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Just as Lakyus had said, after destroying Eight Fingers' drug division's raw-material cultivation base, Tina and Tia found a sheet of parchment in the village.
If there had been no mistake, it surely contained information on Eight Fingers' other seven divisions.
However, the information had been written in code and needed to be deciphered.
Thus, as soon as they returned to the Royal Capital, Lakyus immediately brought the information to the royal castle to find Lana and have her decipher the code.
With the Golden Princess's wisdom, deciphering the code should not have been difficult.
Therefore, while Lakyus and the others headed to the royal castle over the matter of decrypting the information, Noah declined Lakyus's invitation to accompany them. He directly found an inn, checked in, and took stock with Narberal of what they had gained from the destroyed village.
As a base for cultivating drug ingredients, the village naturally could not have contained nothing but drugs. Certain expenses and operating funds had been necessary.
Now, all of it had gone into Noah's pocket.
Of course, Noah's gains had not actually been that great.
At least, compared to the profits he had earned by selling large quantities of refined steel, this was truly not much.
But that was only because they had destroyed just one base so far.
Once they destroyed the headquarters of all eight of Eight Fingers' divisions, that would be the real jackpot.
So, while Lakyus and the others went to the royal castle to discuss decrypting the information with Lana, Noah remained at the inn, waiting for the moment to truly act.
That day, Noah was likewise in his