Sect, yet the rewards were disproportionate to the risks.

The seventeen Elijah mentioned were not found, nor did they know what the group that captured the seventeen looked like.

If they hadn't caught up with Li Muxuan, they would have lost everything on Nathan Island.

...

"Old Qing?"

Seeing Zhuge Qing get off the assault boat, Zhang Chulan was somewhat surprised that Zhuge Qing, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, would appear here.

"Ah... Bilian, it's been a long time."

Zhuge Qing still had those squinty eyes. He first sized up the people present and counted their numbers:

"Just the five of you, right?"

“Yes, five.” Zhang Chulan nodded.

"Alright, let's get on the boat. We shouldn't stay here any longer."

Zhuge Qing didn't exchange any pleasantries with Zhang Chulan and led the group to the Na Du Tong observation team's transport ship.

...

Sitting in the speedboat, the sea breeze blowing wildly against her face, Lu Lin suddenly thought of something and asked with some doubt:

"Something feels off. Is something missing?"

"When we came... there were only five of us, right? How come when we left... there were still five of us including Senior Li?"

Zhang Chulan: "..."