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.
"W-Who are you?" Richard asked in a fearful tone.
Nicholas wanted to know who this man was as well.
Since they had no idea who this man was, they would not foolishly admit that they had a grudge against Caspian.
What if he turned out to be one of Caspian's men?
"Calm down, both of you. I'm not acquainted with him. I'm Kenzie from Vadesia.
"I want to kill Caspian as well," Kenzie said, peeling off the sunglasses and mask from his face.
Richard and Nicholas took a closer look at the man and realized that he did not look like a citizen of Diatoran.
"Do you also have a grudge against Caspian?" Richard asked.
"Of course! Now that Vadesia has officially declared war on Diatoran, we must kill him. He's the chief commander, after all!" Kenzie said bluntly.
In fact, he had been observing Richard and Nicholas from the shadows. He had overheard their conversation.
It was obvious that both Richard and Nicholas were not fond of Caspian. These two were the perfect candidates for instigating rebellion, which made him approach them.
Kenzie had already sneaked into Southlake City for some time. His duty this time was to dismantle Diatoran little by little from within.
He had been waiting for the perfect opportunity.
Earlier, he had seen everything that happened on the street.
He had also noticed that the two had been fanning the flames.
Hence, Kenzie wanted to use these two to start a big movement in Southlake City. This way, they could lay the foundation for whatever Vadesia had in plan for their next move.
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