Chapter 223: Priorities (1/2)

On the fourth floor of the Demon King's castle, inside a large luxurious hall that was exquisitely designed with magic runes, the air of the room — which now held a temporary throne — was filled with a quiet ardor as only Tyler's voice echoed in the massive hall.

At his request, Z stood up from his knees and turned around to address everyone in the hall in a clear tone that reverberated in the quiet hall.

”Ladies and Gentlemen, pardon my directness but I'll just get to the point so as not to waste any more of Lord Ty's time. I'm sure you are all aware of the fact that there is an army of more than 20,000 undead marching in our direction with malicious intent. Based on the extensive information Lord Ty's shadows has collected so far, their estimated time of arrival is less than 72 hours. In order words, they would be upon us in less than 3 days from now.”

No one in all had reacted to that short time frame contrary to Tyler's expectations. It appears Albert and Erin were doing a much better job managing the castle than he had expected.

”After analyzing all the information collected so far, we've concluded that the Behemoth of Greed, Mammon, had a hand in this. From the information we've gained from one of the generals of greed, Mammon had been lurking around in the Western parts of the Darknar forest for a while before his assault on the castle and it's safe to say he was responsible for supplying the Undead king the materials needed for his current army.”

Interrogating the female general of greed had been a very fruitful endeavor and the only Tyler hadn't allowed the Dark Garuda to eat her was because Z had foreseen this development. An impressive feat that had provided them with a great advantage.

”Judging by his personality with reference to the same information. His ultimate goal was to become the new demon king giving as he was unaware of Lord Ty's existence. My analysis shows his aim was to use the undead army in taking over the untamed Darknar region and he would use the Darknar Region as a springboard for taking over the entire continent. There's even a chance he had also aimed for world domination.”

'World Divination Huh, what a bold move.'

Tyler echoed Z's words in his mind as he mused about the idea. He had never thought there would be someone other than the Great Five that would even consider this idea giving what happened in the past.

Turning his head to look at everyone present. They seem to be mulling the phrase as well and Tyler could understand that but for some reason, he could sense their emotions raising as though they were getting angry for some reason but remained quiet, not daring to interrupt Z's briefing.

'I suddenly have a bad feeling about this.'

Tyler's stomach immediately began to turn as he suddenly had a bad premonition even though FutureSight hadn't activated.

”However, it was clear to me that although Mammon was aware of our presence in the castle. He had been unaware of Lord Ty's absence and strength. This shows he did not gain that informed by his own means but was led astray by a third party as a way to gauge the limits of our Master.”

The faces of everyone in the hall changed as they heard that. It was abundantly clear that whoever this third party was. They were largely to blame for the death of their comrades and loved ones. More importantly, they were clearly treating their master like a pawn in their plans and that was unacceptable.

Tyler who could feel the pressure from their rage on his behalf, felt his seat getting hotter as he could swear he was actually sweating from the sudden change in the temperature of the room. But that didn't seem possible, after all, he had really high resistances.

He was getting uncomfortable with their intense emotions and was even beginning to regret why he had allowed Z to brief them on this.

As though ignoring his troubled feeling, Z continued his explanation without a care in the world.

”The proof of this is provided by the fact that Ms. Liz and Ms. Rain were both ambushed in the Darkin mountain range by members of the Brimstone Family even when their movements were supposed to be secret. This confirms their involvement and after Lord Ty destroyed their base, they should be more cautious in the future but I highly doubt they would simply give up and retreat.”

Indeed, this was the one thing Tyler had miscalculated. He expected them to retreat for a while and reorganize their forces but they most definitely possess an artifact that has the ability to hide them even from the likes of Erin's divination so why would they retreat so easily when gaining more information was the most important thing in the reorganization of their forces.

The reason why he had failed to consider this was because he had underestimated the strength of Magic Artifacts based on the few he has seen up to that point. It was only until he realized how broken God Tier artifacts were, did he understand this point.

”The possibility that the other families are also involved is high. As a former scout for the Zorak family, my main goal was not to monitor to castle but to secure a share of the Darknar forest resources while keeping an eye on the other families' scouts. When it came to pure observation and gathering information. The family has various ways that even surpasses my innate ability so I have no doubt the other families are the same.”

”That is correct. As far as I know, the Alcar family had always operated similarly.”

Rain added to Z's point as she was the only one that had any functioning experience on how the Alcar family works. Of course, Tyler still thought there was something off about her giving her a lack of enthusiasm but he chose to ignore it for now.

”Indeed. With the confirmation from Ms. Rain, it is now certain that the other Greats are simply keeping their distance because they suspect one of them is supporting Lord Ty and are trying to identify that family. They have most likely hidden dangerous cards amongst the large undead army.”

At that revelation, the silence in the hall was broken by gasps of surprise and disgust as Tyler's vassals' hatred for the Great Five had grown by a notch.

”There is no need to be surprised, this situation had already been predicted by Lord Ty as he was the one who spurred their decisions in this manner. These so-called Greats are only playing in the palm of our Master.”

'Huh, what the hell is he talking about now.'

Perplexed by the bombs Z was suddenly dropping on him. Tyler was about to say something but hesitated and Z continued his briefing.

”However, this addition also makes the upcoming battle quite troublesome as even aiming for the head of the leader may not be enough to quickly end the battle. But that's why this method holds the greatest rewards for us.”

Z paused for a moment then continued.

”With that said, we are currently in a predicament. Even if this was his plan, what kind of vassals would be if we let our Master's status be insulated by these Greats. That is why we have to handle the bulk of this battle ourselves without revealing any opening that can be exploited.”