Chapter 17: Let Me Go

I PICKED up my duffel bag before heading out of my room. It was past one in the morning. Half of the Hunters were in the guild which meant that there were about two hundred of them here tonight. The other half had a flight to North America yesterday to prepare in advance for the upcoming battle.

The remaining half had been busy with training and were supposed to depart with me. When I met with them earlier and joined them for dinner, the seniors were appeased. Everything was going according to plan. It was past one in the morning now. The Hunters’ training ended around ten in the evening. All of them were resting in their quarters now. The only thing we needed to handle at the moment were the guards at the back gate which we will be using.

Lilia secretly put a drug in the drink she offered to them a while ago. When I saw her at the backyard, she raised her thumb which meant that it was safe to go, the guards were now asleep. The surrounding was too quiet which was only natural because