Cale modified his greeting.

�You are not a priestess anymore. Long time no see, Cage.�

�Yes, young master-nim. Nice to see you again.�

Cale turned to look at Odeus who was staring at him. Odeus�s eyes were full of avarice.

The novel had a few lines about Marquis Stan and Venion during the Black Dragon arc. Two of those lines were about how Venion got his power within the successor candidates.

< Although Venion Stan put up the front of being a good noble, he did all sorts of dirty deeds in secret. That was why he could not be separated from the Stan Territory�s underworld. >

These two sentences made Kim Rok Soo understand how Venion could make Taylor Stan lose his legs and then eventually kill him.

The current operation had started from those two lines. Although these two lines were short, they held a lot of information about the type of person Venion was, as well as his past. He asked Odeus a question.

�So? Aren�t you curious about my commission now?�

Odeus sat back down across from Cale without saying anything else. Cage sat down on the remaining seat. It was now the perfect time to discuss the operation.

The beginning of the conversation naturally started with the most curious person. Odeus was the first to start the conversation.

�I never knew that the two of you knew each other.�

�Are you curious about that?�

Odeus answered as if it was obvious.

�Not at all.�

Cale also accepted it, as if that answer was the obvious answer. Someone like Odeus would personally investigate something like this. What kind of merchant earns information from his client?

�Odeus, when does Venion visit this place?�

While Odeus had been working in the underworld for the past five years, he had figured out that there was someone who was an obstacle for his taking control of the entire underworld. However, he was never able to figure out who it was.

The information that he had only recently learned was coming out of Cale�s mouth.

�You mean the back alley.�

The young master in front of him knew that Venion would come to the back alley.

Of course, Cale was just reiterating the information about Odeus that he had read in the novel.

They called the dark side of the Stan territory the �Back Alley.� Gambling, alcohol, prostitution, the black market with illegal items, slavery, and violence. All of those dirty things happen on a daily basis in the Back Alley.

Only Odeus did not use slaves or violence. He always put conditions so that both the client and he could be protected by each other for any deal. That was why Cale had come to find him. JrNovels.com