That figure sent a non-negotiable reply: they were to come to the Council Hall and execute the traitors on the spot, under his supervision.
Furthermore, he commanded them to keep the purge absolute and secretive, digging as hard as they could into the traitors' regular contacts and recent movements.
Utilising the initial leads provided by Hye and Moth, the Grand Elder escalated the search, leveraging every connection he had to achieve the fastest possible results.
Yet, despite the blackout, the word eventually leaked. As he had feared, the traitors weren't only the many names in the list.
First of all, there was one specific faction that remained ominously silent—the very same faction that had openly antagonised Hye from the moment he arrived. The faction that both he and Moth had suspected right from the start did not respond to his summons.
