Charles wasn't just paying lip service; he issued a bounty order. From that moment on, anyone who brought the head of a Fhtagnist to the Governor's Mansion on Hope Island would receive a substantial reward after the staff had verified the distinctive tentacle tattoo on the heads of those cultists.3

He wasn't afraid of retaliation. After all, without Swann, the Fhtagn Covenant lacked the means to launch a full-scale war against Hope Island, or they would never succeed in destroying the island. Hope Island was remote, but it was no pushover.0

Charles didn't know when it happened, but his words had gained significant weight across the Subterranean Seascape. Also, the Fhtagn Covenant had already burned the bridges when they had enlisted the help of the Deep Dwellers to attack the island. Feigning ignorance would...0