Chapter 189: Chapter 152 Exposed_1
Saharir’s attack was so fast and fierce that almost everyone failed to react. But when faced with Saharir’s attack, Angela, who had just been playing the pitiful party, suddenly twitched the corner of her eye. She raised her hands and instantly, her clothing turned into dozens of poisonous snakes, trying to block Saharir’s attack.
However, this Clear Sky Angel seemed to have foreseen this. She trembled her fingers ever so slightly and the next moment, the light arrow burst open like fireworks, directly piercing the barrier formed by the venomous snakes. At the same time, Angela leaped backwards, and a pair of bat-like wings appeared behind her as she turned to fly towards the skylight. But at that moment, a huge shadow descended from the sky into Angela’s field of vision.
Duanmu Huai had been paying attention to Angela and Saharir’s every move. In fact, the moment Saharir had raised her arm, he was ready. Therefore, when Angela planned to escape, Duanmu Huai instantly leaped, using the power of the jetpack to rush above Angela. As Angela was trying to escape, he grabbed her head and slammed her onto the ground.
With this ruthless strike from Duanmu Huai, the entire Royal Palace Hall seemed to tremble. Only then did everyone react to what had just happened. Shrieks of surprise echoed throughout, nobles retreated in droves, while fully armed guards rushed forward to shield the king, looking with terror at the scene before them.
Meanwhile, Duanmu Huai rose to his feet and raised his right hand.
“It seems the fox has finally shown its tail.”
The Angela in Duanmu Huai’s hands was no longer the pitiful little girl she had appeared to be. On the contrary, she had a curvaceous and wonderful body, a mature and charming face that remained unmarred despite being slammed to the ground by Duanmu Huai, and a pair of bat-like wings and a long pointed tail.
Um…Duanmu Huai was sure he had seen something similar somewhere… isn’t this the nun from the Lord of the Ice Hell?
Looking at the completely transformed Angela before him, the King was taken aback, while Lorena’s eyes went wide with surprise.
Seeing the strange demon beast before them, the crowd retreated in fear, looking anxiously at Angela in Duanmu Huai’s hand. Yet, Duanmu Huai grabbed Angela by the neck and held her in front of him.
“Speak, what is your purpose in coming here?”
“I, I don’t know what you’re talking about…”
Though her true form was exposed, the succubus was still tearful.
“I am indeed not a human, but I didn’t do any harm… I just wanted to study magic in Manaria… I haven’t done anything wrong…”
As she cried, others started to look at her differently. Indeed, Angela wasn’t human, but she hadn’t done anything wrong…
However, before the succubus could finish pleading, Duanmu Huai grabbed her wings with one hand and broke them off with a ferocious twist. He let out a cold snort, and a bone-chilling aura of fear instantly filled the entire hall, dissolving the succubus’s earlier pitiful atmosphere.
“If you choose to use your despicable powers again to stir up trouble, I won’t hesitate to snap your head off. So, you better answer my question obediently, and I assure you I can make your death less painful—what is your purpose in coming to Manaria?”
This time, under Duanmu Huai’s pressure, the succubus finally went pale and lost her cockiness.
“It, it was someone else who told me to do it…!!”
Hearing this name, everyone in the room was taken aback, while Duanmu Huai gripped harder with his hand.
“Fafner is dead; you better find someone else to take the blame.”
“Wait, wait!! I’m telling the truth!”
Feeling Duanmu Huai’s action, the succubus instantly turned pale.
“I know that the evil dragon is dead, but it has been resurrected!!”
This time the king stood up and roared loudly.
“To prevent Fafner from being resurrected, we even incinerated Fafner’s corpse! There’s no way it could be resurrected!”
“I don’t know what you’ve done, but Fafner indeed became an undying beast.”
The succubus didn’t bother to hide anything anymore.
“As for the specifics, I’m not clear. I’m just the one summoned by Fafner to carry out the task.”
“Stir internal unrest in the Kingdom of Manaria, weakening its strength as much as possible… Just making use of the conflict between the commoners and the nobles as a cover could make their relationship tense. If it could incite a rebellion or even a civil war within Manaria, it would be even better…”
“So, you chose to bewitch those idiots?”
Duanmu Huai glanced at the nobles hiding behind their families, all of whom were pale, while the succubus nodded proudly.
