"Do you know each other?" The Green Willow City guard looked at the captain who had fled from Black Ridge City.
"..." The Black Ridge City gate captain wore a miserable expression.
If he said they did not know each other, that damned scout thief had greeted him. Judging by that warm enthusiasm, they looked like childhood friends who had grown up wearing the same pair of trousers—no one would believe him if he denied it! But if he admitted they knew each other, would that not mean admitting he was in league with the scout thieves? That was absolutely something he could not admit to. The consequences would be too dreadful to contemplate!
Unable to do anything else, he pretended not to hear.
Yet the scout thief, who had just handed over a large bag of taxes, nodded without the slightest self-awareness and admitted, "Yes, yes, we're together!"
The moment those words came out, the Black Ridge City gate captain wanted to kill him.
Unfortunately, he was clearly no match for the other man, so he could only keep silent.
He continued pretending not to hear.
It would be extremely unwise to fall out with them here. Once he got inside Green Willow City, he would find a way to escape!
The Black Ridge City gate captain forcefully squeezed through the crowd entering the city. Taking advantage of the bustling streets packed with carriages and horses, he hurried forward, intending to shake off that terrifying slave-catching troop behind him. If possible, he wanted to reach another city gate as soon as he could, leave from there, and flee to the ends of the earth... Whatever happened to Green Willow City, he wanted no part in it! Although the Windstop Kingdom Lord possessed Heaven-ranked Level Five strength and had many