Al Casendra looked at Sir John for a moment before walking past him. Just then, Sir John saw the ghastly injury on Al Casendra's waist. His face widened. Quickly, he picked up Al Casendra with one hand and disappeared from the city gate.
Meanwhile, the atmosphere around the city had transformed. The Ominous feelings spread everywhere. The warm breeze had turned ice-cold and the bright sky had darkened. Those in the city had gathered in the inner part of the city, waiting with their hearts in their throats.
Inside the castle, an old man was attending to Al Casendra's injury quickly. He uncorked a small bottle and poured a green liquid on his injury. Hmm! Al Casendra grimaced, gnashing his teeth. After what seemed like forever, the old man left the room with a bead of sweat all over his head.
Outside the room, the old man looked at the people and sighed. "The prince is safe now." However, his gaze never left Sir John's face. Observing the old man's piercing gaze, Sir John furrowed and shouted. "What!"
"Em—Sir, you haven't fulfilled the end of your bargain." The old man averted his gaze and looked at the dark sky. His hand was trembling slightly.
"Which bargain is that? If you need money, Lily attends to you. Can we visit the prince now?" Sir John stared at the prince's door.
When the old man heard Sir John, he rolled his eyes. 'Asshole. Don't you dare play dumb with me? ' "Sir, it's not about the money..."
Lily and Roy look at each other and shake their heads. They all knew the game Sir John was playing. However, none of them dared voice their thoughts. They looked at the old man and felt sorry for him. You don't know who you're dealing with. Sir John furrowed his brow and looked straight into the old man's eyes.
Will you stop all this nonsense and get out of my sight? If you don't want money, then do you need my life? " He flung his robe, ready to enter Al Casendra's room.
The old man had a cloud of tears gathered around his eyes. He quickly dropped the wooden box in his hand and rushed after Sir John.
"Please. I need you to mark my ticket. " The old man fell on his knees. If the old man didn't get his ticket mark, he knew this next wave of beast attacks would be his end. Though he knew he was on the right. What can he do?
Sir John halted and looked at the old man with a knowing smile. "So your ticket is more important than the prince's life, hmm?"
"No. No, Sir John." The old man tried to hold back his tears by not blinking. But with the look of things, it is only a matter of time.
"Humph! Next time, you must learn how to sacrifice the good for the best.,"
"Yes, yes." The old man nodded.
"Where is your ticket?" Sir John placed his hand behind his back and stood straight with his chin raised at an angle of 90 degrees. Just then, a sudden wind blew and flaunted his long dark robe backward, with his beard swirling in the gentle breeze.
When Lily and Roy saw this, their mouths slackened. "Shameless old man." Lily chuckled and covered her mouth. What a show-off. '
The old man didn't care what others were thinking. He quickly fished his ticket from his inner pocket. He cleaned the ticket with his inner robe and gave it to Sir John respectfully. Sir John collected the ticket and sauntered into Al Casendra's room, leaving his voice behind.
'Wait for me'.
Sir John entered. AlCasendra had just changed into a clean robe when he entered. Sir John's previous smugness had long disappeared and been replaced with an amicable smile. "How's your body?"
Al Casendra didn't bat an eye at him and walked toward his table to read. He picked up his ink brush and wrote some words on the parchment and gave it to him. Sir John quickly read the parchment and a slight frown appeared on his face.
"The project is not as easy as you think. While there are fewer earth mages in Long-fall Pass, the others are only using their physical strength to dig the tunnel. People are already complaining, "Sir John reported.
With no change in expression, Al Casendra wrote another word on the parchment and gave it to him. Sir John read the content and gasped. He looked at Al Casendra with wide eyes. He opened his mouth to speak, but the word didn't come out. He closed it and took a deep breath.
The width of the tunnel is around 30 meters, while its depth is still around 5 to 8 meters. After this beast attacks, I'll send some people to get some earth mage to speed things up. What else do you need—Prince? "
Al Casendra gave him another parchment, and Sir John quickly left the room. When those outsides saw his cold face, no one dared utter a word. The old man looked at the back of Sir John and opened his mouth, but was stopped by Lily.
"If you need your life, keep quiet. "
The old man swallowed the lump in his throat and looked at the prince's room and shivered. Outside the castle, the people of Long-Fall Pass were restless. They looked at the castle gate in anticipation. Creak. The gate opened and Sir John came out, his face devoid of any emotion. He climbed the podium and spoke.
"According to the prince's promise, He will allow you to use the — " Sir John raised his brow. 'What the hell is that thing called? B—what?' He shouted in his mind. 'Oh! Yes. Bunker. ' He cleared his throat and said, "With a straight face."
"The prince allows you to use the bunker. Now, he gave every one of you a mission to accomplish, but all of you failed to do so. So—" His eyes trailed from one face to another like an eagle looking for prey.
The enormous tremor coming from the city gate was getting closer while the sky was getting darker. Children snuggled closer to their parents. The person's chest was rising and falling. They looked at each other and then at Sir John, and fear gripped their minds.
"Sir, What Missions? " Millie Connor stepped out of the group.