The smell of something acrid burnt in their throats just as they neared Lyca's quarters.
"Sir, it seems that the explosion came from this lab."
Xu Ke heard someone say. "Tell me something, I don't already know!" Xu Ke hissed. "You take off your mask!" he pointed at the man who spoke.
"But sir…."
"Do you want to die!?"
The soldier stared at him. He doesn't want to die, and that is exactly why he didn't want to remove his mask. "Sir, I don't think— "
"You— "Just as Xu Ke was about to attack the man with his knife, the man turned around and tried to run away from him. Sadly for him, Xu Ke didn't just bring a knife. XU Ke didn't hesitate to shoot the man at the back of his head.
"Now! Anyone else wanted to die?" He asked, a smug smirk was hidden beneath his mask. "Now! Take off your mask!"