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The Goddess Made A Mistake Again-Chapter 253 - - Roadblock
Midnight
Inside the jail in Jefferson street.
It was the kind of jail where prisoners would be put on hold until further notice of their punishment. Lazarus too was inside one of its cells, waiting for his death sentence to come.
It had been two days since the court gave out its judgement and in those days, Lazarus did not have a twinkle of sleep. He always kept his eyes open since he knew this few moments were the only ones he had.
Did he pity himself? No.
Did he plead to be forgiven? No.
Did he wanted to kill the fucker who put him in this state? YES!
But he didn't have a choice, so Lazarus sat on the ground, counting his last moments. A few times he even revisited old memories and once even thought of what would happen if he could change the past.
"Tap!" "Tap!"
He heard the footsteps of multiple people around the jail which raised his curiosity.
It was a bit rare for guards to still be awake by this time but not surprising. What concerned him were the multitude of people that were coming to his cell.
'What do they want now?'
Lazarus had told them all they wanted to know. He was honest with them… look where that did not get him.
Lazarus saw that instead of the jail guards, it was the royal guards that came for him. They did not say anything to him and went straight to open his cell.
He understood that they were here to take him… to his fucking sentence.
"Stand up prisoner!" A guard said as he still held onto the door.
Lazarus snickered and got up.
"Turn around and face yourself to the wall behind." He did just that and stuck to the wall.
The guards came and quickly strapped on some movement locks on his arms and tied it to his back. Then they took him out of the cell and the prison.
Lazarus saw outside a large metal carriage waiting for them. It was the kind they would use to transport dangerous criminals and sorts.
"Where are you taking me?"
The guards shoved him inside the carriage and said, "We're transporting you to another prison where your sentence would be carried out."
Lazarus groaned as he got up to his seat, "Why don't you just kill me here. I'm going to die anyway, so why does the place matter?"
"Slap!"
"Bam!"
"Argh…!"
A guard already stationed inside slapped Lazarus hard and another punched him in the stomach. Lazarus groaned and vomited a small amount of blood before the two guards put him to his seat.
"Shut up and sit down! A criminal like you shouldn't be complaining about anything! You will do what we say and be content with it."
Lazarus smirked at them, "That punch felt a bit personal… what happened? Did I perhaps, kill someone you know?"
The guard who punched him, stared down at him in anger and punched him again.
"Bam!"
Lazarus had it hard keeping his look, but still did to annoy the guard.
"You killed my daughter, bastard. Not only mine but you also killed a lot of our friends and families. It's good to see you will be getting the punishment you clearly deserve." The guard corrected his uniform, "To think someone like you was once a renowned soldier."
"I spit at such a soldier and the people who served under you. Why didn't you die under the enemy's attack huh?"
Hearing such heavy insults from the guards, Lazarus didn't retaliate. He quietly smiled and stayed still.
Seeing that Lazarus was still, the royal guards got up the carriage and started moving. They took a coordinated journey that was safe from the public eye.
These guards had done such transports before and knew that sometimes, the journey could go awry and lives could get lost. So the least they could do was go in such streets that, innocent lives wouldn't get hurt because of them.
The carriage steadily went through half of the journey with no problem. It was on the third to the final corner did they see a new development.
In front of the street was a cart filled with five large barrels. To the rider, it obviously seemed that this was a trap.
The streets were empty and a carriage placed conveniently at the center like that couldn't be a coincidence. So, the rider asked the leading commander of the group.
"Is there any way to bypass that without touching?"
"No, sir. The carriage is too big for it." The rider then suggested, "Do I ram through it?"
"Can you?"
"I don't know about me, but the carriage would still be fine."
The commander shook his head after a bit of thinking, "No, don't. It could be a bomb or something that could cause us harm."
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Taking the surroundings and placing his men first, the commander decided, "Forget it, turn back, we'll take another road."
"Yes, si- Argh!" The rider said, only to be stabbed by a silent knife to his throat.
The commander clearly saw it and screamed, "It's an attack! Everyone to their feet!"
Everyone got up and looked at the door as it got hit by multiple attacks.
"Bam!"
"Bam!"
"Bam!"
After the third hit, the door couldn't take anymore and broke apart. The guards didn't wait for the attacks to come and barreled out, taking them by surprise.
The royal guards started out by spewing spells that would harm the attackers.
"Shit! Why are they so aggressive!"
"Doesn't matter, we must finish our objective!" One attacker said. They were wearing normal class armor and definitely weren't comparable to the royal guards at all.
But what they couldn't take up in skills nor items, they did in numbers. The attackers swarmed in with their 15 numbers and quickly were able to finish their objective.
Two of them barged inside the cell and freed Lazarus.
"Quickly, leave from here and go to that alle-" The attacker said only to be pierced by an ice spike.
"You're not going anywhere, Lazarus!" A guard said but Lazarus didn't listen.
He took the small chance and ran for his life again.
"Someone, quickly get that guy!
"But sir, there are too many people!"
The commander saw Lazarus running away and his eyes burned with anger, "Fucking use your rings then! Do you want that guy to cause another explosion! Kill everyone here, that's an order!"
"YES, SIR!"
"Bang!"
"Spring!"
"Pierce!"
…
While the onslaught of third class extractors were going on, Lazarus ran towards a different place then he was told. He had a feeling that going to the alley would not be good for him.
But he wasn't lucky here either.
A figure dropped down in front of him as he stopped.
It was a slim girl wearing a black tight outfit with no facial features other than her eyes. Obviously it was an assassin.
"Why did you ignore his advice?" The assassin said, "It would have been quicker that way than this."
"Move away! I won't hesitate to kill you girl!" Lazarus warned.
"Really?... how are you going to do that without any ring or weapon?" Ashen Fang said as she coated her Twin Sai's with a purple liquid.
"But since you're willing to struggle, let me try out my improved poison on you."
Lazarus frowned, "Why do all the bitches I meet have to be so crazy."
"They have to be since you blew most normal ones away."