Chapter 383: Han Dong's Plan

No middle-man profiting from the spread.

If there are insiders infiltrating the upper ranks of the Holy City.

It would naturally be more prudent to have Abe report directly to Captain Kaimon, to avoid the risk of intel being intercepted halfway through.

However...

The person pulling the strings has power equivalent to the Regiment's Captain if he can order the withdrawal of the knights from a specific area so swiftly, Han Dong speculated.

"If the plot is revealed, the high-ranking official acting covertly might willingly abandon this demon,"

"Or rather, he has already abandoned the demon and uses this secret stone invasion merely as a test to assess the security level of the Holy City... to facilitate his genuine invasion plan next time."

Although human nature inherently embodies wickedness.

Internal conflicts were rare under such apocalyptic circumstances... but currently, there's a 'significant insider'.