Operation Harvest

Gains from the Operation

"An act that simply made one's hair stand on end!"

Inside the Gallop Family's temporary palace, Dauchi Kalle, a high-ranking priest of the Temple Alliance in Dragon Tooth City, spoke loudly to Landen. "How could a remnant of the Devil Race like that appear openly and aboveboard in the city, and even have the title of Dark Mentor in the outer district?"

As a black-market supplier and the High Priest of the outer district, Dauchi naturally knew just how filthy that so-called underworld in the outer district was. But the killers, thieves, and Beastmen kept by all the nobles always had one bottom line: they could not be turned out into the open.

Once they were turned out into the open, it naturally made people like them look as if they had failed to defend the Royal Capital. All the more so when the man they had tried to assassinate, Landen Gallop, had only met the king and numerous National Pillars a few days ago.

"It is indeed baffling," said Atowen Red-Dragon, vice president of Dragon Tooth City's Magic Guild and an Archmage, frowning. "Dauchi, I heard some heretics escaped from prison on your side two days ago? Could it have something to do with this?"

"Ah, this..." The high-ranking priest was somewhat at a loss for words. Atowen was a proper prince; once he got hold of a weakness, either the whole kingdom would laugh at him, or Atowen would have him in the palm of his hand.

"I'm afraid that's exactly it. This Dark Mentor first robbed the heretics out, attempting to create chaos in the outer district, then took advantage of the time when I came here to investigate to launch the assassination." At that moment, Landen suddenly nodded with sincerity.

"Ah..." The