Then Commander Isaac said confidently, “Besides, evil can never win. As long as there are good men fighting, evil will never win, and justice will always triumph.”
Everyone agreed with him and repeated solemnly, “Justice will always triumph.”
After that, they bowed their heads and said a short prayer to the god of justice. When they were done with the prayer, they resumed their meeting.
Another captain spoke up. This time the captain was already ashamed before he spoke.
He was ashamed because the bad news he was about to report was due to his negligence. So it was his fault.
He said slowly and with his head bowed in shame, “Bushwick still hasn’t been captured, sir. We have pursued him to the nearby forest. The forest is dark and dangerous, which is why we haven’t been able to capture him. But I promise that we will get him soon.” Uploaded by the M|V|L(EMPYR) team.
Commander Isaac’s emotions had calmed down greatly after that short prayer. But he found his blood pressure rising quickly as he listened to this report.
His anger rose faster than normal and even managed to reach his limit this time around. This was because he was angry and had a target nearby that he could vent on.
He slammed his fist against the table in anger and said, “I’ve had enough. Follow me now to capture him.”
A captain tried to calm him down by saying, “But sir…”
He couldn’t complete what he wanted to say because Commander Isaac had appeared in front of him abruptly and asked him in a low voice that resembled a growl, “Will you follow me or try to stop me?”
The captain had to nod in support. He even expressed his support verbally by saying, “Yes, sir. Right away, sir. We have to capture him as soon as possible.”
Commander Isaac shook his head and said, “This is not a quest to recapture him. We have already done that twice before. This time we will kill him once we encounter him.”
“If he doesn’t want to behave like a good, self-respecting prisoner, then he will have to behave like a corpse. He is due for judgment anyway.”
This time, there was no one in disagreement. Actually, they were all motivated to hunt Bushwick to kill him.
Before, they didn’t think it was worth it for the commander to pursue Bushwick in order to recapture him. Bushwick simply wasn’t worth so much effort.
There is also the fact that he had escaped from prison before and could escape again, which would make such precious effort go to waste. So they didn’t want the commander to pursue Bushwick.
But if the goal was to kill an escaped prisoner who was also a criminal that killed so many judges and lamp bearers, then they are all for it.
Everyone rushed out of the command tent immediately and began to prepare for the pursuit. They didn’t take long to prepare because Commander Isaac was in a hurry to leave.
They didn’t take weak judges with them in the hunt. Only the rank 4 captains and some powerful rank 3 subordinates came along for the hunt. They all followed the commander in the direction of the forest.
There were only nineteen people who were powerful enough and could be spared at this time. Six of them were at rank 4, while the remaining thirteen were at rank 3. Together with the commander, they made twenty people in total.
This team of twenty was in hot pursuit. They pursued on foot because it was the most reliable. Their feet will serve them better than horses now that they are going to pursue a noble in a dark forest.
Commander Isaac was at the head of the team. Deep within his helmet, his eyes were blazing in anger. If looks could kill, the glare of anger in his eyes would be enough to make someone combust on sight.
He has a lot of reasons to be angry. Some of those reasons have nothing to do with Bushwick himself, while other reasons have a lot to do with Bushwick.
For the reasons that have something to do with Bushwick, the first and foremost is that Bushwick is responsible for the death of so many lamp bearers. Bushwick also served as the spearhead of the offensive of the nobles against the church of justice, so he has more sins to bear and pay for.
The reason why Bushwick hasn’t been killed yet is because the Cardinals wanted to keep him alive for now and execute him on a public platform where everyone could see the consequences of going against the church of justice.
Bushwick was spared death until now because he was to be used as a teaching lesson so that many people won’t walk down the path of foolishness and sin that he treaded.
In his humble opinion, Commander Isaac thinks this is a good thing for Bushwick. Unfortunately, Bushwick thinks too highly of himself and doesn’t consider his current situation good enough for him.
So Bushwick has been escaping from prison, where he was jailed. Commander Isaac doesn’t know exactly how Bushwick keeps getting lucky enough to escape, but he knows that this is the third time that Bushwick has tried to evade the consequences of his actions, and this time will be the last.
He intends to kill Bushwick once and for all. And while this will contradict the plan of the cardinals, he is willing to go ahead with it because it is the smart thing to do and because he is very angry and needs an outlet for his anger.
He might be angry, but he is still rational enough to determine that it is best that he kill Bushwick before Bushwick finds a way to truly escape.
Bushwick has already escaped from prison three times. No matter how secure the prison is, this area is his territory and he is the sovereign noble, so he has undue advantages.
So even if he is recovered this time and rejailed, he might escape from his prison a fourth time in the future and might escape completely.
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