Chapter 182: The True Identity of the Behind-the-Scenes Manipulator Responsible for the Change in Antaur Town (Part 1)

Chapter 182: The True Identity of the Behind-the-Scenes Manipulator Responsible for the Change in Antaur Town (Part 1)

Translator: The Light

Editor: Entelechy

Relying on the concealment of his dark magic, Clyde and his follower, Demon Princess Andrea, snuck into the castellan residence and saw Antaur Town’s deceased former suzerain, Baron Thomas, who had turned into a death knight. As for that messenger, it left after reporting the situation.

Baron Thomas himself had little strength. Even after turning into a death knight, his combat power was fearful. At best, his combat power reached the level of a Senior Knight. Princess Alicia, a paladin under Clyde, could easily defeat this death knight. Nevertheless, the behind-the-scenes manipulator of this Undead calamity was not in the castellan’s residence. The death knight here was only a proxy, a pawn placed slightly higher than the ordinary ones.

The specific secret location of the behind-the-scenes manipulator was quite hidden, making this shoddy death knight act as her agent. Since she needed to guard against Valkyrie Cynthia in the sky in case the Divine Realm’s Judgement Light fell, the safest way was to have her death knight agent attract this firepower while she herself hid in another secret place. Like this ,even if the Judgement Light fell, as long as she avoided a direct strike, she would be strong enough to resist it.

“Where is that fellow hiding? We only found this shoddy death knight!”

“Master, all human Undead Shamans like to hide. If not, organizations like the Light Church would have already exterminated them.”

“Andrea, do you know the entire history of the Human Race?”

“Master, our Demon Race’s history begins over a thousand years earlier than the Human Race. We know more about the affairs of the Human Race than they do themselves. Before the emergence of the Light Church, the Human Race’s belief had not at all been united. Different regions had followed whatever beliefs they wished. This situation lasted several hundred years until the God Race intervened and supported the Light Church, making it mainstream.”

Demon Princess Andrea stayed beside Clyde while detailing the history of the Human Race in passing. What the Demon Race recorded was much closer to the historical reality. While the human nations had compiled their histories, many disgraceful black stories had purposely been edited out. If he wanted to learn the truth, he would have to refer to historical records and documents written by other races.

In their concealed state, their voices wouldn’t spread out, so the death knight never realized that it was being observed. After receiving the messenger’s report, the death knight walked back to the black table and placed a hand above a skull present on the black surface. Blue-ish, ghostly flames suddenly appeared in the eye holes of this skull, a high-grade black magic item used by monsters for long-range communication. After receiving the death knight’s hand, the blue flame in the skull’s eye sockets pulsed several times before the long-range communication was completed. Thus, the dark knight transmitted the messenger’s report to the behind-the-scenes instigator.

“Andrea, can you determine the position of the behind-the-scenes instigator from the ripples left by that magic item?”

“Sorry, Master, but this skull is black magic of the Human Race; our Demon Race is not very familiar with it. It is the product of some messy modifications of our Demon Race magic. Because of issues with translation racial magics, many magic spells are altered beyond recognition although those black magicians are truly ruthless. After translating the spells, they experimented on their peers to successfully create many black magic spells. No one knows how many experimental materials died.”

Unfortunately, even as a princess of the Demon Race, Andrea was not very familiar with the Human Race’s black magic since many back magic spells had undergone several modifications. Not even a trace of the original Demon Race magic could be recognized. Andrea wanted to help but was unable to do so; however, judging from that black magic item, the behind-the-scenes instigator of Antaur Town’s Undead calamity was most likely a human. Very probably someone who had lived for centuries like Miss Sigrid.

“It seems tracking it would be futile. It’s really disappointing.”

“No, Master. There is a way, but it will lessen your status. After killing this death knight, I have a way to seize its contract with the behind-the-scenes instigator. By pretending to be the death knight, you can approximate the position of that behind-the-scenes instigator. Afterward, it shouldn’t be difficult to find her. If we don’t, we might not ever find her since Antaur Town is just too big.”

“I see. Then I can only apologize and request His Excellency Baron Thomas to die a second time.”

