A Demon's Journey

Azaroth dealt with all the families that had come to deal with him. In this manner, he had maintained a strong grasp over the area under Veninza City.

Within a week, most of the heads of the prestigious families around this area had signed his blood contract.

Azaroth was slightly surprised by this progress. He estimated that it would take a month to bring all of the families under his control. But it only took a single week.

Now, it was time to attack the various groups under the Royal Family.

He recently received very crucial information from Yrellea and Sargan.

The two mentioned that the Governor of the Vlashire City was actually working directly under the King. He had direct contacts with the King and not the Royal Princes.

For this reason, he feared no one else.

In all this time, Yrellea had set up the main branch in Vlashire City. It was prospering slowly as the people initially believed that it was the Governor who set this up so that it could become his eyes and ears.

The Governor probably wanted to know secretive information about his subordinates or the general populace.

His son had been spreading the word of his marriage with Yrellea. He had begun to politically target Yrellea and force her to accept his proposal.

He wanted to make her know that the Misty Flower Pavillion would be demolished that day if she rejected his proposal.

Yrellea knew this would occur. But she wasn't planning to bend to his wishes. There was a better plan available to her.

She contacted Sargan and spoke to him, "Time to silence Minos."

"Alright. Leave it to me. Just follow my plan," Sargan responded back with a confident tone.

Currently, Sargan possesses a very strong backing. After all, Ruben Kari had excavated a lot of treasures from the Underground Labyrinth of the Demons.

He then gradually began to sell them on the black market without disclosing that he obtained them from the Demons' Underground Labyrinth.

This allowed Ruben to amass an impressive fortune. With this fortune, he managed to tie up and make secretive deals with a sect.

The sect he chose was slightly expensive, but their services were top-class. It was none other than the Red Crown Sect.

After each month's conclusion, he had to give them a specific number of coins. They would send him their disciples and guys to help him with his problems. If they are unable to resolve these difficulties, the higher-ups will step in.

Ruben Kari had a close relationship with Sargan. How could he not? Sargan had allowed him to see the hope that he could suppress his brothers and take the complete inheritance of his family.

Sargan was pretty much funding him through those treasures and resources from the Underground Labyrinth of the Demons.

Naturally, Ruben Kari allowed Sargan to create his own group of men who gathered the information from all influential individuals in Vlashire City.

Now, Sargan was slowly expanding that group from Vlashire City to the entire Grolon Kingdom.

He had set up an entire system so that he would only receive relevant information. Basically, to filter out all the useless information.

Currently, he also received news that Ruben Kari's father, Ismael Kari, had heard a bit about his youngest son's exploits.

Ruben Kari's sudden rise in his prestige and wealth had been very surprising. This was because he was sure that Ruben hadn't taken anything from the family. He demanded nothing or stole anything.

So how could he gain so much wealth? This meant someone was sponsoring him.

He had to know who was sponsoring his son and why?

This information soon reached Sargan's ears.

Sargan decided to plant a lie in Ismael Kari's head. He used his group of informants to tell Ismael that his son was sponsored by the Red Crown Sect.

They saw his potential and invested in him. Now, he is returning the favor by hiring their services at high prices.

This information appeared very reasonable since the sects did use these sorts of tactics. The only thing that might have been slightly unbelievable was that the Red Crown Sect chose Ruben Kari for such a crucial task.

However, Sargan wasn't planning to resolve this uncertainty. There was no way he could resolve it, so he wasn't thinking in that direction.

His main motive to plant the information had succeeded. Unless someone presented strong evidence against this information, Ismael Kari wouldn't think in any other direction.

Ismael Kari changed his mind about who would inherit the Kari House now that he learned his youngest son had significant links with the upper echelons of the Red Crown Sect.

His other two sons had developed their factions nicely, but their connections to a top sect were still very weak and brittle.

They had friends among the disciples, but the sect itself wasn't supporting them.

Ruben Kari's case was different, though. Judging from his wealth, it was the Red Crown Sect that was supporting him.

Similarly, the Red Crown Sect was also searching for Ruben Kari's secret funding. Just from where did he get so many treasures to sell?

They were discovered by Sargan as well. He told Ruben Kari about this and then proceeded to tell him about his strategy.

They couldn't very well allow the Red Crown Sect to figure out the truth. If they found the Underground Labyrinth of the Demons, they were sure to send their experts to open the entrance and take control of it.

Although there weren't any more treasures in the Underground Labyrinth of the Demons, the Labyrinth itself was also a treasure.

The Spiritual Energy was richer inside as compared to outside. It could be used to create a secretive force that required no interference from the outside. It could be used to store weapons and even herbs.

Lastly, if the traces of the demons were pursued, they might find some skeletons or archeological sites in the Glerian Kingdom.

Sargan's strategy was quite simple. He set up Ruben Kari with an enchantress of the Misty Flower Pavillion. The enchantress he set up Ruben with was none other than Yrellea's assistant.

Naturally, Yrellea was informed about the plan beforehand, and she had no issue with it. She understood that Ruben Kari could be considered essential for Sargan right now. So, they had to cover up with any loose ends on their part.

Once a connection was shown between Ruben Kari and the Misty Flower Pavillion, the Red Crown Sect got off Ruben's back.

They were well aware that there was another thing that might make a fighter wealthy in addition to jewels and resources.

Information. They believed that Ruben received secret information from the Misty Flower Pavillion.

And since there were rumors that the Misty Flower Pavillion was working under the Governor, the Red Crown Sect believed that the governor was funding Ruben.

They got off his back once they found out the sources behind his wealth.

However, what they didn't realize was that this was all Sargan's scheme. And they were completely entangled within it.

Ruben enjoyed benefits from both sides. Ismael Kari was taking him along to any diplomatic meeting with the other families or even the banquets.

This demonstrated that he trusted Ruben enough to accompany him to areas where crucial choices needed to be made.

Meanwhile, the Red Crown Sect was protecting and forging deals with Ruben Kari a bit more enthusiastically. They knew that the Governor of Vlashire City was quite rich, and they wanted to gain a portion of that wealth through Ruben Kari.

It was the king who provided everything to the Governor and his family through indirect means. Thus, the Governor didn't need to tie up with any sect. It would merely be squandering his wealth.

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