Steel and Sorrow: Rise of the Mercenary king - Chapter 84: Rat(2)

... he individual he'd had contact with, he gave out a breath of relief. Perhaps, he dared to hope, his covert actions had gone unnoticed.

Suppressing his inner turmoil, Fahil played the role of the curious observer, "Who is he?" he inquired, his tone carefully neutral.

"Ah, now that," he replied cryptically, "is a tale best told by our newfound friends here."

Moving forward, Alpheo advanced toward the bloodied man, seizing him by the hair to force his head upright, forcing h ...