Sak'el's voice fell.

The entire passage fell silent instantly.

Thales could not describe the atmosphere at that moment.

But he clearly saw the different reactions of the guards prisoners: Bree seemed to be struck by lightning, shaking slightly and whimpering, Taldin closed his eyes bitterly, with a sad expression, Cannon and Nai's eyes were dull, as if they had been there for a long time.

There are expectations.

But little Barney stared blankly at the ground, motionless.

"So you finally said it."

Samir sneered, as if his long-standing resentment had been expressed.

"Sacher, you."

Sackel remained silent.

"No..." Belletti raised the weapon in his hand several times and put it down several times, as if he couldn't believe it:

"Really, really you, sir?"

His eyebrows were knotted together, his expression was indignant, and he wanted to ask every companion for help.

Naki stared back at him blankly, shaking his head subconsciously.

Kuaisheng seemed to be frightened too. He muttered to Thales in a low voice: "Oh my god... they are right, you Star People have so many thoughts..."

"The White Blade Guards don't have so much trouble..."

Thales stiffly twitched the corners of his mouth and ignored him.

"Obviously, when I questioned him earlier, he was not in the right state."

Samir interjected coldly, with an inexplicable sourness in his tone:

"And now..."

"Does anyone still have any doubts?"

The guard prisoners were silent for a while.

Looking at all this, Thales suddenly understood.

As early as when Little Barney and others were released by Quick Rope, the seven guard prisoners had discovered the imposter "Waiya".

But these seven ruthless characters did not choose to kill this lame liar right away, because the clever Kuaisheng also provided another piece of information that was even more informative:

Sak'el is hunting down the prince.

Ironically, to a certain extent, it was Kuaisheng's talkativeness that saved his own life.

Therefore, the seven guards prisoners followed the fast rope with a different mentality, not only to fulfill their oath and protect the bloodline of Bright Star.

It was to confirm their suspicions.

Confirm whether the nightmare that has tortured them for more than ten years is in Sak'el's body.

Now, they finally got their wish.

Nye's mean voice sounded:

"Surrender yourself, Sak'el."

"No matter what your reason is, come with us to His Majesty - no matter who you are, surrender to them."

The logistics officer seemed to be trying very hard to restrain himself, and his face darkened when he said the word "Your Majesty":

"Go and clarify the truth and clear up the grievances of the Guard brothers who have been stigmatized for eighteen years - whether they are alive or not."

"Then receive your judgment..."

"And punishment."

He bit out the last word hard.

As the focus of the scene, the Punishment Knight himself looked extremely calm.

After hearing Nai's words, he paused for a moment before speaking silently.

"I can not."

The expressions of the guards changed.

Some people even subconsciously touched weapons.

Sak'el's face was immersed in darkness and could not be seen clearly. Only the sinner's mark on his forehead was exposed in the firelight, which was very strange.

His eyes reflected the faint light of fire, and he looked at Thales, making the latter feel uncomfortable for a while:

"As I said, I must finish the unfinished business."

Unfinished business.

Samir snorted softly:

"It seems that the solution still needs violence."

But Sak'el didn't move at all.

It was as if he had sunk into a bottomless abyss, unable to hear or answer.

This made Thales, who was already worried, even more uneasy.

Tardin, who kept his head down, seemed like he couldn't stand it anymore. He took a step forward and roared:

"Bullshit unfinished business!"

"Watchman Sak'el!"

Tardin's roar echoed through the passage.

Facing such a calm punishment knight, Tardin seemed to be irritated, and he was particularly irritable:

"Do you really know what you're doing?"

"Did you already go crazy eighteen years ago?"

Sak'el moved slightly.

Eighteen years ago...were you already crazy?

He raised his head, revealing a face as calm as water in the light, and his eyes drifted into the empty void.

"Maybe."

He raised the corners of his mouth, half-smiling but not smiling, as if he was talking to someone he couldn't see.

I have to do this.

must.

When Tardin saw this, he became even more angry:

"You bastard..."

But a steady command interrupted everyone's thoughts:

"Quiet."

It's Barney Jr.

The guards turned around, either indignantly, tiredly, or in pain, waiting for their chief vanguard to speak.

The latter's eyes were blurred, looking numbly and blankly at the ground, motionless.

Only the rising and falling of his chest proved that he was awake.

"Sak'el," little Barney slowly raised his head, but his voice was numb and hollow:

"Do you still remember how the old captain died in the Hall of Stars?"

Sak'el's breath paused slightly.

Old captain...

Upon hearing this name, everyone in the guard, including Samir, was strangely silent.

Thales smelled a faint sadness from it.

"Do you remember how Tony died of exhaustion..."

"You remember my father, remember how he faced multiple enemies..."

Little Barney paused for a moment and seemed unable to continue.

Sak'el was silent for a long time, and his heavy breathing could be heard clearly.

A few seconds later, little Barney hoarsely said:

"There are other people, many, many people, those who lived and died with us and thought they could entrust their lives and property to us, all died that year."

"Death by your betrayal."
To be continued...