“What did you do with those guys?”

“I was planning to let them live for giving me information, but those guys just croaked on the spot. They are probably peacefully resting beneath the dirt now.” In other words, those two died from the aftereffects of torture and were in the ground. It was a terrifying story, but both Zich and Lyla remained calm. These two had gone through far too much to be shocked by this.

“Who was the perpetrator?”

“Even they didn’t know. They said a mysterious person with a heavily pressed down robe and a purposefully altered voice offered them the deal.”

“Is it the robed figures?”

“I don’t think so. I have been surveilling the city just in case they are involved, and I didn’t find any trace of them. I don’t think it’s the robed figures but a person who just wanted to conceal their identity with a robe. You know, it is not as if the guys we call ‘robed figures’ are the only ones who wear robes.” As Zich said, a robe was common outerwear for people traveling long distances or those who didn’t want their identities exposed. “Since they got the offer near the campsite of the Wolf’s Canine, I think there’s a high chance the perpetrator is within the mercenary group. The guys in the Wolf’s Canine think...