The tension electrified the air as more soldiers brought cuffed smugglers or bleeding corpses. Arthur and Lyle, leader of the rebellion, stared at each other with the same apathetic expression.
"Feels like staring at yourself in the mirror, huh?" said Rain with amusement, which the rest did not share. Arthur revealing the name of their leader was almost as if he was asking for death.
"I'm confused," said Lyle as he unsheathed his sword. "What makes you commit such a thing, even though you know it will make us enemies? If you knew nothing, I would've let you and Rain do whatever you wanted. But now," Lyle said and slashed with his sword, and the next moment the giant man's head rolled on the floor, "I need to take extreme measures."
