But the next moment, that clarity dissipated again.
Baron lowered his voice and continued, "The Second Prince forced him to conduct human experiments. While they were alive."
"He refused, but he had no choice, and later he became like this, lucid at times, confused at others. It was the people from the Red Tide who secretly brought him out."
The carriage gently rocked and began to move forward.
Varius leaned against the carriage compartment and closed his eyes.
He finally understood that this was not an ordinary transfer but an effort by the Red Tide to slowly extract the framework of the Imperial Capital.
This action was not a spur-of-the-moment decision.
It was an order from the North.
The Lord of the North was not in a hurry to seize land nor interested in immediately intervening in the burning city.
