"What is this scent? It's just a war beast at the second grade of the three-star level, but why does it look
somewhat familiar?" Marin looked very puzzled at the sight of the beast, because other than her
Verdanim in the northeast military camp, other spirit-manipulated beasts that were at the second grade
of the three-star level were very rare in their area. It was definitely no wonder she was so shocked to
see a war beast with a level like this one in the camp!
The other troops present were also very shocked at the sight of this war beast, because just like a king
of all beasts, it looked different from normal ones of its kind typically found in these parts. It had a very
unique scent, and forged ahead with the vigor and vitality of the lion.
"Uriah! Sue!" Rocky shouted in surprise, his mouth agape at the sight of his friends.
What an unexpected turn of events!
"Mr. Bai!" Sue shouted as she leaped off Uriah and then rushed to him.
Uriah followed right after her.
"Didn't I tell you to leave here immediately?" Rocky frowned, seeing Sue rushing to him.
"I waited for a whole night but you didn't come, so I could sense that something must have happened to
you. I insisted that Uriah bring me back. I could never leave you alone to face danger," said Sue
innocently and earnestly.
"May I ask who you are?" Marin asked. She found it very strange to see Sue. The puzzling and
worrying exchange they just had concerned her even more.
"Ma'am, Mr. Bai killed someone because of me. If you must arrest someone, please arrest me instead
of him," said Sue, coming close to Marin.
"Because of you?" Marin was confused.
"Some soldiers from your military camp killed my grandpa and--and, tried to force themselves on me.
Therefore, Mr. Bai killed them to save me," Sue said, her eyes filling with tears.
At this moment, Evan and Deputy Commander Chen were gobsmacked to hear what she said,
because they had never expected the victim in question to come to Rocky's defense. Deputy
Commander Chen had already gone to the village before, wanting to find this girl whose grandfather
had been killed and whom Matthew had tried to rape. He had planned to force her to frame Rocky, but
when he heard that Sue had already left the village, he instead gathered the other villagers and forced
them with threats so that they would agree to frame Rocky. It never occurred to him that Sue would
come back.
"Commander, don't believe what she said so easily. It seems to me that they are very familiar with one
another, so perhaps she's just pretending to be that girl in order to save Rocky!" Deputy Commander
Chen hurriedly said, shifting nervously where he stood.
"I know you wouldn't believe me, so I brought this. This is what was dropped by the man who tried to
rape me!" Sue said defiantly, taking out a token from her cape with the word "one" on it.
Everyone there, including Rocky, gasped in surprise.
Evan and Deputy Commander Chen turned pale as soon as they saw the token, because only spirit
manipulators at the fifth grade of the Mortal Stage in the northeast military camp were qualified to wear
it. The word "one" on it represented the squad of the spirit it belonged to.
The token must have fallen accidentally when Matthew was restraining Sue! Luckily, she had found it
and kept it with her as she was in the process of tidying up the room before she left the village.
When Marin saw the token, her face instantly darkened.
"Captain Evan, can you explain to me why the token of your first squad is in the hands of this girl?"
Marin looked at Evan suspiciously.
"Em..." Evan was in a tight spot. Whatever he said, he wouldn't be able to get himself out of this mess
easily.
"Deputy Commander Chen, how on earth did you look into this? I remember you told me that the girl
had already left the village, didn't you?" Marin interrogated him.
"Commander, she couldn't prove herself to be the girl even with the token..." Deputy Commander Chen
now looked really anxious, and regretted with all his heart that he had let Evan sway him. He would still
try to defend himself as best as he could, however.
"Guards, go bring me those villagers." Marin commanded, her eyes sharp and angry.
Deputy Commander Chen grew even more terrified when he heard this. Perhaps, Marin was
suspecting that he forced those villagers to frame Rocky!
Immediately, those villagers who testified that Rocky was the murderer were brought back in, and they
were very shocked to see Sue.
"They are all from our village!" Sue recognized that these villagers had been part of her neighborhood,
but they all looked very strange and surprised.
Marin turned to those villagers after hearing what Sue said and demanded, "Do you know this girl?"
Those villagers looked at each other and didn't dare speak, and they couldn't help but nervously stare
at Deputy Commander Chen, clearly terrified that if they said something wrong, they would put
themselves in danger.
Their nervous looks towards Deputy Commander Chen confirmed Marin's suspicions. Immediately, she
said, "Don't be afraid, just tell me the whole truth. No one will do anything to you. I will make sure of it. I
am the Commander of the military camp. I can assure you that you can leave here safe and sound."
Those villagers hesitated when they heard her, and one of them kneeled hurriedly and pleaded,
"Commander, please forgive us! We did not lie deliberately. Someone threatened us with violence if we
refused to accuse Rocky of murder!"
The rest of them kneeled following him.
Hearing that, Deputy Commander Chen turned pale and broke out in a cold sweat.
"Then who threatened you?" Marin asked sharply.
All the villagers looked at Deputy Commander Chen.
"Deputy Commander Chen, do you have anything to explain?" Marin had already suspected why
Rocky would be set up, but she was still a bit surprised because she never had thought that Deputy
Commander Chen would do such a thing.
"Commander, don't believe these unruly villagers, they must have consulted with Rocky and the girl
coming out of nowhere to set me up together!" Deputy Commander Chen was now very flustered,
babbling senselessly.
"Then can you tell me why they would want to set you up?" They have nothing to do with you!" Marin
questioned him sharply.
Deputy Commander Chen was speechless. He had no idea how to talk himself out of this one.
"Sue, do you remember the face of the man who killed your grandpa?" Marin turned to Sue, asking
gently.
"I do," said Sue nodding.
"Guards, bring Matthew to me!" Marin commanded. Evan and Deputy Commander Chen looked at
each other, anxious.
Before long, Matthew was carried there with almost half of his body paralyzed, but when he saw Rocky
still alive and Sue standing next to Marin, his face immediately drained of all its blood. He had thought
Rocky was surely dead, but apparently, the situation now was not what he had anticipated.
"Yes! Him! He is the murderer who killed my grandpa!" Sue shouted, pointing at him. Her distressed
face was beet red and her eyes streamed with tears.
"He is the one who killed your grandpa, not me", said Matthew bluntly pointing at Rocky.
"Matthew, is this the very girl that you said was raped by Rocky?" Marin asked sneeringly after hearing
all this.
Unable to respond, Matthew looked stunned and could not help looking at Evan and Deputy
Commander Chen.
But now Evan and Deputy Commander Chen became even more anxious. They had asserted that for
sure Sue came out of nowhere, but Matthew admitted that Sue was the victim. Their stories were
obviously contradictory and full of holes. Marin's eyes swept over them, sending chills down their
spines.
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