"Switched allegiance?
"Wait… a similarly unbeatable power that betrayed the calamities?" In a daze, Thales gazed at the scruffy little girl before him, casting his mind back to a past event.
He recalled that horrid night in Red Street Market, where Asda Sakern, the Air Mystic stood with his back against the ruins of the chess room. Asda's words echoed in his ears.
"So that's written in this book?" Thales took a deep breath. "Does it specify who those people were?"
"No, it doesn't." The girl shook her head and lifted her chin, revealing her grubby face. Her green eyes blinked beneath those thick lenses of hers. "There's another book about politics, 'Foundations of the State in Theory and Practice: Constellation and the Great Dragon'. It also talks about this incident without being specific. Both books do not state the identity of the betrayers."
Thales scowled.
