Brawl in Kalimat (Part-1)

When the captain of the city guards had informed everyone of the disaster unfolding right next to them, the very first thought that had went through Papando's mind was that it was all a ploy by Perseus, cock sure that what the mercenaries were doing was all orchestrated by the very man sitting on the chair of highest honor.

'This is exactly what the Lord of Zanzan had warned us about.' 

At the news of his city being sacked, Papando actually felt a bit elated initially, as the man saw himself as being vindicated in his suspicions towards the king.

And this conviction that Perseus was the real puppet master was so strong that he would have bet not only his money but his very life too on that hypothesis.

After all, the man had Perseus's precedence to back up his thoughts.