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But there was still time until nightfall arrived.
General Mol casually said:
“Yes, something was wrong.”
Putting the fork aside, he leaned back against the chair’s backrest. He no longer looked like a rookie knight. Rather, he looked like a carefree mercenary.
“For it to just be a part of the Chaos God sect, the castle’s security is too strict.”
While moving to inspect the Moraka castle, Mol noticed a few things.
There are no Chaos God sect clerics in sight. There are troops in several places near the pavilion and the main castle, but the visible troops are mid-level. However, the gazes following him were of a considerable level. Among them, there were some that seemed to be superior knights.
“They’re watching me more than them.”
Therefore, Mol couldn’t move recklessly. Although he could hide and observe the castle if he wanted, that would mean entering a combat state immediately.
‘It’s intuition.’
That there are warriors in this castle that he alone can’t handle. Mol moved according to his instinct, cultivated over many years.
“He knew the Chaos God sect had attacked the hunter families. But he didn’t know they would also attack us.”
How dare they attack the Demon King from behind? Mol was smiling, but he wasn’t hiding his anger. Rather, he was intently looking at Kase.
“But, you know… were you trying to attack me from behind?”
A mischievous smile appeared on his lips.
“The rumors, the gray disease. You said it intentionally, right?”
While deeply thinking about the current situation, Mol felt a strange sense of déjà vu. The second brother, who’s still scared and shrunk. He, who’s talking with an unknown knight for the first time, brings up the topic of rumors?
‘That doesn’t make sense.’
People’s behavior has consistency and reason. If Kase, the older brother, ordered his younger brother to do that, and the younger brother, overcoming his shyness, set the hook for Mol?
‘That makes more sense.’
Spiderweb. It felt like a puppet moving in one direction, caught in a spiderweb designed by someone.
“Were you the one who created this situation?”
It all started when a man named Kase appeared before Terosa. Clopeh silently took a sip of wine. Seeing this, Mol continued, or rather, organized his thoughts.
“If you knew that we killed Count Lupeh, you would be angry. You’d want revenge.”
Hmm. The New Business Division head groaned. Mol’s words were equivalent to admitting that the Demon King’s faction had killed Count Lupeh.
“Lord Mol-”
“What? Did I say something I shouldn’t have?”
He slightly smiled and pointed at Clopeh.
“There’s no point in trying to deny it in front of someone who’s already sure we did it.”
Mol calmly said:
“Yes. We killed Count Lupeh because he didn’t support the Demon King. We were worried about his wealth, and we also coveted it.”
The New Business Division head tightly closed his eyes and then opened them, observing Clopeh. But both Clopeh and Mol were calm.
‘How can they be like this?’
The New Business Division head thought that, but Mol accepted Clopeh’s reaction as natural. Because he thought someone who had created this situation wouldn’t easily show their emotions.
“If it were Count Lupeh, he might have made preparations for his own death. If he were meticulous in hiding his only relative.”
Mol agreed. With Kase’s action, who had decided to take revenge after confirming that the Demon King’s faction had killed Count Lupeh.
“But it’s strange.”
Everything is strange. He calmly said:
“How did Count Lupeh know about the Chaos God sect? No, wait.”
Mol corrected his words upon seeing Clopeh’s expression.
“How did you know about the Chaos God sect? And about the gray disease.”
How can a single person know about something even the Demon King’s great force hasn’t been able to detect?
“You… no, who’s behind you?”
Mol asked, although he already knew the answer.
‘Aurora.’
Count Lupeh not only didn’t support the current Demon King, but it was also suspected that he was helping Aurora, the previous Demon King’s relative. As an almost certain assumption, Count Lupeh’s death had been expedited.
Aurora. If it were her, she might have realized the gray disease happening in the Demon Kingdom, something the Demon King didn’t know, and even found out about the Chaos God sect. Wasn’t information about the Chaos God sect’s secret organization ‘Arm’ obtained in the Demon King’s castle? He wasn’t sure Aurora didn’t know. Mol ordered Clopeh:
“Answer.”
Ssssh-
A gentle breeze blew around them. A strange and shadowy breeze.
-Sniff sniff!
Cale, who had been pretending to be scared and observing, felt the sound of the wind reacting.
