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The moment Emery entered the Red Pagoda, just like his previous visits, the familiar fat man quickly welcomed him. He was then led to the room where Trixie, or who he knew as Tatyana, was standing by.

"Hope you have a pleasant evening, sir," the fat man said with his signature smile as the door closed.

On the other hand, while she knew that she was going to see Emery, the brown-haired fox girl looked a bit surprised when she saw him. The reason was that it had only been four days since they had last met, whereas their promised meeting time was a week.

"I guess I worried for nothing," She said while looking at him.

Emery could see that Tatyana was still a little uneasy living in this place, and he couldn't help but feel slightly responsible for letting her stay that way. Unfortunately, he couldn't afford to let go of her in this period of time.

The longer he stayed in Silvermane City, the more questions arose and must be answered; this time, it was about the Apex faction. That was why he needed her more and more – his own source of information, otherwise, he would be grasping aimlessly in the dark.

With that said Emery revealed his objective of meeting the brown-haired girl, to which the latter readily responded.

The Apex faction was not as big as the three leading factions on the Silvermane Planet – Locarios, Karst, and Corvin. At least not in terms of strength, since they didn't even have their own planet.

However, even with that fact, the Apex faction was no less wealthy compared to the three leading factions, which made them just as significant.

Tatyana told Emery that the reason was none other than the fact that they monopolized the production of everything related to the apothecary on the Silvermane Planet. Not only that, they were also the number one supplier of the bloodline elixirs used by dozens of Wolf factions, which not only supported making them rich but also influential.

When he heard that, Emery was even more certain that the Apex faction played a huge role in the seat of power within the Wolf bloodline.

"Alright, thank you for all this, Tatyana. Please update me if you hear any more information."

Emery said as he gave the fox girl a communication stone, which she could use to contact him immediately if anything regarding the Corvin or the Apex faction came up.

"I understand, brother."

As he made his way out of the establishment, walking through the crowded first floor, Emery was surprised when he felt someone watching him. He secretly tried to look for the unknown person, but he couldn't pinpoint anyone.

While his figure stood still among the rowdy crowd, Emery felt that he might be wrong. But knowing what was at stake if what he felt was true, as soon as he returned to the inn, he called out to Andrei, telling the latter to go to the Red Pagoda and watch over Tatyana.

The tall man was slightly anxious at the request, but he cared too much about Tatyana to refuse.

As Emery was planning to take care of his personal affairs, Yoro asked for time to find out the fate of the rest of his people. Understanding the Sanddune Wolf's sentiments, Emery gave him ten days to do what he wanted – not too much time and risked being caught.

With that, Emery was once again on his own.

Within his room, setting himself in the lotus position, Emery decided to ponder upon all the information he had gathered.

The Silvermane might be the biggest and greatest Wolf faction in the Magus Universe, but not only did the three pillars that supported such a power seem fragile, but they might also even be the reason for its downfall.

Such things were reflected in the suffering of the people on the planet, and Emery had the opportunity to see it for himself. Large, influential clans unjustly oppressed smaller clans without any consequence, and people were forced into slavery with no way to fight back.

For an ordinary magus like him, Emery had no interest in getting caught in the middle of such a power struggle, nor did he have any thoughts of being a hero. However, he believed such chaos could be an opportunity for him to get what he wanted.

An appropriate revenge for the Corvin faction and a way to break through his bloodline to help Silva's mutation problem.

However, for now, he must not be hasty and keep observing in the shadows, gather as much intel as he can, and look for the right moment to act.

His guts tell him that the Apex faction was a good place for him to start exactly that.

Before he continues with his plan, he can't help but think about Annara once again.

It had been two weeks since the bat woman's departure, yet he still had not heard anything from her. Worried that something had happened, he decided to attempt contact with the people in Ouroboros' paycheck.

A few secret words were given to the man behind the inn's bar, and in the middle of the night, he met the man. The latter told him that he had heard that the girl was doing another task before heading back to Silvermane, as for the nature of the task, he didn't know.

Such an answer was enough to give Emery some relief. At the same time, Emery made another request.

"I need a new identity, that of an apprentice of the apothecary institutes."

To his pleasant surprise, the status of apprentice apothecary was not difficult to add to his current identification.

"The master title is impossible task, for an apprentice, I can help this settled in 3 days"

While waiting for the Ouroboros agent to do his job, on the next day, Emery rented a house near the Apothecary Center. One that gave him a good view of the Apex facility as well as one with a large space inside and a courtyard at the back.

After that, he spent the rest of the day practicing making potions during the day and practicing swordsmanship at night in the backyard so as to stay discreet. In between the sessions, he returned to the [Memory puzzle] to fill the gaps of all the memory he received during his training.

Slowly but surely, with each passing day, he got closer to remembering who he was while getting a better understanding of the structure of power and the people involved in Silvermane planet.

To be continued