After the Death Knight Baron Thomas finished reporting the information, it no longer bothered with that black magic communication item and directly left the hall. After seeing the death knight leave, Clyde immediately followed it, preparing to learn about this fellow to properly copy his mannerisms.

Although Baron Thomas had already died and turned into a death knight, some of his wicked interests had not ended even in death. His playboy instincts hadn’t changed. In fact, there were signs of them deepening. Clyde and Andrea followed Baron Thomas to a newly-built dungeon within the Castellan residence. The bricks here were completely new. After Baron Thomas had taken over the Suzerain’s position, he had built a secret dungeon for certain unspeakablly wicked things.

Under the dim dungeon light, various terrifying and wicked interrogating tools could be seen. Iron maidens, X-frames, and triangular wooden horses were in great supply. All kinds of whips and small balls hung on the walls. Equipped with all the latest tools, this dungeon was actually slightly more professional than Lucifer’s newly built training room. There were quite a few wicked items Clyde had never seen in his younger sister’s place.

The dungeon’s environment was completely different from Antaur Town’s. Here, the air was still fresh, unlike the death qi found in the town, and there people still survived, uninfected by death qi.The people imprisoned here belonged to Baron Thomas’s past wicked collection. Those white lambs were trapped in an iron prison and completely bare without a piece of fabric. Their hands and legs were tied with heavy metal shackles while metal collars attached to iron chains sheathed their white necks. The other end of these iron chains were attached to hoops above the iron cage, greatly limiting their movement.

The white lambs were in all kinds of terrible postures. Some were fixed on X-frames, some rode triangular wooden horses, some dangled in the air, and others were in various humiliating positions. Rod-like wicked erotic items gagged their mouths, causing them to leak a bit of saliva. On the ground below, strange water stains wet the floor. Black blindfolds covering almost half their faces made it hard to see their expressions. Observers could only make out their bright red complexions. Various lash marks and red wax drop marks littered their fair naked bodies. They had undergone such training many times. As for the specific number of times, it was unknown.

Baron Thomas was not a deeply hidden gentleman. He had a lot of wicked interests like most other aristocrats of the Victor Alliance. Allegedly, all these training methods had originated from the nations of the Clark Alliance. On the surface, Victor Alliance opposed these kinds of wicked actions. Many aristocrats even publicly condemned them, but doing things privately was a different matter. Dungeons, basements, and so on were characteristics of the Victor Alliance. Clark Alliance’s didn’t need dungeons. Because of their slavery system, many training methods were public and legal. Unlike many aristocrats of the Victor Alliance, they didn’t need to act covertly.

After the death knight entered the dungeon, the prisoners heard its particular footsteps. They all shivered in fear. When Baron Thomas had still been a human, these white lambs had barely been able to accept his ministrations. At least, the other party was a living person. After Baron Thomas turned into a death knight after his death, these white lambs had changed their minds. Undead transformed by dead qi lost the pillar representing menfolk. Without a crime tool, they couldn’t directly commit their crimes. They could only use other stimulation methods to toy with their prey. The huge shame of being bullied by an Undead made many prey want to commit suicide, but unfortunately, they were gagged, so they couldn’t even commit suicide by biting off their tongues.

The white lambs nearest to the death knight were those trophies who had served in his bedroom before the change of Antaur Town. The white lambs looked terrified, and their faces were red and hot as they assumed the shameful “M” letter posture. A hot stove beside them heated an iron. It seemed that the death knight was planning to imprint an enslavement mark on their softest places. With their hands and legs tied, these trembling white lambs could not resist.

“Andrea, you... would you like to avoid this?”

“Master, I... I’m not so shy. Moreover, I’m not like those human sisters. If you want, I can offer that kind of service...”

“Okay, we’ll discuss this matter after returning. You go and keep watch over there. I will execute that fellow. Come in after I call for you.”

Clyde chose to send Andrea away, making this demon princess wait outside the dungeon. Although her nature was quite open, Clyde still chose to have Andrea avoid this. He didn’t want her to receive a bad influence. After Andrea returned to the dungeon’s entrance, Clyde slowly advanced towards the death knight from behind, preparing to use assassin’s signature “backstab” tricks to end the life of the criminal Baron Thomas.