An Enemy In the Shadows

While Ace and Crystal worked hard to be prepared to face the outcomes of the upcoming war, another man was preparing just as meticulously.

At the moment, shrouded in darkness, a man sat in the small room of a brothel. The overpowering smell of s*x and sin seemed to intoxicate the newcomers whose sense of smell was sharper than the other human visitors.

"Monsieur, the girl is nowhere to be found. From the rogues that were killed, we have been able to discover her trail to the Appleby Mountains. But after that, it is lost."

The rogue tried to look at the man's face, curious to know who this was and why he was willing to pay much for a young girl's information. Looking around at the kind of place they were in, then thought that he just be interested in little girls so he offered, "Monsieur we have many young nubile beauties here if you would be interested. They are well trained in the art of pleasure. We have a few virgins as well..."

The man simply waved his fingers at that and two