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Chapter 134 Mutual Utilization

Chapter 134 Mutual Utilization

The surroundings suddenly darkened, and Kane opened his eyes to find the scene before him had changed.

He stood in the doorway of a room, still wearing his guard's uniform, with Perry, the sword dancer he had met once before, standing beside him.

Risa's giggles reached her ears: "Hehe, do you think I'm amazing? As long as you don't stand out too much, I can help you change the scene."

Kane ignored her and looked up at the middle of the room.

Sophia was respectfully handing a mission log to Mrs. Ella, and said softly, "After Donovan was dismissed by you for burning down the warehouse, he was treated as a useless pawn by Duke Eisenberg—"

They were exiled to the border region bordering Nord and assigned to a patrol.

Mrs. Ella smiled, her tone slightly cold: "I hope he dies at the hands of those Nord barbarians. He used our Finafine family name to secretly leak our business interests to Duke Eisenberg, our political enemy."

Sofia shook her head, a hint of regret in her voice: "What a pity about that dock warehouse."

Mrs. Ella tapped the table and said nonchalantly, "It's just a warehouse, nothing special. The most important thing is that you've helped me eliminate Donovan, this potential threat."

Donovan?

Kane, dressed as a guard, had a sudden thought as he recalled the absurd underground duel he had taken on when he first joined the Dark Brotherhood.

He frowned as he looked at Sofia, who remained calm.

By this point, he naturally understood that the two men had deliberately put on a show for others.

The businessman named Donovan, ostensibly Ella's subordinate, was actually an informant planted by the Duke of Eisenberg next to Sophia, specifically to gather information.

He had just arrived at the Dark Brotherhood, ready to take on a mission.

Sofia took the initiative to enthusiastically lead him to participate in the underground duel, allowing him to reveal his pure-blooded drow form.

As expected, the greedy Donovan brought his guards to provoke them.

This gave their Dark Brotherhood stronghold a reason to retaliate, and burning down the warehouse was their way of getting back at Donovan.

Donovan, as the instigator, was naturally exiled to the border.

Kane's eyes flickered, and many thoughts flashed through his mind, but he wasn't too angry.

He initially allied himself with the Dark Brotherhood, intending to use them to investigate the demonic cult; it was merely a mutual exploitation between the two sides.

This incident, however, made him more wary of Sophia:

The stronghold manager, who treated him with utmost respect upon their first meeting because he was a pure-blooded Drow, was a man of deep motives.

Sure enough, someone who can become the head of a branch office is no ordinary person.

But that's not the most important thing right now. The most crucial question is: who did Sophia tell him about taking the mercenaries to the savanna?

Kane suppressed his thoughts and listened attentively as Sophia and Mrs. Ella continued their conversation.

Mrs. Ella smiled, then changed the subject, asking the main question: "You said he went to the savanna?"

"Yes," Sophia nodded in reply.

"He brought a team of mercenaries, saying he was going to wipe out the local Bloodline Purification Society, who had previously attacked this Drow."

Bloodline purification ceremony?

Mrs. Ella's expression changed slightly, and a different look flashed in her eyes.

"Madam, what's wrong?" Sophia noticed that something was wrong with her and quickly asked.

Mrs. Ella shook her head and said calmly, "Perhaps I'm overthinking it."

Sophia looked puzzled. Lady Ella tapped the table again and said slowly, "There's nothing to be afraid of regarding the Bloodline Purification Society. On the surface, they only have one second-tier leader, but this weak organization has existed for over a hundred years. Even after being wiped out by the Royal Court multiple times, it can quickly reappear."

"Madam, what do you mean?" Sophia quickly asked.

Mrs. Ella simply shook her head without offering any explanation.

The two chatted for a while longer, occasionally touching on topics such as suppressing business rivals, the Twin Harbor Noble Council, and the matter of the psychedelic water.

Kane, who was standing at the door pretending to be a guard, frowned.

He knew perfectly well that Mrs. Ella must have kept other information from him.

But he is now in Sophia's dream, and everything in the dream is based on Sophia's memories.

What Sophia doesn't know, she won't even dream about.

Even so, he still gained quite a bit today.

The fact that the Dark Brotherhood was able to establish a foothold in Twin Harbor and set up branch outposts suggests that it must have powerful backing.

It seems that this Mrs. Ella is one of their main benefactors.

She and Sofia appeared to have a bad relationship, but in reality, they were very close.

No wonder Lady Ella dared to come to the Dark Brotherhood's stronghold alone to meet him—she already knew she wouldn't be in danger.

Just as Kane was about to leave the dream, he heard Risa's joking voice again: "Don't rush off, stay and watch a good show before you go."

A good show? Kane was a little doubtful.

Mrs. Ella stood up, smiled, and took Sophia's hand.

Sofia smiled and did not refuse, following her into the inner bedroom.

Standing next to Kane, the swordswoman Perry clenched her fists, her face revealing obvious jealousy and resentment.

A faint, ambiguous voice soon reached his ears, and Kane shook his head helplessly, finding it absurd.

The lives of the common people in the Nord War City were not as comfortable as those of the half-elves in the Twin Ports of Susas.

But the few nobles he met were all responsible and valued their families, such as Jasper Ashby.

Lady Ella of the Susas Elven Court had only met him a few times before mentioning the matter of borrowing sperm.

Furthermore, her messy relationship with Sophia made him find it rather ridiculous.

"Risa, send me away," Kane said resolutely after a moment's thought.

The focus of the investigation has been determined; his next step is to find Mrs. Ella and extract more crucial information from her dreams.

No sooner had he finished speaking than Perry, the sword dancer beside him, turned around abruptly to look at him, her face full of surprise and confusion.

Clearly, he hadn't expected the "guard" to speak suddenly.

Kane's face remained expressionless, showing no emotion whatsoever.

The next second, a thick darkness surged in, and everything in front of them vanished instantly.

Kane slowly came to his senses and found himself still in the Dark Brotherhood's room.

On the large bed in front of her, Sophia was sleeping. She had a great figure, a faint blush on her face, and was breathing steadily, clearly still having a wet dream.

The sleep demon Risa squatted by the bed, poking Sophia's face with her finger with great interest.

Seeing that Kane was awake, Risa immediately stopped what she was doing, a malicious smile on her face: "Looks like you're just a pawn being used too."

She drew out her words, a hint of sarcasm in her voice, and asked, "My dear employer, how are you feeling?"

"so what?"

Kane looked up at her, his tone cold and devoid of any emotion.

"If you dare mention deducting my wages again, I'm quitting!"

Risa immediately retorted angrily, "I haven't even calculated the power I used to help you enter your dream!"

But she froze as soon as she finished speaking.

With a "ding," a heavy Nord gold coin suddenly bounced into her hand.

Risa looked down at the gold coins in her hand and instinctively clenched them.

She put it to her lips and took a bite. After confirming that it was real, a look of surprise immediately appeared in her eyes.

"Well done, this is your reward."

Kane nodded slightly and turned to walk towards the door.

A slap followed by a sweet treat—this is the most basic principle of personnel management.

It's a bit strange that Risa is so greedy, even though she's a demon.

But as long as she has something she wants, he can go along with her wishes and make her do things for him.

Risa didn't answer, she was biting the gold coin, smiling happily, her face full of satisfaction.

Kane's eyes flickered as he surveyed his surroundings, thinking to himself:

What's the next step? How can we get in touch with Mrs. Ella and obtain further information?