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Under Lakyus and Gazef's guidance, Noah entered the mansion again with Narberal and arrived in the hall with Blue Roses' Adamantite-ranked adventurers.
Aside from Narberal, who faithfully performed her duties as Noah's attendant, and Climb, who claimed that his status did not qualify him to sit on equal footing with everyone present, everyone else took their seats in turn.
The moment she sat down, Lakyus went straight to the point.
"Mr. Noah, have you heard of an organization called Eight Fingers?"
"Eight Fingers?" Noah raised an eyebrow.
Up to this point, most of Noah's information about this world had come from the Slane Theocracy's Sunlight Scripture, while the rest had been gathered from Carne Village.
As such, he did not know much about the various forces within the Kingdom.
However, Noah had still heard about certain matters that were practically common knowledge, through rumors he had picked up in E-Rantel.
For instance, he had learned of Princess Lana, known as the Golden Princess, through hearsay.
And among that information gathered through hearsay were some accounts of the organization known as Eight Fingers.
It was a powerful criminal syndicate entrenched in the Kingdom's darkness.
That description alone might not convey just how powerful the syndicate was, but its general structure gave some indication of its influence.
It was said that, as its name implied, Eight Fingers was divided into eight departments.
Those eight departments dealt in eight businesses: slave trading, assassination, smuggling, theft, drug trafficking, bodyguard services, finance, and gambling. They supported and coexisted with one another, making Eight Fingers the undisputed number one force among the Kingdom's illegal organizations.
Of course,