71 Impostors 9 (1/2)

However, he wanted this trust to be stronger, and for this he turned to Amandla who hadn't yet been joined by Francis.

”Hey! You can remove that thing!” He demanded, yelling to make sure that she understood what he was saying despite her exhaustion, which was maybe affecting her perception of the sound.

However, contrary to what he thought, Amandla had heard what he said perfectly, and it would still have been the case if he had whispered his request instead...

It had been a little while now that she had been waiting impatiently for him to utter the words that would allow her to stop her ordeal, so she was hanging on his lips.

'FUCK! FINALLY!' She rejoiced inwardly, since with the energy drain she was experiencing, breathing was the only thing she could afford to do... and still, with difficulty.

Amandla then closed her eyes for optimal concentration.

It was the first time she had used this skill on such a large scale and she didn't have a very good control over it as shown by the state she was in because she had underestimated the energy it would take to lock everyone up; so just as she needed time to use this skill, she also needed time to stop it.

After 10 seconds of intense concentration, during which Amandla didn't even have any spare strength left to breathe, the walls and pillars began to disintegrate little by little until the only things left were the arrows she had shot.

'I'll thank her later.' Lazar noted in his mind before refocusing entirely on the crowd since he had to see if he was right to bet on this move so that the survivors will have more faith in him.

'Good.' For once, the most favorable scenario happened; no one was trying to run away even though there were no more walls to hold them back.

Lazar therefore deduced that they were ready to hear him, ”Before getting to the heart of the matter, it would be good if I explained the context...” Since the mission consisted in evacuating some people rather than others, it was necessary to be delicate and to lie to make the survivors who were going to be left to themselves accept it gently.

However, Lazar didn't want them to accept it gently, ”Right now Boston is entirely infested with monsters different from the ones at your feet. An operation has been organized to clear the city of these monsters entirely, but...”

He wanted them to cooperate while accepting the truth, ”...some people have used their influence to delay this operation in favor of another consisting of evacuating their children who are students here.” He said in a firm tone.

Reactions were violent and mixed when he dropped the bomb.

”FUCKING LIAR!!!”

”OUR COUNTRY WOULD NEVER ABANDON US!!!”

As if now that they knew that Lazar was a soldier they were considering that he wouldn't hurt them no matter what.

But...

”LET HIM TALK FOR FUCK SAKE!”