Chapter 192: Dream (2)
"More than enough, wouldn’t you say."
The Sovereign laughed as though the answer was obvious.
After all, though they were both villains, the two sides were mortal enemies.
The Sovereign held a particularly intense hatred for the cult.
He’d hunt down black mages just for amusement, or deliberately interfere in their plans—
Naturally, to the cult, the Kingdom and its ruler were a thorn in their side.
Of all the underworld powers, only the Kingdom and Astro openly rejected them.
In other words, from the cult’s perspective, if they could eliminate just those two, the entire underworld would be theirs.
There was no reason not to strike first.
"So... spreading the drug to trigger this chaos fits together neatly."
"You’ve got to admire their grim thoroughness. Unlike Rekiye, the Kingdom has loose regulations on narcotics, so it was an easy target."
"Tch. Just can’t bring myself to like them, no matter what."