88 The Last Request

After arranging the things to be done, Evan cautiously ushered the crowd into the hall. Now, he was really afraid…

In the process of waiting, Evan was always careful for fear of offending Gerian, the pestilence. The old fellow was determined to kill someone to establish his power today. Evan was constantly reminding himself, Never give him an excuse, never give him an excuse; under this pressure, even talking became a kind of torture. Before Evan spoke, he had to think it over and over again for fear that if he made a mistake, he'd become the object of Gerian's bullying.

But luckily, the duration of torture wasn't too long.

Ten minutes later, there were sounds of footsteps in the secret passageway leading to the living hall.