Chapter 939- The Shadow Lurks (2)

Chapter 939- The Shadow Lurks (2)

"Do you expect us to believe that?".

Avros shrugged his shoulders and chuckled softly "Believe it or don't—it matters not. But the truth remains the same. The Ogre King is gone, and that Demon Earl's dungeon still stands. Whatever lies within that forest... it is not as simple as we first believed. The demon and his subordinates are stronger than we anticipated. Much stronger".

At this point, Gelford had no choice but to believe the other party. There was no reason for the latter to lie to him.

The silence stretched as the Demon Duke weighed his next move. The plan to eliminate that Demon Earl had been a calculated one, with the Ogre King chosen for his sheer destructive power.

The fact that it had failed—worse, that the Ogre King had vanished—spoke of something.

"Could it be that Demon Earl used some tricks?"...

"He could have, I tried to get him in trouble twice but both the times he defied all logic and got out of it unscathed" Avrox agreed.

"Oi... Oi.. Oi... Don't tell me you have already started your plans to capture the Ghastly Winding Forest? You bastard are you ignoring the truce?"

At this moment, Arctaurus couldn't help but speak up. The dialogues back and forth allowed him to guess what Gelford was up to.

This made him furious, the reason for that was because the Ghastly Winding Forest was domain coveted by many. The only reason they hadn't been able to lay their hands and claim it was because of the truce they made.

Gelford spoke shooting an annoyed glance at Arctaurus.

The latter was also surprised by the other party's words "Are you telling me that Demon Earl could be in possession of the treasure?"...

"It's not entirely impossible. Rather, if he has the treasure all the abnormalities about him and his subordinates can be explained. Well, even if it's not the case, the fact remains that he is sitting on one of the most coveted territories"

The one to answer him was Avrox still flashing that sheepish grin.

Arctaurus' face at this moment was a sight to see. Just like all the other Demons, he too coveted the Ghastly Winding Forest and fought for it tooth and nail in every Hexennacht.

However, due to the truce and the other high ranking demons presiding over the event, his ploys had always failed. He thought that no one could claim the forest for themselves only to be proved wrong in the last Hexennacht.

Betraying his belief, a demon claimed the forest for himself in the last Hexennacht. If it was a very high ranking demon, he wouldn't have any qualms. However, the one who claimed the Ghastly Winding Forest was just a Demon Earl. An ant he wouldn't even glance at otherwise.

Of course, there was a lot of discontent but more than that, all of them were shocked. The reason being that a demon earl dared to stand up to them and claim the coveted forest for himself.

Naturally, they laughed at the fool who didn't know his place. In any other event that Demon Earl would have been thrown out or perhaps killed in some corner.

However, it was the Hexennacht, a sacred event for all the Demon Kind. What's more, presiding over the event this time was the Demon Lord of Envy.

It could be said that he had the most authority there at that time and the one with the final say.