“Excuse me, Master. Are you sure about this?”

“About what?” Song Jung-Wook[1] asked.

“About Lee Ki-Young of the Blue Guild taking command…”

“Oh, don’t worry about that,” Song Jung-Wook replied.

“What? But… your plan…”

“We need to take care of what’s in front of us first. Lee Ki-Young is from Lindel and even if his influence over Castle Rock expands, there’s a limit to what he can do. Actually, it’ll be better for us, since we still have a lot to benefit from him,” he explained.

“Ah…”

“Lee Ki-Young knows exactly what ‘give and take’ means… hehehe.”

Despite his bad first impression of Lee Ki-Young, the latter had turned out to be the type of person who always brought surprises. At first, he had thought Lee Ki-Young was just lucky and that he had simply obtained his position by being the Mercenary Queen’s lover, but as time passed, Song Jung-Wook realized that wasn’t the case. Even though Song Jung-Wook was curious about how Lee Ki-Young had gotten so much power, it was more important to know the latter’s attitude and how he was going to use that power.

‘He knows…’

Lee Ki-Young knew better than anyone how to use his power and position because...