-I smell more Sacred Objects! Whose god are they from?
The moment he sensed the thief was very excited… Clopeh opened his mouth. Mol decided to kill Clopeh immediately if what came out of his mouth wasn’t ‘Aurora.’ And Clopeh uttered one word:
“Hunters.”
……! Mol froze, unable to react for a moment.
Mischievous smile.
-Human, I can see you’re smiling like a scammer even with your head down. Be careful!
And Cale quickly hid the smile that had appeared without realizing it. Choi Jung Gun. A Wanderer called Third Emperors, from the Five-Colored Family, will surely come to the Demon Kingdom to capture Choi Han’s ancestor. Because Choi Jung Gun knows about the ‘Transcendent,’ the objective only the Five-Colored Family dreams of achieving.
‘He’ll surely be in the World Demon now.’
How should I deal with them? What should I do to prevent them from finding Choi Jung Gun?
‘The answer is the Chaos God sect and the Demon King.’
He pretended to be a Five-Colored Family Wanderer in front of the Chaos God sect. Then, shouldn’t I inform the Demon World’s dominant forces, the Demon King’s faction, about the Wanderers? Then, the Demon King’s faction will take care of the Wanderers.
‘Then, the Wanderers won’t be able to find Choi Jung Gun.’
Because the Demon King’s army will chase them until they escape the Demon Kingdom.
“…Hunters?”
“Yes. The so-called hunters came and gave me evidence and information about my father, Count Lupeh’s death, and the Demon King. They also told me what the Chaos God sect was doing.”
Mol didn’t look away from Clopeh, who was calmly speaking.
“Moreover, they guaranteed me that I would become the lord after Count Lupeh.”
Revenge and power. The hunters guaranteed it to Kase. For General Mol, it was a much more convincing reason than buying the mine.
“They only wanted one thing from me.”
Clopeh continued with a calm smile:
“Take revenge at your leisure. But use the Chaos God sect.”
He shrugged.
“Is there any reason to refuse that?”
After saying that, Clopeh again savored the wine. The New Business Division head and the middle-aged knight looked at Clopeh, but couldn’t move.
“Ha!”
Because Mol’s aura was unusual.
“There’s no one to trust.”
He said that in a light tone, but his eyes sank deeper and deeper.
Mol, known as The Hand Behind the Back, because he was good at attacking from behind. To him, betrayal was a game. But like this…
‘Are they all trying to betray the Demon King?’
I know I can’t trust the Chaos God sect nor the hunters. I simply allied with them to deal with the Heavenly Demon and the Divine World. But how dare they-
‘Betray us here, in the Demon World?’
His eyes turned to Clopeh.
“Do you want to die?”
And Clopeh responded:
“You’re too short-sighted.”
When the New Business Division head and the middle-aged knight stopped at those words and observed Mol… Mol was calm.
“Well. The reason you’re telling the truth is because you don’t want to die.”
Mol said the answer he had figured out.
“It seems the Chaos God sect plans to eliminate everyone, including us and you.”
“Yes.”
Clopeh smiled and said:
“General Mol, you should protect us.”
“Why?”
At that question, Clopeh looked to his side. Mol also looked to his side, and the second brother was there, clumsily getting up.
Softly. Cale took a scroll out of his chest and placed it on the table.
-Human, you’re acting very well!
Mol intently looked at the scroll and gestured to the middle-aged knight, who took the scroll and handed it to Mol. Charruruk- Mol unfolded the scroll without hesitation.
“…!”
He couldn’t hide his surprise at the Moraka castle map that appeared in front of him, a map that even showed the Pope’s location.
“You were curious about what we talked about with young master Jimon, right?”
Clopeh’s calm voice resonated in his ears.
“Young master Jimon and the people living in this castle are on our side.”
“…Our?”
“Yes. You, us here… All together, we are us.”
At Clopeh’s appearance, General Mol thought of the high-ranking nobles who led the Demon King’s castle’s politics and administration. Revenge and power. Someone who changes sides at any moment according to their priorities.
“We must survive together, right?”
Clopeh said he would ally to survive. But Mol had to laugh at those words.
“In the end, I must fight alone against the Chaos God sect, including the Pope. And the moment I give all this information to the Demon King’s castle and Dioruel’s estate, a war will erupt between the Chaos God sect and the Demon King’s castle.”
