Chapter 49: Unease (1/2)

The strage silence emanating a sense if unease and the rapidly rising tension occupied the empty room that was formerly the demon king's chambers deep inside the massive castle known only as the demon king's castle as the actual name of this place had been lost in sands of time.

Three figures stood still by the entrance of this chamber clearly still in shock or maybe it was confusion. Two if these figures were clearly more shaken that the third as their eyes widened and their mouths opened and closed several time before finally mumbling something to themselves.

Albert narrowed his eyes at the muttering of the two ladies behind him as he observe the room. It was already beyond rude of him to enter this place without permission and it wouldn't be outrageous for him to lose his life for something like this, so searching the room any further was definitely out of the question.

However, with the current situation at hand the the presence of the two ladies behind him, what exactly was he supposed to so next.

Although he felt there was surely a good explanation for this, he also didn't want any escalated rumors to spread amongst the recovering residents of the Red ogre settlement and especially amongst the newly added kobolds and trolls.

The red ogre settlement and kobolds had only just fully sworn their loyalty to Lord Ty and even though that may have been because he had saved their lives and had also offered them a place to stay. It was still a fact that most of them had only done it because of his strength alone, especially the trolls.

After all this was the demon continent, a place where strength was everything, and although the demons had mellowed down over the past millennium. Strength was still a major factor amongst the top. It was the reason why the Great Five exist on a whole different level that the rest of the nobles.

With that said, it was no surprise that everyone here knew the value of being under a being such as a behemoth, and after the trauma they had faced under the horde of Tier 5 Lesser Basilisks, it was only natural for them to seek the safety of a powerhouse at the same level of a Demon Lord or in short, a Behemoth.

However, if they suddenly learn that their new Lord had sudden disappear without a trace, it didn't matter the reason. They would assume it had been too good to be true, and there would be panic amongst them which could lead to someone making a rash decision that could get someone else killed or even worse attract more trouble to the rest of them.

Albert then closed his eyes as he apologized to Lord Ty within his heart before activating a skill. He hadn't sensed anyone leaving the castle and even though Lord Ty practically had no aura most of the time, he was still a living being and had a presense. With this skill he should be able to sense him.

Even if he had used an invisibility spell like the Tier 2 camouflage and the Tier 4 invisibility. However, those spells could not hide ones presence. Unless there was an higher tiered spell he wasn't aware of that does that. (His knowledge only extends to Tier 5)

As long as he could find traces of his presence he would be able to tell were he went and if he had actually left the castle or if he had used a secret passage in this room. Albert thought the latter was the most reasonable assumption based on where they are and what he had heard lord Ty say so far. He solidified his resolve abd activated his skill.

°Keen Eyes of a Demon°

His brown coloured pupils glowed slightly and his irises turned into a slit as he tried to observed the room. Just as he had thought, this place wasn't ordinary as his eyes were forcibly closed by an invisible force. He suddenly dropped to a knee and the the ladies behind him were startled.

They exclaimed as they ran over to help him up as soon as they could. That was when they noticed his eyes were actually bleeding, they were so startled and almost screamed. ”Captain! Are you okay.”

*cough... ”I'm fine, I just did something I shouldn't have...”

”Are you sure... Please use this handkerchief to wipe the blood.”

”Thank you.”

”Er... What about our Lord? Is he okay?”

”...I'm sure he's fine. There is a lot we don't know about this place so it's better if we don't go searching anymore. Lord Ty is just busy at the moment and he hasn't granted us permission to look for him so all we have to do is wait.”