The dimly lit dungeon let in no sunlight, except for a few low-quality electric lamps that were not too bright and still glowed dimly. Because there is no light all year round, the dungeon is not only damp and cold, but also filled with a disgusting musty smell.

It's not a good environment, but it's a paradise for rats and bugs. If you listen quietly, you can occasionally hear the "click" sound of rats gnawing on wood.

Leonay opened her heavy eyelids and stared blankly at the unfamiliar ceiling, her consciousness still in a brief blank period, her brain in chaos.

"That's right...... I got caught......"

She recalled what had happened, and bred herself up to look at her surroundings.

The rusty cells, the cold, damp air, the rotting smell of wood and mold, and the lack of light, were somewhat similar to the dungeons where the prisoners were held during the "Night Raid".

"Here...... Is it the Imperial Prison? ”

There was a sudden sharp pain in her chest, which came so suddenly and so violently, that she couldn't help but snort, her arm was weak, and her supported body was almost about to fall.

Leonay bowed her head slightly, wanting to see the condition of the wound, and she clearly remembered that the cavalry spear thrown by Javier had pierced her chest. Although it did not hurt the vital injuries, if it was not treated in time, it would definitely be life-threatening.

What caught her eye was the blood-stained gauze on her chest, and someone had already helped her with emergency treatment.

It seems that the general doesn't want her to die yet, at least for now, it's more valuable for her to live than to die.

Leonay didn't thank Javier for saving her, and knew with his ass that the general didn't have any good intentions.

His own existence is just a bargaining chip for him to negotiate with the "Night Raid", and once he can't squeeze more value, I'm afraid that then will be his own death.

Touching his waist, the "Lion King" was indeed gone.

She smiled self-deprecatingly, she was a little stronger than Tazmi without the Imperial Tool, and now she couldn't use the super recovery power of the "Lion King" to heal her injuries, and under serious injuries, she was not much different from a waster.

“…… That's right, Tazmi! ”

Leonay suddenly remembered the killer junior who had been on a mission with him, and he didn't know what had happened to Tazmi after he fell unconscious.

Is it the same as himself to be imprisoned in the Imperial Prison? Or is it ......

The thought of that possibility filled her heart with unease.

"Tazmi! Tazmi! Are you here? ”

Hoping for what to do, Leonai called out Tazmi's name.

“…… Eldest sister? ”

A weak voice came from next door, very hoarse and low, but it was indeed Tazmi's voice that was correct.

Leonai breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, no matter what the situation was at this time, as long as he was alive, it was not too bad.

"It's great that you're okay, what's going on?"

Leonay asked, Tazmi's cell was on her side-by-side to the left, and although she could hear it, she couldn't see it.

“…… It's not good, I was shot several times in the back, and even the lobes of my lungs were pierced, and although I have been treated, it is difficult to even move now. Tazmi said with a wry smile.

"It's also terrible on my side, the emperor has been taken away, and if there is no way to heal the body, the possibility of escaping from prison is almost zero."

Leonay's face was full of helplessness, and she lay on the ground again, and she didn't force herself to move if she couldn't move.

She wondered why Javier was there when they were on a mission.

Is it a coincidence? Is there an intelligence leak? Is there still an inner ghost?

If the latter is the case, the other companions may also be in danger.

Thinking about it like this, she couldn't help but be a little worried.

"Shadow" is one of the killer weapons in the hands of Javier, and the intelligence reconnaissance ability is no joke, as can be seen from the fact that Arowen used it to find out the dens of the "night raid" peripheral organizations.

But this kind of thing is indispensable after all, and what Leonai fears will not happen.

If the information is leaked, there will naturally be a large-scale purge within the organization, and Arowen's arrangements will not be hidden for long at all. It won't be long before someone discovers the unnatural death of a member of the group, and perhaps a clue about Arrowan will be found.

But no matter how much the organization jumps now, it no longer makes sense, and after Arowen got enough information, he concluded that the value of this organization had diminished dramatically, so the relevant extermination work was also being prepared.

Just after Javier and their ambush were successful, the imperial capital garrison led by Wright also came to the door with weapons according to the order, and now that it has been slaughtered, naturally there will be no more so-called follow-ups.

