As Charlie and Autumn were rushing back directly to Aurous Hill, Hamed was also rushing back to the valley in northern Syria without making any stops at all.
At this time, his subordinates were all discussing this matter amongst themselves. All of them could not understand why Hamed would suddenly want to send a hostage away.
Moreover, in addition to the woman hostage, there was also another man that none of them had ever seen before. They did not know where he had come from and how he had subsequently come out together with Hamed.
At any rate, this was a heavily guarded military garrison. So, how could someone, who was a stranger t o everyone, suddenly appear inexplicably at this place?! This was the first time that something as weird or strange as this had ever happened here. 3
So, after Hamed had left, everyone could not wait to find out what exactly had happened just now.
Hamed’s deputy immediately headed to the cellar in person as he wanted to look for some people so that h e could get to the bottom of the matter. However, Faizal and the others who were all loyal toward Charlie at this time used the fact that the cellar only had a narrow entrance and an iron gate that would be
very easy to defend and difficult to attack to their advantage. They kept guard behind the iron gate, and they refused to allow anyone to exit or enter at all.
Hamed's deputy would never have expected Faizal's betrayal. At that moment of desperation, he truly felt like breaking in directly using a bomb, but when he thought about the fact that there were still seven hostages inside the cellar which could be exchanged for a ransom, he temporarily dismissed the idea. 3
However, he also knew very well that although it was very easy for the people inside to defend, making it difficult for anyone to attack the cellar, the cellar in itself was a dead end. So, as long as he kept guard in front of the exit, Faizal and the others would have to surrender in no time.
So, he immediately deployed nearly a hundred additional armed soldiers to stand guard in the courtyard with all of their muzzles aiming directly at the exit of the cellar. That way, he would be able to ensure that anyone coming out of the cellar would instantly be riddled with bullets.
At this moment, the helicopter roaring in the sky suddenly made everyone feel very nervous.
All of them could recognize that this helicopter was the one that Commander Hamed had just taken just now.
However, at this point, no one knew whether Commander Hamed would be the one stepping out of the helicopter after it had landed.
The helicopter descended slowly. When Hamed's deputy saw that the helicopter was about to land in the courtyard, he immediately instructed the soldiers who were around him, "Hurry up and get out of the way! Give the helicopter some landing space!"
The soldiers who were initially packed to the brim in the courtyard hurriedly moved aside as they left a large empty space for the helicopter to land.
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