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Chapter 718 - Traitors

There was silence in the room as several cloaked figures sat there, maintaining their distance from one another while they waited.

When the door finally opened, two men walked in and sat down, their bodies covered like everyone else while some sort of crystal was placed on the table in the center of the room. One of the two men began to speak, his voice seeming monotone and unrecognizable. 

"We can all speak freely now. With this, none of us will know who is who."

"You're late. I was beginning to think you wouldn't come."

"There are a lot of eyes watching this place and too many of them side with the Empress. Each of us understands this. So yes, we had to wait, to be patient and to plan."

"And what do you suggest we do? An all out war with those beasts? We've already got nothing left. Our homes are gone. Most of our wealth is gone. And even if we had it, what good would it do for us?"

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