"If—just hypothetically—what if that Contractor killed Cress?" someone asked, still uneasy.
"I've already told Cress that he's been sleeping with Batiatus's wife. He's completely lost his head over her, so he'll let Lucretia poison that Contractor. Just wait and see how he dies tomorrow."
"Boss, I'm still worried. Why don't we do the same thing tonight..."
"Fine. Make sure you cover your tracks and don't alert them. Most importantly, don't let that Female Magician or MT catch on. This time, I'm going to wipe them all out!" One-Eyed Dragon crushed his wooden cup, uncorked a bottle of wine, and gulped it down.
Kirk, hidden in the shadows, quietly slipped away from the corner. Thanks to the boost from the King of Shadow Thieves' Shackles, his Agility had reached 22 points, approaching the limit of this world. Naturally, sneaking around was no problem for him.
It seemed MT and the Female Magician still didn't know about One-Eyed Dragon's plan. They'd be furious if they found out. Could he use that to his advantage?
Kirk headed toward the gladiators' quarters.
At one in the morning, Kirk sparred with Spartacus by the sea. They fought with such fervor that neither held back, leaving wounds on each other.
A nimble Thief Contractor slipped into Kirk's room and, without anyone noticing, poured a packet of drugs into his water. It was a valuable B-class item that could poison a Contractor and reduce all their actual attributes by 20%. What's more, it showed no abnormalities on the status screen, so the Contractor couldn't tell they'd been weakened!
At two, Batiatus's flirtatious wife slipped into Kirk's room again. She mixed a lizard's tail, a black snake, and a scorpion that had been dead for three days into a witch's poison, then added it to the milk she'd