Shadow King Chronicles: Building a Kingdom From Behind the Scenes
Chapter 102: Tragedy At Clifford's Mansion
The next day, the furore spread throughout the city of Cliff. Cliff City Knight Commander Will is found dead with an undressed body on the outskirts of the city with his body torn apart. some say that he was killed by one of his subordinates for fighting over a treasure in the form of pure gold bullion and some precious minerals stored in the Knight's headquarters, his death was orchestrated by Earl Clifford himself and his wife.
but most importantly, no one suspected that it was the outsiders who killed Will. In fact, the record of the capture of some adventurers staying in the town of Cliff was nonexistent. it was as if their capture had never happened at all.
that makes Issac and his friends can leave the city of Cliff peacefully without worrying about anything.
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although a lot of tension and problems occurred in the city of Cliff, at least we managed to get out of the city safely and nothing less. even I let the golden rod that was in our bag stay in our hands. Remember, we are not thieves! aren't they the ones who generously gave us all that?
anna and Evelyn's condition is fine as well. They are obviously Shock initially.which woman is not shaken if anyone tries to rape them? fortunately, I cast a magic that could calm their hearts and minds. That way, they could calm down a little.
unfortunately, in the world there is no psychologist who can help survivors of sexual violence.it still takes a long way to print experts like them. of course in this world.
James was very angry when he heard what the Knight Commander did to Evelyn, so he was not satisfied once the commander, if not mistaken Will's name, was found dead just by the side of the road. Take it easy, just relax, James, he's suffered a lot more than you think.
actually I tortured Will in his base only briefly. The rest, I did in the VIESTA branch office of the city of Cliff which is on the outskirts of the city. There are many field agents scattered there. some of them had already been trained by Wolf to interrogate and obtain information from opponents.Of course things like torture were included in it.
in order to vent my frustration that she dared to touch Anna, I gave her a very heavy torment, starting from breaking her fingers one by one, then forcefully plucking her teeth, striking her eyes and others. usually I don't enjoy killing others, but doing something like this to someone like him brings its own satisfaction.let's not normalize it okay!
at his peak, when he was really in pain and regret for his life, this is where the real game just started. some agents came to me with a big cage. I opened the cage and came out a goblin.
it was a goblin that had been given stimulant drugs. When the goblin was in such a condition, a goblin indiscriminate in venting his bravery. and you know what happened after that without me telling you, right?
screams, cries, pain, and requests for forgiveness as the Goblin vents her lust at Will. No, I don't see it. I and my agents wait outside. I'm sorry, but we are not interested in such things.
for some time, maybe about 30 minutes, we went inside. a very foul smell was smelled from this room. The smell of tears, snot, sweat, blood and yellow liquid fused here. I told my agent to clean this up. owahh I'm satisfied to see Will's depressed face! well maybe he'll be crazy any minute so I just kill him. Well, I was crazy that night.
now, we are on foot leaving Clifford County.we are walking towards the border of Clifford and later, Mr. Kusir will wait for us there.we rented a cart for the purpose of going home and away.
besides we also have a new guest.it is Cacha who is in her little dog mode.she is cute! the fur is also very soft. Anna and Evelyn Sanga were comforted by their presence so this was no problem at all. Although again Cacha repeatedly asked for my help via telepathy.Cacha fought!
"Hey Issac, what are you going to do this Winter." Anna in a good mood asked me. hmmm what is it?
"I'm going to have a lot of work this Winter so I'm going to spend time in Venz instead of going back to Romeon."
Anna nodded with a smile still stuck on her face.hmhm.it was cute! I reflexively pinched his cheek. Anna who was annoyed with that replied to him with fists. Well, this is fun.
"Ah right too, what about you guys? are you going back to Sera?" this time I asked James and Evelyn, they both nodded.
"Well, in the near future.we'll be back there after getting enough money.maybe the two of us will take some suitable missions from the guild again.after enough, maybe we'll both take some suitable missions from the guild again, we're going to our village."
oh I see. I pat her on the shoulder slowly. "if you need my help, just say yes! I'm happy to help you!"
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at Clifford's mansion, news of Will's death has reached Stevenson's ears.Having heard the news, Stevenson, who was initially very stressed, is now increasingly depressed. he slammed his glass of warm wine into the ground and kicked a maid who was tidying up the shards.
"WICKHEAD! AGAIN AND AGAIN! WHY HAS MISFORTUNE ALWAYS BEFALLEN ME LATELY! OI YOU! INVESTIGATE WILL'S DEATH AND FIND THE CULPRIT. DRAG HIM IN FRONT OF ME ALIVE OR DEAD!"
The two Knights who delivered the news of Will's death ran away immediately after getting instructions from Stevenson.well, he was indeed terrible when angry. Will is his sister-in-law.he marries his older sister who is the daughter of a Viscount who has no territory. Because Will is strong, he hires her as the commander of the Knights.
he was a competent subordinate.at least in Stevenson's view.along with him, Stevenson spread terror to his own people to ensure his safe standing in the Clifford region. he also establishes a spy network also led by Will to guarantee that no commoner would dare to go against Stevenson.
with Will's death, the knight line could be chaotic. Will was the only subordinate he could trust.his death would leave the stability in Cliff City chaotic.
with frustration piling up, Stevenson tries to figure out how to cope.
it was then, that one of the Knights guarding the Clifford Mansion rushed into his office in a hurry without knocking on the door.
"SIR, THIS TU-MASTER IS DANGEROUS! GO TO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY! ONE OF THE KNIGHTS OF CLIFF CITY BROKE THROUGH THE MANSION AND KILLED EVERYONE IN FRONT OF HIM. MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE SAID THAT IT WAS HE WHO KILLED THE COMMANDER!"
Stevenson had just wanted to go on a rampage because of the disrespect of his guards, but he was much more resentful of hearing his last words.
"WHAT!"
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At the same time as Earl Clifford was complaining about Will's death, the gatekeepers of the mansion saw a City Guard Knight walking towards them. not like a Zombie or anything. but it was strange. For what an ordinary soldier came to approach this mansion?
"Stop there! what was your business until you came here!?"
there was no answer from the knight.more precisely there was no verbal answer. Instead, the Knight raised his sword and killed the guard who had been yelling at him.
the other guards instantly attempted to cripple the Knight but their movements were too slow. The knight quickly killed all of them. After the entire guard was killed, the Knight suddenly became berserk mode and broke through the gates of the mansion.he killed whoever was in front of him.no matter it was the gardener, it was the, the coachman, the maid, and the other guards chanted "I AM THE ONE WHO KILLED WILL!"
when he finished cleaning the first floor he finally headed for the second floor but stopped when Stevenson finally appeared and jumped from the second floor and confronted him. Stevenson casts [Paralyze] magic and approaches the knight.
"So you're the bastard who killed Cliff HAH!?" TELL ME WHAT'S YOUR REASON FOR KILLING THE PERSON I TRUST THE MOST!?"
Stevenson punched the man in the face, kicked him in the stomach and stepped on his head, but instead of being in pain, the Knight smiled.Seeing that smile Stevenson realized something was wrong, but he was late. suddenly an extremely red light appeared from that person and...BUUUMM!!
the sound of explosions that could be heard all over the city of Cliff was heard from the direction of the mansion of Earl Clifford.