Chapter 206 - Disappearing Stunts

Xian Lang shouted at the top of his lungs, threatening to kill the prisoners. He placed a sword on one of the tied men when Prince Zelmer and Lifen appeared with fingers intertwined and standing with shoulders touching. 

Xian Lang, Ming, Xinyi, Lofey and the rest were stunned stupid. Lifen went red from neck to head with their puzzled stares, but she had to keep her word to the prince, for everyone sakes.Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click /book/the-sorceress-blossoming-power_14314881306034205/disappearing-stunts_50931072510258358 for visiting.

"Brother, let them go. The prince promised to talk with us in peace," Lifen said to Xian Lang.

"Did you change sides, sister?" His disappointments with her were very clear in his tone of voice.

The prince stood in front of her, keeping her from embarrassing herself further. He understood her difficulty in front of her people. "No, she didn't. Don't make her a sinner just because I'm holding her hand. I don't care what you think, but she is important to me and I mean it." 

"What do you mean by important?" Xian Lang stood with hands folded at his back.

Lifen was in distress if her suitor would say something insensibly. "Prince, please let me talk to him," she said, yanking the prince's hand.

He looked back and leaned down, a hand gently caressing her face. "No, I don't want anyone to say anything against you. I don't want anyone to hurt or shame you even with mere words."

"Ma, what is going on?" Ming shouted from outside the shield, wondering on why the prince was intimate with Lifen.

Lifen saw them and loathed herself for letting the prince have his way on her, but recalling his threat, she held her chin high and faced Ming. "I will tell you later, but as of now," she looked up on her shoulders, "Prince, please let me go. Don't worry. I'll keep my word."

Prince Zelmer heaved a deep sigh and embraced her tight. "Don't be ashamed of our relationship. Never think that you're my mistress. You are my wife. I have my rights as the head of the family." He said, kissing her forehead. 

His actions made everyone frown at them, adding to her discomfort. "Please, stop saying that. We are not in that type of relationship yet." She moved away and yelled on her shoulder, "We'll talk about this later." And ran toward Xian Lang.

Facing her oath-brother. "Please, let them go. He said he can wipe us all out if we won't let them go."

"I don't know what's going on between the two of you, but why do you trust him?"

"It's not about trust, but about talking sensibly with him. Do you want to learn first if he's bluffing or not?" Her fierce eyes held Xian Lang. "Please, listen, I saw part of this man's abilities. He has powers. Maybe equal or more than Xinyi. Please, listen to me. Let them go and we'll talk with him."

"What is my assurance that you're not under his powers now?"

"How to convince you?" Then a thought came. "Okay, your favorite food is spicy liver and you hate smelly armpits." 

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A brow rose. "What nonsense are you spouting about?" Xian Lang said, baffled on why she brought this up this time.

"I'm only telling you I'm in my right mind and not under any spell. You idiot." She pouted.

"I trust you then, but I won't hold back if he won't keep his part when we bargain."

"What bargain?"

"He must lift this shield down and we'll talk some place else where he's not in control."

Lifen went to the prince and told him about Xian Lang's proposal. The prince faced Xian Lang and said, "If we'll talk in a neutral zone, I'm fine with that. But your people must stay farther from my men."

Xian Lang nodded, but this didn't satisfy the prince.

"Give me your word. Let those Chiangdas move away back into the city gates and release my men and we'll talk in between the gates and my camp." The prince yelled. 

Xian Lang raised a hand, waved it, and a finger pointed. The Chiangdas outside saw it and walked toward the gate. The prince and his men's pupils thinned or dilated to witness the hundreds of Chiangdas walking away from the trees at their left and right, and went in the gate.

"Now, Prince. Bring the shield down and I will release your men."

"Release them first."

"No. I call the shots here. Your men are my prisoners, so open the shields now or I won't give a damn." Xian Lang said in a heavier timbre.

"What's my guarantee that you will release my men once I take the shield down?" The prince's countenance was serene, as if he had the upperhand, making Xian Lang uneasy. He felt the prince had a hidden card and he couldn't be bluffing.

"I'm here to guarantee his word." Lifen unexpectedly intervened. "Am I right, brother?" Lifen looked at the reddening prime minister, hoping he would cooperate to end this problem soon.

Xian Lang cursed silently. 'What is she thinking? Handing herself as his voluntary prisoner?' His eyes moved, pleading her to leave the prince's side, but she seemed to understand him and shook her head. He swore under his breath with her vehemence.

As for Lifen, she wanted to run to Xian Lang, but a part of her prompted her that the prince was not bluffing. She also wished to settle this peacefully, but she also knew Xian Lang won't back out easily. He wouldn't be the country's prime minister if he was that easy to convince.

"Luqat, Longwei," Xian Lang called. The two ran to his side. "Imprisoned the prince, now." He whispered. But before the two could move, they vanished before his eyes.

"What?!?" Xian Lang exclaimed. Everyone gasped in aghast, but the prince's men were as calmed as still waters. They knew the prince well.

"Don't worry, they are alive. I merely moved them somewhere. So, don't underestimate me, Prime Minister. I can kill you with just a thought. But I won't do it for my Lifen's sake. Release my people now and I will bring my shield down. I gave you my word so give me yours."

The my soured Lifen's mouth, but kept it to herself. "Where are they?" Lifen asked. "In your domain?" Her annoyance flared to learn the prince could bring anyone to his domain without holding a person, yet he did the opposite when they were in his domain. 'Lying bastard,' but didn't express it in the open.

"Yes." The prince replied, but his eyes were on Xian Lang.

The prime minister went silent, in deep thoughts. At the back, Lofey moved and whispered to the human-formed Nianshi and Meirga. "Sir Nianshi, grab Madame Lei and your missus will capture that prince." 

The two nodded. They stealthily walked nearer, nearer until they were sure they could ambush the unaware prince, and transformed into dragons, but they too disappeared in a flash. The sounds of gasping breaths were heard all over the camp.

"Nianshi?" Xinyi called, but her voice was not that loud for Lifen or Prince Zelmer to hear. Her anger rose up and was about to attack the shield when Ming held her hand. "Don't. He might hurt them."

She jerked her hand down, irritated. "How about asking Sir Xionmao?" He suggested, and they both shifted their heads at Xionmao. The panda solemnly watched their inquiring look but didn't say a word. He merely stared at the prince inside the shield, studying this royal highness.

"Do you want me to bring you all to that place?" said the prince. "Try nothing more stupid or I will really kill you all?"

"Why not just take your men away? What's the point to these stunts of disappearing men?" Lifen asked, looking up at the tall prince, irritated.

"I won't lie to you, my love. I could have done that if I could." The prince softly said near her ear. He was not afraid to tell her a part of his incapabilities.

His breath and his endearment tickled her ear, and her cheeks turned crimson. But her mind was still at work. She thought she could stall time and get a hint of the prince's weakness. "Why is that?"

"That, my love, I won't tell you. Never think of betraying me. Keep your promise." Prince Zelmer said, squeezing her hand with his.

"You?" Lifen stomped her foot and looked away, angry with herself. She couldn't believe the prince understood her intentions fairly well. Her hand balled to a fist, trembling, wishing to punch him and let go of her annoyance to her powerlessness against him. She couldn't accept that she was this weak.

If she was annoyed to her frailty now, Xian Lang and Ming were equally disturbed. There was something wrong with her. This was not the Lifen they knew who fought strong and witty men before.

"Don't be angry now." The prince teased smilingly. Then to Xian Lang. "Prime Minister? What's your decision?"

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