"Princess, it's the princess!" At this moment, many soldiers on the city wall recognized the other person and exclaimed in surprise, "Master, quickly think of a way to save the princess!"
Sorenshi was beautiful and kind, and often helped lower-ranking soldiers, so she was very popular in the Soren family.
The head of the Soren family had a bitter expression on his face. "If I could save him, wouldn't I know how?"
At that moment, only one voice remained in his mind.
It's over, it's all over.
It should be noted that Soren Shi secretly went to the Rong and Wu families to discuss matters, and now that she has appeared here, it is clear that either the Wu or Rong family betrayed her.
His plan to unite the Rong and Wu families to deal with the Yun family had come to an end.
He simply couldn't understand it. For thousands of years, all the major families had been on equal footing. Perhaps one family would be more powerful at a certain time, but fortunes would often change, and after a period of time, another family would become more powerful. Therefore, the four major families had always been able to maintain a balance.
Have the Rong and Wu families lost their minds this time? Why would they abandon their proper patriarchal duties and insist on becoming the Yun family's dogs?
Once the Soren family is destroyed, how long can the Rong and Wu families hold out?
Why couldn't those two old foxes have figured out such a simple truth?
He had many questions in his mind at the moment, but he was soon drawn to the shouts outside the city.
"Brother Soren, if you don't surrender and show your loyalty to the Demon God, your precious daughter will probably die." The Yun family patriarch stood on the high platform and shouted to the city wall. With his skill, his voice could be heard throughout the entire battlefield.
As he spoke, squads of soldiers carried firewood and piled it up below. Killing someone was easy, but killing too quickly would be pointless.
Slowly burning it with firewood later would be visually striking and would further demoralize the troops in the city.
Moreover, if the Soren family changes their minds and is willing to surrender, they can put out the fire in time and release Soren Shi, so as not to kill too quickly and force the Soren family to resist to the end.
The head of the Soren family originally intended to take the opportunity to lead his men out for a surprise attack, but when he saw that the heads of the Rong and Wu families were also on the high platform, and that the three families' soldiers surrounded the platform in layers, he immediately gave up the idea.
He shouted, "You surnamed Yun, when two armies are at war, they should fight honorably. What kind of hero are you to bully a young girl like this!"
The Yun family patriarch laughed loudly: "War is a matter of life and death, everything is for victory, so how can we be bound by some outdated rules? Besides, we are the demon race, known for our cunning. Are your supposedly upright ways just crooked tricks learned from humans?"
Upon hearing this, the army outside the city burst into laughter, mocking the Soren family for their pedantry.
On the city walls, the soldiers of the Sauron family were filled with righteous indignation, shouting that they wanted to rush out and fight them.
"Don't fall for their provocations!" Patriarch Soren hurriedly stopped everyone. The enemy was overwhelmingly superior, and rushing out would only waste their manpower.
"It's widely rumored throughout the demon race that your Soren soldiers are the most valiant and skilled warriors, but now it seems you're nothing but cowards who fear death!" The Yun family patriarch sneered.
The head of the Soren family knew that he was deliberately provoking him, so he ignored him and instead ordered his men to guard all places strictly and not to leave the city to fight without his orders.
Seeing him deploying troops on the city wall, the Yun family patriarch grew impatient: "Soren Xing, do you even care about your own daughter? As long as you hand over the White Tiger Stone, Soren Shi will be the Holy Maiden of your Soren family. Our four great families will serve the Demon God together. When the Demon God bestows his blessing, all of us will be able to fully unleash our bloodline power and allow the Demon Race to regain its ancient glory. Why do you insist on bringing things to this point!"
The head of the Soren family shouted, "Our family's thousands of years of tradition dictate that the Four Symbols Stone is the most important thing in the family and must never be given to outsiders. Rong family, Wu family, have you forgotten your oaths from the past?"
The heads of the Rong and Wu families looked ashamed. When they took over as heads of the family, they would receive the Four Symbols Stones from the previous head of the family. The previous head of the family would repeatedly tell them to keep the matter a secret and that the Four Symbols Stones were extremely important. However, after so many years, they could not feel any use from the Four Symbols Stones, so they gradually became indifferent to them.
The Yun family patriarch sneered, "Do you even know what the Four Symbols Stone is for? You don't even know what you're protecting. What's the point of this mindless protection? Is a mere Four Symbols Stone worth risking the lives of the entire family?"
As expected, upon hearing his words, many members of the Soren family on the city wall couldn't help but look at their patriarch. To be honest, they had only recently learned of the existence of the Four Symbols Stones; previously, this was a secret known only to the patriarch.
The head of the Soren family remained silent for a moment before speaking: "Indeed, I do not know what the Four Symbols Stone is used for, but since it has been passed down so solemnly from generation to generation by our various families, there must be a reason for it. All I can do is continue this mission so as not to become a sinner of the family or even the entire Demon Clan in the future."
"Hmph, you don't know its purpose, but the True Demon and the Great Demon God do. Only by handing over the four pieces of the Four Symbols Stone and gathering them together can it unleash its true power," the Yun family patriarch continued to persuade.
The head of the Soren family said coldly, "That true demon's origins are suspicious, and the demon god is even more ethereal. Have you not considered the consequences if we handed over such an important Four Symbols Stone even though the other party is a fraudster?"
"How dare you! How dare you disrespect the Demon God and the True Demon Messenger!" The Yun family patriarch's expression changed drastically.
At this moment, the Rong family head also advised, "Brother Soren, do you think we are all fools who can't distinguish right from wrong? We all think there's no problem, so why do you think you're smarter than us?"
The head of the Wu family also said, "Other things can be faked, but the fact that the True Demon Envoy enlightened and stimulated the power of our bloodline cannot be faked. Without the power of the Demon God, who else could do this?"
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