The Golden Swan Commerce’s Leader

"It failed."

The man in noble attire was stunned.

"You failed? How? This isn't your first time doing this, right? Your group always completes missions like this successfully. So how did you fail?"

"Typically, we have accurate information and thorough intelligence gathering to ensure a successful mission. But this time, it seems we were given bad intel."

"Bad intel?"

"You said they were only at the Earl and Marquess stages, right? Well, that's true, we confirmed it ourselves. So we sent assassins at the Earl, Marquess, and even Duke stages, which should have been more than enough to handle them. But no one came back. Do you know what that means?"

"Could someone have helped them? Or are they stronger than they seemed?"

The First Finger nodded.