(Red District, Second Oil Site)
"Are you kidding me? Do you have any idea who I am? Who the hell put you in charge?"
Duke Valerie yelled, his face contorted in anger. Behind him was an entourage of well-armored soldiers, standing there to defend him in case anything were to go wrong.
At a far distance were the workers who were dismantling the makeshift, crude infrastructures built around the oil mining ground.
But it wasn't just that.
While Emily and her assistant Nancy stood in front of the Duke, addressing him, soldiers from both the Yins and the Aurelian army had surrounded the place, their presence serving as a silent intimidation to the Duke himself.
Emily had chosen not to speak, as Ishtar had advised.
However, seeing as Ishtar was simply seated on a rock further away, drinking her coffee without any plans to intervene, Emily could no longer ignore the noble.
