"What does the letter say?" asked Noel.
"It says..." said Willy as he began to read the contents in it aloud.
The contents in the letter were: "You will never reach us. You tried your best, but guild shall not mess with us anymore. You might not care about the regular adventurers from guild just like last time when we kidnapped them. But what about your most well respected Issac? If you want him alive, please stop interfering with us. Well it doesn't matter even if you don't stop, we have acquired what we were looking for....the Runic Stones you might heard from Jeff. This ends here now."
The letter had more messages: "Besides it's not like we are evil. We are only doing the righteous things."
"Bullshit! Torturing prisoners like slaves, killing them, using them and just discarding them as if they were tools is what they call righteous action? It's not evil? It's bullshit! How can they say this after harming so many innocents like that!" exclaimed Willy loudly, probably triggered by the last bit of message.
Kael noticed a deep seated aggression inside Willy. It was hatred for what The Saints are doing and still claiming they are righteous and good natured.
"Willy..." said Noel, not able to see Willy in that sorry state.
"...I apologise....I let the emotions get the better of me....I just can't believe we lost...Damn it....only if I was a little bit more careful!" exclaimed Willy, clenching his fist.
"It's not your fault Willy...you tried your best." replied Noel, comforting Willy.
"I know but still...it is just too much...They have crossed boundaries so many times. They still call themselves as righteous or something...I...." said Willy, gritted his teeth.
Kael silently read the contents of the letter over and over again.
With that, Kael realised something very important.
However, Kael didn't immediately told Willy or Noel as he kept quiet. Kael understood that it is not a good time to explain because the emotional trauma Willy and Noel are suffering.
Kael had already realised this from the moment he met Willy at the prison. He realised that Willy and Noel might have suffered something in the past to get overwhelmed by this event, especially the last message of the letter.
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Meanwhile at a certain place, at the hall.
"Good thing you kidnapped Issac and me. I am glad I have been saved by you....The leader of The Saints." said Michael.
"No problem...By the way Michael, you were caught red handed by those fourteen guild members you killed right? Why didn't you told me until now?" asked The Saints's Leader.
"Er...um...Well you see, I was just going to tell you...hehe.." said Michael, hesitantly.
"You never told me, you even took the risk by killing more adventurers to instill fear on the guild. However, Guild is stronger than you think Michael. If I hadn't came to help, you would have been done for." said The Leader of The Saints.
"I know...I won't do that next time." said Michael, admitted the truth.
"Well, you need not worry.... Michael, the reason I haven't showed you my face yet and the reason I brought you here is because I already knew you would disappoint." said The Leader.
"What do you mean?" asked Michael, preparing his daggers and took a stance, realising that something is off.
"If guild had caught you, they might have atleast got a clue about us out of your very own mouth. I can't trust a person like you who acts on their own way and never even consider reporting it to their superiors." said The Leader.
"What? Are you saying just because I never told you about the incident where I killed fourteen members, you lost trust in me? Are you insane, why would I sell you to guild if they captured me?" asked Michael.
Michael took small steps toward the The Leader of The Saints to stab him from behind his back.
"That's exactly right. Not only you acted on your own but you even failed miserably. Besides it is your own fault for getting caught red handed by some mere B to A ranked members. Yes, those fourteen members you killed would have been more useful to me than you Michael." said The Leader.
"Oh? How rude. And here I thought we could get along." replied Michael, reached almost behind the Leader.
Leader of The Saints suddenly turned around and disarmed Michael in an instant.
Michael frozen in his track, not able to grasp what just happened.
"Michael...you are not longer trusted. I protected you from guild only to protect The Saints. But I will be the one to eliminate you as you are not longer useful to me. Don't take it personally, it's not evil. Die for the sake of The Saints." replied The Leader.
"Is this....your face....shit....not only you are strong....but to think you planned this far....But I will kill you and take the throne of The Saints!" exclaimed Michael, as he tried to use his devastating right hook.
The Leader used the dagger he took from Michael, cutting off the right arm with precision.
"Aarghh!" exclaimed Michael in pain.
"It hurts right? But trust me, killing you is a righteous thing. So Michael,die for my sake. For The Saints." said The Leader as he cut down Michael's head off.
"Dispose of the body." ordered The Leader.
"Yes sir!" replied The Saints's member.
The Leader turned his back and recalled something.
"Willy....Noel....it's been a while....I never realised you both were alive....But what is this? You both are siding with guild? I guess, you both will need a lesson to be remembered on what it means to be a kind and good natured human. The kindness I will spread throughout the world, that's right...." said The Leader.
"Nothing is wrong afterall.... Everything we do is always righteous." continued Leader with a gentle smile on his face.
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To be continued...