473 THE PALACE

"Master is leading the three hundred people along with Prince Xiao Jun to infiltrate the palace gates." Yang Yu answered, but there was a slightly fear in his voice that didn't go unnoticed by Senja.

"So, why are you here? Why don't you go with him?" Senja didn't understand, as Xiao Tianyao's right hand man it was only right to be with him at this critical moment, right?

"Master told this subordinate to stay and make sure to keep the Azura's backup army outside of the city's gates." Yang Yu clenched his fist.

From the reaction that Yang Yu was showing, it was very clear that he didn't like to be kept behind. He wanted to fight along Xiao Tianyao. But, to stay and held them back was an important task too.

"So, they are in the palace now?" Yun interjected. Stepped forward and allowed Yang Yu to stand up.

Yang Yu stood up and nodded. "Yes," He emphasized. "Master and Prince Xiao Jun have made it into the palace."

Senja didn't know what to say about this piece of news, it was a good thing that they succeeded to infiltrate the palace, however there was something in Yang Yu's voice which still laced with anxiousness.

"Let's go." Yun didn't bother to know more about the progress of the news as his only purpose was to bring Senja to meet Xiao Tianyao, as for Senja, she brushed aside her bad feeling and followed Yun.

"No, Young Miss Senja, you can't come." Yang Yu prevented Senja advance move frantically. "It was too dangerous there."

Senja halted her step and looked at him. "There is something you want to tell me?" She asked him straight to the point. "What actually happen there?"

"That is… The palace has turned into a battlefield. Young Miss Senja can be injured accidentally." Yang Yu stuttered and this made Senja grew more curious about what actually happened.

"Don't you dare lie to me!" Senja snapped. She had had enough with Yang Yu's jitters state, she could sense it.

"Young Miss Senja…" Yang Yu started to plea, but Senja cut him off.

"It has taken a week for them to infiltrate the palace." She remarked. "If you are strong enough to keep Azura's troops outside…" Senja pointed at the direction of the city's gates. "…Then why it took so long for you to infiltrate the palace?"

Yang Yu's shoulder slumped when he couldn't avoid the answer that Senja wanted. "Because Modama's Troops are inside the palace, they are the last piece of The Emperor Xiao Zi's defence."

Yang Yu knew about Senja predicament when she was under Modama's hypnosis and his Master wouldn't be ecstatic to see her there. He thought it would be better if Senja stay away from the battlefield, regardless the reason.

"Modama's troops?" Senja was squinted her eyes, waiting for Yang Yu to elaborate further, but it was Yun who told her about it.

"You had met them in the Mountain Sui Sword Sect." Yun said. "Those teenagers with lack of emotion, right?" He directed his eyes at Yang Yu with this question.

"Yes. Those teenagers." Yang Yu answered coldly. "Modama used those teenagers to fight again us till die. Many of our people couldn't bring themselves to kill them, as they are not aware about what they do."

That was made sense, Xiao Tianyao and Xiao Jun had the same concerned before. That their troops would lose for this very reason.

"Let's go." Yun urged Senja again, without giving another thought about Yang Yu reason.

Senja also didn't think it was a crucial thing to be concerned right now. She had another thing that she needed to do and Yun had been getting anxious the more they wasted time to meet Xiao Tianyao.

If it wasn't because he had promised Senja to let her saying goodbye to Xiao Tianyao and saw him for the last time, he would have dragged Senja to the opposite direction and would have been halfway to meet Riana.

Now, his patience was running out and she could feel it. Hence, when Yun started walk away, Senja followed him without hesitation.

"All of you follow them." Yang Yu gave his order to the five Crescent Moon Members there.

.....

A few meters away from the palace, Senja and Yun could see dozens of death body scattered on the street, most of them was teenagers.

Some of Xiao Jun's army was spare the poor teenagers by tying them to immobilize their movement. Because of the five Crescent Moon Members who escorted Senja and Yun, they weren't attacked or questioned to be there.

Senja walked a step behind Yun while examining the devastated city around her. The smell of death was in the air as she felt an agony in her heart.

The feeling of sorrow gnawed her heart.

"The fight had died down." One of the five Crescent Moon Members pointed to the entrance gates of the palace.

He was right, there was only death body and injured people there that Senja assumed was Xiao Jun's troops. They walked past them with questioning looked from the onlookers, but with the Crescent Moon Members were escorting them, no one asked anything.

They entered the enormous palace without difficulty and greeted with the same scene like the rest of the situation they had seen on the way to the palace.

"Prince Xiao Tianyao is in the palace hall." One of the Crescent Moon Members informed them after he asked his fellow comrade.

"It looks like Xiao Jun has dethroned the Emperor…" Senja muttered at Yun, but somehow she felt not right, there was something about this news that made her uneasy, however she didn't know what.

"Hmm." Yun only hummed in agreement. There was only one thing inside his mind; to meet Riana. He had been waiting for this moment for more than seventeen years and tolerated Senja this far, he just wanted this ended and met his woman. Only that.

"Has this war ended?" Senja asked with uncertainty.