Chapter 118. Confronting the Emperor

Alpha Matthias's POV

“I can't hold them off for much longer!” Caleb's scream ran through the air, his outstretched hands visibly trembling, a pool of sweat gathered on his forehead.

The guards wouldn't stop shooting at us and they were now all spread out around us so Caleb was clearly having a hard time stopping all of their bullets from reaching us each time they fired.

“They should be out of armor soon. Just hang on!” I shouted back at Caleb and right on cue, at that moment, they did run out of armor.

However, our relief was short lived as they soon produced their silver daggers and swords, lurching towards us with them.

“Let's stay close,” I said to Caleb, reaching into my boots to take out the dagger I had strapped in there. Caleb also reached into his boots to fish out two sharp knives. And then sticking closely together, we attacked them and we didn't stop until the last of them fell to the ground.

“Hey,” Issa's father, Alph