"Barick, tell me, why would you betray me!?"
When Barick heard the words, he was shocked. He didn't know why, but almost instinctive fear started to rise from his very soul. He completely froze at his place without the ability to move, as if he was a pray before a predator that pushed it corner with no exit. The childish voice of the prince was gone, and what replaced it was the masculine low voice of the prodigy prince in his prime. The fear started to appear in his eyes, the fear was completely eating him up from inside, it was so overbearing that his body started to convulse.
"I...I…I would n…never d…" – Barick was stuttering due to his fear, his mind was not working clearly, if it was, he would never behave in the way he did, since he involuntarily accepted the accusation. Barick was not allowed to finish the sentence, when Evan interrupted.
"Cut the crap, I know everything. You guys faked the documents to get access to my treasure cave, and what I am interested is why would you guys go to such length!? If you try to lie to me even once, I will kill you right here and now." – Evan had a serious expression on his face, which together with his built gave him an oppressive violent aura.
"I…I…I didn't do anything…Claus…he ordered me to pass on the letter's to Armani Empo…prince Julius…spare me…I didn't anything wrong…he told me he would fire me if I didn't follow his instructions...I beg you!!!" – Barick started to cry at the end of his speech, his face looked like a pig's face. He kneeled down and started to hit the ground.
"Don't worry about it, you got to know me well, throughout the years. I never will do something unjust." – Evan was looking down at him and couldn't fell anything but pity.
Barick betrayed the person who has taken a good care of him for years. Of course, it was a mutual benefitting contract, since Barick was a chief who could cook spiritual monsters. However, when the prince became mentally retarded, Barick felt that he would just be regressing the more he stayed at the palace since stronger spirit monsters couldn't not be bought but only killed oneself. Therefore, he decided to get some money before leaving the place.
Evan knew it all. But still, he couldn't forgive him, because he betrayed his master no matter what the reason was. The punishment would definitively follow, the real question was what kind of punishment should it be.
"Royal father, I am sorry that I am not welcoming you, I believe you have heard what this traitor who doesn't understand the meaning of loyalty was saying just now. I presented you evidence, please Instruct the CIA to arrest Armani Empo and my accountant. I lured him to the palace in case he would try to go into hiding." – Evan turned towards a certain direction and bowed.
"I am glad that you are got better, I would need you to tell me everything, when I am done here!" –an unnatural gust of wind reached Evan's ear and he heard the Emperor's excited and kind voice.
"Of course, royal father, I need to talk to you myself, but before that, I would like to ask you to not disclose the information that I am no longer mentally retarded!" – said Evan still facing a particular direction. If you looked in the direction Evan was looking, you would see that Emperor has already stepped into the castle and was giving out the orders to men beside him. While hurriedly starting to move in a direction where Armani Empo was getting into the castle.
The very moment the emperor stepped through the gates of the palace, he saw Julius at highest tower's platform using his soul senses. Julius was facing a fat man in cook's clothes. He saw how his son who should be mentally retarded was behaving as perfectly normal human being, he was even more so making an allegation of crime. The emperor was more than just excited, his favourite son recovered, it was something he deemed as impossible, but the facts were telling otherwise. However, when the fat man acknowledged the accusation and people involved, he immediately understood the seriousness of the situation, and therefore didn't rush to hug his son, instead went after the most likely culprit of his son's tribulation from which Julius came out alive only by miracle at the least.
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[Ah…what a view, fortunately I did grab popcorn before coming here, otherwise I would feel something was lacking] – thought Evan while looking down from above. When suddenly a sound similar to doorbell started in his mind. Then heard a mechanical voice that sounded neither male or female. Then in his view a blue translucent square appeared with some writings in it which only Evan could see.
{ Analysis Completed.
Monster Energy is detected
10 cultivators of the Manifestation Stage
2 Cultivators of Tribulation Stage
10 Monsters of Manifestation Stage
2 Monsters of Tribulation Stage
Would you like to see the stats? }
[Nah, just tell me what their probability is to escape!?]
