The Executed Sage Reincarnates as a Lich and Begins a War of Aggression Chapter 98: The Sage Deduces the Mastermind

That night, there was a new report from the spy.

It seed that a civil war broke out in the Republic.

There were disagreents between the representatives on the state's managent of opposing factions which had finally broken through a critical point.

The Warring Faction, who sought to attack the Demon Lord, and the Submissive Faction, who sought to minimize the damage, were facing each other head-on.

The stage of their battle expanded from just beyond their desk to their whole capital, and it was said the scale only kept getting bigger.

I wouldnt have minded it if that was all that happened.

It wasnt rare for a disagreent to lead to a conflict.

My problem was the fact that the devils who relocated there were also participating in that war.

Those devils fought as part of the Warring Faction.

Because of that, the chaos spread even further, and the situation didnt show any signs of stopping.

At present, the capital of the Republic was in danger of being destroyed.

Information gathering beca more convoluted due to the many skirmishes that were occurring.

So spies also got caught in the fighting as collateral damage and were injured as well.

I used telepathy and ordered the spies at the capital of the Republic to withdraw.

Indeed, information might be important, but the lives of the spies were even more so.

That capital was in the midst of confusion anyway, so there wouldnt be any decent information.

There was no point in staying there.

It wasnt worth losing capable spies.

It would be enough to just get an overview of the situation in the anti.

Regarding the matter of the Republic's civil war, I was just going to observe for the ti being.

I didnt know how it would turn out, and I didnt want to get dragged into it because I'd carelessly interfered.

To tell the truth, I wished to stop the conflict.

However, it wasnt comndable to take action without thinking in an uncertain situation.

There was a chance it would instead lead into further chaos if I arrogantly jumped into the situation.

This was the period where I should suppress my panic and silently observe.

Seriously

I put down the report and looked up at the ceiling.

I couldnt hide my ntal fatigue.

My response always seed to be too late.

While so parts couldnt be helped due to my strategy, I did notice sothing was off.

None of those events were accidental either.

The devils were allied with the warring factions.

The fact they helped at this ti ant they knew the civil war would brew when they relocated to the Republic.

On the contrary, they might have been invited there for that very reason.

Did soone arrange for all this to happen?

Naturally, this question ca to mind.

Considering the state of the civil war, it seed they had been in contact with the remnant of the previous Demon Lords army in various places.

Even the devils at the Old Devil territory had a long-term exchange with them.

Regardless of how fast it could be, it would still take several years of preparation.

Then they used the strength they got this way to gain an advantage for the warring faction.

Looking at the series of events from afar, it was really well planned.

It was cunning and well prepared.

Things definitely progressed according to soones wishes.

I needed to admit that.

I was still waiting for the analysis report in the anti, but wouldnt that demon beast's occurrence also be connected to this?

I had a feeling the Republic was also involved in it.

I doubted that it was just overthinking about it.

This isnt the Will of the World. I feel the malicious intent of an individual instead.

I didnt know who it was, but they were definitely still moving behind the scene.

While I didnt know what their goal was, it felt that it would be against what I wished for.

I had to find their identity and whereabouts sohow.

As I looked at Luciana, she closed her mouth and pondered.

She had an unusually serious expression, and was glaring at empty space and biting her nails.

It was a figure that was unimaginable from the usual Luciana.

Both her current expression and gesture werent sothing she had shown before.

In the silence, Luciana noticed my gaze and went back to her usual self.

She then put her usual bewitching smile and tilted her head as if to cover up her earlier actions.

Perhaps it was sothing she didnt wish to be seen.

I ignored that and asked.

It seems you have sothing in mind.

Of course, we were talking about the civil war of the Republic.

Both of us were thinking about the sa thing.

Luciana put a finger to her lips as she answered.

This kind of insidious and annoying thod reminds of a certain person who really loved using it.

Fumu

Her way of phrasing made understand.

Perhaps person in Lucianas mind was also sobody I'd known about.

Certainly, this event reminded of sothing.

In fact, a similar thod was used in the past.

Is it that man?

Its that guy.

Luciana said bitterly.

It seed my guess was correct.

Luciana, one of the four heavenly kings of the previous Demon Lord, was good at sabotaging and gathering information.

She eroded other nations from the inside and used her succubus subordinates to control the enemys upper echelons.

Then they controlled their behavior.

By the ti people noticed sothing was wrong, it would already be too late.

The man within our mind was also great at moving behind the scene.

The difference between Luciana and him was, the results he got tended to be more intense.

The man was endowed with a talent as an instigator.

At the ti, he demonstrated his outstanding ability and destroyed various nations through civil wars and rebellions.

However, this series of actions couldnt be the work of that man.

Because that man was already dead.

It was I who killed him back then.

And it had already been more than a decade since it happened.

While the developnt reminded us of that man, it was actually impossible.

The most likely possibility was his successor was the one pulling the strings.

I doubted that a re human could co up with this kind of arrangent.

If the mastermind really was related to that man, then the devils involvent made sense.

If my guess was correct, I would have more of a reason to resolve it.

This wasnt just because of my duty as the Demon Lord.

It was also to settle any loose ends I left behind during my period as the Sage.

At that ti, I received a telepathic ssage from Grom.

I decided to turn my focus there.

De, Demon Lord-sama! Can you hear ?

I can hear you. What happened?

Demon beasts spawned in the Slave Autonomous Region! So of the slaves there suddenly transford into demon beasts.

What?

I instinctively asked back to confirm.

That was how unbelievable the report was.

Many of them turned at the sa ti, and were lacking personnel to handle them. I feel bad asking for Demon Lord-samas help, but could you please lend us your help?

Alright. Ill go there right away.

I replied with that before cutting off the telepathic communication.

Grom made a good decision.

Rather than choose to not trouble , the situation would be worse if he didnt ask for my help.

The situation must be very serious for him to imdiately ask for my help.

Luciana called out at as I stood up

Whats wrong?

I briefly explained the situation to her.

When Luciana heard that, she sighed deeply.

So troubleso things sure are brewing

Youre right.

There was a civil war at the Republic in the south.

There was a rampage of demon beasts in the north.

We were getting into troubleso things, one after another.

Even so, I still had to deal with them.

I cald myself down and thought.

Feeling frustrated here would only help the mastermind.

I changed the direction of my thoughts and gave instructions to Luciana.

Continue to collect and organize information. Better we act under the assumption that man is involved in this.

I see, I understand. Be careful out there, Demon Lord-sama.

I know.

After nodding to Luciana, I transferred myself toward the Slave Autonomous Region where the Demon Lords Army awaited.