Afterwards.
The higher-ups calculated the losses and military merits. When they saw that there were only a few of them left in this guard, and that their main general had died in battle, they were suspicious. They sent people to secretly investigate and interrogate the remaining people. They were all tied up by the brothers. Once the truth was revealed, they would die, and their families would suffer as well. They endured it.
They had made the right bet. When the reward from the Imperial Court came, they became mid-level officers. Their methods were even more ruthless. They were afraid that this matter would be exposed, so they secretly used their methods to silently eliminate the remaining six people.
The fear that was buried deep in his heart exploded under the amplification of this wisp of soul power.
