Chapter 85: Doubt (Part 1)
The cat witch Arkanis led a small team, quietly following the movements of the demon army. During this time, they had several skirmishes with the demon army’s reconnaissance units, and they had to pay attention to the demon army’s actions. What was strange, though, was that when Arkanis was directly asked about these activities, the answer was, “This has a person-sitting secret.” Grand Knight Commander Irina knew that such powerful beings had extensive knowledge and were always hiding some useful heretical artifacts. These heretical items usually couldn’t be made public. Her suspicions grew day by day until the tenth day. Grand Knight Commander Irina secretly instructed her subordinates to prepare for a potential escape at any moment. During these ten days, she made use of the demon army to manage certain supplies and food properly, loading it onto horses to escape with her. She set up a meeting with Arkanis, requesting a conversation between the two. The conversation took place in a green area beside the forest, with a gentle slope concealing them. Not far behind, over seventy members of the imperial reconnaissance team were resting. Irina asked, “What’s the matter? I hate killing heretics and filth the most.” “What did you say?” “You’ve colluded with the Demon King Jima.” “Oh?” Contrary to expectations, the cold cat witch Arkanis displayed a playful smile and asked, “How do you know?” Grand Knight Commander Irina slowly drew her blade but saw that Arkanis didn’t have any intention of attacking. “At this point, you aren’t going to defend yourself?” “Now that it has come to this, Iron-haired woman, why aren’t you defending yourself?” It was clear that Arkanis showed no sign of having failed a mission—she felt she had done enough.
Sin, however, became them.
Yes, guess the witch
Arkanis—a heart to act against Grand Knight Commander Irina.
Right in the dark.
Witch Arkanis
has an interest.
Grand Knight Commander Irina
seems very displeased, watching as if it were a play.
Do you think you can stay?
“Can’t.”
“So you’ve given up?”
The knight commander Irina stabbed her sword back.
“Pretty much.”
The witch looked at Arkanis coldly.
“If only I could force you to come over, I’d…”
“Everything needs to be played out in a manner… reveal that… whatever…”
She just wanted to burn the heretical eyes alone.
Who sent you?
“That would certainly be the Demon King,” Arkanis said. “She said to take you closer to her army, and then she stopped saying anything. Maybe she wants to capture you, because she knows you’re long overdue.”
She wouldn’t capture you; you know that her army can’t choose its targets for too long; a war is about to break out.
If you stand on the gentle slope and look into the distance.
You can see, by a riverbank of the Songka River, a group of people—colorful female demons, dressed provocatively, riding war horses and gathering in groups.
Four legions of the demon army were slowly advancing, massive in momentum.
A war was about to ignite.
Is she really colluding with the demon army?
I’ve said so much; why can’t you satisfy my curiosity? Arkanis asked: “Where did I slip?”
In the beginning, I said that Mama’s hair was scarlet, but you didn’t object.
Of course, I’m not a blind pig; I’d oppose immediately. Did you see Mama a few days ago?
But then you told me that you had seen Mama in Marin City before.
Therefore, you should have refuted me on the point that Mama’s hair is red.
Oh, I forgot about the token.
The revealing details behind her are too many.
The Grand Knight Commander Irina said: “The most obvious point is that you tried to cover up the evil creature in your caravan with the witch’s secrets.”
“Evil creature?” Arkanis straightened her back and asked seriously: “What evil creature?”
At this point, you still want to play dumb?
Grand Knight Commander Irina raised her tone: “You are quite smart, using the unseen dark secrets of the seated person to stall me, but I clearly sense a strange aura leaking from your caravan.”
This isn’t dead matter. I also adjusted my observation for the seated person.
You definitely have people inside because I’ve smelled food—always bread or some cooking scent coming from your caravan. Plus, you like to eat alone in the caravan.
Grand Knight Commander Irina said: “You… evil beings are conducting clandestine secret operations in the caravan.”
The face of witch Arkanis showed surprise, and she almost lost her words: “So it’s like this, haha.”
“You’ve seen through my secrets; congratulations, but now I’ve drunk too much water, and I really need to pee—very urgent. Goodbye, see you later.”
She said, covering her face with her hands, as if a furious brown bear was chasing her from behind. While running, she said, “I really need to go, it’s very urgent.”
Grand Knight Commander Irina was puzzled, remaining on guard.
The witch Arkanis had only run a short distance when suddenly a dark figure
shot out from the caravan at an incredibly fast speed.
If not for careful observation,
you would see Arkanis’ high hat bounce in the air, disappearing into the ground—the hat fell onto the ground.
Only from the right angle can the high hat be seen properly.
Grand Knight Commander Irina could finally make out her face: exquisite features like a doll, unreal, with silver hair and red eyes.
A midnight treasure.
Grand Knight Commander Irina’s silver hair stood on end, and she hungrily rushed towards the high hat, swallowing it whole. Then she licked her lips and asked:
“Flying at high speed, swaying in the corner, suddenly disappearing without a trace.”
From a distance, a wailing voice came: “!! How did you survive!”
Grand Knight Commander Irina called for people to come over; she was prepared with nearly twenty troops and, after confirming that nothing had happened, revealed there were no ambushes, no attacks—nothing was there.
They even went to inspect the caravan.
Unremarkable, common supplies, storage, displaying whatever magical items.
It was also very strange. It didn’t feel like the typical caravan, cozy like a moving home.
Uncomprehending, Grand Knight Commander Irina contemplated that the midnight treasure that burst out of that caravan was extremely, extremely powerful.
According to secret intelligence,
it was of an extraordinary level.
It was truly not weak, but I—after the highest command authority, she was aware that in the distance, there was a magical army surrounding Elongnian in the siege battle.
She didn’t know about the Demon King Jima’s plot.
In order to pick up the benefits of B, she should have chosen to sweep the path and leave, but she didn’t. Even if it might lead her to fall into the schemes of the Demon King, it was better than death.
“Come, help me set up the crystal of the color shadow.”
“Yes! Commander.”
