Chapter 282: Shadow Agents (2/2)

Three days later, trouble started to happen

The ht by an unknown force when they were doing business for ht attack and both sides were ht alerted the Jarl and his men but I hid my men fast in the Cube and made sure that no trace link back to me

When I questioned my men, it seeated hier in the process but Alina worked on his wounds and he soon recovered

A lot of eyes and ears started to pop around us since then

These were all 'Sleeper Agents' People that the other forces planted in Whiterun to gather information and spread words I was a bit inexperienced on how to deal with that kind of operatives In Riften, there was only the Thieves Guild which I kne they play and in Winterhold, all the 'Sleeper Agents' eeded out periodically

But to an established town like Whiterun, there were too e of Winterhold had soh they don't do politics

'Sleeper Agents' can soents or even triple agents

Anyway, ht noas to point out the loose ends and tie it up In Whiterun, the Dare Dragon Company has an outpost and I started from there I picked up all the weird movements and talked to some of those eyes and ears to see where I can reach with the the night, I sent Jullanar and Nefertiti to capture the ones that attacked my men Jullanar always comes with results and she captured a Breton ation The man proved to be hard to crack and tried to run on multiple occasions but I soon found a better way to handle him The [Skeleton Key]!

I just had to 'lock' a part of his awareness and the truth was revealed as soon as I asked to next question

”The Empire!”

This was the answer I received The E me or to be more specific, the [Penitus Oculatus]

They are the new Iency of the Empire, known to the public as the [Penitus Oculatus] and to the underground as the [Specters]

The reason they came after me was not clear even to them but they were tasked to keep an eye on the Empire's Loyalists and secure a foothold in Whiterun Any presence that may affect the Empire's influence in Whiterun was to be dealt with

As I appeared in the Battle-Born Clan and started bringing them closer to the Grey-Mane Clan, the Imperial Operatives started to feel threatened that their supportersto prevent a feud in Whiterun to lessen the severity of the future Civil War and help a friend est shadow organization in the Empire

What a thrill!