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"Don't be absurd," said the other voice. "Their spirits are weak and corrupt, driven only by greed. They would stand no chance before even Whitehand alone, but there would also be Riev, Jorga, Mikas, the Killer, the Tiger, the Seeker, the--"

"Hmph. It is precisely that kind of overconfidence that worries me."

Hmm. That was first time that Raul had actually managed to get some specific names or monikers. Apart from Graves and the Killer, he only recognized a couple of them.

The Seeker might've been referring to the Seeker of Ardora, an infamous "treasure hunter" of Abolish. The name sounded less menacing than it should have, which was probably by design. The guy had a reputation for procuring treasure by any means necessary, including but not limited to kidnapping and homicide.

If that was really who they were talking about, then Raul found that strange. The Triplets had come to Vantalay in search of a treasure of their own, the Sword of Unso, but it was already in Abolish's possession, specifically in the Killer of Krohin, Thaddeus Croll's possession. Did that mean the Seeker wanted it, too? That seemed unlikely.

But not impossible, Raul supposed. Trying to discern an Abolisher's motive for doing anything was perhaps a fool's errand. There could have been any number of unreasonable explanations for their actions.

The other one he'd heard of was the Linebreaker, but he could've sworn that nickname belonged to a Vanguardian who was famously gigantic. The name supposedly came from his ability to charge headlong into a defensive formation like a bull and still make it back alive. If he was working for the RPMP now, then it must have been a fairly recent change. Not more than a few years, probably.

In any event, it was decent intel. Maybe he should stick around here for a bit longer.