Lucen and his men had captured several other assassins, each of whom had no idea who their true employer was.
The man Lucen had personally captured had been telling the truth when he claimed to be alone. He had entered the capital by himself and believed he was the only person hired to kill the king.
The others had believed the same thing.
They came from different kingdoms, accepted their contracts through different intermediaries, and had never spoken to one another. Each had also prepared a different method of assassination.
One carried arrows coated with a poison that weakened aura. Another possessed an artifact capable of concealing the mana gathered before a spell. A third had disguised himself as one of the merchants permitted to approach the soldiers during the inspection.
None of their weapons shared the same maker, and their advance payments had been made using coins from several kingdoms.
