Chapter 197: The Chaotic Warfare of Olm Fortress and Baron Burke’s True Purpose (Part 3)
Translator: The Light
Editor: Entelchy
Clyde himself had successfully infiltrated Ord Castle with his younger sister Lucifer and Demon Princess Andrea. Now, there were over 20,000 troops in this castle, and this was the last defensive line blocking Steinbeck Fief’s army. As long as Ord Castle were captured, Olm Fortress would fall into Clyde’s hands. After breaking through Aldington River, this natural barrier, there would be no other natural barriers, and they could imdiately march for the center of the Needham Plains to fight a decisive battle against Marquis Charles’s army.
Under the concealnt effects of shadow magic, Clyde and the two girls moved unimpeded in Ord Castle. His shadow magic’s concealnt far exceeded the stealth skills used by human assassins. Unless a senior priest of the Light Church were present, no one could see through their movents.
Ord Castle was tightly guarded, so Clyde waited until night to start his activities. He wished to negotiate with Norma alone, skipping Baron Burke. Although Ord Castle was rather big, and finding a person was quite troubleso, Clyde quickly located her position with the help of his younger sister Lucifer.
When the trio arrived at the Earl’s residence of Ord Castle, they imdiately discovered that sothing was off. The residence’s original owner had been Earl Winissa, so the guards here should have been Norma’s subordinates. But now, the guards here were the direct subordinates of Baron Burke. This change suggested that things had beco complicated.
“Big Brother Clyde, my subordinate Countess just sent an interesting spiritual transmission. I’ll go to take care of that side. As for this place, I’ll leave it to you and Big Sister Andrea, okay?”
“No problem. Sister Lucifer, you... are you going to receive sothing?”
“That’s a secret! I will naturally share any good things with my big brother. If I say it now, the mystery will be lost.”
Lucifer showed an evil smile. Then, a bloody mist shrouded her entire body, and she disappeared. Her movent speed was so fast that he almost couldn’t catch her trajectory. He didn’t know whether she had used flying or teleportation magic, so he could only ask her later.
Although there were a lot of soldiers guarding the Earl residence’s entrance, they couldn’t see Clyde under his concealnt. Clyde openly entered the temporary Earl residence via the main entrance with Demon Princess Andrea. He didn’t encounter a single blockade as if he were walking through his ho.
The environnt within was awful as if bandits had ransacked the place. Various objects lay shattered. Saying this place had been looted by bandits was not particularly accurate. In Clyde’s view, the scene more implied that soone had searched the house to attempt to confiscate certain possessions. A lot of gold coins lay scattered all around. If the place had been looted, the ground would have been much cleaner. Many valuables had been left behind.
Clyde ventured deep into the esidence and finally found Baron Burke in Earl Winissa’s bedroom. Baron Burke had short hair and regular features. However, his gentleman look was ruined by the wretched and obscene light within his black eyes. His typical profligate son expression seed to beg for a beating.
Earl Winissa’s bedroom was very ssy. A lot of clothes and other daily articles had been turned inside out and abandoned on the bedroom carpet. The wardrobe’s doors had been forced open, and a quick glanced confird that the clothes inside were in a complete ss. On the ground, Clyde saw many elegant undergarnts. Judging from their sizes, Clyde guessed that their owner was Winissa. After all, not long ago, he had personally asured Winissa’s entire body.
Housekeeper Norma, Winissa’s close girlfriend, was on the bedroom’s big bed of Earl Winissa’s bedroom. She was a standard straight, black-haired beauty with a pair of blue eyes. Now, she had a look of sha and resentnt. Her outfit had been stripped, and she wore only thin black undergarnts. That last layer barely covered her key parts, leaving her with a last hint of dignity. At least, Norma had chosen a comparatively conservative style, so the fabric was not particularly transparent and covered many things.
