Our side started at a disadvantage, leaking information about the King without gaining anything in return.
The players on our side, who had been careless at first, were now on high alert. No one had expected that a competition that could usually be navigated through friendly negotiation would see bloodshed just three minutes after it began.
After a brief discussion, a five-person defensive line was quickly formed at the entrance to the stone corridor. Each of them was equipped with a device. The remaining five took on a more important, and more dangerous, task: they had to find a way into the Outer Tower to locate the enemy King.
Aside from the real King, Xi Yadu, the last four—men and women—pretended to be the King. They were also "protected" in the rear to serve as decoys—or rather, that was the excuse Milady gave them.
