"But he was too good to be a subordinate of Asmond," the assassin said.
Silence fell over the room.
That one statement changed everything.
If this unknown figure was better than Asmond—if he was acting independently—then Asmond might not be the true mastermind behind the shady dealings at the Anti-Saviors' HQ.
There was someone else.
Someone higher.
But who could be higher than someone like Asmond, a high-level administrator in the government, a councilor in the Magus Council, and the leader of the HQ of the anti-saviors?
If that person wasn't Birna or Zephyrion, that only left one of the three founders of the anti-saviors.
So, Arlon was probably right.
Ejen let out a slow breath. "This is worse than I thought."
Birna leaned back in her chair, her mind working through the implications. "Agreed. If we move too quickly, we risk forcing the real mastermind into hiding. If we move too slowly, we allow them to keep growing unchecked."
