Chapter 169 - Slave Liberation 2 (2/2)

The reason she explained the situation to Clyantes was probably because he was a playwright and was very enthusiastic about the myth.

Aside from him, she must have assigned several other people with similar occupations to find the Valkyrie's Dagger.

'The witches seem to be focusing on finding the Edda Chronicles for now.'

In terms of priority, the Sangreal Chronicles were several times more important than the Edda Chronicles since it mentioned the Holy Grail

But they seemed to be conscious of Woohyuk, and appeared to have given up on the Sangreal Chronicles.

Or maybe it was deliberately handed over to Eteria Rodinus and him.

Unlike the 72 Demon Kings, the purpose of the witches was to destroy the existing world through the Return of the Demon God, so this was not completely impossible.

'Aleister doesn't seem to want to fight me either.'

In the battle at the Nelson March, he had remained passive until the end.

It is difficult to understand his objective, but he was probably keeping Woohyuk, a Demon God candidate, alive for future plans as according to Lilith’s schemes.

In that respect, Aleister and the Witches of the Seven Deadly Sins were similar to Eteria Rodinus.

The group of wisemen also had future plans involving Woohyuk.

While rearranging the overall situation in his mind, Woohyuk continued to listen to the conversation between Clyantes and Melena.

The rest of the contents were about specific procedures, so there was no remarkable information.

As the conversation ended, the surrounding landscape returned to its original state.

“Lord Asura...?”

Carnelian stood in confusion and stared at him.

“Ah, I was looking into his memories for a bit.”

“…Please don’t peek into mine. I experienced many harsh things while I was with Ivanov.”

”Don’t worry.”

Unlike before, Carnelian was using a feminine tone according to Woohyuk's recommendation.

He had judged that her soldier-like speech not did not match her age nor her appearance, but would also have a negative impact on her personality.

After a while, Woohyuk removed his hand from Clyantes’ body, and the playwright took a deep breath and regained consciousness.

“Huff huff...”

“Lead the way.”

“Whe- where to?!”

“To the Valkyrie's Dagger and the Witch of Lust.”

“...!”

Clyantes' face turned ghost-white.

He had only thought that Woohyuk was someone who had bad blood with Antonius.

However, Woohyuk was aware of Melena.

As the man hesitated, Woohyuk took out Jake's Pocket Watch.

“It can’t be helped if you don’t want to. Antonius died during the torture, but I’ll let you off the hook.”

In truth, it was Cynthia who had tortured and murdered Antonius, not Woohyuk.

As Woohyuk hypnotized him, Clyantes turned around with a blank expression.

He would guide them as according to the order.

“Will you kill the Witch of Lust?”

“If I get the chance, yes.”

“I think there will be a lot of men who follow her. Once someone gets fascinated by her, the power of lust can control their reason at will.”

When Carnelian was with Ivanov, she had seen the Witch of Lust in person.

Woohyuk laughed as she looked worried.

“Do you think I will fall for Melena's temptation?”

“Tha, that’s not what I...”

“I have met countless treasures and beauties over the past 40 years.”

There was Eleanora, the princess of the Holy Aperian Empire, the three goddesses of Urdarbrunn, and many more...

There would be no end if he were to list the names one by one.

However, nothing ended up happening between him and the women.

His passion for women had died along with Lucretia in the past.

'Seduction doesn’t work on me.’

Therefore, Melena was one of the seven witches he feared the least.

Melena probably knew this fact to some extent through her information network.

Ever since his regression, he had never had a relationship with any woman.

'If I get rid of Melena, there will only be four witches left of the 7 Sins.’

However, it was very unlikely that Melena would face him head-on.

Her current interests were the Valkyrie's Dagger and Edda Chronicles, not Woohyuk.

However, it seemed that she still had business in the Talis Kingdom, since she hadn’t escaped the country yet.

When he reached a stone building, Woohyuk summoned Astaroth, the 29th Demon King.

“Act natural and lure Melena out here.”

“...”

Astaroth rolled his eyes at Woohyuk.

The fact that he had been sealed must have spread to the entire demon faction already.

Melena was no fool and would not fall for this ruse.

However, even after seeing Astaroth's reaction, Woohyuk did not take back his orders.

“Do as I say.”

“…Okay.”

A Demon King sealed in Lemegeton had no means of resisting the master.

Therefore, not long after Astaroth entered the stone building...

Boom! Crash! Shatter!

There was a fuss inside, along with the sound of a glass window breaking.

Carnelian asked Woohyuk in curiosity.

“What is happening?”

“Melena is pissed off because Astaroth is lying to her.”

“…What?”

“Melena is secretly in love with Astaroth.”

Astaroth had a very good appearance among the 72 demon kings.

Moreover, the elegant image he was showing overlapped with her affection, which newly captivated Melena.

Woohyuk was well aware of this due to his past experiences.