Inside the heavily guarded mansion of the Deputy Commander of the Defense Army, the narrow-eyed adventurer who had just had several teeth knocked out by Luo Tian's sword was now wailing to a middle-aged man in his forties wearing standard-issue soft armor, snot and tears streaming down his face. It was as pathetic a sight as could be.
"Brother-in-law, that's what happened! You have to stand up for me!" the man with beady eyes cried, rubbing his badly swollen cheek. "If it weren't your territory, I... I would have killed them long ago! But I never expected those noble students to be so unreasonable. Even when I mentioned your name, they... they actually..." He trailed off, hesitating deliberately.
The imposing middle-aged man shot his brother-in-law a cold glance, his voice tinged with impatience. "Actually what? Spit it out!"
