Chapter 87
Chapter 87: We Meet Again? (6)
Watching that despair would be Raon’s joy .
“Looks fancy . ”
Cale said that as he gave Choi Han a command .
“Sit him on that chair over there . ”
“Got it . ”
Choi Han threw the unconscious Venion onto the luxurious leather seat . Cale was looking toward Choi Han, who was avoiding his gaze .
“…I’m sorry . I got even angrier after looking around this base . ”
Base . Cale’s group was currently in Venion’s secret base in the back alley . It was full of luxurious and fancy items .
The crazy priestess Cage had told him about this location two days ago . Cage, who served the God of Death, was still a priestess even though she was excommunicated . She specialized in curses and mental torture . It was easy for her to get the information from Venion’s lackeys .
Of course, since her abilities were used under the name of a god, she could only use her curses in situations where she believed she was just . But she should have had enough reasons for, ‘justice,’ to use her curses this time .
‘Still, she’s amazing too . ’
There was nobody else serving the God of Death who was better than her at using curses . It made sense why people called her the spawn of a necromancer and that she was not fit to be a priestess .
‘Well, I know there is a separate necromancer . ’
As was the case with many fantasy worlds, you were bound to find those professions that were said to have become lost in the past if you looked hard enough . Something like finding out that the main character’s neighboring old man was a sword master in the past was not uncommon in fantasy worlds .
It was all just part of making a story interesting to the readers .
‘This world is the same . ’
‘The Birth of a Hero,’ was known for having many of those types of developments .
Cale quietly observed the unconscious Venion who was hunched over on the chair .
“I understand why you would want to throw him like that, but this position is not what we need . Beacrox . ”
“Sigh, yes sir . ”
Beacrox let out a deep sigh before approaching Venion . He then sat Venion down properly and made sure Venion looked tidy, fixing his outfit, hair, etc .
Anybody who saw Venion now would think that he was a fancy noble who has had no problems or injuries for the last few days .
Venion’s back still had a few small scars that could not be healed with the potion, but the majority of the injuries throughout his body were healed . In fact, his face, hands, and visible areas showed no signs of injuries at all .
“Then we will be on our way now . ”
“Sure . ”
Beacrox took Choi Han with him as they stealthily left through the base’s back door . Cale approached Raon, who had been quietly curled up in a corner since earlier .
“Shall we start?”
“Sure, human . ”
“You guys come here as well . ”
Meeeow!
On and Hong jumped up and sat down next to Raon and Cale . Cale made sure they were all against the corner and looked toward Raon . Black mana started to appear from Raon’s paw .
It was now time to watch .
Paaat!
With a quiet noise, Cale’s body started to turn invisible . They were no longer visible inside the base .
“Oo, oo- . ”
A bit later, the base was filled with a person’s moans . It was Venion . He was frowning, as if he had just woken up from a nightmare .
“Gasp!”
He gasped as he opened his eyes . He could only observe his surroundings with a blank expression at that point .
He blinked a few times and tried to figure out where he was .
“T, this is- . ”
Venion touched his neck in shock . He could speak . Human language was actually coming out of his mouth .
He also realized that there were no shackles on his neck .
He then frantically checked his body to see that there were no injuries or blood on his arms and legs . His fancy outfit did not have any blood on it at all .
He was not in any sort of pain .
“…Was it a dream?”
He couldn’t tell whether this was the dream or if that basement and the torture was the dream .
It was so terrible and painful that he still clearly remembered it, but it must have been a dream . Venion slowly reached his hand out and touched the desk in front of him .
This definitely felt like it was real .
Yes, this was all real .
Venion started to frown and wonder if he had been dreaming . Rather than being abducted on his way to the base, he had arrived and then fallen asleep .
“Haha . ”
Venion started to smile, however, many emotions were running through his mind .
“Yes, it was only just a dream . ”
It had to be a dream . He could still feel the whip cutting through his body, as well as the torturer’s cold gaze and that dragon bastard’s gaze, but it was all just a dream . It didn’t matter that he was still afraid . It wasn’t real .
Otherwise, there was no way to explain how he was here right now .
“Haha . ”
Venion put his hands on his neck . He could feel the warmth of his hands . It was at that moment .
Meeeow .
Venion flinched and his shoulders started to shake .
Cale, who had been watching in the side in his invisible state, petted Hong’s head once with an indifferent expression on his face . Hong let out one more chilling meow .
Meeeow .
