Everyone thought they had misheard.
The leader, the city lord, looked utterly bewildered as he stared at the unfamiliar man before him, "Comrade from the reinforcements, did you just say... what?"
Jiang Bai's gaze was cold and indifferent as he calmly repeated, "I said, get a new city lord, then come talk to me."
The crowd, now certain they hadn't misheard, immediately erupted in an uproar.
Someone immediately lashed out, "How dare you! Do you even know who you're talking to? Standing before you is the city lord of Thorn City!"
But the critique was lonely; no other voices rose to support him.
In normal times, anyone bold enough to speak to their lord like this would likely have their ashes scattered by now.
But today... after witnessing the terrifying might of this man who single-handedly obliterated an entire hive, no one dared to argue over such trivial nuances.
All they could do was wonder — was it some sort of misunderstanding?
