"Your Majesty, I’ve already sent word to urge him."
"Tell him: if he confirms the demon monkey’s death, he’ll be promoted three ranks. If he keeps dawdling, I’ll charge him with defying imperial orders."
"Yes, Your Majesty…" The Heavenly General nodded quietly, wiping sweat from his brow.
He knew all too well what kind of demon monkey this was.
Guang River Estuary.
In a wrecked chamber, Anna Yang sat quietly, gripping the dagger.
Suddenly, she remembered a promise made long ago, just across a closed door: "Where my lord goes, I follow… If I die too, will you remember me as you remember them?"
After a long time, she smiled faintly, tears falling uncontrollably.
Outside the window lattice, Erik Yang watched in silence.
......
At this moment in the North Sea, the Heavenly General had reached the place where the monkey had fallen, but he kept hesitating.
A massive waterspout raged past him, sheets of seawater fell like torrential rain, striking his body with a piercing chill.
The Jade Tablet on his body flashed again. Pressing it to his lips, he heard a hoarse, furious roar inside: "Go down! How are you supposed to search if you won’t descend? Alive, we see the man; dead, we see the corpse—do you understand? If you keep stalling, even if you succeed, you’ll be punished when you return!"
"Y-yes… understood…" The Heavenly General blinked dumbly, stared at the violently churning sea, and swallowed hard, his whole body trembling.
After hesitating for a long time, he finally summoned his courage, cast a spell to set up a protective barrier around himself, and began to slowly descend.
Soon, a huge wave crashed in, swallowing the shield in an instant.
The shield could block the assault of seawater and withstand the impact of the currents, but that was all.
At this moment, in a world of utter darkness, the Heavenly General could only rely on the faint glow from the shield to see the foam swept past him.
"How am I supposed to search now?"
"Do you need me to teach you? Use your senses!"