章 205: Counter Measures - Part 11

As if by magnetic repulsion, the crowd of villagers were slowly but surely moving away from the aggressive gazes of the soldiers, towards the opposite side of the square. Only a few of them were seriously engaged in sopping by now, as the tensions, and they all anticipated a dramatic conclusion.

Nila found their way back over to Judas and Beam.

"So this is it then?" She murmured, clearly uncomfortable.

"Did you manage to get much information?" Beam asked.

She nodded. "For getting information, this plan worked out even better than expected… But are you sure this is going to be okay?"

"No idea. At the very least, I'll make sure you and Judas are fine – this was my idea, after all," Beam said.

"That's not what I was asking…" Nila murmured unhappily, but Beam was already walking out ahead of them. There was no crowd to push through now – they'd all moved out of the way long ago.