A Demon's Journey

Azaroth was having an important conversation with Sargan while the Beasts were planning to launch a large-scale attack at his camp.

It had been quite some time since Sargan talked to him. It was probably some urgent information or an urgent situation where Sargan required his assistance.

Azaroth asked with a frown, "Did something occur that you need my help?"

Sargan responded immediately, "No, master. I have contacted you today to inform you of something very important. You would never expect that something like this was occurring!"

Azaroth's frown became deeper as he heard those words and asked Sargan, "What is it?"

Sargan then began speaking, "The name of this woman in the carriage is Camille. She was the personal maid of the King of the Glerian Kingdom."

Azaroth's eyes widened at that statement, "What did you say?! A personal maid of the King?!"

There was a qualitative difference between a maid and a personal maid. A maid was any random female servant in a manor, while the personal maid meant that she stayed close to her master at all times.

'If this woman named Camille is a personal maid of the King, then she must have been showered with his aura and even the fate energy. There is no way she could be affected by Dylan Ross's Fate Energy. However, this is only true if my prior hypothesis about the King's Fate Energy turning Dylan Ross' Fate Energy worthless is correct.'

"I am completely sure that this woman is a personal maid of the King," Sargan confidently spoke confidently.

Azaroth asked curiously, "How do you know for sure?"

"I forced it out of her!" Sargan spoke with a cheerful tone.

Azaroth's eyes narrowed at that moment, and he asked him with some surprise visible on his face, "You could force it out of her?"

"Umm… That's correct. I just had to break a couple of her bones. Fortunately, I had many of those Supreme Recovery Pellets or traces of those injuries would be left behind," Sargan spoke with a relieved voice.

Azaroth didn't doubt Sargan, but he found it rather unbelievable.

Azaroth didn't doubt Sargan's capability to capture Camille. In fact, he was expecting Sargan to succeed in this task quite easily.

There would be many moments when Camille was alone, and Sargan could take advantage of that moment to abduct her.

What shocked him was that Sargan had managed to force the information out of Camille. Moreover, he had even used the Supreme Recovery Pellets so that no traces of injuries would remain behind.

He couldn't understand how come Dylan Ross hadn't come to save Camille yet. Even if the fate energy around him wouldn't work on Camille to make her fall in love with him, his protagonist identity should have still brought him to this place.

"Is that woman still your captive?" Azaroth asked.

Sargan raised his brow in confusion and didn't understand the significance of this question. He responded, "That's right. I plan to return her to her residence before the sunrise."

Azaroth spoke seriously, "Stay on your guard. You can be attacked by that Dylan Ross at any moment."

Sargan casually replied, "Don't worry, master. I checked for all possibilities. Dylan Ross has gone to meet with one of his harem members in another village, and there is no way he would return halfway now."

Azaroth frowned at that tone. He felt that something was wrong and asked Sargan, "You have gotten rather careless. Let me guess, you didn't even set up those Aura Detection stones around your location?"

"…You don't need to be so worried, master. I will be fine. This woman hasn't seen my face, and she will return to her residence before its daytime," Sargan spoke with a convincing tone.

Azaroth's frown got deeper as he heard those words and thought 'He has been affected by the Fate Energy again.'

"Leave that location!" Azaroth ordered Sargan with a commanding tone.

Sargan was shocked to suddenly hear that commanding tone. He asked with a confused tone, "Should I take this woman with me or not?"

"Forget about this woman and leave as soon as possible!" Azaroth ordered Sargan with a commanding tone.

Sargan had no choice but to obey Azaroth's words. He was staying in a small cabin within the woods near Yabert Town.

However, it was quite far away from Dylan Ross's hideout. It would take quite some time for Dylan Ross to find this location.

Sargan left the cabin and was about to run deeper into the woods when he suddenly heard a sound. It was a rather faint sound of the footsteps from the opposite direction.

He instinctively turned around to see just who was producing this sound. A beast was rather uncommon in these areas, so he had no idea who was approaching that cabin.

Sargan's eyes went wide as saucers as he saw none other than Dylan Ross's figure. Sargan immediately increased his pace as he ran deeper into the forest.

He was sure that Dylan Ross wouldn't pursue him. He would prioritize Camille's condition and check whether she was injured or not. Only after that would he pursue Sargan.

Till then, Sargan could easily cover a large distance and be out of Dylan Ross's reach.

After creating a good distance between him and Dylan Ross, Sargan contacted Azaroth again.

He inquired Azaroth very curiously, "How did you know that this man was coming?"

"…Pure deduction. But I will explain it later. However, what was that carelessness?!" Azaroth nearly shouted at Sargan.

Sargan lowered his head as he heard Azaroth's voice. He knew he fully deserved to be scolded for pulling that stunt like that.

"Your plan was good. But why did you not prepare for the worst-case scenario? Was it because things have been going your way the last few days? I will not tolerate this sort of lethargy from you, Sargan! Be prepared for the consequences next time. Your task is the most sensitive among all my retainers. There can be no errors or blunders like this one here."

"Yes, master," Sargan spoke with a respectful tone.

Azaroth calmed down after that statement. He let out a sigh and spoke, "…All right, let's get back to the topic. So, what is the King's personal maid doing here? I doubt the King has a shortage of men, so what's the real reason?"

Sargan also calmed down after a couple of seconds and explained, "That's right, master. All this mess really confused me that I forgot to tell you the real reason why I contacted you."

This time, Azaroth didn't interrupt him and let Sargan continue speaking, "The King wants to use his personal maid and control Dylan Ross. It seemed that the Pontiff of the Lamhilhan Theocracy was dead. The entire theocracy is trying its best to keep this information concealed, so we didn't find out about this fact until today."

"The King wants to control the Lamhilhan Theocracy through an individual. And he has chosen Dylan Ross. He plans to control Dylan Ross through this woman Camille. Her entire family has already been detained. So, Camille can't make any move against the King as it will result in her family's slaughter. She is a filial child, which was the last thing she wanted to happen to her family. Thus, she sincerely obeys the King's orders."

Azaroth was absolutely flabbergasted when he heard that the Pontiff of Lamhilhan Theocracy had been killed. He whispered, "I see…So, that's why that group was trying to gain the support of the Sinylian Kingdom's aristocrats stationed near the border of the Lamhilhan Theocracy."

"The King is actually trying to honey trap this man. So, what is her true identity? I doubt he sent some maid with an ordinary identity," Azaroth asked that question quite casually.

Azaroth couldn't see it, but Sargan was quite surprised.. He didn't expect Azaroth to guess this as well.