The Ginsengfruit had no idea what these people were terrified of. Clearly, his perspective and theirs were not on the same page.

Dark Night, mounted on his horse, had a flash in his eyes for a moment, then found everything before him quite reasonable.

If the woman before him were truly simple, how could she have easily emerged from the selection competition?

Also, after concealing her presence, she could still alarm so many Defensive Arrays.

Seeing the awkward silence, the Ginsengfruit had no choice but to continue speaking, "Hey, what exactly are you trying to do, not only blocking me but also whipping me!"

Ginsengfruit now could skillfully use the tactic of turning the tables.

Anyway, as long as he took the initiative, no one else could hope to show him disdain.

Dark Night gave a strong shake with the hand holding the whip, but this time, he didn’t whip anyone with it; instead, he retracted the whip.

The skillful whip handling was truly impressive, even making the Ginsengfruit somewhat envious.

His whip was not as long as Dark Night’s, nor could he use it as beautifully, but when his whip hit someone, it was also quite painful.

"Our Guard Army wants to invite you to come with us."

The Ginsengfruit was at a loss for words. Even though he bore Yun Ran’s face, at the moment, he didn’t really care about his image and wanted to roll his eyes at the man.

Did he look naive and clueless? How could he foolishly follow these obviously troublesome people?

"Oh, no way!"

Ginsengfruit’s refusal was expected by Dark Night, yet he didn’t plan to comply with the Ginsengfruit’s wishes.

Dark Night made a gesture, and the people who were originally neatly lined up on horseback suddenly parted, opening up a path.

The complete uniformity of the action was truly astonishing—at least from Ginsengfruit’s perspective.

Dark Night squeezed the horse beneath him with his legs, and it seemed to receive a command.

The horse swiftly adjusted its position to make the opened path appear even wider.

Ginsengfruit: ...

He now felt this person was a bit out of his mind, seemingly without ears.

The people still watching were also puzzled, clearly not expecting this person to completely ignore them.

Now, he was utterly ignoring them, speaking only to the girl named Yun Ran.

Moreover, he seemed intent on forcibly ’inviting’ the girl away.

"Do you think Yun Ran will go with him?"

"You ask me, whom should I ask? If I knew everything, would I be standing here stupidly watching?"

"I’m growing more curious—what exactly does this Dark Night guy think he’s doing? I thought there’d be a fight, but then, just this?"

...

Many found the situation before them unclear, and even faintly felt they were being ignored.

But clearly, no matter their thoughts, no one bothered to pay attention to them.

"Sir, please!"

Dark Night’s voice rang out once more, completely disregarding the Ginsengfruit’s previous refusal.

Ginsengfruit: ...

Forget it, he was too tired to argue with these people. Some just couldn’t grasp human speech.

Truly more stubborn than data!

The Ginsengfruit said nothing and stood boldly in the middle, confronting Dark Night’s group.

If not for the breathing of the Guard Army, watching them now made it seem as if they were statues.

The high ranks of Moonlight City, witnessing this scene, were also displeased.

However, their displeasure wasn’t because Dark Night’s group wanted to take away ’Yun Ran.’

But more because they, as Moonlight City’s rulers, were so blatantly ignored.

If Yun Ran was truly taken away under everyone’s gaze and right under their noses by a mysterious group.

Needless to say, in the future, the people of Moonlight City would likely lose face.

Who could deny that ’Yun Ran,’ emerging safely from the selection competition, hadn’t brought anything out with her?

In the past, those who survived until the end came out utterly wounded.

Not to mention this ’Yun Ran’ seemed unrestricted and could speak about the selection competition.

This was a first for the people of Moonlight City.

So, for many reasons, they couldn’t just watch as ’Yun Ran’ was taken away.

"Hold on!"

The City Lord, who had previously refrained from speaking hastily before the situation was clear, stepped out.

His age was average among Moonlight City’s high ranks, thus his presence wasn’t weak.

"Guard Army leader, is it? I want to ask, who approved your Guard Army, and how did you get in here?"

If not for the spectators, the City Lord would have cursed: What audacity for impostors to act so brazenly before those in power.

His words almost boldly suggesting these people were fake.

If they were truly Guard Army, how could even the City Lord be unaware?

Dark Night hadn’t intended to deal with these so-called high ranks.

Moonlight City experienced turmoil many years ago; the direct lineage of the first City Lord perished long ago, leaving these people whose ancestors’ identities were unknown.

As for Moonlight City’s true foundation, they were completely clueless.

But outwardly, Moonlight City did need management; otherwise, the Guard Army wouldn’t tolerate their arrogance.

"No comment!"

Dark Night, on horseback, looked at the City Lord as if looking at a meddling servant, utterly ignoring him.

The City Lord was nearly beside himself with rage; since gaining power, he’d never been treated so disdainfully.

Was this an answer to his question?

No, this was naked provocation, totally disregarding him as Moonlight City’s City Lord.

If today’s events were casually dismissed, who would respect him, who would respect Moonlight City! 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"Outrageous! I spared you face by not exposing your identities, and you dare act like you’re actually credible!"

They really think some skill allows them to act lawlessly!

Moonlight City stood strong for so many years, even making Dark Masters abide by their rules.

Do they really think Moonlight City runs a welfare center, with no thunderous methods!