Chapter 446 Auction trap (23)
In a matter of seconds, the attackers had all been killed or subdued by the ones that had turned traitor.
The one that was standing in front of them looking at the driver slowly turned back before revealing a look of shock.
The expression on his face changed several times before he roared out in rage, "What do you think you're doing!"
But none of them cared about him as they finished off all that were left.
The driver took advantage of this to suddenly move in front of this person and put a dagger to his throat.
When he turned back, the only thing that he could do was raise his hand in an attempt to surrender.
The driver gave a snort of disdain before using his hand to knock him out. As he did, he said, "Did you really think that his highness didn't notice your betrayal? From the very beginning, he was just using you for information."
There was a look of regret in the traitor's eyes as he fainted.
The driver looked at the ones who had betrayed their comrades and gave them a nod.
They quickly responded, dividing themselves in half.
Half of them went to secure the ones that had been captured, along with the leader that the driver had knocked out. The other half went to bolster the driver's forces and surrounded me.
Once they were in formation, the driver waved his hand and they set off again.
As we were walking off, I could see that Shaka was looking in the direction of the other group. He was looking at the person who had been taunting and then was knocked out by the driver.
It almost seemed like he recognized that person.
So I asked, "Is something wrong?"
Shaka didn't answer right away when he heard this as he kept looking at that person. But he slowly turned back and said, "It's not so much that something is wrong as…"
His voice trailed off, but then he said, "I know that person."
I was surprised since I didn't know who that person was and I knew most of the important people under the fourth prince. So that meant that this person shouldn't have been someone important in the game.
But then again…Shaka also hadn't been in the game, but he had become someone that was quite indispensable for me.
So sometimes, I couldn't just rely on my knowledge from the game. Sometimes, I had to judge people based on my experience with them.
I asked, "Who is he?"
Shaka was silent for a bit before saying, "Major Iver, he once served on the battlefield against the demons with me."
I knitted my brows slightly when I heard this.
I had heard bits about Shaka's past, but I had never actually heard about it. I just knew that he had once fought against the demons and he had been regarded as quite the terrifying existence.
Shaka gave a sigh before saying, "It seems that people still can't overcome the situation that they were born in. I don't know why he did it, but I'm sure that he had a reason."
I didn't say anything and just gave a nod to show my support.
But the driver said, "Alright, that's enough chatting. There's something up ahead."
As soon as he said this, we immediately focused our minds and threw all of these thoughts now.
While I was sure that Shaka would want to talk about this, it just wasn't the time now. For now, all I could do was make a mental promise that I would buy him a drink once this was all over.
We moved slowly, but there was no stopping the inevitable.
When we turned the corner, we found that there were a bunch of horses and people riding on horses.
It was a full cavalry unit!
For the first time, even the driver was shocked.
When he had faced the betrayal from that Major Iver, he wasn't as shocked as this.
But now that there was this cavalry unit in front of us, he revealed a shocked look that I had never seen before.
It was clear that he didn't expect this at all.
But then again, how could anyone expect something like this?
Even if there had been plenty of fighting today, they were still in the streets of the capital city. Even if the civilians had been evacuated to get them out of the line of fire, that still didn't mean that this was the place for a full cavalry unit.
The assassins had all come at them with daggers because these weapons made very little noise and were easy to clean up after. Even the fireball that had been shot was considered excessive already.
But now, they had brought all these horses with heavy armoured troops on them…
This was going far beyond a simple assassination.
If one looked at it from a different angle, one might even consider this a full blown rebellion.
After all, these were armoured troops that had appeared in the capital.
The driver walked up in front of the cavalry and looked at the one who was leading them?with narrowed eyes before saying, "General Valleta, don't you think that this is going a bit too far?"
The one that had been called General Valleta gave a snort before saying, "Isn't it your own fault for driving us to this far?"
The driver deeply knitted his brows when he heard this before replying with, "Do you realize what this means for you and your family? Have you thought about the consequences of your action?"
General Valleta gave a disdainful laugh as he said, "Do you really think that you can shake us? We all came here with the conviction to either kill you or die today. You won't be able to make us back down with just words alone."
The driver knitted his brows even more when he heard this.
General Valleta suddenly raised his hand and said, "Get ready!"
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