• The Prouds 72

Chapter Nine

Quickly, Commander Reid started carrying out the king’s
orders, one by one. He knew that the king was so angry that
any failure in carrying out his orders would have serious
consequences.
He sent dozens of army brigades everywhere
searching for Frederick after knowing what he looked like
and providing the troops with his description. He told them
not to return without Frederick even if they had to go to the
Kingdom of jinn, as King Matthew ordered.
He then ordered large strong brigades to go and kill
the families of the Three Guardians, with him leading the
biggest brigade. Soldiers started breaking into the houses of
the families of the Three Guardians, killing them all,
including children, women, and old men. The fear in the
eyes and faces of the families of the Three Guardians
affected the soldiers, including their commander. They
were terrified like rabbits hunted down by lions, which they
were shaking and scared as they moved. Most of them
begged the soldiers to spare their lives telling them they
had nothing to do with the Three Guardians, except that
they were related to them. They told them that they had not
approved the Three Guardians’ actions, greed, and
injustice, that they had not been aware of Frederick’s plan,
and that they had not approved what he did. When they
gave up on trying to convince the soldiers to spare their
lives, they begged the soldiers to spare the lives of children,
women, and old men, without success.