Chapter 98
“Huff, huff.”
Pon, who had barely managed to restore his body by draining the life force of two people, was catching his breath.
Having recovered some of his strength, he changed into the clothes of a dead soldier and donned his only unburnt possession: a black goat mask.
“You look quite pathetic, Meigas.”
Right then, a handsome middle-aged man dressed in a noble’s suit spoke to Pon, having slipped in unnoticed behind him. Publicly, Pon was known as a merchant of the underworld. Judging by his appearance or social standing, the middle-aged man was clearly superior. However, a different hierarchy applied between them.
Pon’s rank was Meigas, the second-highest rank in the secret society, Menos Tembel. Meanwhile, the middle-aged man was a Magistell Tempri, the third-highest rank within the organization.
Pon let out a smirk. “I ran into an unexpected opponent.”
“Who was it?”
“Kalliant Stark. There were rumors that he was on par with Deses-poir, who buried one of our followers recently. He was just as much of a mad dog as I’d heard.”
Pon took pride in his own strength, but simply remembering Kalliant’s crimson eyes, which looked as though they were burning… his body shuddered with a mix of fear and excitement despite himself.
Shaking off his personal feelings for a moment, he turned to the man. “So, while I was out of commission, what happened with the elves?”
“It was a failure on multiple fronts.” The man shook his head with a look of regret. “The Queen Bee had her throat pierced by Verde’s arrow. The Killer Bees, having lost control, were eventually hunted down after exhausting themselves.”
