Chapter 464 (1/2)
Chapter 464
Chapter 464: The Demon Abel
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
”Idiot! Madman! Butcher!”
Anthony walked towards the Heaven's Thorn in large stridesAs he was using aa bit too quickly, he stun his body and prevent hiicians behind him all followed Anthony without a wordMost of their faces were grave, while those of the younger Magicians seereeained his balance, he continued striding on, and in no tie Tower, he then seated hih at nobody in particular, and then fell silent for a long while, sitting there like a statue
He loathed the fact that just when the kingdom was finally able to settle down, he had to deal with a self-righteous tyrant with such a huge followingNot toabout it
While Anthony fu, Dean?”
”What else is there? It's the madman, AbelWait, you'reLink, why are you here?” Anthony stopped short, sensing that soain to take a better look at the face to whoh, it was one of his for beside Herrera
These tere the pride of East Cove Magic Acadeic now rivaled even his, while Link's endary levelUpon seeing them, Anthony was able to relax a bit
”Sit, do sit, don't just stand there,” he said to both of them
Link and Herrera both sat down, and then Link asked, ”Were you referring to Duke Abel of Orida Fortress?”
Anthony's face fell as soon as he heard his nameHe nodded”I don't know any other AbelDo you knohat he did?”
Link and Herrera glanced at each other and then waited for an answer fro in deeply, the wrinkles on Anthony's face deepened even moreHis voice was considerably muted when he spoke, ”Abel had sent 5000 Warriors to keep things under control in the northern town of Garrason, the source of the outbreak as you all probably know by nowThe situation escalated, with the infected now scattered beyond the town bordersOur plan was to quarantine the infected, then atte samples collected from them, but Abel had deemed them unclean and had all the infected eliminated on the spotThere are at least 30,000 people in Garrason Town, and while almost half of them had shown symptoms of the disease, the rest of them were still sane, and Abel had them all wiped outHe even set fire to the town and razed everything to the groundIn the end, no more than 800 people had survived the , Herrera asked softly, ”Advisor, is the epidemic under control then?”
”Yes, for now, there seem to be no new cases of infection, which was probably the only good thing to coht about what Abel didHe's cohter, and I don't think I'll ever forget the bloodlust in his eyesDid you know? He not only ordered his men to conduct the extermination of the infection, he too had joined in the act hiirl in tith his swordThere were also icians who had participated in this ht they had all turned into de 70 years old, and both Link and Herrera took great pride in being his juniorsThe old man had bottled up all this frustration in himself, and once an outlet presented itself, he just could not stop hi it out
From his account, Link understood the present state of Garrason Town
Garrason Toas 100 miles north of Orida Fortress, and so it naturally fell within Duke Abel's jurisdiction to deal with the outbreak there in whatever way he deehout all this, Duke Abel had fulfilled only his duties, but his actions had been way too excessiveThough Anthony did not agree with such radical icians who had joined in the slaughter alongside the duke viewed the whole affair as a necessary evil to cleanse the region of the disease
The fact there were Magicians who saw nothing wrong hat Duke Abel ordered them to do had sent a chill down Anthony's spine
After listening to all this, Link and Herrera could not help but shi+ver at the thought of Duke Abel's ruthlessness and the delight he apparently took in indiscriht have yielded resultsStill, as both of thee the duke solely based on Anthony's account of the whole thing
Herrera could only console the old man at this point”It's all in the past now, advisorEverything will be alright”
Anthony let out a long sigh and held his head in despair”To have my people, never once fallen to the Dark Army, fall instead under the butcher knife oftheir own advisor in co at hian to speak when Anthony suddenly raised his head and looked straight at hiall this in the na demons”
Link knehat Anthony hadeye contact with the wizened dean, Link spoke, ”How about this, I'll go to the North for a bit and see what's wrong with Duke Abel”
Though Anthony had spoken disapprovingly of the duke, he did stop the spread of the disease, and his actions were still in line with arulations
The arin with; they siht in an attempt to nip the outbreak in the budWhat Abel did was cruel beyond belief, but from his standpoint, he may not consider his actions to be out of line
Still, Anthony was now the second person to coainst Duke Abel, with Skinorse being the first, and both were equally intelligent peopleThis was enough to warrant Link's intervention; he should probably go to the North to check on things
”You should go in quietly without letting hi thereDuke Abel's a cunning fellow, he'll knohat's going onI'm old and not worthy of his attention, which is why he doesn't bother hiding his evil deeds fro i there for a visit”
Link nodded”I'll go there and take a look at things myself”