章 1061: Assassins

As the night descended and the hour of the act drew nearer, both Miss Linda and Alexander found themselves to be a bit relentless.

The former's reason was of course easily discernable.

Despite her hawkish rant, the act of trying to kill Alexander had not been taken lightly.

But given the situation, Alexander really had to go.

And thus even the not so religious lady suddenly found herself praying to the gods for success.

While Alexander's reason for nervousness was due to a multitude of reasons.

First of all, he really did not want this to happen due to how mismatched the forces were.

5,000 infantry vs 20,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry.

It was knowing this disparity that he had tried to avoid conflict at all costs, even spending 30 million ropals in an attempt to pay off the calamity.

But it seemed the mistress of fate had other ideas.