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Chapter 122
[Temperance] sat in her office chair, stroking Fortit, who rested comfortably on her lap.
Her desk was covered with stacks of documents.
Reports gathered from various intelligence guilds—all related to the Republican Merchant Coalition.
"They dared to feign surrender, only to stab me in the back."
She had given them a chance.
But they had spat on it.
There was no room for mercy anymore.
Had it not been for Fortit, she would have suffered a slow and agonizing death.
Or worse.
"If you are weak, you will be taken from. If you retaliate, do so completely."
They had plotted her death because they believed she was weak.@@novelbin@@
She would return the favor with absolute destruction.
She would make an example of them.
Let no one ever think they could cross her again.
The merchant guild she led was one of the top ten trading powers across the continent.
Destroying a small coalition of traders was trivial.
A single threat was enough to sever every business tie they had.
She manipulated market prices, destabilizing their supply chains.
And when that wasn’t enough—she turned to the underworld.
One by one, their assets crumbled.
One by one, their support collapsed.
But even that wasn’t enough.
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