The Devil Tears: Lord of the Night
Arc 2 Chapter 9: The Plan of Jeriel

[City of Freidburg, Year 735 Months 5 days to 17 ]

After killing the monster Reverend Bath then began to remember the – children who have disappeared for the last 6 months. On the other hand, Luciel who was lying in pain from the monster throw took a bottle in his pocket and drank the medicinal herbs he had prepared beforehand.

“Awww, I think my shoulder bone shifted,” murmured.

Luciel then tried to stand up and approached the priest of Bath who was examining the condition of the three children.

“I'm sorry my son – my son, for letting this happen to you,” said Reverend Bath who looked sad to learn that one of the three children could not be saved.

Luciel then saw one of the children. She is Shia, the child who accidentally crossed Luciel's hand with her crayon yesterday. That's why Luciel can realize the existence of the – children who disappeared.

“Son Luciel, bring the remaining – remaining from the monster for later we analyze. We better immediately bring this child – children to immediately make recovery,” said Reverend Bath.

“Good.”

They then took the – children to the foster home. Upon his return, several patrol troops led by Lando were already there. Luciel, the Reverend of Bath and Lando were in a room to evaluate what had happened. It was seen that the remaining – trees from the monster were on the table in front of the three of them.

“So, this monster is the culprit behind the disappearance of children – children for the last 6 months?” ask Lando.

“Yes, Two of the three children he is consuming are safe,” Pastor Bath replied in a sorry tone.

“Then, why does this monster have the ability to erase the existence of the victim he captured?” ask Lando back.

That is the main question of the Reverend Bath and Luciel. Luciel then holds one of the remaining tentacle rods – the rest of the monster. He then found several small balls stuck in the tentacle.

“I think this is the cause,” said Luciel showed his findings to the Reverend Bath and Lando.

“In each of its tentacles has a small ball – ball which has mana trail. I think this monster is an experiment from the Devil Cult,” explained Luciel.

Hearing Luciel's opinion, Lando's expression instantly turned grim.

“Kurasa, it is better to send the remaining – monsters to Hannover Magic Tower to do research so that we know how this monster can do this very terrible thing,” said Lando.

Usually, monsters of that level would not need special attention because they did not threaten the citizens too much. However, with the ability to eliminate the memory of the existence of the cowran, this monster became a creature that is quite dangerous because the method of capturing its victims is difficult to detect.

After finishing evaluating the situation, Lando then brought the remaining – remaining monsters to be taken to the Hannover Magic Tower. When the third bell rang, Connis came back to the orphanage immediately after the memory of his sister returned. He wept and thanked the Pastor of Bath and Luciel.

“Son Luciel, how should I thank you for your help in finding and killing this monster? Without you, there might be many more victims that the monster got and Nak Connis will not meet his sister again,”, said Reverend Bath.

“I just ran the Quest I took Pastor Bath. You can report it to the Guild and give the settlement wage to the Guild,” Luciel replied with a smile.

“Alright, but accept this as one of my thanks to you,” Pastor Bath then took a small parcel in his pocket and gave it to Luciel.

“What is this Pastor Bath?”

“It was a defensive artifact I had while being a Hunter first. The effect is, issuing a defense that is difficult to penetrate even from the attack of monsters level 5.” replied Reverend Bath.

“Alright, thank you for the artifact of Pastor Bath,” Luciel said with a smile.

She said goodbye and went back home to rest at home.

“I received a pretty decent wound today,” Luciel murmured.

His shifted shoulder bone still needed time to recover even after drinking his homemade healing potion.

“I think I should take a vacation and rest for this week.”

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In a valley in the Florentian Republic, there was a Castle that was home to the pure noble Vampires of the Dracul Family. In one room, three people were having a conversation. Yeriel was accompanied by his loyal servant Albert was having a meeting with someone discussing about experiments to raise his brother.

“How about the results of his research Torgill?” ask Yeriel.

“Nona Yeriel, I still need some special Elixir to start the operation to revive Lord Vlad,” replied Torgil, a Nordland Race Man who serves the Dracul Family as a magical researcher.

His older brother Vlad, was the main culprit behind the Devil's attack on Rhine Duchy. The conjunction he made left the Kingdom of Bavaria limping and many victims fell and were displaced. Vlad himself received quite serious injuries that rendered him unconscious for the past 3 years.

“Seriously is that the Divine magic she received from Camillus?” ask Yeriel.

“Ya Miss Yeriel. His attack at that time was almost the same as that of the Hero 800 years ago,” replied Torgill.

Beep it! Beep it! Beep it! A light arrived – arrived out of the bracelet worn by Torgill.

“What's Torgill?” ask Yeriel.

“Ah is okay – what Miss Yeriel. This is a sign that one of my experiments is destroyed,” Torgill replied.

“Is this new – monster you made?” ask Yeriel again.

“Ya Miss. I was surprised because this monster was destroyed faster than I expected,” he replied.

“Monster that you made specifically to do a panic in certain areas so that the operation – operation that we will do later does not have many obstacles,” said Yeriel.

After the talks with Torgill. Yeriel then began discussing his plans ahead with Albert in his room.

“Albert, how did our intel report on the conflict my brother caused?” ask Yeriel.

“As Miss Yeriel knows, the Kingdom of Bavaria is in a slump after the Conjunction by Lord Vlad. King Konrad struck a deal with Duke Ferdinand to marry his daughter to his heir to lend to his Kingdom,”. “The two will meet in 2 weeks and celebrate their engagement 2 months later,” added Albert.

“Then, how was the truce negotiation meeting that took place between the Nordland Federation and the Kingdom of Bavaria?” ask Yeriel back.

“According to our intel report, the negotiations did not reach any agreement. And according to our intel estimates, the war will most likely continue when the time of the truce ends seeing the condition of King Svend of Nordland whose health is deteriorating,” Albert replied.

“Prince Sigurd who will most likely ascend to the next throne if the war continues I guess,” said Yeriel.

“Albert, how likely is the Florentian Republic and the Holy Empire of Isenburg to be dragged into this conflict?”

“Why can Miss Yerial ask that?” ask Albert back in surprise at what Yeriel said.

If the Holy Empire of Isenburg and the Florentia Republic were to be dragged into this war, then there could be a greater possibility of war.

“I think there's someone behind the scenes who wants that to happen,” said Yeriel. “There is an ancient saying in the demon world that says, Chaos is a golden opportunity to achieve something,” explained Jeriel with a smile imagining various possible scenarios that will happen.

“What do you think if the heiress of Freidburg Duchy was killed during the siege celebration and proved one of the patriarchs of the Florentian Republic was involved in it?” ask Yeriel.

“I-it will most likely make the Empire will demand a very high compensation to the Republic seeing the influence Duke Ferdinand has in the Empire,” Albert replied.

“Yes. If their demands are rejected, war will ensue. We know that the Florentian Republic assisted the Nordland Federation in its behind-the-scenes warfare and the Holy Empire of Isenburg had strong diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Bavaria,”.

He then stood up and walked to the balcony and saw two moonlights at night.

“A war involving 4 countries will occur. At the time of the chaos, we will conduct an operation to obtain the special Elixir present in the Holy Isenburg Empire to raise my brother,”.

Torgill explained that his brother had to consume 8 special Elixirs owned by several influential nobles in various countries to be able to rise from his current state.