Lord Protector Novel

Sole Wolf and the others were about to chase after them, but Zeke roared, “Spies of the North, hear my call!”

Once Zeke made that command, Sole Wolf and everyone else knew there was no need to give chase anymore. The escapees' fates were as good as sealed.

Sawyer and his brothers weren't stopping, but Sole Wolf stopped them before they could take another step. “Why are you stopping me?” Sawyer asked, sounding worried. “If we let them get a head start, some of them might slip through our fingers. There are more than a hundred of them! It won't be easy to get them all.”

Sole Wolf answered, “Zeke already gave his orders. The spies will catch them for us.”

Sawyer gasped. “There are more spies here? But even if that's the case, we're still severely outnumbered. There's no way we can get them all that easily with just a few of us. We should really be chasing after them now, sir. They will get away at this rate.”

Sole Wolf shot back, “What made you think that there are only a few spies here?”

Sawyer looked at him in confusion. “What are you trying to say, sir? I'm afraid I don't understand.”

Sole Wolf gave him a cryptic smile. “You'll see in a minute.”

At the same time, countless spies reported for duty the moment Zeke ordered them to.

“Reporting for duty, sir!”

“Reporting for duty, sir!”

The voices came from every corner in the ministry. There were about a thousand guards there, give or take a few. About a third of them stood out after Zeke ordered them to.

None of the spies knew each other, since they never had any means of communication. Nobody knew who was a spy, and as a result, most of them were shocked about the sheer number of spies among them. A lot of them thought they were the only spy around.

Nelson and Ethan had a longtime rivalry, and the whole ministry knew it. They would butt heads every time they met and would try to kill each other if they were given half a chance.

However, now that they were revealed to be spies working under the same boss, the realization shocked them.

“Holy sh*t! You're working for the Great Marshal too, Nelson? Oh, my f*cking god! I can't believe this!”

“F*ck you, Ethan! What do you mean you can't believe it? Shut the hell up. If a nincompoop like you can work for the Great Marshal, why can't I?”

“Piss off, old-timer. The Great Marshal himself summoned me back then and told me to work as a spy here. He didn't call you.”

“Hold up. Aren't you forgetting something? We reported for duty at the same time back then. That means the Great Marshal summoned both of us at the same time, and he made sure we didn't know about it.”

Huh. Seems like the Great Marshal is as cunning as ever.

Zeke made another order. “Spies, hear my order. Arrest the families of all the ministry staff. Do not let a single one of them escape!”

“Yes, sir!”

Around three hundred spies moved out at the same time to capture the escapees, much to the latter despair. Not even in their wildest nightmare could they imagine that three hundred spies had infiltrated their ranks without them even finding out.

In other words, everything they did was done under the scrutiny of a spy somewhere they didn't know. Even so, they didn't give up on escaping. They told their guards to protect them and buy more time so they could slip away successfully.

However, all the spies had mastered Zeke's Merciless Dragon Sword. Once they used that, no ordinary guards could stop them. It took them a while, but in the end, all the escapees were brought back to the great hall. Not a single one managed to escape.