Chapter 461

The ground was covered with corpses—over four hundred of them.

But the women's corpses had already vanished.

Before leaving, Zhao Chi had watched them slowly sink beneath the ground.

Just as they had been born.

After twenty-four days, they would regenerate their bodies and crawl out whole again.

Saves the trouble of building graves for them, at least.

Everyone was exhausted now.

Zhao Chi ordered everyone to soak in a bath first, then rest.

In two hours they'd all wake up refreshed, their stamina fully replenished.

Working while exhausted would only be inefficient.

Sharpening the axe doesn't delay the woodcutting.

Gu Qing walked over to the nearby battlefield and saw Zuo Yuan still tightly bound in place.

But when she drew closer, Zuo Yuan had already breathed her last.

Gu Qing bent down to examine her, puzzled.

She found that the silk thread sealing her mouth had already half vanished; prying open her jaw, she could see her throat clogged with sticky threads.

It seemed Zuo Yuan had been struggling the whole time.

Unable to spit out the threads at her mouth, she'd tried to swallow them instead, hoping to free her lips.

But she hadn't expected Gu Qing's threads to be so sticky—even crammed into her mouth, their viscosity remained extreme.

As she swallowed, they sealed off her throat and windpipe.

She had ultimately suffocated to death.

Gu Qing stood up and clapped her hands.

"Saves the trouble."

Soon, everyone began to rest.

The harpies and naga had taken part in the battle, but only in the pursuit phase, so they still had plenty of stamina.

Patrol and警戒 duties were left to them.

Gu Qing and Zhao Chi returned together to the lord's house.

Gu Qing had just been about to start when Zhao Chi embraced her.

"Rest first. The night is long—there's no rush."

Gu Qing was indeed very tired.

She smiled wearily: "Does my lord intend to last the whole night?"

"What I want to last isn't just tonight—it's every night hereafter."