Given how alarmist the commercial representatives' threats were, Russell had no choice but to take time out of her busy schedule to meet with them.
They were as anxious as ants on a hot pan. The moment they saw Russell, they tried to rush toward her, but the knights responsible for her safety formed a human wall and forced them back. Some even grabbed one representative in each hand and forcibly pressed them into the chairs in the conference room.
As they struggled, the merchant representatives shouted, "Grand Knight Commander! Please, hurry to the arena! My family doesn't have much time left..."
Not much time left? What kind of madness was that...? Was someone threatening them?
The shouting left Russell restless, but before she could question them further, another knight she trusted deeply hurried into the conference room from outside.
"Grand Knight Commander, something worse has happened. Just now, the Kobos Family, the Deyilan Family, the Hogg Family... were wiped out."
"Wiped out?" Even Russell, who had tempered herself through open and covert struggles with the Commercial Union, could not help frowning at the news.
The reporting knight nodded. He could scarcely believe it himself, but the police reports from the scene were simply too horrifying. At first glance, he had even thought they were promotional material for some new horror film.
He handed the hastily compiled documents to Russell. Though the pictures and text were in disarray, they were enough to give her a clear understanding of the destruction of those great commercial families.
At first glance, Russell nearly vomited on the spot. She had been on the battlefield in her youth and naturally knew what corpses looked like, but she had never seen deaths so horrific.
The entire estate had been contaminated with blood, severed limbs, and chunks