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Karigov and the three officers battered down the door while the other two officers did the same for the side enterance. Sabers clashed at the side enterance as the two officers engaged three cloaked men, at the main enterance Karigov and the three officers rushed in. Two of the officers that entered threw the main enterance moved to help the side enterance while Karigov and Jerdis rushed into the administrative area to find the clerks murdered. Karigov and Jerdis then moved up to the next floor from where the assasins shot at the masses on the square and at Karigov himself. But where is Horister, Karigov hasn't seen him since he went to the clerk's house.

"Milord! They have yielded, one is dead and another wounded the third surrendered after the first was killed." said an officer.

"Good! I'll be down shortly, Jerdis you go on ahead I am going to look around on this floor to see if there aren't any others left.

Jerdis replied slightly in unease but never the less did not disobey the order. Karigov made his way to the balcony, saber at hand, as he steps onto the belcony he suddenly feels a burning feeling in his sword arm and drops his saber. He turned to face his foe, armed with a small stelito dagger in his other hand, but as he turned to face the person that had jabbed a knife into his arm he only found a young girl that is on the staff of the town hall.

"Milord! Are you ok? I did not mean you harm! I thought it were those assasins!" The girl babbled rather unclearly in the panic that she brought on herself.

"Calm yourself milady, It's nothing compared to the wounds my father had." Karigov tried his best not to show any pain but he failed never the less as he passed out on the balcony. The girl called on the constables to bring Karigov to the local doctor, she herself stayed with Karigov. Days went by and slowly the wound healed, the doctor said he was sickly even before he was stabed. A week has passed when Karigov finnely opened his eyes, he looked into the eyes of the lady that had stabed him only two weeks ago.

"Milord, I'm glad that you woke from your sleep, the town was worried."

"Hmmm, Milady how long have I been sleeping? And more importent, have the assasins been captured and dealt with?"

"Only a few weeks milord, and the assasins have been put to death under the law of the confederacy.I must say that mister Horister ..."

"What about him! Has he been found then?"

"Well milord...mister Horister was one of the assasins."

"Well it seems that one can not trust officials that are not of my own blood."

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