Chapter 167 (1/2)
Vandalieu was using the no-attribute spell Flight to fly around inside a room that was luxurious but filled with the s a selection
This rooroup that had recently established its do violent methods
And that boss was currently the source of the sa reported the results of their work to Vandalieu
“King, we’ve disposed of everyone you told us to”
“We’ve not disposed of everyone you didn’t tell us to”
“Did we do good? Did we do good?”
“Yes, thank you, everyone,” said Vandalieu “As for the ones that are still alive, I’ll decide later whether to kill them or erase their memories”
The Black Goblin Ninjas had disposed of the Ahrai Fa
They had done so usingthe their heads open with axes or si it appear as if they had been killed in a dispute with another crianization
Vandalieu placed Thomas’s severed hand on top of the boss’s desk “I’ll leave the hand that’s wearing the ring with the Palpapek’s family crest on it here… Come out”
ATechnique eed from inside him
Dalton, who had accoroan as he saw the face of this man, who had cuts made by a bladed weapon all over his face
“Is that the ‘Liinally a mercenary, and he’s killed dozens of people I’ve seen posters of hi that he’s wanted dead or alive,” Dalton said “He was in this city?”
“Yes He’s thethe people that I’ve killed, and he’s the kind of person wholike this,” said Vandalieu
Whenever he had snuck into the Mirg shi+eld-nation’s royal capital in order to persuade the Legston family to join him, spirits had flocked to him and told him about the criminals who had killed them
But he hadn’t been able to create any disturbances until the Legston family’s move to Talosheim was complete, so he had only killed the assassins and cri the criminals that he had killed, he’d had Luciliano create Live-Dead fro their profession, then brought theain with one of the swords that are used by the Ahrai Faave several rough swings of the sword and killed the Live-Dead Borarew even thicker
“With this, I’ve created a scenario where the Ahrai Family who sent out a request for the assassination of Thomas Palpapek had a conflict with Bora up in a bloodbath,” he explained “Once I kill the other Live-Dead assassins, place them in other locations, and then take ho members to make it seem like they betrayed the boss, there won’t be any problems The cover-up is complete”
“Wait a second,” Dalton said as Vandalieu started picking which corpses he would take back “It probably wasn’t all thatthis cover-up? Who is this cover-up even supposed to deceive?”
Dalton didn’t see the point in creating this cover-up
Marshal Tho in the mansion had lost consciousness, and theirthee bloodstain and the marshal’s trusty sword had been left behind in his room, and his steward, the last person that he had met, had received his will
Under these circumstances, Emperor Marshukzarl and the Pure-breed Vampire Birkyne wouldn’t suspect anyone other than Vandalieu
There was no solid evidence that pointed at Vandalieu as the criminal, but that in itself would indicate that Vandalieu was behind it
The only person capable of doing such a thing, the only one ould actually do it, was Vandalieu
But fro noas rough, sloppy and conspicuous for how large-scale it was
It was true that the Ahrai Faanization But in the end, it was just a crianization There was no influential nobleency of another nation or Pure-breed Vas from the shadows
Why would the Ahrai Family, who didn’t resent or stand to directly benefit from the death of the head of an important noble family in the nation, conspire to murder him?
If they failed, they would all be decapitated for treason against the nation Even if they succeeded, they wouldn’t gain anything And there was the chance that their crime would be exposed later and they would become traitors to the nation anyway
And to Dalton, even the ‘Limb Tearer’ Boramo and the rest of the assassins, the ones ere supposed to have actually carried out the murder, seemed to be too weak to kill the marshal He hadn’t met the they were, but it was doubtful that they had possessed the ability tothe Palpapek fa them
The assassins were reasonably well-known, but froets were limited to ordinary citizens like merchants and perhaps D-class adventurers atas overa the current ine any way that this cover-up would cause Marshukzarl and Birkyne’s suspicions to shi+ft away fro this, but you’re not fooling the emperor or a Pure-breed Vampire with this The only ones who’ll be fooled are the iuards and those associated with them at most,” Dalton said
“That alone will s hidden fro, after all,” said Vandalieu
“That was your goal from the start?! No, that only makes me wonder more, why?! There’s al will notice you because of this incident Even in the unlikely event that they do, it doesn’t really matter, does it?!” Dalton exclaimed, his eyes open wide due to his inability to understand
Vandalieu’s stronghold was on the other side of the Boundary Mountain Range Even if sohts or Thomas’s wives or children realized who the real culprit was, it wasn’t a place that they would be able to give chase
Of course, it was possible that they would build an army to try and extere across the Boundary Mountain Range was sealed And building an arht take even longer than that
The Black Goblins looked at hi to see why he didn’t understand
“It’s for Kurt and the others, the Legston faston fa that name?” Dalton asked
“You’re S-class but you don’t even know that?”
