Forensic Imperial Concubine by Erika Black

"What is going on?" each soldier screamed as they tried to hide from the invisible enemy. The Great Jade Kingdom's previously
impeccable formation quickly spiraled into chaos as the surviving soldiers in the frontlines kept retreating in fear of being blown
up by the unpredictable explosions. Within minutes, their forces had already lost a lot of men.
Shawn only stared coldly as he continued to attack and decimate the number of the invading forces. He felt like a devil, but in the
grander scheme of things, he knew he was only doing the right thing.
The deputy general was petrified. Slowly, he turned his wide eyes from the massacre that was happening below due to the box
that was by Shawn's side. He never thought such things held that much power! Shawn had only launched a dozen of the mud
balls at the Great Jade Kingdom's army, but he had already halved the number of their soldiers. His men were also wide-eyed at
what was happening.
Toby was on the ground trying to make sense of things when a blast went off and he was swept away by its accompanying air
wave. Immediately, his ears felt like they were shot, with buzzing, the only thing he could hear. He touched his head to check for
injuries, and indeed, he was already bleeding.
"What happened?" Toby roared.
"General, people from the Bright Dynasty are attacking us!" The soldiers who were close to Toby dragged him back hurriedly,
worried about his safety. Toby felt his blood churning. In the dark night, he raised his head to look at the upper floor of the city
gate tower, where Shawn was standing.

face made him look like a devil. With his internal force he was able to amplify his voice across the land as he said: "Toby, the people of the Bright Dynasty are not afraid of you and your puny army. The Great Jade Kingdom has destroyed the alliance between the two kingdoms, and now you have started this war. We will

expected that their sudden attack would yield a different outcome, but they had to retreat and deal with the great and unprecedented losses they incurred. More urgently, they needed to know what had caused the sudden explosions. "Did anyone see clearly what happened at that time?" Toby inquired after being tended to in their camp. If Shawn really had powerful weapons, it would be difficult for them to conquer the Dragon Pass. "General, the enemy seemed to have thrown explosive stones to our men. I saw it with my own two eyes. The stones had sparks," someone shared, looking scared. "It's not a stone. It was a mud ball that had been ignited. I saw when Shawn threw it," someone else interjected. "Could a mud ball do

"We lost a lot of men when we attacked the Dragon Pass last night. The soldiers who survived are still shell shocked and traumatized. We need to lay low for a bit; if we attack again, I'm afraid we'll suffer the same fate. Many of our soldiers have been badly mutilated or just completely blown to pieces. It's a cruel scene I wish not to see again," a general said,