Chapter 494: Black Ledger
“The Black Ledger?” Vanessa said from Derek’s side. “You
“Yes, Vanessa, I have,” Nyx said. “I did this long ago… actually… just after you returned from that raid dungeon. I was already keeping an eye out. Then Mr. Hunt and his… companion showed up to the battlefield and flipped the Astrus and Indria war effort upside down in moments. That was when I did it. It wasn’t hard to know and see the potential.”
“I’m missing something,” Derek said. “What is the ‘Black Ledger?’”
“Vanessa, you may give the explanation,” Nyx said, letting the woman speak freely about the ledger without any negative effects happening because of any contracts or oaths.
The Shadow Witch nodded at the Guild Leader, then said, “It’s a list of untouchables,” Vanessa explained. “Very few names have ever been placed in the ledger. No assassin would ever dare accept a mission to assassinate one of those names.”
“Not only that,” Nyx said. “But our assassins are bound by oath to report anyone believed to be trying to assassinate one on that list. After that, measures will be taken.”
“Oh…” Derek said. “Which of my friends are on this list?”
“That would be a Ms. Malorie Fields and her daughter, Mr. Thomas Stewart, Ms. Rayna West and her husband Jackson Herrett, along with their future child, a Mr. Rudolph Mckinney, and a Ms. Clare Searidge,” Nyx explained.
“Hmm…” Derek rubbed his chin. “No Avery, Stella, Shae, Edgar, Alanah, or Walter?”