Chapter 76: Obstacles (Part I)
Word Number:186
Author:苍渊之握
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Release Time:2026-02-24
To curb Amoralde’s ambitions without severing the bonds of brotherhood, the Lord acted on gathered intelligence and dispatched men to Suvillas and Casimos to arrest several of Amoralde's agents. These men had been spying on the Lord and the proceedings of Nalga Hall, relaying information to the master of Saravin through a merchant shop in Casimos. The breakthrough came thanks to a gatekeeper in Casimos, who suspected that a shipment of pelts bound for the shop was contraband. When the merchant in charge was interrogated, he initially offered a string of denials before admitting to smuggling. It was a desperate ruse to protect his identity and prevent his master from being exposed. He hoped to settle for a public flogging and be done with it. The shop owner, also a retainer of Amoralde, panicked upon hearing that his "supplier" had been seized. Fearing for his life, he abandoned Casimos and fled to Saravin, leaving behind a wife who, oblivious to his true motives, frantically reported her husband's disappearance to local officials. Though Casimos was a small town, its position on the vital artery between Sara