“…….”
“Then, you’ll get everything you want.”
“Then you don’t like it?”
At Clopeh’s question, who was still smiling, Mol shook his head.
“No.”
In this situation… Mol thought about the best way to act.
“I must act now.”
He ordered the New Business Division head, the mage:
“Tell Terosa to send all the troops here. As quickly as possible. Before midnight.”
“…Yes!”
Currently, there were many troops gathered in Dioruel city because they were about to choose a new lord.
“And request personnel from the Demon King’s castle. Tell the Third Corps to teleport here.”
A large-scale long-distance teleportation. It requires a lot of cost and effort, but General Mol of the Third Corps made a decision. As he had involved the Demon King’s castle, Mol couldn’t hesitate. He placed the map on the table and told Clopeh:
“If they’re going to attack us, it will be tonight.”
I’ll kill them then.
“As the enemy plans to attack us from behind, we must attack from behind too.”
Mol confidently smiled at Clopeh.
“Wait calmly. I’ll save you tonight.”
I don’t know what will happen after tonight. When a cruel smile appeared on Mol’s lips… Clopeh said with a smile:
“Will you attack the Pope?”
“…….”
The smile disappeared from Mol’s lips.
“The Hand Behind the Back won’t simply fight to survive, right?”
Clopeh firmly said:
“If it were you, you would attack the enemy from behind. Definitely.”
Ha! Mol exclaimed.
“This guy, really-”
He finally admitted.
“You know me quite well?”
The Demon King’s eight daggers. Mol, the Third Corps leader among the eight daggers. He had no intention of simply defending himself in this situation. He planned to destroy the Chaos God sect, who had dared to attack him from behind. Gray disease. If that’s true, he should further destroy the Chaos God sect, and the best way to do that is to target the Pope, their leader. The moment he received the map with the Pope’s location, it was a natural course for Mol. Clopeh made a slight bow to Mol, who was smiling.
“Then, please.”
“Yes.”
Mol slightly nodded and accepted that request.
-Human, human, how are all these things connected?
Raon asked Cale with amazement.
-It’s all incredibly intertwined. But, human, isn’t it beneficial to us?
Yes. Tonight.
The Chaos God sect still doesn’t know that the enemies know about the ‘gray disease’ nor that they’ve allied with young master Jimon. Therefore, they’ll underestimate the enemy’s strength and attack. The Demon King’s faction will try to destroy this castle with their insufficient and hastily prepared forces.
‘Find Choi Jung Soo, find a way to treat the team leader, stop the gray disease.’
Then, I’ll simply watch the Demon King’s army and the Chaos God sect fight each other and escape.
‘Easy.’
Compared to what he had done so far, what was going to happen tonight was very easy.
-Human, won’t there be anyone protecting the lord’s castle if the troops leave?
Raon cheerfully said.
-It will be easy to secretly enter the lord’s castle later and steal the secret vault.
As expected, this kid Raon is very intelligent. Worthy of a great dragon.
* * *
And night. The Moraka castle was quieter than ever. A strange silence.
But deep within Moraka’s main castle…
“I trust you.”
“Yes. Pope.”
The Supreme Knight stood up to receive the order to kill the enemy.
At that moment…
“General Mol. They say troops are entering the forest.”
Mol put on his armor for the first time in a long time and took his weapons. While stretching his body by moving his head from side to side, he abruptly said:
“The moment the troops attack the Moraka castle, I’ll go directly to the Pope.”
To kill the Pope, the Demon King’s dagger sharpened his sword.
And lastly…
“Human, that’s that suit after a long time!”
Cale, wearing an underground organization suit, approached the window with the 10-year-old child.
“Goodbye.”
Clopeh bid them farewell.
“It’s been a long time.”
Cale shifted his gaze towards the voice he heard beside him. Team leader Sui Khan was calmly smiling.
“That’s right. It’s been a long time.”
Moving with the team leader and looking for Choi Jung Soo, that hadn’t happened in a long time.
And…
Creak.
“Choi Han. The atmosphere is strange.”
At the Heavenly Demon’s words, who was looking at the small castle, Choi Han silently nodded.
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