23 No Turning Back

"Cousin, you know them better than I do, what do you think that they will do?" Nathan asked Martin as they waited outside for the squad. Since Nathan realized from the squad keeping Martin from following them inside, that Martin's only option was now to side with him completely.

Nathan felt that with so many warriors helping him suppress the group, that Martin's squad would eventually look to him for guidance. Once that happened if it came to it, Martin would gain full control over his squad once again, while they could take out Leo!

"To be honest, I am not sure. Jack and Natalia would normally never just abandon me as they did. That being said, if we throw that Leo into the mix, their decision is up in the air. However, Leo definitely wanted to leave the village, so no matter what, we need to deal with him accordingly." after thinking about it, Martin came to this conclusion.

"Natalia was never the type of person who wanted to seem outspoken, and so she always followed my orders. Jack is different because he is very headstrong and due to his position within his household, he hated feeling cornered." Martin explained to Nathan as they finally saw the three person squad exiting the building.

"Hello everyone! So have you come to an agreement with what we have said?" Nathan shouted out as the guards and militia warriors who were surrounding the building, made themselves get closer to the front where everyone was.

The movements of Nathan's men were noticed immediately by Leo's group. After counting, Leo realized that Nathan had over twenty warriors surrounding them not including himself or Martin. However, these warriors all seemed rather weak, and posed to danger to Leo or his group.

"Actually we have, although, I am unsure why you would station so many people here like this. Can it be that you want to throw us in some type of jail?" hearing Nathan shouting to alert everyone, Leo could only respond like this.

"Oh no everyone that is not the case at all. These warriors of mine just always go where I go so it would be natural for them to act in this manner. That being said, what is your decision?" smiling with a calm expression, Nathan shouted back to Leo.

"Sorry Nathan, but for the safety of my squad, I must ask that you have everyone lower their weapons. Otherwise, we will have no choice but to assume that you have ill intentions towards us. As the new squad leader, I need to put my squad first. I hope that you can understand?" Leo after pondering for several moments finally responded.

"Is that so? And why is my cousin's squad now YOUR squad?" hearing how the squad was now Leo's, Nathan's calm and smiling expression started to turn ugly. It could be said that Martin's future position within their household was solidified due to him being the leader of a squad consisting of two members outside their household.

If Martin was unable to to keep his leadership role for the squad, he could only create a new squad using other members of his household, or would need to find even weaker individuals which would take a while to train to become as strong as Jack and Natalia. Such a loss, would negatively impact Martin's future!

"I apologize Mr.Nathan, but you do not have the qualifications to ask direct questions to our squad leader. I would be more than happy to explain, if you would like?" to everyone's surprise, Natalia was the one who shouted this out!

"I agree with Natalia, our squad leader is an expert that shouldn't waste his time speaking to someone like you. Why aren't your men dropping their weapons?" Jack shouted out with killing intent coming out of him. Feeling the killing intent from so far away, Martin had to take a step back.

"I do not like your tone there kid, could it be that we need to suppress you by force?" Nathan putting his right hand up, he signaled his men to get ready and they all started to get into a defensive formation, blocking the group's escape path.

"If you continue to act in this way, we will need to consider that your household is conspiring against us and the city itself. Are you willing to face both of our households and the rest of the alliance all on your own?" Jack shouted out towards Nathan as their group responded by taking out their weapons.

"Hmph! How dare you speak to my uncle in that tone! We all know that both you and Natalia are too weak right now and do not have any type of foothold within your household. What makes you think that you can both act in this way, when my uncle gave you an order for your safety?" unable to take the escalated situation any longer, Martin shouted towards Jack.

"Too weak? We are too weak you said? Well, I guess we have no choice but to show you just how weak we really are." Jack replied as he got ready to attack at any given time.

"Actually, that seems like a great idea. Let us put on a show that this village will never forget. Just make sure not to kill anyone. If you kill any of the citizens, they can create future troubles for us." after remaining silent all this time, Leo finally told Jack and Natalia his thoughts.

"Fine by me! Actually, Leo you should just sit back and relax. Now that Martin made such a statement, Natalia and I should be more than enough for this battle." Jack now with a shine in his eyes told Leo.

"Very well, good luck you two." not arguing with Jack's suggestion in the slightest, Leo retreated back into the building as Jack and Natalia finally made their moves!