RIN

Chapter 63

"Captain Bai Lan, your plan worked again!"

"Haha! We did it. Who knows maybe we could even get the head of their commander!"

Standing on a hilltop Rin, Xu Mujin and a few other Gaundo soldiers observed the scene below.

Just before An Sun and his men charged to the city walls, Rin and Xu Mujin built their raft and swiftly went down the river to return to the North Borders.

Once she returned, Rin met up with Governor Tao and notified him of the situation, and to have the soldiers gather and prepare themselves.

Following the boy's orders, Governor Tao informed the Generals to alert their soldiers inside and outside of the city walls.

In the beginning, Rin had shared her thoughts on Captain Delun and his schemes.

Who would have thought Governor Tao himself was well aware of the fact?

After all, he knew how much it would affect Captain Delun's reputation if they were victorious.

Nevertheless, he was truly concerned once he heard of Rin's disappearance and instantly assumed Captain Delun did something.

To verify his doubts, when Captain Delun arrived at his estate to scold and convince him to follow through with his plans, he knew for certain he had done something to Bai Lan.

Before the captain's arrival, the boy's falcon approached him with a small note attached to its leg.

Removing the note from the bird's leg, Governor Tao reads it to find Rin's familiar handwriting.

Written on it was a list of directions for him.

One of them was offering Captain Delun to meet the Tuhan's to give them the offerings.

Following through with Rin's plan, Governor Tao deliberately insisted on Captain Delun being the one to offer the offerings to their surrender – not forgetting to add a few flattering words to raise his pride.

As expected, Captain Delun accepted without uncertainty. Once everything was set, they only needed to wait for Rin's arrival along with the Tuhan's Commander and his army.

Just as Rin had thought, the clever commander of the Tuhan's caught onto their trap and without hesitation killed Captain Delun.

From the beginning, he was a used sacrificial tool in her schemes.

Presently, standing on a hilltop, Rin peered down at the Tuhan's retreating soldiers with cold stoic eyes.

Abruptly, an icy chill ran down her spine upon sensing a pair of menacing eyes on her.

Looking down in the direction of the gaze, Rin narrowed her eyes dangerously low.

Commander An Sun, mounted nobly on his horse, stared up toward the hilltop rested in the forest to see a lone figure watching them from above.

His gray apathetic eyes concealed behind his mask blackened with a blood-thirsty gleam.

An amused enigmatic smirk curled up on his red lips as he gazed at the standing figure.

Rin, meeting his gaze, calmly stared back, her eyes still.

Captain Bai Lan.

The two continued to stare until finally, An Sun, with his grin remaining, departs with the rest of his fleeting men. 

Watching the soldiers departing figures, Rin turns around to walk down the hilltop – her white robes waving behind her.

Unnoticed by the rest of the soldiers, Rin's eyes dimmed darkly with a sharp light.