"But there were city guards nearby when one of the ladies from my guild was assassinated. She claims that the city guards did not even react in the least, so that means the enemy is not neutral third party players," July provided her deduction thus far.
"So they are people who are on the side of the City defenders, yet they still wish to clash with us?" The conditions to join the city defender's forces were evident for all to see, and Sword Demon had of course immediately understood that they must have been from Ray's side of things, thus he immediately sent a message out to him.
Ray was just strolling around in the city. He had originally wanted to continue his quest to clean up the battlefield, but after receiving a message from Young Master Han cautioning him not to so easily leave the city from here onwards, Ray asked him for the reason. Young Master Han merely answered him with the two words: "Honor killing".