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181 - When Shadows Stand in the Light (4)
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Bored, callous and business-like—that was the tone used by the innkeeper who acted as a middle man between the private contractors and the assassins of the secretive shadow guild. Ye Hua knew that the old innkeeper wasn’t even an actual employee, but simply someone hired to act like a mouthpiece and puppet under the true guild member’s order.
It was funny if one were to think about it. If the Leaf City were to be destroyed, of course the business of the inn would have to stop, and the business built here would have no choice but to be terminated.
However, seeing the situation now that such an entity didn’t seem bothered by the attack of the Demonic Faction, that the inn remained safe like a neutral onlooker, Ye Hua started to have doubts about the true
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