Reborn as the Henchman Who Protects the Villain novel · Chapter 18 of 24
Chapter 18: Dawn in the Master's Hand
Zhu Hongdao lifted Dawnbreak in both hands, and the Terrace went white.
"I am sorry," he said, in the same kind voice, to ten thousand people. "I have wanted to do this for forty years."
He drove the sword down through the stones.
It went in to the hilt, and the ground under Shi Wen's boots jumped.
A crack ran from the blade to the edge of the Terrace in one bright line and split into six.
The Fairness Mirror burst on its stand and the pieces rang on the stones.
Someone on the slopes screamed, and then everyone was screaming.
Out of the cracks, a long cold breath came up.
It smelled of rain on rock.
Every red lantern in the valley, on the gate and the Hall and the roofs, went out at once.
Duan Linxiao dropped to one knee with his sword point on the stone and his hand pressed flat against his chest.
The silver lines had come back, bright as wire, up his throat and across his jaw.
"Linxiao," said Shi Wen.
"It is the Gate." The Lord's voice was thin. "He has cracked the Gate."
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–12 of Reborn as the Henchman Who Protects the Villain are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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