# Chapter 10: No Reason Why
A few pieces of gravel flew past Su Xiao's face as he stepped forward into the ancient castle ahead.
At this moment, this three-story ancient castle was already partially collapsed. A hole about five meters in diameter had appeared at the main entrance on the first floor, with rubble and twisted corpses scattered around.
Boom, boom, boom.
The situation inside the ancient castle could only be described as earth-shaking. Amu was rampaging through here.
Imperial Guards rushed into the castle one after another. They slashed at anyone they saw, regardless of whether they were men, women, old, or young.
"Ah!!"
A woman's scream came from the second floor of the castle. Su Xiao stomped on the ground beneath him. A blade gleam flashed, and a hole was cut through the outer wall of the second floor. He entered a room on the second floor of the castle.
What met his eyes were the bodies of women everywhere. An Imperial Guard clad in black armor stood in place, his black armor stained with blood.
This Imperial Guard nodded to Su Xiao in respect, then turned and rushed out of the room.
Su Xiao walked out of the room holding his blade. The ancient castle had become a living hell, with severed corpses everywhere. These Imperial Guards were not weak in strength.
A minute later, the castle fell silent. Su Xiao sat on an exquisite wooden chair on the third floor. An Imperial Guard dragged a man and a woman toward him.
"Imperial Guards, have you gone mad? I am Ian Polit. I want to see His Majesty the King!"
Ian Polit shouted loudly, but unfortunately, his status as a councilor was now worthless.
Ian Polit scanned his surroundings with a terrified gaze. Soon, he saw Su Xiao sitting on the wooden chair. At that moment, his body began to go limp, and his originally flushed face quickly turned ashen.
"Iron... Iron Hand, I only want to know one thing. Which matter of mine went against His Majesty's will? Why? That old freak... no, that's wrong. Why did His Majesty..."
Ian Polit's breathing was rapid. The moment he saw Su Xiao, he knew that he wouldn't survive today.
"Wait, I want to see His Highness!!"
The Dragon-Slaying Flash in Su Xiao's hand was drawn a small distance from its sheath, and a blade gleam flew out.
Puchi.
Blood splattered. Two bodies cut into four sections fell to the ground.
Su Xiao stood up and walked out of the castle. As soon as he exited, he found that many people had gathered around the castle. Among them were basically no officials, mostly wealthy merchants.
"What's going on here?"
"I'm not sure, but something happened to Lord Warner's estate. The city guard will arrive soon. Just who are these madmen, killing people openly in the royal capital?"
"The city guard is here."
The sound of orderly footsteps came. It was several hundred soldiers clad in armor, the troops responsible for maintaining order in the royal capital.
Just as the city guard arrived, Su Xiao, Amu, and the ten Imperial Guards walked out of the castle. Due to the dim lighting, the onlookers couldn't clearly see the faces of Su Xiao and the others.
What happened next made the onlookers' jaws drop. They had originally thought they would witness a good show of the city guard surrounding and killing "villains," but things didn't develop as they had imagined.
The several hundred city guards made way. They all knelt on one knee. Su Xiao and the others openly left the castle and soon disappeared into the night.
The wealthy merchants stared at each other in shock. Just now, they had seen Su Xiao's left hand, which made them know that something major was bound to happen in the royal capital tonight—something earth-shattering.
These several hundred city guards were certainly not there to arrest Su Xiao and the others. They had only one purpose in coming here: to collect the bodies.
Su Xiao leaped across the multi-story buildings of the royal capital. The news of Councilor Ian's death would spread quickly, so he needed to deal with the subsequent targets as soon as possible. This concerned an unexpected bonus.
Just as Councilor Ian Polit was executed, Su Xiao had successfully activated a side mission.
[Side Mission: Purge]
Difficulty Level: 27
Mission Brief: Within three hours, purge the Kingdom Councilor (Ian Polit), Inspector (Warner Vorn), High Priest of the Holy Church (Zabov), and Chief Justice (Elvie Anthony).
Mission Time Limit: 3 hours.
Mission Reward: 100,000 Paradise Coins.
Mission Penalty: Significant decrease in the Old King's trust.
...
Seeing the reward for this side mission, Su Xiao was very surprised. This was the mission with the most Paradise Coins he had ever received, bar none.
This made Su Xiao realize one thing: the rewards in this world would be very generous. After all, this was a Primordial World that required "payment" to enter. If the rewards weren't generous enough, it would likely result in a loss.
Su Xiao quickened his pace. The ten Imperial Guards immediately followed. These people probably had decent Agility attributes, but if Su Xiao moved at full speed, they would be completely unable to keep up.
...
Inside a luxurious two-story residence.
Thump, thump, thump.
Urgent knocking disturbed the homeowner's sweet dreams. He sat up with a whoosh, anger in his eyes.
After a series of footsteps, Inspector Warner Vorn opened his front door.
"Rott, if what you're about to say isn't important, I'll throw you into Bakaka's cage."
Warner Vorn was a short, fat middle-aged man. He was in charge of all construction rights in the royal capital. This was a position with considerable real power, so he had a bad temper. As for the "Bakaka" he mentioned, that was a large vicious dog he kept.
Rott, standing at the door, gulped down saliva.
"My Lord, did you hear that loud noise earlier?"
"Hmm? What was that?"
"That was the Iron..."
Zheng.
A long blade chimed. A blood line appeared on Rott's face, and he fell straight to the side.
Warm blood splashed onto Inspector Warner's face. He instinctively closed his eyes and tilted his head back. When he opened his eyes, he found a pair of eyes looking at him.
"Hello, Warner Vorn."
Zzz~
The Realm Severing Thread tightened. Warner Vorn's head flew up. Clean and decisive. Warner Vorn's mouth was slightly open, his expression showing both surprise and regret.
Although Su Xiao was accompanied by ten formidable Imperial Guards, these Imperial Guards could not attack these officials. This involved many political issues. Su Xiao, who had the Old King's permission, could kill these people, but they could not.
Warner Vorn was dead. Next was clearing out this building. Although the Old King's secret order only named four people, in reality, it meant leaving no survivors.
"Kill."
As soon as Su Xiao spoke, those ten killing machines rushed into the room, followed by a few short screams.
Total time: 56 seconds. Warner Vorn and his family were all silenced.
Ten minutes later, in the courtyard of a small estate.
Zheng!
A circular blade gleam spread out. Over a dozen robed clergy members stood frozen in place.
This was the residence of the third target, High Priest of the Holy Church, Zabov. This guy had already caught wind of something and was preparing to flee the royal capital.
On the lawn in the courtyard, Su Xiao lightly flicked the Dragon-Slaying Flash in his hand. Dozens of corpses lay around him.
A couple carrying backpacks hid in the distance, staring at Su Xiao with terrified eyes.
"I, I, I am an envoy sent by the gods. Even if His Majesty wants to have me killed, he must obtain the gods' consent!"
Clearly, High Priest Zabov was a divine stick. Even at this point, he was still thinking about the gods' consent.
Su Xiao slowly walked toward High Priest Zabov. Zabov might have been too terrified, as he actually grabbed his wife beside him and pulled her in front of himself as a shield.
This beautiful woman was stunned. Just a few minutes ago, she had been ready to die together with her husband. In her eyes, her husband was a devout divine envoy, someone worthy of entrusting her life to. Even if they were to die today, they would go to the gods' kingdom.
With that one small pull, all of the beautiful woman's illusions shattered.