After the heroes had left, Sylvie asked Li, "What are you planning? It would be helpful for us to know of what's going on your end too."
Jeanne nodded, and Li responded. "Chevrette's already done for. We have ironclad witnesses against him in the form of the farmers. There's plenty of them to overcome any needed burden of proof. But I haven't told the heroes about the farmers yet because there's still something that Chevrette is hiding from us."
"I would suspect so," said Sylvie as she tapped her forehead. "It would have been utterly impossible for even a man of his wealth to dredge up the manpower, resources, and this high level of black magic without associating it at all with his personal finances. There must be another entity in play."
"You're precisely right about that." Li paused. "And don't call it black magic. They're just Warlock spells. The same kind of magic as any that you cast. Nothing inherently wrong about it."
