Chapter 98: Self-immolation

Under normal circumstances,

staking one's own life so that comrades could escape would be a story both heroic and tragic.

Yet when such actions are taken by the cultist magician, it complicates things.

The determination to sacrifice oneself for some harmful event only brings headaches and trouble.

Squeak—

Outside the walls, the sound of the carriage faded into the distance.

The cultist magicians weren't looking to make a big commotion, and after sending away the residents who had come to investigate, they had decisively driven off to escape.

These people knew very well.

That keeping the incident contained was beneficial for their escape.

Should the investigators from the next block over or the even further block's prison warden be alerted,

then no matter how desperately they fought, there was no chance of getting Blenheim's intelligence out of the city.

They saw the current situation as the best possible outcome.