285 Fear (4)

In the end, Marc decided to cooperate in spreading the news. Still, instead of telling everyone to spread the word and risk leaking to those who might cause trouble, Marc just looked for those who looked like they wanted to leave the state and escape all that conflict. He also had some people who collected information to do the same thing. Still, making all of those head to the same spot would be suspicious, so they selected several places that they could use, and Billy dug toward them. Those places were inns and taverns, and people began to escape through them from the next night onward.

Billy stayed at the crossroads of all tunnels and stayed there for a while if no one suspicious and armed would come, but in the end, only a few families packed with their things showed up.

"I suppose I should tell my guards to inspect everyone, just to be safe," Billy thought.

"It seems things are going to happen slowly here…" Svan suddenly appeared and said.