Chapter 130

{Slacker will be Ron from this chapter.}

Early in the morning…

Sakura City was currently on high alert as it was the day that the horse thieves were going to attack it according to the information they had gotten from Sedona City's Lord. The city gates and the docks were both closed and the security was at maximum.

Sakura City's city lord was currently in his castle. He was extremely nervous and couldn't stay still. Because of how nervous he was, he took a few tries just to stand up and was even panting by the time he walked towards the door.

"City Lord, where are you going?" A knight asked who was standing outside the gate to protect him. "You can just order me to do it."

"No, I want to go and take a look by myself." Sakura City's city lord said. "When will the reinforcements from Sedona City arrive?"

"They will arrive by afternoon at the earliest." The knight answered respectfully. He was Sakura City's city lord's trusted aide and knew about the horse thieves' attacks.

They knew that the horse thieves' first target would be the castle. They would kill the city lord and the knights first and capture all the women from the castle. Their next target will be the city's nobles and merchants for their wealth.

"Afternoon? That's not good. According to the plan, the horse thieves will come at noon." Sakura City's city lord said, trembling. He didn't know whether or not the plan was true or not, but he didn't dare to gamble. Because if he failed, his life would be over.

If it was true and he had no idea about the plan, then he wouldn't be able to stop the horse thieves at all with his weak military force. The horse thieves would take less than half an hour to storm the castle and butcher him like a pig.

"City Lord, since we know about the plan, the horses won't be able to break through so easily."

"I hope that's how it is." Sakura City's city lord said while praying. He had a bad feeling. "I'm going to go to the city walls to take a look."

"Yes, my lord."

The knight immediately made someone get a carriage for the city lord, and the two of them went toward the city wall.

After being helped up onto the wall, Sakura City's city lord couldn't help but sigh. "It's been about two years since I last was here."

"…" The knight didn't know what to say. The city lord is kind of strange. All he does is just travel around or make plans in the castle to get more business in the city.

Sakura City's city lord stared at the river Whispering River. It was about 150 meters wide and was usually extremely lively during this time of the year. Ships would bring wheat to the city while merchants would buy wheat from the city. But today, all the merchants were staying in their inns, because smart people knew that since Sakura City had tightened its security, something must have been going on behind the scenes.

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There were eight people gathered in a small alley.

Ron's heart was about to explode. He hadn't expected the city to tighten its security in the morning, and now, they couldn't sneak out of the city since no one was allowed to leave.

"Brother Ron, what do we do now? The horse thieves are about to be here to attack." Ned said with a bitter face. The plan didn't say that this would happen.

"…" Ron didn't know what to say. James told him to leave the previous day, but because he had only managed to get a small number of people, he wanted to stay a bit longer to see if he can get a few more people to go. To his surprise, the docks closed early in the morning, completely ruining his plan.

Ron slapped himself twice, and blood could be seen coming out of his mouth. "Spread the news that the horse thieves are coming. Then tell them that Sedona City is willing to provide jobs with a high salary."

"Will that work?" Ned asked nervously.

"Of course." Ron said.

"Sir James had said that reinforcements from Sedona City will arrive today. We can just leave then."

"Alright! I understand." Hearing that there would be reinforcements from Sedona City, all of them lost their nervousness.

They quickly left, leaving Ron to be alone. They were going to spread the news, and since Sakura City had tightened its security, some people would believe what they said even if it sounds absurd.

A city that got attacked by horse thieves would cause some of its residents to be too nervous to stay in the city because they would be afraid that horse thieves would attack again. As such, some people would choose to change places to feel more secure, especially the people that valued their and their loved one's lives.

This was also part of Lucas's plan. Sakura City wouldn't be able to stop the horse thieves with their strength, so when Sedona City's reinforcements arrived and beat the horse thieves, people would immediately be able to tell that Sedona City had a much stronger army and would be a safe place to be in.

At that time, all he had to say was that Sedona City was recruiting workers, and Lucas was sure that at least twenty percent of the people would go to Sedona City. The merchants wouldn't even need convincing they didn't mind traveling for an extra day for extra security, especially if the city had a place for them to dock and sell goods.

Hiding in the alley was a slender black-robed figure with green eyes. Elisa had a smile on her face as she looked at the people below leaving Ron alone in the alley. 'This Sedona City is quite interesting. They're actually coming to support Sakura City? Or are they actually just taking advantage of this situation?'

"Hmm?" Elisa's expression changed slightly as her eyes narrowed. She stared at the entrance of the alley, her hands on her bow and arrow ready to draw them any movement.

Heavy footsteps ran out and two burly figures ran into the alley. Their eyes instantly locked onto Ron. One of them immediately drew his sword and put it against Ron's neck. "Answer my question or I will kill you." The bald man said threateningly to Ron.

"I'll answer, I'll answer." Ron said, his left hand on his short sword. He was planning to fight them if they asked about Lucas even if it meant his own death.

"Have you seen a woman with white hair and green eyes?"

"Huh?" Ron was confused and immediately shook his head. "White hair and green eyes, never seen one before."

The bald man turned to look at his partner. "He's not lying is he?"

"No." The other man said while carefully looking into Ron's eyes. They sheathed their swords and walked away without saying another word as they scanned their surroundings to search. After they left, Ron took a deep breath to calm himself down and left the alley to find more people.

"Damn bounty hunters. Such sharp noses. Why are they here?" Elisa said, her eyes narrowing. She pulled her hood down and left in a flash. She disappeared from the alley.

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