Chapter 188 Stand Off

• Hugo was frustrated. They hadn’t even pushed one block into the Skull territory when they came under a series of surprise attacks. Unlike the trap Rile and the others walked into, this one was much more elaborate.
• “Keep your eyes peeled onto the windows and roof tops at all times!” Hugo shouted from the middle of the main force. “They might be only showing up a few at a time but that’s no reason to be lax.”
• The Skull were attacking in groups of six to ten from either roof tops or the highest windows. Every time the Mad Dogs went to engage the Skull inside the buildings, they found that they had already abandoned their positions and escaped. Where they had gone was a mystery to them. Hugo knew that they should have pulled back and tried taking a wider alternate route as soon as they were attacked like this. However, he had seen the dark smoke rising from the docks and knew that Ernest’s forces were fighting, and time was of the essence.