Max's jaw opened wide and his feelings hurt after being claimed as a bandit as soon as the other side saw him.

"We are not bandits nor do we do such kind of heinous deeds."

Hearing the rough heavy voice, the three screamed in terror.

Their sight reflected in their eyes was a bulky man whose body had been stained with blood.

The man's upper body armour of his was torn showcasing his muscular chest riddled with scars and burns. His body emanated an unfathomable aura which made their legs turn soft.

He smelt like putrid and rotten flesh as if this guy hadn't taken a breath for months.

His presence was enough to scare the shits out of them who weren't even awakened.

Crinkle...Rustle.....

More rustling sound was heard and soon many people appeared in their sight. All of them were armed with a weapon and each of them wore a broken vest and seemed to be prepared for today's hunt.

Their lips had been curved with a crooked smile after finding them.

Aeon patted Max's shoulder and signalled that he will take things over from there.

"See Max you have scared them off. Let me handle this."Aeon muttered and stepped towards the trio who stepped back in fear at each step.

"Hello, folks! You don't need to fear us."

"We all are gentlemen but due to some unfortunate situation we have been trapped here so can you please show us the way out."

'Gentleman...the hell you look like a gentleman.'

The trio thought after seeing Aeon smile which looked quite menacing to them.

The previous men looked crude but this one seems to be both shady and crafty and seems to enjoy toying with people.

Terrible imagination clouded their minds.

"Run for your lives," Ken shouted and darted away.

Glen and Rony also followed him.

Aeon's expression stiffened seeing them fleeing away in fear.

"Pftttt!"

"At least they didn't run away after seeing me. You scared the shit out of them, "Max spoke while laughing frantically.

"Stop laughing and catch them."

Max and Aeon heard the command from the back and their gaze changed and chased after the men.

Johnson who stood at the back with Alex found the situation quite hilarious and stared at Alex with strange eyes

Alex knitted his brows and spoke, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Except for me and Riya, you all look like mountain bandits. If I was a common man, I would have also fled away in fear for my life."

Johnson along with everyone's lips twitched as they heard Alex's words.

"Did you have to say that directly on our faces?"

Riya giggled hearing their exchange and looked at everyone. Sure enough, if any common men see them, they mistake their party for bandits.

"You two are wearing clean clothes unlike us who are wearing the same broken armour and the vast underneath. We don't have spare clothes like you"

"Aaaaahhhhhhhhh!"

As Johnson and Alex argued, loud howling and crying sounds swept across the place.

And soon three bodies drop to the ground with a loud thud.

Aeon and Max dropped the trio on the floor before Alex.

Alex saw their shivering bodies and sighed.

"You three, please take a look at my face and my wife's."

"Do we two look like bandits?"

The three were about to nod their head but stopped in the middle when they saw Alex and Riya's faces which caused their mouths to open wide.

"We are nobles. Noble's don't stoop this low and do this kind of thing."

"I swear on my noble lineage that I will neither hurt you nor kill you."

"My Lord, didn't you once say that nobles and bandits are opposite sides of the same coin?" Max spoke with a confused expression.

Silence!

Everyone swallowed their saliva after hearing Max's words and the trio started to shiver.

A thick vein bulged on Alex's forehead.

He had taught his men a lot of things but out of all his words, this shithead had remembered only these types of shits.

Alex signalled and a horde of men pounced on Max and dragged him away.

"Hahaha! He is mentally unfit and sometimes gets mental attacks."

"So, ignore him, will you?"

The three of them nodded their heads vigorously as they had no option left.

"Folks, can you tell me if there is a town or village nearby and what is this place?"

The three of them hesitated and looked at each other while fighting internally to push each other to speak first.

Ken finally gave up and opened his lips.

"We are near Crestford village which is around 8 kilometres from here. Our village mostly relies on hunting and agriculture for food so we came here in the Crestford forest to hunt often."

Alex nodded and asked his next question"Can you tell me what happened to the war between Arkham and Kinley."

The three men's eyes gleamed for a moment.

Glenn who was silent till now for a moment spoke up after mustering his courage.

"Are you the survivors of that war?"

The atmosphere suddenly became chilly out of nowhere which made Glenn frown as he felt that he had asked something, he shouldn't have.

Alex's easy-going expression became stern.

"Yes!" He spoke with a stern expression.

Ken swallowed his saliva and explained"We lost the war against Kinley. Our Second Prince had died. We don't know much about the Kinley side but as far as we know a third party had interfered."

"How did you know so many things? Shouldn't this thing be kept hidden?" Johnson asked with a frown.

"Are you kidding me? The entire Empire is mourning now due to His Highness's death and has descended into chaos."

"What?" Johnson muttered confused and stared at Alex and said"When did the Second Prince die....."

Johnson's words halted as he saw Alex's grim mood while other faces became pale.

As he repeated the words, he realised something and his eyes widened as wide as saucers.

"It can't be..." He spoke with a shivering tone.

Alex looked up and spoke with a faint voice"We are not Kinley but in Arkham."

His faint words echoed in everyone's ears like a thunderstorm.

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