novelraw Chapter 236 - 11: An Unconventional Method of Siege
Chapter 236 - 11: An Unconventional Method of Siege
"Father?"
"What good friend?"
Before the words had even faded, a powerful surge of magic erupted within the mansion.
Immediately after, a pitch-black Teleportation Gate materialized out of thin air. A mysterious Mage clad in a black Mage Robe slowly stepped out from it. His face was completely obscured by a silver Steel Mask, and he exuded a heart-pounding aura.
"Heh, speak of the devil, and he shall appear!"
"Billy!"
"Let me make an introduction!"
"This is our ’good’ friend in the Imperial Capital!"
He deliberately stressed the word "good," a flicker of cunning glinting in his eyes.
"He now controls all affairs in the entire Imperial Capital!"
"With his help, our Northern Territory’s army can easily open the city gates and take the heavily fortified Central Imperial Capital without breaking a sweat!"
Hearing this, the Duke’s Son, Billy, stared wide-eyed at the Mage before him, his voice trembling with disbelief.
"This... Could he be the Imperial Chief of Staff? The great Lord Nesia, one of the Five Dragon Generals?"
"I’ve heard!"
"Lord Nesia is a Powerful Magic Master from Ventecenia!"
"He wears a Steel Mask all day long!"
"Other than the Flame Emperor Galukasa, no one has ever seen his real face, nor has anyone witnessed his Powerful Magic Power—because everyone who has is dead."
The Duke of the Northern Territory snorted, his tone dripping with unconcealed arrogance and certainty.
"Precisely."
"Lord Nesia’s target has never been our Gulad Empire."
The Duke of the Northern Territory paused, his gaze sweeping over everyone present.
"Rather, it is the homeland he longs for."
"The Kingdom of Ventecenia."
"That is why, many years ago, we secretly planned this rebellion."
"Our goal was to provoke the Gulad Empire and the Kingdom of Ventecenia into fighting each other until both sides were mutually crippled."
"By then."
The Duke of the Northern Territory’s voice suddenly dropped, laced with a sinister smile.
"No matter which side manages a pyrrhic victory, the other’s army will inevitably be exhausted and battered."
"And our Northern Territory army, which we have been secretly building up and training all these years, can then sweep south like a storm, irresistibly conquering both of humanity’s greatest kingdoms and taking them for our own..."
Before he could finish, Nesia abruptly looked up, his gaze as sharp as a hawk’s, aimed directly at the rafters high above the Duke of the Northern Territory’s head.
In almost the same instant, he suddenly raised his hand, and a wave of black energy, thick as ink, shot out from his palm.
With a soft POP, the Owl Spirit Body hidden in the rafters was instantly shattered, not even a wisp of its soul remaining.
Nesia snorted coldly.
"Hmph!"
"A Spiritual Clone?"
With that, he turned to the Duke of the Northern Territory, his voice sinking, laced with an indisputable chill.
"Beolandi."
"You’re being secretly watched."
"And I’m afraid every single word you just said has reached someone else’s ears."
The Duke of the Northern Territory, Beolandi, froze at his words. His brow furrowed, and a flicker of astonishment and vigilance crossed his eyes.
"Watched?"
"A Spiritual Clone?"
He instinctively glanced up at the hall’s rafters, his voice tinged with disbelief.
"What was that? How dare it sneak into my Duke’s Mansion and cause trouble? Why didn’t I see it?"
Nesia didn’t bother to explain much.
Because the "Invisibility" skill was not an ability normal creatures of this world possessed.
’Too many words.’
’Leads to mistakes.’
He merely shot Beolandi a cold look and tossed out a few curt words.
"Beolandi, the eavesdropper just now was most likely the ’Tingfeng’ you’re about to face."
"Only a Divine Chosen Lord from an Otherworld like that would possess such terrifying information-gathering abilities."
"I advise you to deal with him as soon as possible."
"Otherwise..."
Nesia paused, his eyes suddenly sharp as blades.
"I have no intention of helping some guy who’s mired in trouble ascend the throne, nor will I allow anyone to interfere with my grand plan to reclaim Ventecenia."
With that said.
The space around Nesia rippled and distorted, and the pitch-black Teleportation Gate opened once more.
Without a second glance at Beolandi and his son, his figure stepped inside. In an instant, he vanished completely from the Duke of the Northern Territory’s mansion, as if he had never been there at all.
The Duke’s Son, Billy, stood frozen nearby, his face a mask of confusion, and instinctively looked to his father.
"He just..."
’Huh?’
’What does that mean?’
’Why did he leave right after showing up?’
However, the Duke of the Northern Territory, Beolandi, was just as baffled.
He hadn’t even figured out what kind of strange thing had been eavesdropping on him, nor had he gotten a clear look at what Nesia had obliterated with his Magic.
Only Nesia himself, having already arrived in the territory of the Eastern Dragon Realm, knew the truth.
’Trouble is coming.’
He had no time right now to get entangled with the Duke of the Northern Territory over trivial matters concerning the north. The urgent priority was to find Pride, one of his own kind, and talk to him.
Because the accident of "Tingfeng" eavesdropping on the Duke of the Northern Territory’s conversation was, in fact, far more troublesome than Nesia had let on.
Even Nesia’s seemingly calm demeanor as he turned to leave was nothing more than a carefully maintained facade.
In fact, the moment the Teleportation Gate closed, Nesia’s knuckles had turned white from clenching his fists too tightly, and beneath his Steel Mask, his brow was already deeply furrowed.