So, it would have been simpler to just kill him on the road.
What, you speak of the sanctity of life? Cough, we are all subjects of the royal family, and should the royals dictate your death, what grounds do you have for resentment or defiance?
As for Tanbudo's purpose in infiltrating the shrine, it was truly as simple and shallow as Sadek had described, so much so that Chen Gu doubted his intelligence. Moreover, he couldn't understand how a guy like that could have awakened spiritual power.
Chen Gu shook his hand. "Let's go, let's find the other two."
If Chen Gu had gleaned any useful insight from the contents of Tanbudo's filthy, long-skulled head, it was that the other two royals in the shrine, Rayleigh Augustine and Michel Augustine, were likely problematic.
Tanbudo thought so solely because these two individuals showed restraint everywhere within the shrine. In his memory, he believed it was his 'formidable might' that prevented them from daring to provoke him.
