Kha'Zix's Luck Takes a Turn for the Worse, and the Venomfang Clan's Ambitions

Kha'Zix of the Venomfang Clan felt his luck had been rotten lately.

He had thought that with the Allied Forces directing the operation and a Crown Tier powerhouse leading it, the human governor from the Empire could never survive. On the day of the assassination attempt, he had even drawn up plans to take over the Black Marsh Clan's territory afterward.

But events had gone far beyond anything he expected.

Not only had his clan's elite warriors been wiped out by that cunning human's schemes,

but his Crown Tier ally, Krus of the Froststar Clan, had also died in that wretched place, Faoken.

If he hadn't been cautious enough to stay out of the assassination attempt,

the title of Venomfang Clan chief might now have belonged to his son.

Worst of all, the three transcendent Mages from the Allied Forces who had taken part in the assassination attempt hadn't died as expected. Instead, they had miraculously survived. They regrouped at the Venomfang Clan and, through a mix of discussion and coercion, pinned the entire failure on the now-dead Krus. They claimed he had been careless, exposing their route and causing the plan to fail. Frankly, Kha'Zix didn't believe a word of it.

He knew Krus fairly well. The Crown Tier powerhouse was famously bold yet meticulous.

Assassination, in particular, had been his specialty.

There was no way he would have made such an obvious mistake.

There was almost certainly a mole within the Allied Forces. How else could that human from the Empire have anticipated their assassination attempt? Of course, Kha'Zix knew he couldn't say that aloud.

Otherwise, those three transcendent Mages might execute him on the spot for undermining morale.

So, however unwillingly, he had agreed to let those damned envoys dump the blame on the Froststar Clan.

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