Chapter 73 - Impostors (11) (2/2)
This part was totally true and what was going to follow too, Lazar wanted to keep betting on honesty while still hiding a few things that might not go in his favor.
Seeing from their expressions that people were beginning to see this option as something positive, Lazar was quick to destroy their optimism, ”But it would be a mistake to think that in all of this I'm the only person you have to take into account...” He declared in a cold tone.
”After I'm gone, the Army will send a detachment of soldiers here. They will take who they want, leave the rest behind when it's done, and let me tell you that if you don't cooperate at that moment, it will surely get bloody. They might even kill you just so they don't leave any witnesses that could attest that they didn't evacuate all the civilians present even though they could, anything is possible now.”
As the hopeful faces of the people in the crowd were gradually replaced by anxious ones, and that even the woman pointing her weapon at Lazar was losing the smugness in her eyes, Lazar decided to come to the worst part of this option, ”In the end, even if they don't kill you, I don't think they will come back to evacuate you, and if they don't, then the problem will come from the monsters roaming around the city...”
At the very mention of the word 'monsters' the woman lowered her saber because all of a sudden he seemed to have tripled in weight and the fear that people were feeling intensified, but Lazar wasn't satisfied yet and went to the end of his reasoning.
”I think the only reason you haven't crossed them yet is because the Draugur were monopolizing the territory, and if what I'm saying is accurate then it's only a matter of time before the other monsters realize they're dead. In that case, your only chance of survival would be either to take care of the monsters which will come here by yourself, or pray that someone will kill all of them before one of them had the time to get here.”
Unlike the vast majority of people who had focused on Lazar's last sentence, the woman's attention was locked on one word, ”Draugur? Like the vampiric creatures of northern mythology?” She asked with a pensive look.
”That's right, the system the gods gave us allows us to know what we're dealing with if we manage to kill it.” Lazar replied, resting his cold gaze on the young blond man he was staring at earlier, which startled the latter.
The woman pondered a little before asking another question, ”In that case that means you killed at least one of those monsters?” She asked with a vague idea of the importance of his answer.
”Yes, all those at your feet without exception...” He answered without looking away from the person he was staring at.
Seeing that questioning and even distrustful glances were addressed to him, Lazar completed his sentence while indicating Trevor with a nod of his head, ”...and before you get rude, ask yourself why the person who took credit for my actions doesn't refute my words and has kept his mouth shut since I arrived?”