The most astonished among those present were the members of the Night of Deceit faction, such as Montov, Jialong, and Guna.
They had never expected Chen Xuan to be acquainted with Odyssa and Darius. With connections as powerful as these, there was simply no need for him to join the Night of Deceit. The only logical explanation was that the many inconveniences associated with Chen Xuan’s "Profaner" god-rank made it impossible for him to join the faction to which Odyssa and Darius belonged.
"City Lord Wading, I’ll be taking this lad with me. I trust no one here has any objections?"
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