At this moment, Shang was sitting near the wall with his left to the bright outside of the Ancestral Mountain and with his right to the darkness-filled depths of the Ancestral Mountain.
'Was it the right choice?' he asked himself in his mind.
Right now, Shang was feeling deep regret and guilt.
Lash had been with him for months, and he had been Shang's second in command.
Lash had done whatever Shang had wanted, and he had supported Shang every time.
'I had to protect my identity!' Shang thought.
'But…'
'But what were the chances of the Grandmountain Kingdom connecting me to the Abominations?'
'I'm already planning on being very careful with the Abominations. What are actually the chances that someone would even think about a warrior being connected to the appearance of Abominations?'
'And even if they connected it, would Lash have even told them?'
