Female Novel
Chapter 778 A Surge Of Ants (Part Two)
"And what place is that??"
"Phoenix City!" Harper exclaimed. She then stared at each one of the group and slowly explained, "Ifwe want to reach the Great Jade Kingdom, we have to pass through the whole swamp. Although I haveprepared a lot of medicinal materials, and we can also get some from here, it's still very dangerous tocross the swamp. So we have to go to Phoenix City. From there, we will return to the Birch Pass."
"How far away is the swamp from Phoenix City?" Diana asked, now with curiosity. She had alwaysknown about the existence of Phoenix City, but had never been there. It was not only because of itsspecial location, but because the people from the South Kingdom were forbidden to enter that city!novelbin
Looking into the distance, Harper answered, "It's three hundred miles away from here. With our currentpace, we should be able to get out of the swamp and enter the domain of Phoenix City tomorrowevening. But I'm afraid that it's not easy to get into it."
Harper started walking and Diana silently followed her while rubbing her nose. In the past, the SouthKingdom had a conflict with Phoenix City. So the lord of the city refused to let the people from theSouth Kingdom enter it. Diana knew that it would be difficult for Harper to take her into the city.
"Harper," Diana called out. After thinking about it in silence, Diana thought that it was necessary to tellHarper about it.
"What is it?"
"If you take me with you, the people in Phoenix City won't allow you to enter." In fact, Diana wasworried that Harper would abandon her. However, ever since they had entered the swamp and she gotthe chance to spend time with her, Diana realized that she couldn't really hate Harper. She then added,"There is a conflict between the South Kingdom and Phoenix City. Because of that, people from mykingdom are forbidden to enter their city."
However, Harper didn't mind the revelation. She only smiled and said, "Don't worry. Once we've passedthrough the Labyrinth Swamp, just don't say you're from the South Kingdom. After all, they have to letus in. The Labyrinth Swamp has always been a dangerous place in the past few years. It has beenserving as Phoenix City's defense. So even if you killed their family in the past or even if you're fromthe South Kingdom, they would still have to invite you in. Ultimately, if someone can cross the swampand reach their city in one piece, the lord of their city will be troubled."
Diana thought it over and nodded in agreement. "In particular, I'm a princess of the South Kingdom.The people in Phoenix City might think that our kingdom has developed some strategies and found away to cross the Labyrinth Swamp. They might believe that we want to do something brutal to their city.Instead of inviting us in, I'm afraid that they'll kill us on the spot."
"That's a problem. If we were killed on the spot, we would die with false accusations since we'reinnocent. Perhaps, we could find someone to help us," Harper said, becoming more serious.
While they continued their journey, Howard did not speak a word. Since he had been spending timewith Harper for long, he had uncovered more and more secrets about her. At first, he thought thatHarper was a meek woman whose place was just at home. It turned out that she was so ruthless thatshe even led to the death of all of the women in the same house. Later, he found out that Harper hadforced Charles to hand over the master's token and let her take control over the secret guards of theChu Clan. Then, he discovered that she was even skilled in martial arts. Now, she was more powerfulthan before. He had never expected that she could be so strong that she could lead people to cross theLabyrinth Swamp which nobody had ever accomplished. She perfectly matched the name which Dianahad called her, a "monster"!
He then suddenly looked at her back in confusion and wondered if this powerful and admirable womanwas really the Harper that he had known all along.
"Harper, do you still remember that time when Felicia pushed you into the lake? You were so youngback then," Howard abruptly asked.
"Do you mean what happened when Uncle Daniel was still at home? Hailey tricked Felicia into pushingme into the lake and I dragged you down in the process. So you almost got drowned as well," Harperasked without looking back at him.
"Well, that time, you could have chosen not to save me."
Harper sighed before responding, "I didn't want to save you, but Uncle Daniel said we were brothersand sisters so we had to love one another. I wanted to make him happy, so I had no other choice but tosave you."
Howard smiled at that. "You were always obedient to Uncle Daniel at that time. But every time you sawFather, you would look upset. You thought that Father favored Hailey and Felicia more. You werealways against him and would go out of your way to annoy him."
"No matter what I did, he didn't like me. And I didn't like him, either. So it's only fair," Harper indifferentlystated, as if she wasn't talking about her father but some stranger.
Howard suddenly remembered that their uncle Daniel was good at martial arts. So how could Harper,who had been brought up by him, be so incapable? She seemed to be weak and foolish over the years.However, she was just faking it. Just because Daniel went missing, her behaviors had dramaticallychanged. Charles didn't care about her at all, while the other members of Chu Clan never thoughtabout that, so they failed to notice that.
"Harper, do you still remember Uncle Daniel?"
Harper suddenly stopped walking without any warning. Diana, who was closely following behind hercouldn't stop in time, so she hit Harper on her back. "Why did you stop?"
"We're in trouble!" Watching a black tide in front of them, Harper swallowed. "Everyone, gather around!"
At Harper's command, the twelve secret guards rushed to her and surrounded her. She took out theSacred Seal, made an enchanted barrier, and enveloped everyone in it. Only then did the others clearlysee the dark wave. In a much closer look, it turned out that the wave was countless black ants.Everything that the ants passed, they would only leave bones and nothing else. In an instant, theirenchanted barrier was surrounded by the dark surge of ants.