Chapter 92: The Zoraks (2/2)
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As time went on, Tyler learned everything he had wanted to know about the Zorak family and naturally he had asked several other questions along the way. Questions about the cities under the family. Their region's specialty and their economic structure.
The Zorak family's region was the Sentro region that was located northwards of the Demon King's castle. To get to this region, one would have to cross the Greyad plains, a trip that generally took around two days on a mound just to get to the border city of the Sentro region. A city formerly part of the Darknar region, the Winged City.
Aside from that, there were several other large cities in the Sentro region and the capital city was Blackwing City, located to the east of Winged City and spotting a population of over 2 million permanent residents.
While the capital city, Blackwing City was amongst the largest cities in the demon continent, the Winged city was the one that had piqued Tyler's interest the most. It was a large border city that was originally the centerpiece of a small region named the Vazel region.
The region had been originally ruled by a low-ranking noble during the time where there had been hundreds of ruling class demon nobles. It later came under the Darknar region but was now serving as a border city for the Great Five, albeit still under the control of the Zorak family.
The city was now one of the largest trade hubs in the continent with merchants coming in from far and wide. Since the Sentro region was also close to the sea. It is said that the city had traded with dwarfs a few times in the past making it the best place to find quality weapons and equipment.
Zomatsu seems to be an intelligent and well-informed scout as he also shared information about other regions to give Tyler a fully comprehensive answer to his various questions. According to him the Great Five also weren't just camping inside the Darknar forest to keep an eye on the castle nor each other.
They were mostly focused on plundering the resources from the Forest. The scout's job was also to map out the forest and identify or locate any and all valuable resources. They were free to retrieve the resources but if they couldn't they could simply request for a unit from the family to aid them.
Most of these were done in private and it was important for them not to arouse greed in their ranks as well as in the other families and worst of all the behemoths. They didn't really try to take control of a higher percentage of the forest, opting to let nature run its course.
The questioning section went on for hours as there were a lot of things Tyler was interested in and Zomatsu tends to answer all his questions in detail and in a fashion that made them easier to understand. Tyler didn't sense any signs of lies or forms of concealment with his magic sense, neither could he notice anything off in his speech patterns.
Of course, he wasn't really that good at telling if someone was lying not but according to Albert's own words, he was very good at it. Turning his head to face Albert he received a nod and Tyler judge it to affirm his conclusions, but of course, Tyler would not stop there.
He Intends on asking Erin later on, to confirm this with divination but until then. He would work under the assumption that this annoyingly handsome young man wasn't foolish enough to lie so boldly in front of him otherwise he would have to take his jealous— I mean, take his righteous Fury.
Till then— ”That will be all, since you've kept your end of the bargain, you and your comrade will be free to leave in a short while.”
Zomatsu's eyes slightly widened, perhaps he was just surprised that Tyler had actually meant what he said and was willing to let a risk like him leave this place with his life. Naturally, there was various ways in getting him to keep the secret of the castle but most of the other families wouldn't go through that trouble. Especially after hearing about his situation in such detail.
”Of course, you'll have to enter a pact of secrecy, but that shouldn't take too long.” Almost like he had read his thoughts, the man responded.
Saying that Tyler briskly stood up as he was about to leave the room and immediately seek Erin's help so he could get back to his own issues as he really didn't like looking at this handsome young man as he looked like the type to steal other people's girlfriends for the sport.
Suddenly though—
”Please wait!”
The loud panicked voice of Zomatsu rang in his ears as Tyler stopped in his tracks, wondering why this young man sounded so panicked.
”Please don't... I know I'm not completely worth the risk, at this point I am no more than just a traitor of the Zorak family and non of the other families would even look at me now but... I assure you, I can definitely still be useful to you if you would take me under your protection.”
The calm stoic expression that had never left the face of the incredibly handsome young man now had a look of desperation and a look of panic lay even further within.
The rapid change in the situation stunned even Tyler and rendered him speechless. From the look that had been plastered on the face of this young man, Tyler would've never predicted this outcome.
'Damn, not this again.'
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