“… Don’t think that we’d know everything just because we’re an S-class adventurer party! And I know it’s late for uys can speak human words?!”
The S-class adventurer party known as the Storm of Tyranny didn’t possess its own information network, and their interest and wariness towards the already-declining Legston family of earls was faint Thus, it seee circuston family
“We couldn’t talk privately until we caive a siston family… no, I didn’t literally hunt their heads; I had them abandon their nation and join my side,” Vandalieu explained briefly “All of this is for the sake of the people connected to the Legston family who are still left in this nation”
Those who bore the surnaston and those close to theston fahts and their families, had all fled to Talosheim But there were still ston family that still remained in this nation
The families of Alsard and Cecil’s wives, the families that Cecil’s sisters had hts’ wives, the servants’ relatives, the noble faston family well and so on There were too ston family disappeared, Earl Tho the case, those who don’t know anything would suspect the Legston faht,” Dalton said with a nod “They are the families of the former marshal and the current one, and from the perspective of an outsider, one of the fareat, national-scale failure while the other has achieved great success as a leading figure in the nation It wouldn’t be strange to think that the Legston fae towards the Palpapek family”
The truth was that Tho, but this was how things would appear to an outsider
“And the ones who guess the truth would remain silent about it, wouldn’t they?” said Vandalieu
“Well, the Mirg shi+eld-nation wouldn’t do so well if the disappearance of its most important person remained a mystery, and the whole nation would fall into a state of panic if word about you were to slip out So, considering that, I suppose that these guys are a perfect scapegoat?” said Dalton
“No, isn’t it an exaggeration to say that the whole nation will fall into a state of panic? I think the ht do is plan a reckless second expedition to avenge thethat aside, I understand what you’re saying, but why are you linking this cover-up to the incident? Is it to ston family aren’t arrested and executed over crimes they didn’t coht I’d do this while I was at it I probably would have killed these guys either way”
Vandalieu didn’t have any particular attachston faht that it would be unpleasant if they really were arrested and executed and then Kurt and his family asked him about it later
At the same time, he had heard of the deeds co the ‘Lie to kill the this crude cover-up while he was at it
It was as casual as calling out to someone to let them know that they had dropped their handkerchief
Of course, Marshukzarl and Birkyne would likely arrive at the truth like Dalton said, but they wouldn’t go out of their way to make this public It was simply to shi+ft the blaston family to the Ahrai Family and the assassins
Naturally, there would be an uproar over the disappearance of the Legston fa theston fahts andsocial positions Unreasonable things couldn’t be done to them based on suspicion alone
Even then, some would unfairly suspect them, but that couldn’t be helped
It was i flawlessly
“… Well, I suppose that’s how it is I know another guy who can do unbelievable things with ease,” said Dalton
Vandalieu’s actions res with ease that wouldn’t be simple for ordinary people to do
There had once been a nobleman who had killed a slave child on the main road, and Schneider had punched him to death An ordinary person wouldn’t do that
Well, according to Schneider hihly calculated move, but… to Dalton, who had been there, he had sie
“Hood?” Vandalieu asked
“I didn’t say that It’s all good, keep on going,” said Dalton, patting Vandalieu’s head
It wasn’t that he thought Vandalieu’s actions were justice He even thought that there would have been nothing better than for things to be settled without Vandalieu taking revenge
But Dalton was one of Schneider’s companions who secretly protected the races created by Vida, and he was concealing the fact that he was a Dark Elf to work as an adventurer He was a cri shi+eld-nation He was in a position to be called evil himself
Neither he nor Schneider believed that one should hate the cri the justice that they themselves prioritized, but they were constantly aware of it
