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It had been a week since he was brought down fro about the day of his fateful return Even if he couldn't do anything to the King of Graycastle, he would never let the three big families enjoy his city and the fruits of their rebellion

After careful consideration, Appen finally chose his first destination—the Thousand Blade Fort of the Kingdoht next to the borders of the Kingdom of Dawn, and it was rumored that its Lord had blood relations with the nobility of the Kingdom of Dawn So he would not be too harsh on the Moya family But most importantly, due to the close relations between the nobles residing in both the kingdoms, if his identity was ever to be needed, then they would be able to easily contact hiainst each other, but at the end of the day, everyone only cared for their own benefits Since he was no longer the ruler of the City of Glow, their interests would not be in conflict

Further their new interests

For the sake of revenge, Appen decided to suppress his feelings of chagrin for now When the tiht, he wouldabout that, he started to cheer up At the saer

It would be nice to have some fruits now as the ships on this route would becodo boat docking with his boat

Appen shook the thin string on his table, which was connected to a bell outside Whenever it rang, the maid would have to come in

Yet, there was no response from the outside this time

His eyebroere instantly raised

He could not believe that he had fallen so low that even his e to ence she could serve as an exaroup of followers, other than the Moya fahts, the rest of theht a lesson

He had to let the they were in his presence, they had to act like they were in the palace

Appen exited the room but found no one outside Not only the uards, the slaves nobody was left The cabin was strangely silent, and the only thing that could be heard were the waves crashing against the ship

He suddenly felt a cold sweat running down his spine

So!

Was he abandoned? No that was impossible Even if the hts that were trained by his family would have definitely stopped them Not to mention there should have been at least some noise due to a dispute!

Appen decided to climb out of the hold onto to the deck to have a look There should still be some sailors there no matter what Just as he was about to turn around, he saw a bloodstained dagger being pointed at his neck

The one holding the dagger was an extreht as stars

Appen instantly realized that she did not belong to the ship crew He would have noticed a person with such distinguishing features

She must be an intruder!

"Who sent you? Do you knohat are you doing, lowlife? I a of Dawn, the Moya family's—"

His voice suddenly stopped

He realized he could no longer breathe through his throat, it was clogged by the gushing blood A striking pain starting froh his body, taking away all of his strength

As he fell down, he only heard a whisper above his head

"Well, you are only a mortal after all"