The Devil's Cage
Chapter 449

Opportunity

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A convoy left the Latt Family estate in the dead of night.

The convoy consisted of five carriages and more than thirty guards and bodyguards. After leaving Boer City, it headed north, traveling from late night through sunrise and on until sunset.

Only after nearly a full day did the convoy set up a temporary camp in a sheltered spot to rest.

Some of the guards and bodyguards took on cooking duties and began preparing dinner.

The rest either scouted the surroundings or stood watch.

Harold's father sat with Jonna's parents, talking in low voices.

They were full of questions about this "journey," whose destination they did not even know. Still, their trust in their children, along with the "abnormalities" in Boer City over the past few days, had led them to follow Herbert's advice.

Of course, Herbert's longstanding good reputation had also played a considerable part.

"Let's hope we have a safe journey!"

Jonna's parents, a distinguished middle-aged man and an attractive, elegantly dressed woman, were worried about the trip.

"Don't worry. I brought the family's most loyal guards and bodyguards. Besides, we have... Sir 2567 with us!"

Harold's father, however, was quite confident.

Yet when he mentioned Qin Ran, he still sounded a little awkward.

It was not only because Qin Ran had taken direct control of the Betrayer right before his eyes, but also because of everything that had happened on Charlie Street.

He had been an indirect participant.

He knew quite clearly how the whole affair had unfolded.

So when he saw the devastated Charlie Street, his heart had truly been thrown into turmoil.

An ordinary person's entire worldview had been overturned in that moment.

Yet that upheaval had also made Ratt's trust in Qin Ran all the more unshakable.

Thus, when Herbert told him that

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