In the alley.
Ansu looked at the cultists, whose shocked expressions were mixed with wild delight, wondering what nonsense this guy had imagined.
He glanced outside the alley and continued, "The Squirrel Gang has been exposed. Our cooperation is over now. Return to the cult's base immediately and report the news to those above."
David recalled what had happened in the tavern and nodded repeatedly. "Yes! Lord Hermit, I'll head back right away!"
The three cultists all looked at Ansu with gratitude. Without this chief deacon, the cult's underground network would surely have fallen into crisis. Lord Hermit had practically saved the cult all by himself!
"Thank you, Lord Hermit! Thank you for rescuing us today! I truly don't know how I could ever repay you..."
David wore an expression of "loyalty."
"Alright, alright, stop flattering me and get going..."
Ansu felt that he had inadvertently won the support of the cult's members. He thought that, having rendered another great service, he might be forced into another promotion when he returned...
Damn it. This Chosen One had not even gotten around to saving the world, yet through a series of absurd coincidences, he was about to rise into the upper ranks of a cult...
This was a development he had never imagined at the beginning...
After watching the three cultists leave, Ansu returned to the entrance of the alley.
By then, the battle in the tavern had largely come to an end. Bodies were carried outside one after another, while more and more onlookers gathered around to watch the spectacle.
"Lord Ansu, the situation has been brought under control."
Freya looked toward the tavern. All the customers had been escorted onto carriages. Only one Squirrel Gang member who had resisted to the bitter end remained alive, but he had already