{ Probability Calculation
Coming up with the optimal escape route.
The probability to escape is 2% }
[Wow I never expected that they would be stuck so much, that even alpha concluded for their escape to be only 2%. The imperial guards are not elites just for a name. Guys, it seems you are very unlucky…unlucky to meet me…hahahahah] – Evan started to laugh crazily.
[Alpha, zoom in the battles! Initiate the recording and prepare a thorough analysis of the fights!] – Evan commanded in his mind. What Evan saw was that Armani side was badly losing.
A btoom after btoom started to reach Evan's ears. The explosion sounds were so loud that it felt like the sky was crying for help.
[Who told you to try to steal from me…I am in much need of the thing you tried to steal…well even though I don't know what were you trying to steal…still, hell I am gonna need it…hahahah] – the always tight fisted Evan's crazy laugh together with the explosion btooming sound brought Barick back to his senses. He started to back off and tried to run away. When he was reaching the exit, Evan's voice made him stop in his tracks.
"Barick, where are you going, come here, I want to give you something!" – Evan was gently smiling. But what Barick saw was a demonic smile.
"I…I…I" – Barick wanted to refuse but couldn't. He slowly went up to him and saw that prince was telling him to sit down beside him.
"Barick can you see what is going on there!?" – Evan pointed a finger in the direction of the fights.
"A…a little bit..your majesty, prince Julius" – Barick narrowed his eyes to better see the fights.
"A little bit is no good, here take this!" – Evan grabbed binoculars out of nowhere and passed it onto Barick.
Barick was surprised by the friendliness Evan was showing to him, he accepted the object, and quickly learned how to use it.
When he saw the actual fight between monsters and cultivators, Barick was deeply impressed, such a scene could be witnessed only if one was lucky enough, because the strength of the people was unimaginable for Barick.
"Do you like it Barick, are you happy now!?" – quietly asked Evan.
"Yes, thank you very your majesty, prince Julius, I will never forget your mer…" – Barick was really happy, since he felt that Julius had forgiven him. However, before he could finish his sentence, he was made to stop from speaking. An extremely fast object just went through his neck. He was confused about what has happened, but soon after he saw his headless body standing there pouring blood out from the neck like fountain.
"I told you not to lie to me...rest in piece Barick, you might have been a useful one in the future, but you didn't make the right choices. What you sow you reap!" – Said Evan without moving an inch after he killed Barick with a sword strike which he took out from nowhere.
[The very moment you got to know that I am not mentally retarded, your death was determined. Well, at least I did make you happy before you died. We are even. You can't turn into a ghost and come to me in my nightmares, the ones who are doing it already more than enough for me to have a headache] – Evan said mentally, he didn't like killing, but sometimes it was a necessity for an easier future.
Barick's life wasn't worthy the problems it might have brought to his plans in the future. Barick wasn't trustworthy, he betrayed Julius not looking at their many years of relationship of an employee and an employer. Evan even tried to increase their friendship all this time playing small jokes with him, but Barick was blinded by the money he was promised. Therefore, Evan without feeling much guilt decided it was better to kill him. Evan was not a cold blooded person who could kill anyone just because he wanted it, but it didn't mean that his hand would waver when it was time to kill people who deserved it, or people who were hindering the fulfilment of his mission here. He couldn't allow others to stand in his way to his goal, there was way too much at a stake for him to do so.
At a dozen kilometres away, Armani Empo together with his servants and Claus were desperately fighting for their lives. They knew that they have no place left in the empire and running away from the empire is their only chance to live. Of course, it was almost impossible to do, given their current predicament.
Many huge Monsters were fighting at the place as well. The battles were breath taking and the onlookers felt a certain symphony ring in their ears due to the booming sound reaching their ears. The battling people were among the elites of the Empire, and whoever was watching it, could learn a thing or two for themselves.
{ Karma Energy Detected
Do you want to initiate the absorption!? }
[Finally, first EXP coming my way…start the absorption!]