The Man's Decree

At Juliet’s words, Jared inwardly burst into laughter.

“Juliet, to be honest with you, I am the Jared Chance you’re speaking of,” he said, looking at her solemnly.

Upon hearing that, Juliet was momentarily taken aback. On the heels of that, she raised her hand to strike him.

“If you dare spout such nonsense again, I’ll kill you. How could he possibly be like you, a downright pervert? You only know how to take advantage of girls. I haven’t even settled the score with you yet!”

Just as she made her move, the sky suddenly lit up, followed by a resounding roar splitting the air.

The color drained from Juliet’s face in an instant. Jared’s brows also furrowed in worry.

It turned out that Juliet had unintentionally made contact with the arcane array earlier. She originally had a formation plate in hand, allowing her to pass through the arcane array effortlessly.

Unfortunately, she was careless. When she lifted her hand, she inadvertently bumped against the arcane array, activating it.

As the arcane array activated, over a dozen presences rapidly headed in their direction.

“Oh, no! Oh, no! I’m going to be caught this time. Axel, leave quickly. If they catch you, you’ll be in trouble.”

urged Jared

you, Juliet?” Jared

fine. They wouldn’t dare do anything to me. But you, being an inner court disciple,

and his demonic soul having been eradicated might come to light, too. Then, things would be tricky. I was a new disciple, my curiosity led me to wander around. They probably wouldn’t suspect anything,” Jared analyzed, laying out the

“But Axel…”

right. However, she still felt somewhat uncomfortable about leaving him to

I’ll definitely be

gave her

only nod. She said to him, “Axel, be

worry, Juliet.

that,

Juliet went through the arcane array and rushed toward her

Jared finally let out a sigh of relief. He then feigned a

of defensive

exactly the effect he aimed

sooner had he been knocked off his feet by the defensive auras and couldn’t get up