"City Guard? They got here that fast?"
They had just wiped out the Snake Fang Gang and had not even had time to loot the spoils when the City Guard had already surrounded the Snake Fang hideout. They had moved far too quickly.
Even if someone had reported them, they should not have arrived this fast. The City Guard was not a rapid response force. There had to be a reason for their swift arrival.
Sauron remembered what the gang members had said when he killed the Snake Fang Leader. "You dare kill him? You're dead!"
Clearly, the Snake Fang Gang had deep ties with the City Guard.
"Take them down! Kill anyone who resists!"
The Snake Fang hideout was really just an ordinary, unremarkable courtyard. At that moment, the City Guard had surrounded it.
Lines of crossbowmen stood neatly arranged around the courtyard. They wore gleaming silver chainmail, carried longswords at their waists, and held black iron crossbows. Their sharp, three-edged arrowheads glinted with cold light beneath the sun.
They were superbly equipped. This was an elite force, not ordinary City Guard soldiers.
A small cavalry unit stood directly in front of the courtyard.
A middle-aged man sat atop a warhorse, loudly issuing orders.
He wore full silver armor, a finely crafted knight's longsword at his waist, and a crimson cloak draped over his back. He looked imposing and majestic.
He was a powerful knight. The iron-blooded aura radiating from him seemed tinged with wisps of dark red Blood Qi, sending chills through the heart.
More than a dozen heavily armored cavalrymen stood in formation behind him. Their warhorses snorted and pawed at the ground, seemingly ready to charge at any moment.
"Damn it!"
Faced with such a formation, Sauron's face turned ashen.
Sauron and Vivian's strength had grown