Chapter 506
【 DADDY 】
The royal court was thick with tension, as all eyes turned toward the guest seats, where Sauron Group’s emissary, an elderly human mage, sat beneath the weight of countless stares.
Confusion flickered in some gazes, anger smoldered in others, while suspicion and disbelief tightened the expressions of the rest.
A murmur of voices spread through the vicinity, but since orcs were naturally loud, even their whispered discussions were clearly audible.
“Divine punishment from the Lord of Darkness and Shadows? But wasn’t His Eminence our ally, according to our Divine Father’s oracle?”
“Could this be some kind of misunderstanding?”
“Hah! What misunderstanding? I’ve always said that any deity entangled with those evil gods can’t be trusted!”
“Hmph, and I bet Sauron Group has a hand in this as well. I still remember how my tribe got swindled by them in our last dealings!”
“They built their fortune on smuggling! I even heard rumors that they secretly trafficked members of our race!”