"Ryan, we're not here to discuss such matters. We're here to talk about meaningless bloodshed that's about to incurred. Why did you guys betray my family?" Lennox asked looking at Hazel and Gil side.
Hazel calmly turned his gaze looking at Lennox side. Gil nervously looked down avoiding Lennox gaze. Hazel stretched his torso with a firm tone and muttered, "We did not betray your family, your family betrayed us first!"
"What are you saying!? When did my family betray you?!" Lennox asked while raising his tone. Hazel slightly chuckled underneath his smiled.
"I am not talking about something I don't have proof on. But the proof is outside those door." Hazel sqid raising his index finger pointing towards the window. "The people here have been working their entire lives to better their living, but nothing has change for them. We were trying to being wealth to our village."
Lennox quietly nodded his head, and Ryan casually laughed listening to the words said by Hazel. Lennox slightly coughed muttering, "I hear you, but that doesn't give you the right to instigate the villagers towards hating the cyclopes."
"What are you talking about? The people have always hated the cyclopes before we even instigate anything. We just threw gasoline to increase the flame. Don't start blaming us for things we have no act on." Hazel said.
Lennox quietly thought of Hazel words, finding them to be true; The humans have always hated the cyclopes before they even started living in the island. They were the first to attack the cyclopes, the first humans settlers hunted down the cyclopes chasing them always towards the forest. The cyclopes were almost genocide by the humans.
Lennox gently stood up from his chair, walking beside the desk he walked next to Hazel. "I have know problem on what you're doing, but the instigating between the villagers towards the cyclopes. We do not need any bloodshed. If this doesn't end your mining of crystals wouldn't continue."
"But how?! We need this crystals to better the living of our people. Why do you care about those damn cyclopes now!?" asked Gil.
"It's not that I started caring about the cyclopes, but I don't want anymore people to die. What is the point of having wealth when none of the people would experience it with us," Lennox said with a firm voice.
Lennox words froze both Gil and Hazel from talking back. They both thought hard on replying him, as his words were true. Ryan slightly smiled looking at the two fools left quiet by small words.
"I don't believe them."
Everyone heads turned facing the same direction. Riley casually took flew steps forward muttering. She did not trust the words coming out of the two Gil and Hazel. They intentions to her view were similar to any greedy person; If they wanted to bring wealth to the village they would not have never kept their plans secret to the everyone else including the chief. And they would never put an assassination order on the strongest adventurer.
"They put an assassination order on the strongest adventurer, why would they do that?" Riley asked with a serious look. Both Gil and Hazel nervously looked at each other, they did not have any respond to the question. "Why did you tell your plan to Lennox as he is the chief?"
Ryan casually laughed admiring Riley straight talking. He too felt that the councilors have their own motivates towards hiding the secret. The current that they have made from selling crystals have not been talked about even once in the conversation at all. That meant that Hazel, Gil and councilors did not want anyone to know about their secret.
"It is not like that Lennox. We were thinking of telling you, but things kept getting gone the way before we can try to explain everything to you. But it good that you know now the is no reason to explain to you now," Gil faintly smiled looking at Lennox. Lennox quietly looked with a blank expression.
"When were you going to tell me, when this thing of yours has been going on for years now? So tell me when were you going to tell me?" Lennox asked with a serious look. Gil timid turned his face away not answering him. But Lennox kept his firm gaze towards them waiting for his answer.
Hazel slightly exhaled through his mouth before muttering his next words. He talked with a soft and calm voice. "Oh okay, I hear you complain, but still we this matter shouldn't be discussed in front of outsiders. This should be discuss when we are alone." His gaze turned looking at Ryan and Riley side.
Riley scoffed her face in listening to Hazel words. She found his words to be disrespectful towards her and Ryan. The truth that the Hazel and the other councilors did not want the truth to be known by everyone; The involvement of the adventurer guild would being trouble for them, as the adventure guild would investigate the happening there. If any founding is found, the adventure guild would act through the protocol of the guild law.
Riley started walking close to where both Hazel and Gil were seated. She firmly stared down at the two faces, saying, "I don't believe anything you're saying right now. You might try telling your lies to someone who would believe them but not me."
The firmness in her voice and the serious expression in her face made the two uncomfortable. Hazel abruptly stood up from the couch, he aggressively looked at Riley direction asking, "What do you know about us? What give you the right to state that we are lying here?"
Ryan faintly laughed holding his chest. He took a few steps standing next to Riley side. Riley slightly looked towards her shoulder seeing Ryan laughing expression. She angrily gritted her teeth and said," This is a serious matter to be start laughing at. You should learn to be serious."
"I know that, but they just keep on making me laugh! They really think we're dumb. Who's going to tell them that we know everything from the assassins," Ryan said placing his hand on Riley shoulder. But his immediately removed it when Riley gave him a stein glare.
Lennox quietly sighed giving a calm epression. He showed distaste towards Hazel and Gil were still lying to them. "Enough with your rumble talking, just tell us the truth now. Like he said we already know everything so stop trying to lie to us, we were trying to give you guys achance to explain yourselves," He said with a firm tone.
Hazel thought about before flashing a small glance at Gil, as he was considering the thought of admitting everything there. But due to his promise and honor as a respectful member of the council. He simply bluffed them knowing anything.
Lennox slightly laughed thinking he was more of an idiot than he thought, he was giving him achance to redeem himself but the fool did not want to take it. "I don't know of you're stupid, or I am the stupid one to think you'll do the right thing. If you prefer to do this the hard way let do it I have no problem," He faintly smiled looking at Hazel face. Hazel momentarily froze thinking through his head towards telling the truth then.