Situated underground in the slums of Brenst was the place that was responsible for anything related to drugs, prostitution, and gambling—which far surpassed the ones that were allowed in the city.
Working under the nose of Velkyn Cross was something that even the baron couldn't picture himself doing. Elias knew that Velkyn would only come to know about all of this when everything was already out of control.
He could remember what had taken place in the novel.
Goosebumps.
Just thinking about all of that made his skin crawl. The dead, like living people; the massacre; and the control of the "Velvet Hand" over the whole city.
It was just one of the few unrests ongoing in the south of the Radiant Empire.
But it was hellish enough for one to wish for death.
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"Mmph... nnph..."
While Elias sat in his room. Somewhere, in the depths of the confines of the underground place, something else was taking place.
