Chapter 72: Six

After the checking was done by the several shadows that Lucifer could feel, a voice resounded out, telling them that they were now allowed to pass.

Of course, when they heard that voice, the several men lined up in several lines began to move.

They began to move as some men prepared to use the carriages again while the more important ones went back inside their carriage.

Well, it was only natural that they would go back to their carriages.

Why? It was because they were still outside of the city gates...of the city ruled by the Warmester Denoble House, the Warm City!

Of course, when Lucifer was allowed to move again, he looked around and could see the massive wall around the city, and more importantly, the wide gate that was right in front of the very front carriage.

He was plenty surprised to see that they were not yet in the Warmester Denoble House.

'Hmm...I thought we were already at the mansion of the Warmester, but it seems like I was wrong...' Lucifer thought as he observed the city gates.

'No...it should be correct to consider this whole city as the Warmester Denoble House's territory. After all, I can't feel a single civilian inside.'

While Lucifer was being observed by the several shadows, he also gave some of his attention to the place.

Of course, since he didn't know how big or wide it was, he just spread his senses all over the place.

And what he could feel was that...there was no civilian.

Although most demons are strong naturally due to their birth, there should be demons who can't draw mana or use magic.

There would also be demons who are just weak by birth, and those are what civilians are.

However, when Lucifer took his time to look at the place, there... were no civilians at all.

The city was filled with demons who can use magic or are just inherently strong.

And that was why Lucifer was sure that this city was full of soldiers and men that are under the Warmester Denoble House.

It was amazing how they were able to turn this city into their fortress where everyone is their subordinate, but...Lucifer didn't really care about it.

Hell, he wasn't even alarmed by it. He was sure that this work would be easy once he finds out who is leading the Warmester Denoble House.

After all, it is just that easy for Lucifer even though he is having some kind of injury.

However, it seems that Lucifer couldn't think about this anymore as he heard Rouge's voice speak to him.

"Oy, let's go," Rouge said as he began to walk towards the carriage that they were on before.

Of course, when Lucifer heard Rouge, he just followed right after him.

It didn't take them long to enter the carriage again and sit down on the couch.

Silence once more prevailed over the inside of the carriage, but it didn't matter anymore since Lucifer could feel that the carriage that they were on started to move again.

The two spent the time inside the carriage just like they did before; doing nothing at all and just staring at the empty air in front of them.

There were several sounds of the gates opening and some other people shouting out loud, but...that didn't really help spark a conversation.

Well, that was definitely alright in Lucifer's case as he could focus on trying to figure out the numbers of the people in here.

Just because Lucifer was sure that this was gonna be an easy task for him doesn't mean that Lucifer would slack off or something like that.

He would make sure that there would be no plot holes in his plan when he begins, and he would make sure that...he would be able to destroy the city completely by some chance his plans go awry.

Lucifer was arrogant, but he was definitely not stupid and he would surely not think that things would always go according to his plans.

He was not that naive, which is why he was trying to gather information just with his senses.

'Hmm...there are more than 5000 people in here.' Lucifer thought as he finished counting the demons with his senses.

'Ah, there are 6 main buildings across the place. One of them must be the Warmester Denoble House or something,' Lucifer thought as he finished overseeing everything with his senses.

'Oh? There is a gathering happening outside in one of those 6 main buildings,' Lucifer thought...

And he kept doing this as he gathered intel about the Warm City while being inside the carriage entering the Warm City...

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The carriages entered the Warm City right after being checked by the several guards stationed at the gate.

Of course, those guards were the shadows that Lucifer could feel moving around, checking the men while being in the shadows.

And now...those several shadows were currently looking towards the city as they observed the carriages cruising on the main streets of the Warm City.

Incidentally, there were a total of 6 shadows that were looking at the city right now.

These 6 shadows were extremely strong. And that was definitely a fact since they were the only guards stationed at this place.

There were some other men as well, but...those men were only here to take care of the mundane stuff for the shadows such as preparing food, bath, women, and all those stuff that an ordinary maid would do.

Right...and this basically means that the officials of the Warmester Denoble House trusted these 6 shadows since they were the only ones stationed at this gate, and this speaks for their strength.

After all, being trusted by the Warmester Denoble House for one's strength...that was an honor for most demons who were hoping to become one of the generals or something like that.

Of course, even for the 6 shadows, it was an honor for them to be trusted by the Warmester Denoble House.

And since they were trusted by the Waremester Denoble House and they consider it to be an honor, they...were always doing their best during their duty or guard time.

That was why they were looking at the carriages cruising on the main streets of the Warm City.

They...thought that there was something off in one of those carriages, and the leader of the 6 shadows, One, spoke.

"Did you guys feel it?" He said as he...moved forward a little bit, some kind of light brightened up and allowing his body to be seen.

One's body was extremely big, but...there was something about him that looked to be sleek and flexible.

It was clear as day that One is fast as well as strong for his big body, but that was not all as his face was all riddled with scars.

Scars were only natural for someone who was in his line of work, but...the number of scars on his face were just too many to count that his face didn't even look like to be a face.

No...it was not just his face as even his whole body was riddled with scars, and that was why One was wearing a full bodysuit that hides those scars.

Of course, it was not because of shame or something like that but because he knew that it was just disgusting to see.

Anyway, when One asked the other shadows, all of them just nodded their heads and let some of their mana slip out of their bodies as their answer to One.

And when One felt their mana, his face turned into a frown.

"Hmm...should we report this to the main house? I certainly felt an evil presence among them, and that is normal for our line of work, but...the evil presence is just too strong."

"Even the head of the Warmester Denoble House would shy away from this evil presence."

One said as his body...started to shake on its own as if it was really scared of something.

And that is indeed the truth. One, who had his body scarred all over, was feeling fear right now for something, but that was not even the important thing as even One didn't know what he was scared of!

"Indeed. I can feel the evil presence, but I can't track it down."

"Is that the same for you guys?" One said as he turned his head around to look at his subordinates.

His subordinates were...just shadows, but when One looked at them, their real bodies appeared.

However, there was something interesting about these 6 shadows.

And that was...all of their faces were riddled with scars and all of them were wearing the same full bodysuit as One.

It seems like they had the same situation as One when it comes to scars.

Anyway, when One asked them, they just did the same thing; nodded their heads and release their mana as their answer.

"Hmm...but then again, this is just normal for us. There should be a strong new recruit that those guys picked up. Although it is abnormal that they got a strong new recruit, it should be just fine."

"A strong new guy would definitely be welcomed by the lord of the Warmester Denoble House." One said.

And the other shadows...they just agreed with what he said as they did the same thing again...