Night fell.
In the ruined hall, Li Wei sat leaning back in a chair. Only its two rear legs touched the ground, and the battered chair rocked from time to time as he moved.
In his hands, playing cards kept appearing, disappearing, then appearing again.
This feels amazing.
As he toyed with the cards, the corners of Li Wei's mouth curled upward. He had always liked magic tricks and had once considered performing some on his livestream. But when he actually tried learning them, he discovered that watching online explanations didn't mean anyone with a pair of hands could do them. Now, though, all he really needed was a pair of hands!
Li Wei practiced cutting the deck as he narrowed his eyes and began to think.
The adventurers of the Arrow of Light hadn't really approved of Li Wei's decision. While gathering the bodies, they had discovered that the black-clad men he had killed belonged to an assassination organization called Black Fang. The man wielding two magical weapons had been a top assassin named Entreri.
Perro the Butcher and Entreri the Assassin.
Both were powerful figures of the evil alignment, yet they had obediently taken orders from someone else. That meant their employer was stronger than either of them!
After all, this was a world where strength ruled. Unlike powerful people of the good alignment, those of the evil alignment didn't care much about rules or order. Sometimes they simply killed someone and fled, and nobody could stop them. Anyone capable of making them obey had to be stronger than them-and unafraid of them running away.
They had also learned the little girl's name.
Aria Silverhand.
In this region, someone named Silverhand could only be a relative of the Queen of Silvermoon City!
People of the evil alignment had