“…… Tazmi...... Leonay ...... Is that you? ”

Suddenly, a hoarse female voice came from the cell on the right, this voice was familiar to Leonai and Tazmi, it was the voice that belonged to Mayne.

“…… Main!? ”

Leonay sat up in shock, the wound cracked a little more because of this action, and she grinned in pain, but she still forced her mouth to speak, "Have you been caught too?" To put it this way...... Hill is here too? ”

This time, the companions on the mission were all caught, and it seems that it is indeed an intelligence leak or that there are internal ghosts in the peripheral organizations, and it is obviously unreasonable to use this reason by chance, and the "Falcon" is obviously prepared this time.

“…… Hill...... Hill she ......"

Mayne's voice was slurred and seemed to be a little whimpering, and a huge sadness could be felt in it.

“…… Hey, kidding, right? ”

Leonay thought of a possibility, but couldn't believe it, and she forced herself to keep her composure, hoping to hear another answer from the other person's mouth.

“…… Stop making such nasty jokes, Mayne, Hill...... What the hell is going on? Leonay's voice trembled faintly.

"Hill she...... To protect me...... ...... by the man named Arrowan Killed ......"

There was a dead silence all around, and both Leonay and Tazmi were stunned, and their minds were full of Main's last words.

Hill is dead, Hill is killed, Hill is killed by Arrowin......

I vaguely heard the sound of tears "popping" on the ground, and I couldn't tell who was crying, but I felt that the already collapsed world seemed to be missing another corner, and the few important things left seemed to have disappeared, and the suffocating sadness filled my heart for a moment.

No one can get used to the grief of the loss of a companion, as if an invisible hand is squeezing, ravaging, and tearing at one's heart.

That kind of pain that cannot be described in words will always exist in people's hearts, and it will always be with them, like a shadow of a bone, and like the most vicious curse, tormenting those who survive forever.

“…… Damn it! Damn it! Damn——!! ”

Tazmi slammed his fist into the walls of the dungeon, punch after punch, punch after punch, so that the flesh and blood of the fist were blurred, and even the white phalanges were faintly exposed.

But he was still pounding hard, like a mad beast.

Hill is dead, and the girl who looks good with her glasses and smiles is dead.

The girl who was always in a daze was dead.

The girl who liked to hold herself from behind and was as gentle as her sister died.

Why?

Why did she die?

Why do such gentle people die!?

Is this an acceptable outcome?

No, what a joke! How can you just accept it like this!?

“…… Falcon! Arrowin! Javier Salmondo ——!! ”

He roared, screaming the name of his enemy with all his might, gritting his teeth at every word.

The wound on his back was tearing, and blood gushed out, staining the bandages and his clothes red, turning him into a bloody man in an instant.

Now he can't do anything, and he can only use this kind of self-harm to vent the surging anger in his heart, he can only use this weak and clumsy way to numb the pain surging in his heart, and he can only use this pitiful, sad and ridiculous way to remember this bitter hatred in his heart!

He hates it! Hate yourself for being weak!

There has never been a moment when he is so hungry for power!

If he had the power to turn everything around, maybe Hill wouldn't be dead, would he?

There was no other sound in the dungeon, only the painful roar of Tazmi.

Neither Leonay, who was staring at the ceiling, nor Main, who was huddled in the cell, spoke, and they were silent and allowed Tazmi to behave irrationally.

They had a similar experience in the past, unable to bear the pain of losing their companions, and vented wantonly, crying loudly with tears.

But as time passed, they gradually understood that this was a meaningless act, and began to bury this pain deep in their hearts, learned to be indifferent, and precipitated numbness.

Before grief or pain, they know that they are first and foremost a killer, and as a killer, they must have the awareness to face death at any time.

Killing or being killed by the enemy is the fate they must endure from the moment they become killers, and no one is immune.

……

Xiacheng District, the headquarters of the Imperial Capital Garrison.

"This time the task is well accomplished, and the next step can be planned."

Javier glanced around, looked at the uninjured crowd, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Is it right to use a few of the captured people as bait to lure out the other members of the 'Night Raid'?" Arrowen said.

