Entering the Black Market!

"So, you're telling me that bumpkin escaped under your watch and even stole your storage ring, and if it wasn't humiliating enough, he even left his 'mark' on you that you can't remove!?"

Wallace stood in his private herb garden, in front of a glowing herb as he watered it with extremely precious Ascension Grade-1 Spirit Nectar, as he spoke coldly to a burly man wearing the same kind of uniform as the Inferno Weapon Smith Association members. Still, there was a glowing crimson flame symbol on his rob, different from the 'Crimson Cauldron' symbol on Wallace's.

This burly man with stern features and fierce eyes was a Flame Disciple, Irv Oriente, and the most loyal follower of Wallace and his cousin. He also belonged to the Oriente family, one of the four top clans of the Artifice Inferno Sect, who control the Eastern Guardian Sect City.