Chapter 488. Reward

JACOB

The soldier came to announce immediately that Karl had located Zack’s gold coins.

Then, when Karl returned, he was pale and distraught. He must have contemplated the poisoned death of the person who stole the gold coins.

He had the bag in his hands and handed it to me.

“Here are the coins. I suppose they’re all here. Or at least that’s what we should believe,” he said with difficulty. I noticed a tear on his face and his eyes were red.

He must have been someone important to him. I put a hand on his shoulder. That startled him, and he looked at me surprised. He didn’t expect me to show him moral support. No one ever expected that from me. Well, not even I expected it. Nor did I know why I did it.

His eyes lit up and his expression changed.

“We have to fake a hostage exchange. We have to hurry,” I said ahead of time, giving the orders for the soldiers to leave the place with us.

I left the place and ordered that they assist the vic