"That's right, the specific implementation of the countermeasures needs a little more thought."

Javier pondered, and suddenly glanced at Arrowen: "Speaking of which, it's rare that you will also have a time when you miss, only captured one member of the 'Night Raid', and killed the other, and fell into a bitter battle?" ”

"It's hard to deny that it's a bitter battle."

Arowen touched his chin and said while recalling: "Romantic Fort Pumpkin is worthy of being the first emperor with explosiveness, that kind of firepower is really a threat, because the battle situation is stalemate for a while, I wanted to deal with the holder of the 'pumpkin' first, but I was stopped by another girl, and she was killed in the melee, I have to say that this time the battle was not perfect." ”

"The performance of the 'pumpkin' is that it is strong when it is strong, and if it is operated properly, it can theoretically burst out with a power that surpasses the 'strongest in the empire', and that girl's talent is not low, you will feel that it is also a matter of course to pierce your hands." Javier said.

Will listened secretly, "the strongest in the empire", it sounded so far away.

His master Isidore once said that his strength has been roughly formed, and there will be no major changes in this life, and it is even more distant to reach the "strongest in the empire".

I didn't expect that girl named Ma Yin to have such potential, no wonder she faintly felt dangerous when she fought her.

"But it doesn't matter if there are four or three captives, it doesn't affect my plans." Javier continued, "Lan, you go to the bulletin board in the Imperial Capital and post a notice from the guards that the few 'Night Raid' killers captured by the Falcon will be publicly executed in the Imperial Mall in seven days. ”

Sai Leu frowned and thought for a while: "Is the captain trying to force the 'Night Raid' to rob the law field, and then wipe them all out on the day of execution?" ”

"Yes, it's not." Javier was noncommittal.

Seleuc's brows were mixed together, and it was rare for her to use her brain, and she thought that this time she must be right, but Javier's attitude made her understand that things were not as simple as she thought.

Lan shook his head and explained: "The captain does have the intention of persecuting the 'night attack', but it is absolutely impossible to rob the law field, the Imperial Plaza is located on the periphery of the palace, it is heavily guarded, and on the day of the execution, it is guarded by the Guards Legion, and it is too unrealistic to save people in that kind of place." ”

"With the rumored cautious nature of Najeta, she will definitely choose another way...... That's the storming of the Imperial Prison! Although this path is also very dangerous, it only has to face the power of the Imperial Capital Garrison and the 'Falcon', and the success rate is obviously much higher than that of the Law Robbery Field. ”

"Well," Will silently raised his hand and asked, "why are you so sure that the Night Raid will come to the rescue, and is there no possibility that those members of the Night Raid will be abandoned?" ”

"There's zero chance of that." "Now almost everyone in the empire knows that the 'Night Raid' is an organization under the banner of the Revolutionary Army, and the public execution of the members of the 'Night Raid' will cause great damage to the morale of the Revolutionary Army, and the Revolutionary Army will not allow such a thing to happen." ”

"So even if Najeta disagrees, the revolutionary army will put pressure on her, and she has to do it if she doesn't want to, this is an unavoidable conspiracy!"

Will was stunned for a few seconds, glanced at Arrowen, and then secretly glanced at Javier and Ran, and suddenly felt that his IQ had suffered an extremely serious setback, so he hung his head and stopped talking.

Sai Leu had a suddenly cheerful expression, she looked at Javier with some admiration, and said in her heart that she really deserves to be the captain, she can actually come up with such a perfect plan, even if it is a 'night attack', there is no trick, right?

Thinking about it like this, she couldn't help but be full of confidence in her next move.

"The whole process of the plan is like this, the 'Night Raid' will definitely come, and it will have to come!"

Javier calmly glanced around, and saw that everyone already knew what to expect, so he spoke: "In the past few days, the defense of the Imperial Prison has been raised to the highest level, and everyone has given me a twelve-point spirit, because the 'night attack' may attack at any time. ”

"This is a very important battle, we must do our best to make the 'Night Attack' completely disappear in the imperial capital!"

"Yes!" The crowd said in unison.