Egouptos plopped down into a chair.
He sniffed the stench hanging in the air and took out a pale pink, unusual flower petal.
To avoid any misunderstanding, he deliberately pinched the petal between his fingers and waved it at Zong Shen.
"Purifying Fragrance Flower."
"Crush it, and it can purify the air."
Both of them could hold their breath internally for long periods.
But there was no need to do so in a normal environment.
After all, breathing was also a process of coming into contact with the free magic power in the outside world.
Zong Shen nodded casually.
None of the other man's every movement could escape his notice.
A person's knowledge might be limited, but the Strategy Module's knowledge was practically infinite.
Egouptos crushed the petal, and faint red motes of light drifted gently outward.
In the blink of an eye, they carried away the stench permeating the air.
Only after finishing this did Egouptos have the leisure to chat.
"You just asked whether I had made arrangements in advance within the city."
"Now I can tell you clearly: yes!"
"In fact, I've prepared contingencies in every imperial city of the seven Kingdoms."
"Rumors say that I'm a lone master thief, but that isn't entirely accurate."
"Although I don't have any so-called fixed partners, that doesn't prevent me from building a force of my own."
Zong Shen quietly compared this against what he knew.
What the man said was largely consistent with the information uncovered by the Strategy Module.
The premise behind Egouptos being "alone" was that he had no collaborators of the same rank.
But in secret, he had formed an organization called "Fellowship."
On the surface, the organization aimed to promote mutual aid among workers, but its upper ranks were all Egouptos's subordinates.
The entire organization