About five minutes later, a security guard patrolling the courtyard discovered Richard Madden's body, its skull shattered.
Without hesitation, the guard reported it to Richard Madden's head of security.
Rather than call the police, the head of security called Eisen De.
As Richard Madden's head of security, he clearly knew things ordinary people did not.
Only ten minutes later, Eisen De, the leader of the South District's Shepherds, appeared in the villa again.
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This time, Eisen De was not alone.
The available Shepherds from the South District and those from other districts had also been summoned.
Bane was among them.
Summoned yet again, Bane curled his lip in displeasure.
"Come on."
"I have my own assignments too."
"Can you stop calling me in every single time?"
Bane complained to Horne.
"The fact that you could come here proves that this supposed assignment of yours isn't important."
"Or rather, you aren't indispensable to it."
"I have faith in Huai Deke's abilities!"
"Besides..."
"In my experience, when you start complaining to an acquaintance the moment you see them, there's only one possible explanation: you've suffered a setback on your assignment."
As he spoke, Horne adjusted his glasses.
The lenses immediately caught an unusual gleam.
"A setback?"
"What setback could there possibly be?"
"Besides, since when were we close?"
"Don't make me laugh."
Bane stubbornly turned his head away.
How could he possibly tell anyone what had happened to him?
Was he supposed to tell Horne that the disciple he had pinned such high hopes on, someone with the potential to become a sage or a prophet, had actually gone off to become a cook?
If he really dared say it, he would become the laughingstock of every Shepherd in Ai City before daybreak.
Still, Luo Ye's cooking really