Become Tyrant On My Own Way
Chapter 158 – ESCAPE SELF MONK VYNDICTA EROS
The Tarz city area has quite a complicated problem. It was initiated by the commoners who still idolized the former Duke Alphonse Lugwein. After the influence of the orthodox holy temple of sun worship in the region managed to be controlled to a certain degree until not as extreme as it used to be, it seems that the loyal followers of Albert's father began to breathe a sigh of relief so they began to show themselves on the surface to ask for justice.
Whoever the local government that I sent there, it seems they still insist on rejecting it on the grounds that they have lost faith in the people who had betrayed the former Duke Alphonse Lugwein.
Then after I pondered, Albert was now accompanied by the intelligent Lilia where if Albert remained silent, he was actually quite a charismatic figure who might look a bit like his father. Although I have never seen Albert's father directly, from the stories I have heard, it is likely that they have a similar character.
This is what then became the cause of my idea to bring Albert directly there to relieve the people's situation that was heating up. Moreover, the City of Tarz and its surroundings had now completely returned to the hands of the Lugwein Family under Albert Ernest Lugwein.
Although the reason for his closeness to former Duke Alphonse Lugwein was the main trigger of my decision, I actually also thought that this was the right opportunity to temporarily keep Albert away from my side.
However, Albert's honeymoon vacation was too short that time on issues that had to be addressed post-war. So with him and his wife able to take a short vacation in Tarz City, this could be a great opportunity for him to have his second honeymoon, of course in a calmer state.
Plus the area there, the temperature is cooler now than in the capital Megdia so it is possible that a baby candidate will appear in the middle of their second honeymoon this time.
However, there was also a bit of selfishness involved in this where I just didn't want to see Albert's position feel completely wrong about my cold showdown with Duke Glenn Rodriguez at the moment. Glenn's grandfather was the grandfather of Lilia, Albert's wife, so Albert must have felt a little uncomfortable with my cold situation with Glenn's current Grandfather. By staying away for a while, the two of them could breathe a little relieved. Especially, I'm worried about Lilia's situation.
Unexpectedly, Albert who usually did not want to stay away from me immediately agreed when I gave him this order. Perhaps this is what it says that a young man can grow up by having a wife by his side.
Now, I can focus on addressing the main cause of my conflict with Glenn's grandfather, the slander of the damn monk, Vyndicta Eros.
He had accused me of being the culprit of the recent riots at the sacred temple in order to kill Ilene. All of his testimonials really fit perfectly into the current state of affairs, plus that letter from Mellina. That is why I do not blame Grandpa Glenn who came to believe that cheap testimony, let alone that it came from the head of the holy temple itself, the one who held the pinnacle in the order of the holy temple.
But I also have evidence and witnesses who can exonerate me from this charge. I have the testimony of Doctor Minerva and also the survivors of the holy temple, Sara and friends. It's just that, for specific evidence, it's something that the public really shouldn't know about because it will cause anxiety, so the handling really should be very careful.
I still keep various video recordings recorded by my familiar as the vampire who used my sister Ilene's body rampaged through the sacred temple. There's also some vampire footage from Doctor Minerva's forensic lab room, so I guess that's enough to convince the judge, just so long as the hired judge is a trust.
But if there is a game behind, then that is the limit of my patience with them. I am not weak after all. Even if the trash would gather to gang up on me, I could still win easily from them.
Then what am I doing now? There aren't. All day I just fall on the bed though these eyes can never be closed.
After all, the position of the damn monk was also desperate. It only takes time for the truth to come out soon. If so, I'm sure Duke Rodriguez will kick that bastard's monk soon, too.
Only now is the right time for that damn monk if he's gonna act.
And bingo, the monk began showing rotten cheese from under his pocket.
Then it didn't take long for me to catch the monk since I already had a mini portable gate engineered with me with Doctor Minerva.
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The monk walked by sneaking around with his followers, looking like he was about to flee Rodriguez County.
He and the distant party walked until they finally reached the foot of the mountain.
“Ahai, it seems that only up here yes, the false rumors can survive. At least I've had enough time to plan this escape. The rest of the group went through the mountain route and then into the monster forest, after which it came out to the village near Tarz City that had been ruffled by the rumors that I had also spread. Then from there directly to the Fallenstone region to the port to go to the ice continent. What a brilliant plan!”
“What a brilliant plan Rahib bastard!”
Hearing the sound that echoed from behind him, cold sweat instantly began to spread all over the body of the monk. He was well acquainted with that voice, a voice he deeply hated as well as being the center of his nightmare. He was Helios sun Meglovia, the emperor leader of the Continent of Ernoa, who had destroyed all his plans.
“You apparently, His Majesty the Emperor. Is the state of the country going well?”
“Khehehehehehek.”
The monk suddenly laughed.
“You are very confident apparently, Your Majesty.”
“It's clear because all the evidence is absolutely accurate.”
“You don't know yet apparently. I'm not just slandering you. It is precisely I who was responsible for killing Ilene, Your Majesty. No, not only Ilene, for the sake of realizing the prophecy, I have worked hard to bring about the death of your father and brothers and sisters.”
It is no longer clear what kind of expression Helios showed upon hearing the monk's words. There was only anger reflected behind his eyeballs that was as dark as the abyss.
“Why..”.
“Do you ask why I killed them all? It's all because you're not that good at doing it yourself, Your Majesty. Though the seeds of vengeance have been hard-earned I grew in your heart with the bad treatment those people did to you, but you are still patient and do nothing.”
“I was forced to devise my own method to kill Ilene and Tius. In the case of Leon and Alfreon, I was not directly involved, but it could be said that it was the fruit of my actions. After all because of the laws that protect this world, I cannot be directly involved so I have to take a detour to bring about the death of all of them. Did you know that it was so troublesome?”
“If I could, it would be easier if I could finish off all those who were driving my way with my own hands. Ah, of course the laws of the world I mean are not the stupid rules that you humans make yourself. It was a rule that was purely born from the world.”
“You are truly a creature so foolish as to be unaware of it, so easily misled by false prophecy, by a false deity. Humans are very stupid creatures.”
“What's your goal to do all that?”
“What's my goal? Of course for my existence. I wouldn't be able to stay in another dimension if I didn't kill the antibodies from that world that's the hero.”
“Antibodies? The hero? What do you mean?”
“Do you, Your Majesty, where does the devil come from?”
“…”
“The first devil, Baal, was born into this world thanks to a strong demand on inanimate objects by someone on a mirror. Know what he asked for?”
“…”
“That's a silly reason just because she's stressed out having bald hair so she wants to have a normal scalp. Satan is born of a deity not of the creator, but of an inanimate object. Then the most effective, the mirror, the fire, the sun, and the stars, are all glittering objects. Do you know what it means?”
“So that distorts the teachings of the holy temple you are apparently. And, you're the devil, Baal.”
“Khehehehehek. I had expected that Our Majesty is a quick-witted person. That's right, Your Majesty. I came out of the mirror, granting the desperate man's request, but in exchange I obtained the person's form. That's how I had my first doll body in the world. Then slowly, I increased my influence, I made more and more of my followers, and then I gained more and more doll bodies.
Along with the monk who claimed to be Baal, he and all the men who had followed him, including some who had been waiting for him at the foot of the mountain, instantly transformed into their original form, the demon Baal embodiment.
“Your Majesty know? How hard I've been all this time stringing up my destiny so I can kill the hero. But you came alone to this place, and the red thread was intertwined. Thanks to your stupidity, now I'm given the right to be able to kill heroes.”
The devious smile of the demons was as crisp as if looking at the soft prey right before his eyes. However, Helios' expression was calm.