"How's the preparation?" A voice rang within the voidness of the sealed room.
"Everything had been prepared, only at your order now, master." Sincerely the other voice replied.
Sharp whispers were heard then diminished.
The voices faded as the room regained its dead silence.
...
"I fear..." The voice echoed once again 10 minutes later, "that all our forces would be retreating after the raid this time..." Lethargic and unwilling the voice sounded, "and all our efforts for the past decades would go to waste..." It then took another few minutes of silence for the person to make up his mind.
...
"Go... just go."
"Yes sir!" The sincere person bowed and hurried out of the sealed room.
...
Emerald City remained much livelier as ever, since things had been happening for the past few days and they were pretty intriguing, be it the martial arts superstar Luo Shi or that mysterious alchemist, those were the topics after dinner.