From his point of view, there was no particular problem in what Vandalieu had done
As a result of Vandalieu’s light-hearted actions, a crianization had been crushed and several dozen people had died, but… they were the kind of people that would be turned into criht In fact, it was best to think that there were lives that had been saved by killing these people
“By the way,the fact that thesociety will remain as it was and one of his children will succeed him I suppose you don’t really care about that?” Dalton asked
“No, not really I don’t care,” Vandalieu replied
When Thomas told Vandalieu that his family and subordinates hadn’t been involved in the incident, Vandalieu had said, “I don’t give a da behind these words was that he was indifferent towards theh after Thomas’s death Whether Thouillotine, whether they received the sympathy of the nation as an honorary noble family, whether Thoreat father, Vandalieu wasn’t interested at all They could do whatever they wanted
That hy he wouldn’t do anything or get involved
Dalton laughed “You’re really cale dee,” he said “By the way, there are still things I want to talk to you about Isn’t there a place we can talk quietly?”
“Then I suppose we should leave the capital,” said Vandalieu “By the way, Dalton-san, I have one ry, so do you o ahead I’o and have a drink a, his eyes open wide in surprise
Dalton didn’t knohy Braga was so surprised and answered without giving it e drink I’ them!”
The Black Goblins shuddered
“Y-you can drink that …”
Can these guys all not drink because of their race? Dalton wondered as he followed Vandalieu outside
In a back alleyway, Vandalieu slaughtered a pair of criminals that the spirits had told him had committed their crimes very frequently He sucked the blood from one of them and offered the other to Dalton
“I’ll ask just in case Do you want soht youhis head This was the only answer he could give, for the sake of the honor of the Dark Elves of his village
On that night, the entire Legston fahts vanished fro
The investigation of the latter found the corpses of the Ahrai Fa with a severed hand wearing the ring bearing the Palpapek family crest The Ahrai Family and the assassins they had hired were officially declared to be the culprits behind his murder
With this incident, the reconstruction of the Mirg shi+eld-nation’s army would be delayed even further
The question he had repeatedly asked hi? It hen he decided that he was slightly more exceptional than his older brother For that reason, he had accepted the offer of Vampires orshi+pped an evil God and murdered his brother That was the answer to his question
Even though he was a little er, there was no guarantee that the same would be true ten or twenty years later And even if he didn’t succeed the Palpapek family, he could have become his brother’s vassal to serve the family and nation or married into another noble family and put his sharp mind to use that way
Even if Thomas hadn’t become the head of his fareat losses, nor would the world have ended
Despite that, he had conceitedly believed that he must succeed his family because he was the superior individual, spoken such words to conceal these ambitions even from himself and been utilized by the Vareatest mistake that he had ever made, and he had never noticed this until his existence was extinguished
Vandalieu and Dalton exchanged rough details of their situations to each other
Dalton was surprised fro to end as he listened to the situation on the other side of the Boundary Mountain Range and the fact that his party’s existence was known to the Gods The thing he was ion’s appearance, however
Of course, Vandalieu was also surprised to hear that two of the members of the Storm of Tyranny were the reincarnation of an evil God and a Pure-breed Va more members of Vida’s races on the Aht
He was particularly astonished by the fact that the heroic God Farht with Bellwood on Alda’s side in the battle that took place a hundred thousand years ago, had changed sides
“But he doesn’t want to be punched by me a hundred times Well, I don’t intend to do so,” said Vandalieu
“Yeah, leave that for later,” said Dalton “Now then, I’ve learned that you can teleport around in an instant, but on’t be able to go over there for a while We can’t use Teleportation to make day-trips, either”