On the pier of an unnamed island in the Southern Sea Region of Shang'an Prefecture, a squad of lightly armored Chu Kingdom soldiers was registering the captured prisoners. In the distance, by a pier warehouse, someone was cursing loudly, because a great fire had burned it to the ground before they landed, leaving nothing behind.
The sounds of fighting still echoed from deeper within the island, where some Lishui Prefecture soldiers were still resisting in the back alleys. Suddenly, the battle cries intensified, prompting a nearby soldier to curse, "Those sons of bitches! Once we catch them, we'll flay them alive!"
The curse made the prisoners at the pier tremble in fear, which drew loud laughter from the nearby soldiers. Soon, a prisoner lost his senses and tried to flee. A companion beside him instinctively tried to stop him, but it was too late.
