The God of Trade Says You're the True Lord of Trade

Lady Ferosiel was quite candid.

In her own words, this was because Avalon's revelation required her to conceal no truths.

But as a Ranger General, speaking privately about what had happened and inviting Murphy, Triss, and the powerful but unknown forces behind them to join the hunt for the Twilight faction would benefit the elven kingdom and do it no harm.

And since she was acting in a private capacity, this also minimized the risk of an uncontrollable royal scandal.

After all, using your own people for human experimentation sounded downright evil. Even if Ferosiel believed such actions had greatly strengthened the elven kingdom, that still did not change the dark nature of what they had done.

The Elven King's decision to suppress the news after the Shadow Elf schism proved as much. King Quirion himself understood that this was something they could never bring into the open.

And this also proved, from another angle, that "Source" was definitely doing more than stirring up trouble in the heart of the Old Continent.

While subtly manipulating Transia, she was also plotting in the elven kingdom, scheming in a way that even threatened the Ranger General. When Murphy thought back to the explorer's true identity, revealed during the battle for Blackflame Pass, a general idea began to form in his mind.

The explorer who had always acted alongside "Source" was Mamluk, the most feared Wraith King of the Kingdom of Sanghai in the Land of Origins. Three hundred years ago, that man had invaded the elven kingdom. He was a full-blown warmonger and a worthy enemy of the elves.

It was obvious what Source wanted to do by joining forces with him.

Murphy had already done his best to raise his estimate of the Twilight's threat, but it seemed he had still