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Chapter Sixty-Four: Second Raid on Hammerhorn Part Two
Every single person in the cavern stopped in their tracks. Then, two more explosions erupted coming from outside. Their fear grew when one person burst from the exit tunnel.
“Raid! There’s a raid!” someone shouted.
As the knight got distracted, two darts struck his throat. The Green Bit pair went forward with blowguns in their hands. They surrounded the knight as he turned into dust without anyone noticing.
My friends and I had our expressions distorted into shock.
“How brutal,” Li murmured.
A couple of more explosions, a Blood Eagle bellowed, “EVERYONE, GET OUT!”
“What?” Raja was surprised when hundreds of stamping feet shook the ground.
They were pouring into the exit. Soon, more people burst from the three tunnels. They were all racing toward the surface as well. Even the prisoners were escaping, but at a snail pace because of the iron balls attached to their legs.
“Something is not right,” I said.
“Me too,”
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