The Battle for Lunafama(part 2)

Empress Elisa II nodded with calm resolution."This plan carries risk, but also promise. You have my support."

From the corner of the chamber, Shadow finally spoke—his voice low and cold as winter. "Then allow me to grant you one more advantage. Goddess Lunafama has not been silent."

Before anyone could respond, his form shimmered with divine energy, and he vanished into a veil of shadows and light—his presence fading like a ghost at sunrise. The room held its breath. No one questioned where he had gone or what he meant. They had learned that when Shadow moved, so did fate.

Yet the issue remained.

The Assassins, though deadly and experienced, were puzzled.

"How do we pose as merchants with barely enough supplies?" one of them murmured. "We only carry essential provisions—and our tools."

Aeka, her mind already shifting into infiltration mode, turned to Vergil.