Fors and Hugh had escaped right under his nose, leaving Zilingus, who had been watching from a room across the hall, looking somewhat disappointed.
"If I'd known she was a Traveler, I should've struck the moment she appeared."
Zilingus greatly coveted a Traveler's abilities, especially since they could help him escape after completing this mission.
After discovering that someone was investigating him, he had deliberately used that informant to set a trap, wanting to see exactly who was targeting him.
The reason he had not acted immediately was because he feared an ambush.
Now that the other party had fled directly using a Traveler's abilities, it meant he held the advantage in strength, and there was most likely no ambush lurking in the shadows.
Even so, after this failed test, he swiftly left the scene.
Since someone had already begun investigating him, he needed to speed up his actions.
Fortunately, his target would be attending a ball soon, and he had already chosen someone to transform into.
This time, Zilingus had accepted a mission from the Twilight Hermit Society founded by Adam.
The assassination target was Duke Negan.
Outside the royal family, Duke Negan was the noble with the most land. He was said to own more than twelve million pounds' worth of farmland, ranches, and forests, with rental income alone reaching 1.3 million pounds last year.
Even the wealthy Miss Justice seemed poor before him.
However, because of the Corn Laws, income from land rents had plummeted. Recently, he had been making connections everywhere, apparently intending to do something.
The Twilight Hermit Society generally did not interfere, merely observing in silence.
But once someone appeared who went against the "greater trend," they would eliminate them with thunderous means.
And this "greater trend" was the one Adam had arranged for