Chapter 53: Chapter 25.2

EP – 025.2 – Full Moon Festival (2)

Hearing such a lax tone, Marquis Riverback sighed inwardly. It felt so stupid.

Why did the Prophet had him meet this guy?

But he suppressed the pathetic feeling and continued.

“I asked if you knew why I called you here.”

“Ah, that.”

Dowd Campbell’s voice was still relaxed.

“Aren’t you just going to babble about resurrecting the devil or something?”

He said those words with such leisure.

Meanwhile, Marquis Riverback unknowingly held his breath at this sudden turn.

“…What?”

“It’s currently the Full Moon Festival where the security is at its weakest. Aren’t you aiming to create a bloodbath to resurrect the devil?”

He was casually listing out information as if he had read Marquis Riverback’s mind.

“Since the Marquis deals with transportation business, you should have no problem in smuggling the goods inside the Golden Triangle. You can easily disguise the monsters as something else in the transport.”

This was his plan that, other than the Prophet, was kept hidden from the devil worshipers’ executives specifically for security reasons.

“You set up bombs all around and detonate them at once, and unleash the monsters. Meanwhile, the knights on standby will have to deal with the assassins.”

Everything flowed out of his mouth without pause. It was no different than an attitude one would use in chatting, while eating a delicious meal.

Dowd took another bite and continued.

“The multiple assassination attempts on Princess Tristan and the monster stampede at the welcome party don’t really matter. In the first place, the fact that the monsters and assassins successfully caused a disturbance meant that the basic conditions for using them were met. You were initially just testing the waters. ”

It wasn’t just his plan, but even the moves he’s taken and his intentions. This guy had seen through everything accurately.

The same plan that he thought was perfect until now.

The plan that only he and the Prophet knew, and worked hard on for many years.

In just a few seconds, everything was laid bare by the man he thought as a fool.

“It’s obvious, really.”

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Ah, this sauce is delicious.

Dowd Campbell said with a smirk.

Still.

It looked like he’s more interested in the meal than ‘that kind of thing’.

Watching this, Marquis Riverback unconsciously clenched his chair’s armrest.

A thick drop of sweat ran down his forehead to his nose, but he didn’t have time to pay attention to it.

“You, just who are you?”

“Aren’t you always the reckless and aggressive type? What are you pretending to be polite about for?”

Despite his growling, the response from the other party remained composed. It’s as if he had always known him.

Like he knew him well from long before.

“Well, as for what I just said, I’ve taken care of everything.”

“…”

“The President even personally moved the knights for me, after I reported this.”

Marquis Riverback gritted his teeth.

‘…I’ve miscalculated…!’

The intention was to raise devil worshipers by sponsoring and nurturing the empire’s talents. However, the alarm was ringing in full volume right now.

He doesn’t know how, but this man has seen through and foiled the entire plan on his own.

It was no different than him taking a leisurely stroll.

A rustling noise sounded.

‘…I was the fool.’

This guy is a monster.

He isn’t exuding any sort of aura like that of the hero candidate or Princess Tristan, but he’s probably more dangerous in terms of threat level.

Typical monsters are like brilliantly burning flames, impressive both in appearance and their ways, and always exuding an intimidating presence.

But, this guy.

He’s like frozen steel.

You won’t know just how cold it is until you actually touch it. It doesn’t appear as dangerous at all.

But the moment you mess with it, it’ll eat your flesh up without mercy.

He know understands a little bit why the Prophet wanted this guy.

‘They’re birds of the same feather…!’

He looks harmless on the outside but insidious on the inside, like raising dozens of snakes in a hole.

He controls the atmosphere!

“…I admit it. You’re no ordinary person…”

Then Marquis Riverback grabbed his necklace.

“But you should know that.”

He pressed a button on it which sent a ‘signal’ to all those wearing the same necklace.

“Everything is not in your palm.”

He smiled slyly.

As with all schemers, every plan had to have an insurance.

This guy will never be able to stop this.

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–Let’s if you’ll have the same conviction after.

Looking at Marquis Riverback, who is smiling triumphantly, I couldn’t help but think so.

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“…”

What slyness?

Seriously?

Well, anyway.

“My men should already be on their way downstairs to subdue Princess Tristan. They are the cream of the crop that’s been selected through the House of Purification project.”

Marquis Riverback said with a look of composure.

I guess he was talking about the guys from before.

“You may have disrupted my plan, but we can still proceed with it as long as you’re here. They are all strong individuals who are comparable to knights. Even Princess Tristan will be subdued.”

He seemed confident in himself.

‘…Well, they’re not really bona fide knights.’

Knights are super humans rumored to have blue blood flowing in their veins.

Regardless, if Marquis Riverback’s men are comparable to the level of a knight, then it’s understandable where he got such confidence.

It’s just that I had to interrupt you in your speech.

“Try it, then.”

When I said that, Marquis Riverback was bewildered again.

“…What are you talking about?”

“Try it.”

I brought Elnore to this place for a reason.

Even if she’s the final boss, there haven’t been many opportunities to see her majesty properly until now.

In the first place, she was always suppressing her madness because of mental limitations.

However, as far as I know.

‘…It’s better to let it loose sometimes.’

Considering the context, it’s just right.

It’s not that there isn’t a way to get rid of it completely, but it’s currently impossible.

Until then, it’s better to let it out.

More importantly, these are ‘devil worshipers’, so she can proceed without any guilt.

“…”

If she can release it without any restraint, one would see why she is the final boss.

“It’s good that they’re elites.”

Simply because…

“They’ll be good punching bags for Elnore.”

Elnore didn’t get trapped.

They were trapped with Elnore.