The Way of a Demon Lord

A few more days passed. Evening.

Edenshield.

The strongest fortress on the face of the continent was one of the hotspots for the revolt. The city had thousands of commoners and many of them were subjected to the atrocities of Nobles. Now that the entire nation was in turmoil, they had no more reasons to stay down.

They rose up, assaulting their own noble employers. Be one a part of the Rebellion or not, they refused to go to their works resulting in the nobles facing losses. A few lower nobles were assassinated.

But the central part of the city was completely safe. There were not many high level Rebellion circlers stationed in the city. And waging wars against the Raymonds house who had fought against the stubborn Confederation for generations would be outright suicide.

Nevertheless, majority of the districts were in chaos. And as a result, the gates of the city were locked. No commoners were allowed to enter.

But that did not pose a problem for Adrian and his party at all. They never used the main gates to enter anyway.

They used the same tunnel and reached the slums.

Coming of the frigid year caused the sceneries to take a drastic change. The entire zone was covered in snow. The assigned fire circlers cared little about the well beings of these filthy animals.

People covered themselves in everything they could find, trying to fight the cold. But all of their resistances were somewhat futile as they trembled without reserve. Every frigid year, hundreds of commoners die in this city alone- be it from the shivering cold, or the growling hunger. The prices of foods hike in frigid years, courtesy to the low crop productions due to the climate.

Adrian, Irene, and Cassidy- the trio ran through the streets. There were no guards patrolling the area. Everyone was assigned to thwart the rebellion. And this hovel was far from being a hotspot for the revolt. Even the members of the Rebellion had some class.

The party finally reached the lower marketplace. Adrian had already taken a healing potion. His injuries were completely healed, turning him into the devilishly handsome being he was meant to be.

After sailing through the crown and taking a few turns here and there, they finally reached the base of the Blue Roses- the tavern.

It was as lively as always- people drank, sang along with the music, flirted with the workers, or just chattered with their friends and strangers. They walked past the bustling environment and finally reached the meeting room.

As arranged before, the meeting room- the place of assembly of the ultra-secretive Blue Roses syndicate was like a mini courtroom. Two lavish seats were at the other end of the room- for the king and the Queen to sit onto. And before the seats, it was the place for the subjects- the regular members of the Blue Rose Syndicate to stand.

Adrian dragged himself to his assigned chair and slumped onto it. Their whole 'campaign' in the Empire was tiring- from robbing the Imperial treasury, fighting the mighty Imperial Sentry, to starting a civil war that was only raging more and more across the entire nation.

Now that he was back to Edenshield- to his own throne- it felt like his own fiefdom. He could finally take a good sleep. But before that, he had to take care of some work.

Irene sat on her 'throne', just beside Adrian while Cassidy, the Imperial princess, stood behind Adrian just how a good slave would.

Soon, the door opened again. Asmond, the muscular young man with sleeveless shirt, walked in and knelt before the duo.

"Greetings- boss, lady."

Adrian gestured him to rise.

He rose up. "I have already sent words to everyone. They will arrive shortly."

"How is everything?"

"We did not have any major engagements with any other factions. This district is completely safe from the assaults of the Rebellion, despite being a hotspot for lower nobles." He gave Adrian a look. "But as for the other districts heavily 'infested' by them, they are under constant attacks from the rebel forces

"Though the Raymond House and the higher nobles have dispatched forces to thwart the advance of the Rebellion. They could barely do anything. By the time soldiers arrive, the rebel army disappears. They only return when the enforcements are gone.

"Clearly, the Rebellion forces inside the city are in good hands." He gave his boss a look again.

"Mhmm." Adrian nodded. "He is a capable man indeed. Doing things perfectly."

The door creaked open. Four individuals entered the room at once. Three of them were ladies- Elise, Ley and the madam. The other was the scar faced middle aged man- Halseed.

"Greetings, boss." Everyone knelt down, Elise included.

"Rise."

The others stood up and stayed silent. Ley, the tanned short girl stepped forward.

"I apologise on behalf of my brother. He will not be able to come today." She bowed.

"Oh, is that so?" Adrian looked into her eyes.

She gulped. She felt as if she were naked before those abyssal eyes of his. Her soul almost got sucked into those. Soon, the feeling disappeared. Everything returned to normal.

Adrian's lips pursed to a smirk. "It doesn't matter. I just want to have a good rest today. But he better not have an excuse next time." He glared into the petite girl's eye.

She swallowed her saliva. "O… o… of course, boss!" She moved back.

"Where is Eustace?" Adrian asked.

The busty madam stepped forward. "He has been quite busy for the last few days, taking care of the brothel. He will be here soon." She smiled.

"Oh. Looks like the brothel is doing quite well." Adrian rubbed his chin.

"Eustace somehow got quite huge amount of money from somewhere, and he decided to spend most of it on the Pink Willows. Not only did we build a new building of our own, we were able to hire some expensive girls. It's crowded most of the time now, though the revolt is affecting it a little."

"Nice." He smiled. "Besides, he is here."