Not a total failure
The black librarian said with a mischievous smile on her lips.
"How do we ensure the anti-government group wouldn't retaliate if we stopped helping them out in their time of need, especially since their plans had gone haywire and lost a lot during this attack."
"That's true. We have been always fair and straightforward in our transactions. Abandoning them now will make us their enemies to a certain degree." the slave trader quickly added. Sweat hung from his chin as he secretly wiped it out when no one was looking his way.
He knew very much from experience and working within his line of work not to let his fear show, but his attempt at masking his shock against an SSS-ranked aura was inevitably futile. His eyes betrayed a deep sense of fear and doubt. No one else in the room seemed affected but him.
"Are you telling me that the anti-gov would dare fight against the entire underworld?" Ryan tilted his head as if looking at an idiot.