Chapter 25.2 - The Resurgence of a New Evil Force in Needham Plain (Part 2) (2/2)
“Clyde, it’s you again! Every time evil reveals itself, I find you at the scene!”
“Cynthia, this is just part of my daily activities. There’s no need to take it to heart.”
While the undead legion was occupied with consolidating itself, Valkyrie Cynthia arrived. Upon seeing Clyde, she sighed and laid down her weapon. Although Cynthia was the strongest Valkyrie of Divine Realm, she was not Clyde’s opponent. After understanding the gap between their strengths, Cynthia didn’t even bother to keep up pretenses especially because no strangers were present.
Calmly gesturing toward her, Clyde signaled for ancient Demon King Andrisno to relax her combat-ready posture, expressing that this Valkyrie was on their side. Andrisno immediately laid down her formidable arms though she remained wary. A Valkyrie of Divine Realm, so similar to her arch-enemies from several thousand years ago, suddenly becoming allies left the ancient Demon King at a loss.
“Do you want to destroy Ximengsi Continent? There are so many Corpse Kings!”
“No, no, Cynthia, you misunderstand! I just want to invite some residents to my territory, nothing more!”
“Forget it, you can do whatever you want. Who asked me to already have surrendered to you…”
Cynthia’s face turned red, and she trailed off after beginning her sentence, the rest of it remaining to a listener’s imagination. On one side, the ancient Demon King Andrisno was confused. She was unable to understand the tacit communication between Clyde and Cynthia. Because it was necessary to quickly return to the Divine Realm and report the unusual circumstances, Cynthia planned to return to the Divine Realm before returning to deal with the God’s Shackles sealing Queen Lafania’s coffin.
As for the contents of this report, Cynthia had already decided. After consulting Clyde, she decided to report the appearance of a terrifying demonic creature. Afterward, she would casually capture a Corpse General or Corpse King to fulfill her task. Only after Cynthia had left did ancient Demon King Andrisno return to her senses while gazing at Cynthia’s distant back.
“Lord Clyde, it seems that the Valkyries of this generation are truly good-natured. The Valkyries of my time were all quite rigid and dreadful; they desperately desired to completely obliterate the darkness. They wouldn’t even let a slime off.”
“Cynthia is reasonable. You will find out more later. Well, let’s deal with our proper business first.”
Clyde didn’t mention the matter that had happened between Cynthia and himself in fear that it would twist this ancient demon king’s fundamental beliefs. After the undead legion finished organizing, they didn’t remain. Quickly leaving the Murman Regal Pyramid, they approached the vicinity of Steinbeck Fief. According to Lucifer’s suggestions, they had to prioritize attacking those barbarian races.
Steinbeck Fief had remained ownerless for over a hundred years. Many cities that had originally pledged loyalty to Adrian Empire had taken advantage of that occasion and become independent. This place truly belonged to those types of remote places beyond the reach of administration. The mother state, Andrew Empire, didn’t have the spare military forces to suppress this wasteland. They could only declare them Barbarian Races and not acknowledge the legitimacies of their regimes.
Clyde and ancient Demon King Andrisno led the undead legion toward Steinbeck Fief, intending to consolidate the Suzerain’s authority by suppressing those independent cities.