Hukai watched as the families of the miners targeted Maru's side with some relief. At least they targeted the 'right' people.
It was not that he was afraid of being run after by mere slumdwellers; but it would damage his reputation a bit, and he'd rather they killed each other than have that happen.
"SURRENDER THE KILLER!"
"MURDERERS! MURDERERS!"
The mob was very imposing. The local guards were eventually attracted there, but they didn't do anything.
The Ossen guards, unless they were assigned to the walls, generally only protected those on the Lord's side, like the nobles, and then handled chaos when it bothered them. Otherwise, they would just be there to guard things relevant to the Lord.
Hukai watched this with relief. He went here because he received a baffling aether letter message to prepare to free all the elementalist slaves he had, and he rushed here to see what was going on.
