"What did you say? Laufey was captured? As expected, that bastard." The Supre Devil was furious.
He never thought that everything had been one big sche from the very beginning.
"Sir… What do you an?" Josephine panicked. She thought she would be blad for Laufey's capture, but it turned out the Supre Devil was angry at Laufey instead of her.
She didn't know what was going on, but it was convenient for her.
At the sa ti, this was the first ti she saw the Supre Devil this furious. Normally, the Supre Devil would have been the calst person in the room.
Alexander crossed his arms, not understanding everything as well. The Supre Devil had been silent when they escaped, but once they returned to the headquarters, he beca enraged.
He wanted to know the reason for him to be so agitated.
"Can't you see it?" The Supre Devil shouted.
Josephine's face turned pale. "I'm sorry for my incompetence."
Alexander waved his hand. "Sir, you need to calm down."
The Supre Devil clicked his tongue. "Then let ask you this question. Who attacked Noel Ardagan from the beginning?"
"It was Laufey," answered Alexander. He had been here the longest, so he could answer everything related to their missions.
"Why did he fail every single ti?"
"That was because Noel Ardagan was an unexpected variable. He skillfully played him around. There were also other experts helping him."
"Do you really think that way?" The Supre Devil frowned. "Then, why did you succeed, Alex?"
"That's because…" Alex thought for a mont, wondering if sothing was missing. "…I was stronger than them… much stronger?"
"Do you really think so? Then what about Qiel? Did you not realize it yet?"
Alexander looked down, recounting every single mission. In the beginning, Qiel failed because Noel was able to cross the border despite Qiel using every resource she could find to hunt him down.
While it was true that Dimitri helped him, it wasn't enough. Noel had sent a ssage to his grandfather to help him, but the timing was a bit too fast. Why would his grandfather appear right at the border?
What if soone had told him beforehand and prepared there? It might not be true, but this was a speculation he couldn't deny easily.
Then there was an all-out attack with one hundred thousand demons. Why did Qiel die while Laufey survived?
Qiel was stronger than Laufey, so Qiel should be the one surviving. In addition, in terms of importance, Laufey should be the one sacrificing himself to buy Qiel enough ti to retreat. This was the sa case as Josephine's. Because Josephine's ability was more important, he sacrificed himself. If it were the sa with Qiel, she should be the one to return, not him.
In addition, they were able to locate several ancient demons in the wilderness. Then, for so reason, there was not a single one of them among those one hundred thousand demons. It was as if soone was trying to stop the attack from being successful.
And all this important part was given to Laufey.
"!!!" In that instant, Alexander finally understood the real problem. He asked, "Don't tell … Laufey has been betraying us this whole ti?"
"He has never been on our side this whole ti." The Supre Devil corrected his words.
"!!!" Josephine gasped, not expecting this kind of conclusion. She thought she had been a quite good scher, but looking at this situation, it was clear that Laufey had been manipulating everyone.
"More importantly, the only one who could plan this out…" The Supre Devil squinted his eyes.
"Luke Ardagan. Laufey shouldn't be smart enough to plan this out. But it's different if Luke Ardagan is the culprit. No one can sche better than him. That's how he manages to rise both in business and court." Alexander's body shook. "Is he still alive?"
"If everything is planned, then he must be hiding sowhere. The execution is nothing but a sche to shift our attention away from him. anwhile, he is busy controlling everything from the shadows." The Supre Devil raised one finger. "And his purpose is clear."
"Noel Ardagan?"
"That's right. Noel Ardagan's talent is sothing this world has never seen before. Even his ancestor is not this talented. He is a genius who can grasp everything in a short period of ti, and this ti, I have realized it thanks to him recognizing the king path."
"King path? Don't tell . Is he going to beco a spirit king?" Alexander gasped.
Even Josephine couldn't believe it. What did it an to beco a spirit king? Everything. Their ancestor was able to build all four kingdoms due to the protection of one person, the only spirit king recorded in history, Alexander Ardagan.
If Noel was a destined person to surpass him, then nothing could stop him anymore once he beca a spirit king. Even the demon king wouldn't be able to fight him like how it fought his ancestor.
The Supre Devil gritted his teeth. "And I still can't fully utilize my power because of this useless curse."
"…" Alexander finally realized the grim situation they were in. If this continued, the organization would be destroyed. Hence, he asked, "Should we get the third prince to attack him to buy us ti?"
"Do you think I don't know that guy's personality? Now that the organization is weakened, he will seize this opportunity to beco a power strong enough to rival us." The Supre Devil gritted his teeth.
"But he will definitely cooperate with us. After all, he still needs us. The only thing that stops him from becoming a king is Noel Ardagan," explained Alexander.
"It doesn't matter. Noel Ardagan is simply too strong. There are even two more spirit transcendences we don't know about. Anna Stargaze is also a strong contender. If Duke Lorelei is able to beco another transcendent, the situation will look grim. He basically has 5 spirit transcendence experts. He's already above the Greenwood Kingdom, which has four spirit transcendence experts.
"We're not taking into account that their brightest princess is his disciple, so he will most likely get their support as well."
"Then what should we do?" Alexander asked.
The Supre Devil fell silent. It was not an easy decision, but there was only one option left. The Supre Devil gritted his teeth before announcing his decision. "Retreat. We'll build our power again and control all the demons to launch one all-out attack. This ti, we can't fail."
Reviews
All reviews (0)