Chapter 7.2 - The Addition of a New Companion; the Riddle of Steinbeck Fief’s Hidden Treasure Part 2 (2/2)
The acidic slimes surrounded Clyde’s carriage. Although they instinctively knew that they were no match for Clyde, they were unwilling to retreat. It appeared as if they wanted to swallow those war-horses and Princess Saras in the carriage. As for the other three, they could only accept that there was nothing they could do. After the two sides silently confronted each other for a while, those acidic slimes transformed into a humanoid appearance, wanting to negotiate with Clyde.
Those humanoid forms were close to the height of a regular Human Race but had no facial features. They looked like faceless people. Although they had no mouth, they could speak and converse with Clyde. They should be using another place to produce sounds.
“Honorable Supreme Existence, can…”
“No, it’s impossible to give you anything in the carriage. You all have already eaten many human mercenaries.”
“No, we wouldn’t dare to touch your things. We just hope that you will help us with a matter.”
After listening to the request of these humanoid form acidic slimes, Clyde finally understood their objective. As it turned out, these acidic slimes were under the control and enslavement by an even stronger dark existence. After being lorded over for over a hundred years, they were dissatisfied with their ruler. At this time, they had just happened to encounter Clyde’s party, so they hoped that Clyde’s party would help them drive out the original dark ruler.
From the aspect of strength, Clyde could completely crush that dark existence behind the scenes. Therefore, these acidic slimes planned to surrender and request Clyde’s help. In the beginning, Clyde had no interest, but after hearing the identity of that dark existence behind the scenes, he couldn’t ignore this matter. Otherwise, the purchase of Steinbeck Fief would certainly be in vain.
“Are you certain that the former suzerain, Duke Andrew, has not died, but rather continued to control this fief for over a hundred years?”
“That’s absolutely true, Your Excellency. That suzerain has already become a demon like us demonic creatures. The human heroes wouldn’t believe us; thus, even if we want to request heroes to come and exterminate him, it’s impossible.”
“Lead the way. It seems I need to make him abdicate. No, completely disappear from the scene.”
According to the humanoid acidic slimes, the former suzerain Duke Andrew who should have died over a hundred years ago had actually not died, but rather turned into a monster and continued to rule Steinbeck Fief. At that time, Adrian Empire’s army, which had come to investigate the event, was nearly wiped out under his ambush. Thus, Adrian Empire’s Emperor could only order the army to seal this territory in order to protect the empire’s face. Now, the empire was truly too poor, so they had desperately devised the idea to take out this piece of forbidden land to sell.
Clyde’s party couldn’t not care about this matter as the former suzerain still existed to claim the position. Now that they had already purchased Steinbeck Fief, whether the former suzerain was a human or a demon, Clyde would obliterate it and officially take over Steinbeck Fief.