Free Web NovelChapter 79: Lies
Two runners approached the gate of Citadel City, and as they entered, almost all eyes were on them. It had been a while since they had seen such expensive-looking and well-designed vehicles in the city, because even that of the Mayor wasn’t that luxurious.
The runners drove straight into the city and up towards the Citadel building, where the Mayor had already been informed of the incoming guests and was already awaiting them at the steps.
There was a certain look of awe in the eyes of Ferdinand Skyrow as he spotted North the moment she stepped out of the runner, and when he saw Roman? He wasn’t sure what reaction to give upon seeing him step out of a runner far more luxurious than his.
’Is that not Roman Rings?’ He had to ask himself that question, and he didn’t need an answer because he was already sure.
He had already seen several pictures of him, and even the clips of the clash that had happened in the city’s market on Trade Day.
He was already too familiar with the face to fail to recognize him at once, but at this point, it just happened that he couldn’t do what he had planned to do when he would finally set his eyes on him.
Capture him.
Not when he had arrived with the Mayor of Strength City, one of the members of the Tyrant Slayers.
He wouldn’t risk ordering his men to do anything about it because he knew they would end up getting their heads fried.
"How do I deserve a visit from you, North Rockbridge of Strength City?" Ferdinand greeted as she stepped out of the runner and approached.
He extended his hand for a handshake, but she instantly ignored him as she walked into the building without permission, stunning the entire council and even the guards as well.
The Mayor’s eyes widened as he quickly followed after she had entered the building, his heart beating fast and uncontrollably. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
Roman had also entered the building without getting a single question from the guards, and he couldn’t imagine it for a second.
The presence of North Rockbridge had turned the entire Citadel upside down... What if it was the entire Dominion Legion group?
The famous group the Reach knows as the Tyrant Slayers... The Mayor might as well have been shitting his pants at that moment after the way North had responded to his greeting.
Everyone was soon in the meeting room, where North had immediately gone straight to the point the moment he walked in.
"A monster outbreak in one of your outposts in Blood Trial Valley. A hundred and forty-three people devoured and killed, including the Head who poisoned himself to death," North began.
"Mayor Ferdinand Skyrow. How do you explain that you haven’t heard about this?" North asked.
"I did... I... I just heard about it, and I was just about to send some men there to confirm if it’s true," Ferdinand lied, his voice breaking a few times.
"Lies..." North stood up. "Now the question should be, how long can you lie about what you have done?"
"I... I don’t understand," Ferdinand’s jaw dropped.
North then turned to Roman, who immediately began speaking.
"You plotted the monster outbreak with one of your Guild generals, Your Honor. Name? General Warden, who arrived in Blood Trial Outpost about five days ago, exactly two days before the outbreak happened."
"The plan was to take the best Entrants in the valley and murder them in the forest, and make sure monster attack marks were left on their bodies to make people believe they were actually killed by monsters.
"That wasn’t the end. You still ordered them to slay the Boss alone, so the other hierarchies and monsters of the same species would follow the scent of the attack, trail them to the community, and cause the chaos that you had all wanted."
"A hundred and forty-three people died, don’t forget that. And that was your doing, Mayor Ferdinand Skyrow. It was what you plotted with some of the Guild leaders and your councilmen, and trust me, you’ll all pay."
When Roman finished talking, Ferdinand was almost completely taken aback.
"No. No, that’s not true. You can’t just accuse us of something like that, and of course I’m a hundred percent sure you have no proof of that," Ferdinand boasted, and suddenly Roman gave him the kind of look that said, "Really?"
At that moment, he had already switched to the Seer Profession and had activated [Echoes of the Past].
With his hand on the table, Roman received floods of information entering his head, and he noted each and every one of them until he was done.
He then turned to North before turning back to Ferdinand.
"We want to see the man you kept under house arrest during your last meeting," Roman said.
Not only Ferdinand had been completely stunned by that question, but his council members as well.
They would swear that no one was there except them at that meeting, but somehow, he was asking them to provide the man they had kept under house arrest? freewebnσvel.cøm
How did he happen to know?
"Well, if you really want to prove that you have no idea what you have been accused of, take us to him, and we will do the questioning," North said with a smile.
Ferdinand knew that he literally had no choice, so he led them to Gavin’s home, who literally had no idea that something was going on in the Citadel.
A couple of guards were guarding his house to make sure his sentence was properly served, but when the Mayor asked them to step aside, they did, and they went in right after.
Gavin’s eyes widened when he spotted North Rockbridge and Roman Rings, because they were somehow two familiar faces, and he could also notice the look of unease in the Mayor’s eyes, which was enough to show that something was wrong.
And then, they didn’t even waste time because North wanted to get to action quickly enough.
"I just have a few questions for you, Master Gavin, and this question decides whether you live or die today. So it’s your choice to save your life and the life of your family," North said to him before turning to Roman.
And Roman went ahead and asked.
"Did you, the rest of the council, and the Mayor know about what happened in Blood Trial Outpost?"
Gavin flinched, turned to North, turned to Ferdinand, turned to Roman, and then turned to North again.
Tense.
And after a long moment of hesitation, he muttered,
"Ye..."
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
However, just when he was about to give the answer that Roman and North wanted, a sudden devastating strike hit the building, and that was suddenly the end of the interview.
The entire building was burning within seconds.
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