Nicholas, who was shouting the chants, became frightened when he saw Sylvia pointing the gun at him.
Right when Sylvia was about to pull the trigger, Nicholas suddenly came to his senses and made a run for it.
As he was already standing in the center of the crowd, he disappeared into the sea of people when he turned around and ran away.
When Sylvia noticed this, she held back from shooting to avoid hurting the others.
In her desperation, she pointed the gun to the sky and opened fire.
With a loud bang, the civilians got so frightened that they fled in all directions.
Richard did not expect Sylvia to actually pull the trigger. He was also frightened. Sylvia's eyes were definitely glowing with malevolence.
If it were not for Nicholas' quick reaction, he might have already been shot to death.
Nobody saw this coming. They assumed that Sylvia would not open fire.
They were too afraid to continue protesting. Everyone fled the scene, fearing that they might be the ones to get shot if they continued staying at the scene.
It did not even take half a minute for the thousands of people to flee the scene.
Some had even fallen to the ground. They did whatever it took to run away, even if it meant crawling.
Sylvia did not run after them. Since Sylvia and the others were part of the army, it was not appropriate for them to continue running after Nicholas. If news were to spread, it would definitely be controversial.
With the war coming, now was not the time to pursue this matter.
"Lord Caspian, Nicholas got away! I had planned to kill him!" Sylvia said when she got back into the car.
"It's fine. There's no need to mind him," Caspian said calmly.
He was the Diatoran God of War. Killing such people would be a piece of cake. He could do it anytime.
His priority was to head down to the coastline of Southlake City.
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Nicholas had been running frantically. Eventually, he entered an alley. He collapsed to the ground and sat there, trying to catch his breath.
The crotch area of his pants was damp. He had been so frightened that he peed himself. He did not notice earlier as he was busy escaping.
Richard finally caught up to him.
"Are you okay, Mr. Archer?" Richard asked.
"Fuck, I was scared as hell! I can't believe Sylvia actually opened fire! Thank God my reaction was fast.
"Otherwise, I'd be dead!" Nicholas said, still haunted by the fear he felt earlier.
"Yeah, dude! You're the son of the Archer family. Wouldn't everyone be thrown into a frenzy if she were to shoot you in front of them??" Richard asked.
"Our family means nothing to them! They're from the military. You think they give a shit about us?" Nicholas asked.
"Why are your pants wet?" Richard asked.
The damp area at Nicholas' crotch was really obvious and reeked of ammonia.
"Did you literally pee your pants, Mr. Archer?" Richard asked.
Nicholas felt ashamed. He did not know how to respond.
"Caspian and his people are too despicable. How could they abuse their power and attack us? I was too scared to do anything," Nicholas cursed.
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