Chapter 106 - The Rhine Kingdom’s Peril 2 (1/2)

“Fuck… Fucking hell...”

It would’ve been a perfect plan, if only Woohyuk hadn't appeared at that exact moment.

'What the hell happened while I was unconscious?'

Thinking that he might have been hypnotized and revealed all of the plans, his thoughts got murky.

Luckily, he managed to escape, but it was unclear whether Priscilla would forgive him.

He was like a dog who lay down and showed her his stomach to pledge his allegiance, but in the end, he was just a measly dog to her.

'I have to prove that I still have value to her.'

After making a contract with Priscilla, he gained abilities that he couldn’t have dreamt of before. He could now temporarily neutralize an opponent and to pull out black monsters from the darkness by borrowing the power of sloth.

Although he was unlucky and had to lower himself to serve her, he was still useful as a minion.

While Gwak Seyoung was thinking of a suitable excuse, an angry female voice resounded from a hidden location.

“You have quite the balls to return after the mess you created.”

“Lady Pr-Priscilla…”

Gwak Seyoung fell flat on the floor and couldn’t move from the spot for a while. His face was as white as a sheet.

A black portal soon appeared and Priscilla showed herself.

“Because of your mistake, The Rhine King has noticed my existence. So now I have to have a battle of wits against him.”

“Please give me one more chance! I will do anything to correct things. I’ll even put my life on the line, so please trust me!”

“Hmph, such an annoying bug. I really want to slit your throat right now and sacrifice you as an offering. But we need to buy time until we summon the demonic beast Charybdis.”

By cooperating with Demon King Amii, Priscilla was able to obtain numerous human sacrifices in the Lydia Kingdom.

However, those were not enough to call out the legendary monster Charybdis, and naturally her interest turned to the hostile Rhine Kingdom.

“Please give me a monster army. I will go to Trevis and make more offerings while avoiding the forces of the Rhine King and Marquis Nelson as much as possible.”

“I was about to order you so myself.”

In Sirien, the northern region of the Nelson march, there was only one feudal army. Meanwhile, where was the Eastern Guard Camp in the central region, Trevis.

Priscilla had deliberately begun to create a fuss in Sirien by attacking the civilians.

In simple terms, it could be called a ruse.

“I will make sure to live up to Lady Priscilla's expectations. So please wait for good news from me.”

“You’re really good at twisting your words considering you’re Demon King Volak’s subject.”

The purpose of the demon kings was to increase their own power through conquests, while the witches wished for the advent of the demon god through the destruction of the world.

So, despite being in the same demonic camp, the two sides were in conflict.

“I didn't know anything back then. If I had known of Lady Priscilla's existence before, I wouldn't have decided to serve Demon King Volak. Please do not doubt my loyalty.”

Gwak Seyoung tried to kiss Priscilla's foot with a dark expression.

Then Priscilla frowned and kicked his head away.

Thump!

“Argh...”

“Don’t you dare try to bring those dirty lips near my body again. It’s disgusting.”

“I, I apologize, Lady Priscilla...”

“The Rhine King is almost at the target location. Get moving already.”

Priscilla could no longer be bothered to speak to Gwak Seyoung, so she pulled out a purple monster and had it throw the man towards the entrance.

If he were an ordinary human, his entire body would’ve be shattered by shock, but since he was a demon, he only ended up suffering minor wounds.

'The decisive battle is approaching, Asura.'

As the surroundings became quiet, Priscilla took out a crystal ball and observed a certain village in the Sirien region through the transparent item.

Woohyuk could be seen leading his soldiers against a monster army.

'I will definitely get revenge for Kriemhild.'

She had already received permission from Lady Lilith.

It would have been easier if Angrboda, the Witch of Greed, were with her. However, she was currently in the Dane Kingdom to fulfill a mission Lady Lilith had given her.

Nevertheless, there were a few demon kings of the Ars Nova circle, so they would be enough to face their common enemy.

For some reason, even Aleister Crowley, the Witch Cult’s leader, was actively helping her.

Imagining the bloody end of Asura, Priscilla headed back to the place where the summoning ritual was taking place.

***

‘As I thought, they’re planning to do a two-front war.’

Woo-hyuk nodded as he looked through Gwak Seyoung's vision with the Messenger's Wing effect.

The Nelson March was large enough to consist of three regions, so that strategy would normally be effective.

However, Woohyuk has experienced numerous battlefields over the past 40 years.

Like the genius strategist Klaus, it would be difficult to deceive him unless he had to deal with an extremely tricky ploy.

‘Marquis Nelson will do it well on his own probably.’

As of currently, there was still an agreement that the Dane Army would not invade the Rhine Kingdom.

They were only fighting an unofficial war.

It was a secret conflict hidden away from the eyes of the Holy Apherian Emperor Tiberius and Pope Ignatius.

In other words, not all of Marquis Nelson's troops had to stay on the walls of Doria Castle.

Of course, if the demon kings were to create trouble, there was still a possibility that an all-out war would begin, but Woohyuk had already made preparations against that.

While Woohyuk was sorting out information in his mind for a moment, Leifina galloped towards him to report the current situation.

“My Lord, we’ve finished cleaning up this area.”

“Then let’s head to the next village.”

The Nelson march was a marginal land, so the population was small, with most people living in small villages.

Therefore, it was best to fight the monsters by spreading out their troops as much as possible.

Woohyuk had brought with him his own elite troops, so even if they were to get separated from one another, they would be able to overcome a certain degree of difficulties.

While Woohyuk was gathering the cavalrymen, a high-pitched scream rang out.

“Kyaaaa!”

A woman was getting attacked by monsters on her way home from work outside the village.

Aiden, who saw the crisis, galloped towards the lady without any hesitation.

Slash!

A dark red liquid splattered around, and the forearm of a large ogre fell to the ground.