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Chapter 826: A Single Wish
Chapter 826: A Single Wish
Chapter 826: A Single Wish
Northern was silent for a few moments.
The weight of his stillness pressed down on the air like an imminent annihilation.
Seeing it, the shopkeeper nearly broke out of his skin. He scrambled forward, groveling at Northern's feet.
"I swear! I'm not lying—I'm not trying to trick you!" he cried. "It was right there! I had it on my tongue—I swear it just… left."
His usual assured tone had crumbled into shameless desperation.
Northern cast an indifferent glance at him, then sighed, stepping back and pulling his foot away from the man's grasp.
Straightening, he looked down at him again and asked,
"I presume your claim of having reached the Northern Continent was a fluke—something to enthrall me."
The shopkeeper's head jerked up.
"What?! No! Not at all, Sir Drifter!! I swear it wasn't!"
His words spilled out quickly, frantic.
"It was why that person knew to come and meet me! I am one of the very few information brokers with contacts all across the world."
He risked another glance at Northern—then added, voice dripping with desperation,
"If you take me under your wing, I can serve you. Please—just don't kill me. I will give you whatever information you need."
Northern studied him.
For the first time, there was a flicker of intrigue in his gaze. Beneath the mask, he grinned.
"Oh. Of course, you will serve me."
His voice was amused, yet chilling.
"That was, after all, the reward I was supposed to receive for delivering your caravan to Lithia and returning, wasn't it?"
His gaze sharpened.
"So, yes—you will serve me. And you will tell me everything I need to know about the blockade."
The information broker swallowed hard. Fear glimmered in his eyes as they met Northern's.
"Yes, sir. I will tell you everything I know."
Northern nodded.
Extending a single finger, he traced a slow, deliberate circle in the air.
A rift tore open before them, slashing through the darkness with eerie brilliance.
The shopkeeper recoiled, his body trembling. He had no words for what he was witnessing—only a raw, unexplainable fear clawing at his insides.
Before he could process it, Northern grabbed him and stepped into the rift.
The spatial tear sealed behind them instantly—leaving no trace.
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