After Malcolm left, Karina sat at the table for an entire hour without drinking a single drop of water.
Due to her good upbringing and good living environment, Karina had never encountered any enemies in the strict sense of the word. The most serious ones she had ever encountered were little girls fighting over a man's affections at a dance. Malcolm was the first real "enemy" she had ever encountered in her life.
Malcolm had ruined her life, exposing the cruel truth of her life bit by bit.
It was the first time Karina had felt such intense fear and hatred from a person. During her days on the island, she had dreamed of defeating Malcolm and making him pay for what he had done to her.
However, when the day finally came, when the time was right and she was about to achieve the ultimate victory and enjoy the joy of revenge, Malcolm walked into her room, looked her in the eyes, and told her that she had hated the wrong person all along.
The one who destroyed her family and threw her father in prison was someone else.
Karina had thought that all of this was just a lie from Malcolm, a smokescreen that he used to confuse her. However, deep in her heart, she had to admit that Malcolm's analysis made sense.
As a matter of fact, she had been having a surreal feeling recently.
This operation seemed to be going a little too smoothly. Although she had encountered a lot of trouble before and was even on the verge of bankruptcy, Malcolm and the black-market alliance didn't do much during her most difficult times. This didn't fit Malcolm's style of doing things. After that, the process of discovering Eugene went smoothly. Although it took them a lot of effort to convince the latter, Eugene's resistance toward them wasn't as strong as they had imagined.
Compared to their previous encounters, Malcolm's performance this time was indeed not up to par. However, if it was because of Redmond's interference, it would make sense.
It was just that Karina couldn't accept it. It was as if she had been trudging in the wilderness for a long time, and when she was about to reach the end, her goal suddenly disappeared.
However, Malcolm's offer was indeed very tempting. Not only would he acknowledge the existence of the black-market alliance's second-hand goods exchange, but he was also willing to give her a series of preferential terms. More importantly, he promised to help her get her revenge and release her father from prison. Now that the two of them had a common enemy, Karina didn't have to worry about Malcolm going back on his word.
This made her a little tempted.
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"Is this your escape plan?" Zola looked incredulous. "We have to first get rid of the two guards at the door, avoid the night patrols, sneak into the torture room, rescue Daisy and Nadya, and pray that we don't alarm anyone in the process. After that, we avoid the two groups of guards, come to the gate of the manor, kill a team of well-equipped guards in front of the gate, and finally run all the way to the beach? With all due respect, this is not an escape at all, but a suicide. "
Rheia tried her best to explain. "No, Laeli will eventually bring his men to deal with the guards in front of the gate. He has also prepared a carriage to send us to the beach." "But that still doesn't change the risk we have to face.
You can't pray that the guards suddenly go blind, or that the guys in the torture room are drunk. We can't take on so many people with only two muskets and eight daggers. We have to get rid of the two guards at the gate, and I am willing to take the necessary risk. But after we kill the guards, we will go straight to the gate. You saw how those people treated the slaves in the torture room. By the time we move out tomorrow night, Daisy will have been in there for a day, and the guy named Nadya has been in there for more than twenty days. Even if we rescue them, they won't be able to walk again. I don't want to carry two burdens on my back when I escape. "
"They're not a burden. They're my companions," Rheia insisted. "Without them, we wouldn't have been able to get in touch with the people outside. If it weren't for Nadya and Daisy, we'd all be in there now. So either we leave together, or none of us leave."
"Your stubbornness will get us all killed!" Zola complained. "You are like a canary that has been kept in Malcolm's cage for too long. You have no idea how cruel the outside world is."
"So this is still a personal grudge. What about you? Do you know?" Rheia asked.
"Of course I know." Zola took off her coat and pointed at the dense scars on her chest. "At least I did escape. Otherwise, where do you think these things came from?"
Rheia was stunned. After a while, she said, "I'm sorry, I never knew about this."
"Of course you didn't know. You weren't here at that time." Zola put her clothes back on and said sincerely, "I have escaped myself, and I have seen many others escape. I know better than anyone how dangerous it is to escape. You have to do everything you can to reduce the risk. Only then will there be a chance of success. I know they are very important to you, and I know you don't want to let them down. But sometimes, someone needs to make the difficult decision."
Rheia was silent for a while. "I'm sorry. Either we leave together, or none of us leave."
A deep sense of helplessness surged in Zola's heart, and she could not help but curse. "F * ck! I'm so stupid. I shouldn't have intervened in this matter! "
"If you want to quit now, I can understand. I will thank you no matter what. Without you, we wouldn't have gotten our weapons, and we wouldn't know how to contact the outside world," Rheia said politely.
"You still don't understand, do you?! I have no way out. If you fail and get caught, you will betray me sooner or later. " Rolla slammed her fist on the shelf beside her. Then, she took a deep breath and tried her best to adjust her emotions. "Okay, you win. I'll give in. We can go and save your companions, but we can't just rush over like this."
"Then do you have any other good ideas?" Rheia asked humbly.
"It's impossible to break into the torture chamber without making a sound. If that's the case, we might as well make it bigger. We can set fire to the barn on the east side of the manor, and the firewood storage room next to it. This way, we can lure the patrolling guards away, and we will have time to go to the torture chamber to save people."
"But with our current manpower … we can't do that, right?" Rheia was puzzled.
"That's right. So we need to convince more people to join us," Zola said firmly. 8)
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