The Lost Heir: Battle Of Royalties - Chapter 114

He’s been throwing and breaking things inside their campground when he found out that someone broke in his treasury and took his precious golds and silvers.

“Who would dare to steal from me?!” He roared while his men trembled in fear in front of him. “Weren’t you guarding the house all night? How could you tell me you didn’t see anyone last night? How could you explain this incident to me, huh? Did a ghost enter my treasury and took all my precious gold bars?!”

He was beyond mad.

“You better hurry and search for the culprit if you do not want me to cut off your heads!” He ordered.

His men were trembling in fear as they fled away from his presence. They love their life and no one wanted to die because of his wrath as well.

The chief leader sat on his chair perplexed, thinking how his treasury was robbed without anyone noticing it. It wouldn’t be his men because they do not know where he kept the money. And even if they do, it would be impossible for them to escape without being noticed unless they escape from the roofs.

Wait, the roofs! That’s right! The chief called one of his men to instruct one team to search the roofs for any evidence.

“How about the collectors? How are they doing?” The chief head asked his personal guard whose been standing beside his desk since a while ago.

“Everyone should be here in a few minutes.” As soon as he uttered those words, one of the men hastily entered his room. He looked troubled for some reason.

“What is it?” The chief head asked.

“Chief! Bad news! Head collector Nej and his men came back but they were all beaten to pulp!”

They were kneeling on the ground with their heads hanging low.

“What happened? Tell me quickly.” The chief head gritted his teeth to see his young brother in a terrible state.

“Big brother, I’m sorry.” He was ashamed to look at his brother’s eyes. “We are on our duty collecting dues, but when we got to Tolemy’s residence, there are these guys who blocked us and started beating us.” He tried to forced back his sob. “They don’t want to pay unless they see you personally.”

“Do you know who those guys are?”

“No. But they have gold bars just like us.”

“D-did you say gold bars? They have gold bars?” His eyes widened in displeasure.

“Ehm.” The man nodded. “The man who seemed to be their leader threw one on me. He said he would pay his father’s debt only if he meets with the chief of the Shadow knights personally.” He added.

“Muster our strongest men at once.” The chief head faced his personal guard. “We shall pay them a visit just as they requested. I have a feeling that those bastards were the ones responsible for my stolen treasury.”

“Eh? Someone broke our treasury room?” Nej widened his eyes in disbelief.

“That’s right. All our gold collections were missing and some silvers as well.” He clenched his teeth in anger.

Ah, right! Now that he recalled the incidence a while ago, the gold bar seemed familiar when he got a glimpse of it. Those men looked like thugs so they must be the thieves!

“Go and see the physician so he can help you with your wounds.” The chief head ordered before going back to his room. As for his personal guard, he obeyed his master and mustered the strongest men they have in town.

On the other side, Cole apologized to the old man for causing such a scene. As for the broken chairs and tables, he promised to pay for it. However, the old man rejected his offer.

“No, it’s okay. Don’t bother yourselves with these small things. But aren’t you worried at all? I’m sure the chief head of that group knew about what you did a while ago and they will surely hunt you down.”

“That’s okay, old man. I told you, those thugs are fake. They are not the real Shadow knights after all.” Cole replied confidently.

Seeing how confident the young man was, the old man sighed and left them.

“You were pretty awesome earlier, huh. You beat them all alone.” Leon taunted. “Ah, too bad, I didn’t do anything even last night. Ahy!” He was upset specially when he was told about what the three did last night. “Why didn’t you call me when you raid their treasury?”

“You were with the two new people. You know we can’t trust those strangers yet, right?” Gideon buŧŧed in.

Well, he was right. The man sighed in defeat. It has been one of the group’s rules to keep strangers at bay. That’s why after breakfast, Liam told the others, especially Leo and the old man to roam around the city along with the women for a while.

Dang it! He cursed under his breath. He really wanted to know what Liam and those men were planning to do.

As soon as they left the house, Liam and the others rushed back to the restaurant in wait for the fake shadow knights to arrive. Good thing they were fifteen minutes early before the thugs came.

“By the way, I saw the bag of golds in your room, did you empty their treasuries?” Lemuel interjected.

Asher smirked. “It was my idea. I’m great isn’t it?” He chuckled while the other rolled their eyes.