In addition to Norma were several beautiful won. Like Norma, they only wore thin, rather conservative, black or white undergarnts. They hung from ropes in “人” standing postures with cloth balls stuffed into their mouths. Their faces were filled with embarrassnt and restlessness. They didn’t know what would happen next.
These captured won were Earl Winissa’s aces and senior battle magicians responsible for commanding the magic attack unit. Earl Winissa was quite prudent when choosing her commanders; she only trusted female officers. These few were all the senior commanders of the magic attack unit. They had all been caught in Baron Burke’s sche with one fell swoop. Norma herself was a civil officer lacking combat power. Like Princess Saras beside Clyde, she was a only a strategic commander. She relied on these magic attack unit commanders to act as her bodyguards. Since these commanders had lost their combat power, she had no ability to defend herself.
“Aweso! It’s a pity that Earl Winissa is not here. Otherwise!”
“Burke, you bastard! You actually betrayed Earl Winissa! Release , Earl Winissa...”
“What betrayal? Earl Winissa is already dead. I, however, helped you deal with Steinbeck Fief’s army. Is this your attitude toward your benefactor?”
Baron Burke showed a gentlemanly smile while sniffing a black triangular cloth, ignoring Norma’s protests. He actually dared to do this in front of a group of won. Clyde, who was similarly a gentleman, couldn’t look at him. This fellow’s taste was too low. This cloth’s owner belonged to him, so he could sll the source whenever he wanted. He didn’t need to do such an indescribably perverted thing to a piece of fabric like Baron Burke did. Demon Princess Andrea, who had accompanied him, took the initiative to walk out of the bedroom and act as a lookout. She didn’t want to participate in a battle between two gentlen. Now, she had to admit that the Human Race was far eviler than the Demon Race in so aspects. At least, she, a Demon Princess, admitted that she was inferior.
Compared to the Human Race, the Demon Race was more bold and open. But in terms of dirty tricks, they were not comparable. The Demon Race was straightforward and didn’t like to play tricks, unlike the Human Race. In this regard, many demons had learned from humans. For example, the Demon Race hadn’t originally worn undergarnts before they were introduced by the Human Race.
Listening to the argunt between Norma and Baron Burke, Clyde gained a general understanding of what had happened. After destroying Steinbeck Fief’s army, Baron Burke won Housekeeper Norma’s trust and successfully entered Earl Winissa’s temporary residence. Afterward, he initiated a coup that he had carefully concocted for a long ti. He had previously investigated the magic defense unit and found a way to neutralize them without Norma being any the wiser. Activating the fire series super forbidden magic spell “Heavenly Fire Burn City” required a large amount of magic power, so the mbers of the magic attack unit had exhausted themselves, entering a weakened state. This had allowed Baron Burke to successfully launch a coup. Cooperating against Steinbeck Fief had been a pretense. From the very beginning, this fellow’s sole target had been Earl Winissa’s peerage.
Clyde’s side just happened to have an Undead army that had acted as cannon fodder. Otherwise, Heavenly Fire Burn City might have truly bankrupted him and killed most of his human troops. Baron Burke had also deceived Viscount Carlisle to a certain extent. This fellow had already long reached a secret agreent with Marquis Charles since he only wanted to replace Earl Winissa. Marquis Charles was not at ease with a female Earl among his subordinates because he doubted a woman’s ability to manage political affairs. In the past, he had taken consideration of his old friend’s face and reluctantly recognized Earl Winissa’s position after the forr Earl Winger’s sons had refused to dive into this awful ss.
“Norma, don’t be a person who cannot tell good from bad. Where did you conceal Winissa’s Earl seal? If you don’t speak, don’t bla for being rude!”
“What seal? I don’t know anything. Anyway, it is not sothing you can touch!”
“Marquis Charles has already tacitly consented. Your master, Earl Winissa, has been missing for a long ti. Hand over the Earl’s seal, and you will maybe be able to keep your forr post.”
“Impossible, Winissa is not... not my boss! She is my best friend!”
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