Chapter 178 Commander



With this decided, I didn't waste any time as I put the tile onto my lapel again.

The moment that I did, I seemed to vanish from in front of Moon which completely shocked her.

Even though she had been staring at me, I had disappeared without a trace.

She had no idea how this had been done, even if she knew that I used a magic item. After all, she had never heard of such a powerful and wondrous magic item before.

After I disappeared, I softly whispered, "I'll be back."

Then I turned to leave.

As I headed off, I heard a whisper from behind me, "I'll be waiting."

With this, I headed out of the room that the elves had been kept in and went back to the room outside.

There were still no guards here, so I went to the other passage that was in this room.

Looking through and making sure that there was no one there, I started making my way through this corridor.

This one wasn't that long and it didn't take much time for me to reach another room.

This room was different from any of the rooms that I had been in before. This one had metal bars in the middle that cut the room in half.

On one side of the room were two different passages, one that I came out of. Then on the other side of the room, behind the metal bars, there seemed to be a pile of something.

When I looked at it closely, I found that it was a bunch of weapons, coins, and some other things.

It seemed that this was where the demons kept all the things that they had collected from their enemies.

When I looked even more closely, I could see a few things that I recognized.

These were the armours and weapons that had been taken from Cecilia and the others.

These were things that I had commissioned with Rose, so I recognized them with a single glance.

So if they were being kept here, it was very likely that the elven Storage Rings would also be kept here.

The only problem was…I didn't have a way to open this and get to the items inside.

There was a gate that was there, but there was also a large lock that was on the gate.

Unless I was prepared to break through with force, it seemed unlikely that I would find a way to open the gate. After all, it was impossible that these demons would just leave the key out in the open for everyone to take.

Even they wouldn't be that dumb.

As I was standing there in a daze, wondering what I should do, I suddenly heard a sound.

The moment that I heard this sound, I immediately snapped back from my thoughts and turned my attention to where this sound was coming from.

It was from the opposite side of the room, where the other passage was.

It sounded like a bunch of footsteps.

As soon as I figured this out, I quickly looked around for a place to hide.

Luckily for me, this room was more like a cave than the other rooms. So there were stalactites and stalagmites that were hanging up and down in this room.

I was able to find one that was quite well hidden and went behind it.

With this hiding spot and the Detection Ward, I was certain that I would be able to hide from whoever was coming into this room.I think you should take a look at

It didn't take long for them to come through and the moment that I saw them, I couldn't help being surprised.

That was because even if they were demons, they were much more different from the ones that I had seen outside. 

These demons were easily a foot taller than the rest of the demons outside. They were so big that they even had to crouch slightly in this large cave.

At the same time, they were much more…handsome compared to the other demons.

One might think that since they were bigger, they would be more muscular than the other demons, but that wasn't the case. Instead of being much more muscular, they were just as slender as the demons outside, but they had much more handsome appearances.

Also, their horns were much bigger, more developed, or they just had more horns than the ones outside.

In short they had overall better physical attributes compared to the rest of the demons.

But the one that had the most handsome face was the one in the center that all of these demons grouped around.

With how he was leading the group, it was clear that he was the one that was in charge.

In fact, if I had to guess, I would say that he was the commander that all the other demons mentioned before.

As they walked by, I could hear bits of what they were talking about.

"The humans were quite the extra find, but it's not a bad thing. If we take the human females back, we should be able to earn quite a bit."

The moment that I heard this, I couldn't help knitting my brows.

Even if I had become a baron by chance, I had been doing this for quite some time now. These were people that were under my rule and people that I cared about, so when I heard these demons talking about them like this, I couldn't help feeling angry.

However, I didn't act on that anger since I knew that there was nothing to gain from it.

If I went out there, I would just be throwing myself to my death.

So I endured and remembered the face of the demon who said this.

The other demons were about to say something, but the commander suddenly stopped and turned to look at the demon who said this. He narrowed his eyes to look at this demon before reaching out to grab his neck.

The demon was lifted up off the ground with a look of panic as he didn't know what he had done to anger the commander like this.

The commander looked at him with the same narrowed eyes before saying, "The humans aren't merchandise, they are sacrifices for the ceremony. If you dare lay a single finger on them before then, you know what will happen to you."

All of the demons gave a terrified gulp when they heard this.

The demon who was being lifted up quickly gave a nod of understanding when he heard this.

Seeing this, the commander threw the demon down onto the ground before turning around.

After the demon was thrown down, not a single other demon dared to help him. They all looked away as if they couldn't see him.

But that one demon that had been targeted didn't dare reveal a displeased look.

He quickly got off the ground and fell back into line behind the commander.

Before the commander could take another step though, he suddenly looked around himself as if he sensed something.

All of the other demons looked around with him, but they had no idea what he was looking for.

After a moment of silence, the demon commander asked, "What is this stench of magic?"

The moment that I heard this, I felt a chill run down my spine.