Reaching right in front of the black market, we hid nearby and waited for the knights to arrive.
The east street was mostly empty during the day, which made me relaxed knowing I didnât need to be overly cautious for now. Helped keep my nerves cool as well.
ââŚâŚ..Theyâre here. A large group of people is coming this way.â
âEh, where? I donât see shit!â
âI just felt their presence, weâll see them soon enough. Just wait a couple of minutes and theyâll be here.â
I properly explained to Ralf who began to look around trying to see the knights, and then further hid ourselves until the knights were in plain sight.
About 5 mins after I had sensed their presence.
As expected, with Alexandra at the helm of the group, we saw the royal knights squad walking towards the black market.
âooh, thatâs hell of a lot of knights! I wasnât even thinking about it but, isnât that close to like a hundred of them!?â
âI donât know how many squads the Royal Knights have but, for just one squad to have this many is certainly a surprise. But, with numbers this big, thereâll be zero chances of being covert about it, and any kind of ambush is completely out of the window.â
âWonât they just run away after seeing this many people? If they have already escaped by the time we reach them, all of this would have been for nothing.â
âVisibility wonât be a problem this time of the day so if we leave about half of the squad at the entrance to block any runaways, it should be impossible to escape. Of course, if they have a different route to escape on the other side of the capital, weâll be completely out of luck.â
Since I did infiltrate into the black market just a while back I know but, the black market was at the edge of the east district, the only entrance and exit into the area was here as far as I know.
Even if they try to climb the spiked barricade like I did, if we have knights patrolling the area, theyâll be caught quickly, and furthermore without a skill like [Pain Inhibition] like I do, itâd be borderline impossible to climb the barricade safely in the first place.
âBut man, if they escape out of the capital, wonât that be better for us?! Itâll mean that weâll have less disturbances during the clash with Klaus!â
âThatâs true as well I suppose. Personally speaking, I want to completely crush [under Eye] right here and now but, even if they were to run away, weâll still be closer to our main objective of striking at KlausâŚâŚ..now then, letâs go and talk to Alexandra.â
I walked up towards the knight squad marching uniformly and stood in front of Alexandra.
Like Charlotte said, they had not told the squad any of the details until today and of course, they must not have been explained anything about me either as when we came out to stand in front of them, as if we were trying to stop them, the royal knights began to get noisy while staring at me.
Noticing that, Alexandra promptly raised her hand as hand, and made a fist as a signalâââand instantly, the knights went pin drop silent.
As expected of their commander, she does know how to lead a large squad alright.
âChris-san, weâll be in your care for today.â
âLikewise. I donât want to suddenly order you guys around butâŚâŚ..I do have a suggestion. Mind listening?â
âOi, donât get cocky! The only one that can lead us royal knights is Alexanâââ
âBruce, shut up.â
Bruce who was standing behind her alongside Gilmour tried to come up front to flaunt but, Alexandra instantly shut him down with a glare filled with killing intent.
With a despondent look, he fell back again, although he did continue to glare at me while making sure that Alexandra didnât notice.
âŚâŚâŚ.I am starting to genuinely doubt if this guyâs actually supposed to be strong or not as everything he does or says screams âscrubâ and nothing more.
âI apologize on Bruceâs behalf. So, what is your suggestion?â
âI want half the squad to guard the entrance. Both to block the escape route and to reduce our own numbers, as itâd be a pain to lead this big of group inside.â
âI donât mind that at all. That was my plan from the very start after all Chris-san.â
âIs that so? Then I suppose my advice was unnecessary.â
âNo. with my position being what it is, itâs rare for people to openly give me advice. I donât mind it one bit.â
Saying that, Alexandra gave me a curt bow as a show of thanks.
In my head, I had this extremely haughty and prideful image when it came to royal knights but Alexandra was unlike my imagination, and quite easy to talk to.
âŚâŚâŚwell, the rest of the knights seemed to be much more like that as they all seemed to be quite irritated seeing me talk so casually with her.
âThen, let us rush inside and attack before they catch on to our plan. Mind if I ask you guys to lead the way until we reach [Under Eye]âs base, if you donât mind?â
âAs long as you are okay with it, I will but itâll be a bit more difficult that you think?â
ââŚâŚ.?â
At first I didnât understand why she said itâll be âdifficultâ but as soon as Alexandra stood in front of the guards at the entrance of the black market, I understood what she meant.
âI am the commander of the 3rd squad of the Royal knights, Alexandra. We have come because we have heard that [Under Eye] has a base within the area. Let us pass.â
âYeah that ainât gonna happen. Past here, is a lawless area. I donât give a shit if itâs on the countryâs order or whatnot but, thatâs gonna be a no from me.â
âStill, I didnât know the commander of the 3rd squad was a woman. Heee, how about it? Now that you nothing better to do, why not hang out to play with us instead. Trust me, weâll make you feel real good.â
Geha Geha. The men laughed in a vulgar manner as they began to encircle Alexandra.
I thought theyâd have a bit more authority but as expected of people attached to the underworld, not even the royal knights got to enter without their permission.
From what Alexandra said before,âŚâŚâŚI guess weâre going to have to break through with force after all.