Chapter 136: A Skirmish The World Would Never Know About.
"I never understood at first why Quintus let that incident go."
"No report was ever filed."
"In fact, as far as the world was concerned, nothing had happened."
"No patrols found any corpses, and in a single night, 51 men disappeared like dust in the wind, never to be seen or heard from again."
"It was as if the victim was content never to let this matter ever see the light of the day, which was perfectly alright with me."
"It was then that I realised it."
"It was not me they were protecting, nor did this young merchant not retaliate at the request of my overly righteous brother.
"No, that young merchant did it for himself."
"So the world would not understand the terrifying power at his disposal.
Amos Hostod, leader of the Golden Goods Merchant Group.
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Like a bolt of lightning, the cloaked assassin appeared behind Declan, his sharp dagger ready to pierce the old merchant’s heart, who was so busy defending his family from the mercenaries that he overlooked this new danger that had appeared behind him.