The guards stared warily at the forest less than a hundred yards away, beads of sweat rolling down their foreheads as if what would burst forth the next moment wasn't an unknown ferocious beast, but rather a bull head and horse face wielding iron chains coming for their lives.
Among them, including King Heng and several severely injured but still conscious Princes and Sons, a boundless fear spread in their hearts. They wished they could pass out immediately like the others. After all, having been coddled under the protection of the Imperial Family and their own Families from a young age, where had they ever witnessed such a brutal scene?
If they were facing enemies, they could remain calm, maintaining the poise of noble offspring unafraid of danger. However, against lowly ferocious beasts that would devour their flesh bite by bite, they simply couldn't stay composed.