“Of course, those foolish and naive idiots, as long as I disguise myself as their ideal form and whisper words of affection to them, these little creatures become utterly fixated on me. I even let them experience joys that they’d never experienced before…”
Hearing the succubus spew such vulgar language, both Ann and Greiya’s faces reddened, while the Duke glared furiously at his son.
“You fool, have you been seduced by a demon?”
“Father, please hear me out!!”
However, even at this moment, Yald remained foolishly smitten.
“I’ve known about Angela’s identity all along, but she’s not a bad person at all, she’s just…
“You’ve known all along? You disobedient son!!!”
Yald’s words, far from helping his case, turned his father bright purple with rage. The Duke threw a punch, knocking Yald unconscious.
Witnessing this scene, the surrounding nobles wore strange expressions – even showing a touch of sympathy for the Duke in their eyes.
Had your years of education only produced such a creature?
They quickly reminded themselves that their own sons were not much better, which just added to their frustration.
In the face of Duanmu Huai’s Fearful Aura, the succubus ran out of tricks. She confessed obediently – just as she claimed to be a mere errand girl, summoned from a temple, tasked with inciting a rebellion in the Kingdom of Manaria.
As for the resurrection of the Evil Dragon, she heard it from others – clandestine followers of Fafner, the Evil Dragon. Who would have thought that such followers existed?
Well, the world is indeed full of wonders.
Once Duanmu Huai confirmed their location, he promptly broke the succubus’s neck and cast her aside – the next moment, the succubus’s body was completely obliterated under Saharir’s angelic light arrows.
Everyone anticipated a standard disengagement case, but to their surprise, it became a hive of complications. The King was stern and livid. He ordered everyone to remain silent about the incident, and he commanded the nobles to take their sons home for strict discipline. Seeing the infuriated nobles, it was clear that a harsh punishment awaited those idiotic young noblemen.
“I must thank you. Without you, who knows how this would have concluded.”
Once the noble courtiers had left, the King finally exhaled and turned to Duanmu Huai to express his gratitude. The alluring succubus would have undoubtedly caused trouble for Manaria if Duanmu Huai had not discovered and exposed her. Those who sided with her included the children of ministers from both military and political circles of Manaria; Count Hasha, though only an Earl, led a large portion of the nobility active in politics and finance.
If this matter was not handled properly, it would likely cause a political rift, even conflict, within Manaria. Add to that the societal conflicts induced by the succubus between the civilians and nobles, there may even be a real chance of a civil uprising.
“It’s nothing, mostly just professional habit. Plus, her ruse was pretty feeble.”
Duanmu Huai casually brushed off his hands. Half the reason he even detected the anomaly was the intuition groomed over his judging career. The followers of the three Evil Gods, excluding the Brutal God, tended to love weaving all sorts of conspiracies and plots, especially the followers of the God of Lust and God of Trickery. So, Duanmu Huai had long learned to spot every dubious detail and respond accordingly.
“But… is it really possible for the Evil Dragon to resurrect? We burned Fafner’s corpse and destroyed all evidence of him.”
This time, it was Lorena who replied to the King’s question.
“As long as the soul exists, coupled with a skilled necromancer, resurrection isn’t impossible… However… ”
“Regardless, we’ll know once we investigate.”
Duanmu Huai quickly made his decision.
“That’s true, but sir knight, aren’t you afraid that the succubus is simply tricking us?”
Ann asked. From her perspective, the succubus had been extraordinarily compliant, making it impossible for her to understand why the succubus would betray her co-conspirators so readily.
“You needn’t worry about that, Miss Ann.”
Lorena shook her head.
“Demons don’t adhere to any concepts of loyalty. In fact, she would actually hope that we eliminate those cultists.”
“Because they’ve pledged allegiance to evil and signed contracts with demons. Once they die, their souls will fall into Hell and become the possessions of the demons. Thus, to that succubus, the lives of those cultists are irrelevant.”
Hearing this, the King furrowed his brow.
“So, what about the nobles she deceived?”
“I can’t say for certain, but demons are indeed skilled at inducing others to sell their souls unknowingly… based on the reactions of those young noblemen towards the succubus…”
Even if Lorena did not finish her sentence, her meaning was already quite clear.
The King sighed deeply. Evidently, this was another troubling matter.
However, Duanmu Huai was contemplating another issue.
Who would be trying to resurrect the Evil Dragon, and why?