Degrade from Nobility to a Humble Slave

"It's me, Zen Luo. I want to speak with Martin, if I might, please?" stated Zen as he neared the door.

As the light from the torches shone on Zen, the two soldiers could see it was him, and there was a look of shock on each man's face. With a grateful tone, one of the guards said, "Hey brother! I can't believe it. You're alive! Thank goodness!"

The two were soldiers of the Green Haze group, or more accurately, surviving members of the troop!

Usually, Martin's battle plans were impressive, and he took many precautions, so he never jeopardized the lives of soldiers in his platoon, and there was rarely a death under his command.

However, in the battle that day, dozens of soldiers perished, which was a terrible blow to the Green Haze group.

The survivors knew that if Zen hadn't drawn the queen blade locust away, none of them would have survived.

If Martin were the only one to have drawn the queen away, she would've caught up to the troops after killing Martin.

Thus, it was Zen's sacrifice that saved the rest of them.

So, the survivors would be eternally grateful for what Zen did!

Until just now, they all thought Zen died. So, they were astounded at his safe return!

The soldiers knew that Zen was an outer disciple from the Cloud Sect, and although he was only at the marrow refining level, Zen was stronger than other disciples at that same level. Even with his strength though, the gap between his power and that of the queen blade locust was immense. They didn't know how Zen escaped.

"Zen, the captain isn't at the camp," one of the soldiers informed Zen.

Wondering why, Zen asked, "Wait, you mean he hasn't come back?"

"Oh, no, he came back, but...?" the soldier broke off his reply, not sure whether or not he should disclose the truth.

Seeing the soldier's concerned look, Zen was confused and asked, "But what? What happened?"

"Zen, the captain was... locked up!" announced the soldier in a sad tone as he bowed his head.

Zen frowned and in a deeper timbre asked, "Locked up? But, why?"

"Yesterday, someone changed our regular marching route. It must've been someone who intended for us to travel a more dangerous trail," the soldier stopped relating what had occurred, inhaling before he suddenly furrowed his brows indignantly and with an inflection of resentment in his voice said, "Captain Martin went to the higher-ups and complained, angering his superior officer. So, he was arrested. I'm afraid they will punish him for insubordination accordingly, by martial law..."

speculated Zen. What the soldier had conveyed to

all killed! The disciples from the Cloud Sect, Roger, Sun, and Zen almost died,

in his mind, Zen became infuriated!

On top of that, Martin courageously sacrificed himself by luring the queen locust away, saving his troops and the disciples. It was shocking to hear soldiers on the

with authority who can assist us and intercede to have our

wasn't in the wrong, and shouldn't have

had followed Martin for a long time and had a deep relationship with him.

Zen callously. Admittedly, Zen was nobody special here or at

assigned to and swung the door open. He entered and saw Roger and Sun packing their

saw Zen walking into the room, and he stuttered, "Z-Zze-Zen..!? a-ar-are

composed, stood, staring at

Did a master come along and save you?" Allowing for Zen's strength, Roger thought Zen's surviving the queen locust attack was impossible without

the Dragon Fort, it wasn't unreasonable for Zen to have been lucky enough

to be the most reasonable explanation.

Zen just stared at them and inquired, "Are you already

Sun responded, "Yes,

tone, "I suppose. I wasn't in

what about Martin? Yesterday, Martin risked his life to save us! Do

stated, "Zen, don't look at me! I'm merely an outer disciple from the Cloud Sect. What could I do about

While it was true that Martin lured the queen away yesterday, his primary goal was to save his troops. By the same token, and for reasons known only to him, Roger didn't need

couldn't rival the queen

needed to, he could have used his mysterious weapons

rescue Martin, and initially, he wanted to. However, when he discovered it might be

which made him feel uncomfortable, so he arrogantly rebutted, "Zen, I won't meddle in Martin's matter, and I advise you not to involve yourself as well. The person

Who is it? Roger, will

behind it," declared

eyes, considering that the top seven clans had a well-known reputation throughout the entire empire and that they were too large for Zen to go up against any of them.

no such fear. As a matter a fact, Zen remained expressionless.

it sunk in, Zen guffawed and asked, "The Zhuge Clan, again?

do you mean?" curiosity compelled

Haze group. They were just utilizing the platoon to push Zen into