As we all listened to their confession, it became clear that the fox lady masterminded this whole mess. However, there were things that still bothered my mind.
"So, you gentlemen do all her biddings for the safety of this town, even if it means to sacrifice a few lives?"
The knight captain's lips moved heavily as if they weighed a ton, "…Yes. That's right."
"Dear God… how that evil woman orchestrated all this made me want to throw up," said Evans. "For the love of God, why would you two believe the orb that she had was the Orb of Durjana? It was obvious she lied!"
"We know. We found out later that the orb was not the actual object, but we can't risk it, Sir Evans…"
"Agreed. As a guildmaster, I uphold the adventurer's law that was to protect civilians at all costs. She exploited our primary weakness. Basically, she indirectly took hostage of all citizens in here. Neither Eric nor I had the choice to rebel against her whims."
"Yeah…"