“You just made the situation worst.” Cole lazily looked at him. “They’re surely looking for the culprit now.”

“And I’m sure the man you have beaten a while ago reported the suspicious gold bar you threw at him and I bet they’ll come here as an army.”

“And I’m ready.” Cole confidently shrieked.

Unknown to the men, the town was in great distress when they saw the chief head and a number of his men marching on the road. They were all wearing stern faces ready to engage in battle. To some people’s curiosity, they followed the men without a word.

Sargon and the others also saw the commotion therefore, they followed the mass.

“Wait, isn’t this way going to our inn?” Diana was thinking. “Oh no! Could it be that….” She fretted when she remembered the restaurant owner.

After a few minutes, the men surrounded a specific place while the people kept a distance watching what was about to happen.

“Oh no! Mister Tolemy!” Diana shrieked in worry. She was thinking to run inside the house but Sargon held her arm.

“I think this was the reason why Liam asked us to roam around the town for the meantime. They’ve been expecting those group after all.”

“Eh?” She froze. How did the old man know?

“Don’t worry, young miss.” Sarah was smiling as if the thing in front of her was just a small matter. Her face was filled with confidence.

“You in there! Come out this instance!” A man in his forties called out from the outside. After a few seconds, six young men came out and stood in front of the armed men.

Omo! Six men against an approximately fifty big armed men, not fair! Diana was worried for the team. In order to see the team clearly, they paved their way in front of the crowd.

“Where they the ones who beat you up?” The chief head asked his brother who was standing beside him.

“Yes. That person in particular.” He pointed Cole.

The chief head and his personal guard along with Nej, his brother walked near them when a man from the gatekeepers rushed to the chief’s side and whispered something in his ear.

Then both their eyes landed on a certain woman among the crowd.

“Why didn’t you tell me earlier? She’s definitely my type.” The chief smirked evilly as he eyed the woman who seemed startled.

Liam and the others saw his eyes. He was clearly eyeing Diana. Then he whispered something on the man. “Take her to me this instant.”

The gatekeeper kowtowed and went to where the woman was but Leo blocked him.

“Give me the girl if you don’t want your blood to spill on the ground.” He threatened the man who twitched his lips in annoyance.

“Are you sure it’s not the other way around?” He was about to draw his sword when Diana held his hand to stop him.

“Looked like the woman fully understood.” He chuckled confidently. “Miss, my master would like to have a word with you.”

Leo pushed the woman back and he was ready to kill the man but for the second time, Diana stopped him. “It’s okay. They can’t hurt me.” She smiled and followed the gatekeeper.

“Whoa, I didn’t know you have a muse. It would be nice to have you as my lifetime companion, don’t you think so?” The chief chuckled as soon as the woman stood in front of him. “Why don’t you join my team? I will surely make you my queen.” He tried to touch her hair but she slapped his hand and stepped backwards away from him.

“No, thank you. And sorry, I’m… married.” She snorted and run towards Liam and the others. Then she held Liam’s arm and hid behind him.

“Ha-ha-ha!” The chief’s mocking laugh echoed in everyone’s ear. Seeing that more and more people came to watch them gave him bliss at the moment. This is the perfect time to instill fear from the villagers.

“You!” The chief became serious all of a sudden. “Did you steal my gold bars?” His tone was loud enough for the villagers to hear.

“And if we did, what will you do?” It was Cole who answered.

“What?!” The chief’s eyes widened. They didn’t even try to deny it! What are they planning? He clenched his fist in anger.

“You admit it, good. Now hand it over to me while I am being nice.”

“No. Not a chance.” Cole sneered in contempt. “Those were the town people’s money. It doesn’t belong to you.”

The town chief also heard the commotion therefore, he and his officials dashed to where the ruckus was. They were watching from afar, holding their breaths when they saw the armed fighters surrounding some helpless looking youths in front of Tolemy’s restaurant. This is bad. They sighed.

“Don’t we have the right to be paid for the work we are doing? Haven’t you heard about our fame? Shadow knights? Modern day robin hoods? Does it ring a bell?”

“We definitely heard about them, but your group was so far from the real shadow knights.” He looked intently at the man claiming to be the Chief. “So why don’t you introduce your true identity before it’s too late?”

“I am the chief head of the Shadow Knig——”

Before he even finished his words, he already fell on the ground.