Chapter 44: Investigate the Secret Eye Society (1/2)

Angora was about to study the buildings available from the System when Edward returned in a hurry from his investigation.

“I’m here to submit my findings.” Edward opened his System page—because Angora was the one who assigned the quest, the quest board would only display [Quest accomplished] when Angora was around even after obtaining all information.

When that was done, Edward sighed heavily as if a heavy load was taken off his shoulders, giving him a little nod and left the room to take a break.

On Angora’s end, his System changed as well: the page of his quest assignment authority to investigate the Secret Eye Society was gone, replaced by a video tab.

Angora clicked on it, his interest piqued—it was what Edward saw when he infiltrated the Secret Eye Society base.

Quickly realizing the value of that information, Angora quickly sat down to find any useful information.

He then heard the Secret Eye Society members who were laughing about the two beheaded Players for twenty whole minutes, and was left speechless.

As he quietly considered removing those two Players from his register, Angora suddenly learned by himself how to use the playback bar and fast-forwarded the video to the important part: two men who looked like leaders of the society having a conversation.

The footage was not clear because Edward was watching it from a dark corner, although Angora could recognize one of them immediately—it was his second brother, Edmund Faust!

Although Angora didn’t know who the other man was, he could tell from the bladed whip hanging at his hip that it was Black Whip, who was in charge of the base.

“Mister Edmund, that’s only fifty thousand Rions. It’s not what we agreed upon.” Black Whip was leaning into a couch and saying lazily. “I remember that our deal is a hundred and fifty thousand!”

“Your methods are so crude, and yet that little town outside of the Valley of the Tragic Dead is still standing! The society provides with you so much funding, but you only managed to come up with trash like that bone incense? Don’t you feel shame?!” Edmund was clearly impatiently and accusing Black Whip indignantly. “If the Grey Fjord Port didn’t need your kind…”

Before he could finish, Black Whip, who looked like he was falling asleep suddenly leaped to his feet and kicked Edmund into the ground, stamping his head forcefully. The second son of a duke could not free himself from his boot no matter what he tried.

“You took the hundred thousand for yourself, didn’t you? Looks like the old folks never told you why even someone as greedy as them never tried to pay a copper less to this place.”

“What, what are you doing?! My father is the duke…”

“And what? You’re useless and abandoned after the duke divided and conferred his land off.”

Black Whip’s voice was very cold, and was putting more strength into his boot. “Believe me, I could kill you right here and no one—including our own little cabal and your father would try anything with me.”

“I… I was wrong! Mercy, I’ll do anything!” His face almost misshapen under Black Whip’s boot, Edmund Faust was finally losing his noble vanity, replaced by a terrified and pathetic look Angora had never seen from his brother.

“Do you get it now?” Black Whip’s voice and face showed delight, and his foot was relaxing.

“Yes, yes!”

Edmund quickly answered, but in that moment, Black Whip’s face contorted brutally.