Taylor sat in his office.
All alone.
Just as he had expected, the men he sent to ambush the capital had been caught. The report from his spy had just arrived.
Those men weren't ordinary soldiers. They were experts, handpicked and personally trained under the name of House Silverthorn. But right now, the Capital was on its highest alert.
One wrong move against the foreign ministers could spark a war. And while the nations were forced to stay united under humanity's shared disadvantage, none of them would allow harm to fall on their rulers.
Taylor knew from the start his men wouldn't last.
Yet, he wasn't troubled.
If things went as planned, then during the summit the report of a certain human working with the elves would surface.
And when that happened, the King would have no choice but to mark Hades as the greatest threat of all.
'Never thought I'd have to push this far… but in the end, the only obstacle standing in my way—'
"You seem rather pleased with yourself."