Venion’s face turned pale and his hands started to shake . Something suddenly popped into his head .
‘I plan to let you live . ’
‘And I will come to find you whenever I don’t have an appetite . ’
Venion’s hands that were clutching onto the desk were turning pale .
“C, crazy-”
He looked down and started to shake .
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The dark red fog was slowly crawling up his legs like a snake . His face turned teary like a little baby .
“T, that crazy dragon bastard!”
He quickly started to brush away the fog . However, the fog did not disappear and just moved further up his body . He felt like he was going to go crazy .
However, at that moment, Venion realized something .
It was different than last time .
Unlike last time, he was able to move his body . Venion looked around and quickly found the door .
The moment Venion laid his eyes on the door, Cale looked up at the clock . If Venion hurries a bit, it would create the picture-perfect moment .
Cale patted On’s back this time .
Swiiiiiiish-
The fog started to move up Venion’s leg even faster .
Meeeeow .
The two kitten’s meows became even louder .
Venion’s two legs were shaking . He quickly got up from the chair .
Bang! The leather chair fell backward with a loud noise . However, Venion did not care, as he quickly rushed toward the door .
Unlike his fancy clothes and slick hair that were fit for a noble, his face looked like he had gone crazy from fear .
“Q, quickly-”
Venion grabbed the doorknob with his shaking hand . It was at that moment .
Click .
He heard someone turning the doorknob from the outside .
Was it his lackeys? Venion thought that he no longer needed to face this scary situation on his own . He was relieved . It definitely had to be his two lackeys from the morning .
Someone pulled the door open from the outside . Thanks to that, Venion did not need to do anything, as the door had opened for him .
Creeeeak-
The door slowly opened . Venion did not manage to notice that the fog surrounding his legs had disappeared . He was too absorbed by the light he could see coming from the other side of the door .
The door finally opened completely .
“We finally found you . ”
The person to greet Venion was Taylor Stan, his older brother whom he had paralyzed in the past .
“…Uh-”
Venion took a step back . Behind Taylor was the path heading down to this secret base, which was now filled with a lot of people . It was filled with both Taylor’s people and people from the Stan estate .
“W, what is this . ”
Taylor confirmed that Venion had no visible injuries before looking at his face . Venion’s face was full of fear .
Taylor looked past Venion’s shoulder into the base . Nobody was there . However, he knew that Cale was inside .
He had borrowed Cale’s invisibility magic device before . That was why he was even more certain that Cale was inside .
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“I, is this a dream too?”
Venion blankly started to mumble to himself . Taylor looked at his brother, the brother that he detested, and answered his question .
“Looks like you had a long nightmare . ”
He turned around and gave an order to the knights of the Stan estate .
“Arrest him . ”
This was only the start of Venion’s nightmares .
Not only was he now completely pushed out of the successor picture, but he would also have to pay the price for all of his illegal deeds . He had to receive the anger of all the Stan family members for ruining their reputation .
“…The, the dragon did this . The dragon did all-”
Taylor did not care about Venion’s mumblings . He focused on what Cage was saying as she walked next to him .
“Tonight . ”
Taylor could meet his benefactor again tonight . It had been quite a while .
“Young master-nim, should I start searching the base right now?”
Taylor shook his head at the knight’s question .
“The most important thing right now is to quietly move Venion to the castle . There are too many people outside . ”
“Won’t it be difficult to do it quietly?”
The citizens of the Stan territory were gathered outside . That was why the knights were anxious . However, this was all because Odeus had spread the word at Cale’s order . Taylor knew about it as well, but pretended to worry about it . Even he could do this level of acting now .
“That is true, but we still need to move him as quietly as possible . We cannot allow our reputation to fall even further . ”
“…I understand!”
The knight responded with a serious expression .
“You can focus on searching the base after that . We will leave some of the soldiers here to guard the entrance . ”
“Yes sir . ”
Taylor made it a bit easier for Cale to get out and turned his back to the entrance . He now had to go to the castle and cut off the Marquis and Venion’s arms and legs, one by one .
Some of the knights remained to protect this empty secret base . The others went to capture Venion’s other lackeys, who were probably in his other bases .
“Hey, guard properly . ”
“It’s not like anybody is there . We haven’t been able to rest the last few days . Let’s just chill . ”
“We cannot do that . ”
“Why so serious? We just have to prevent someone from going in . ”
The two knights were talking quietly so that the soldiers could not hear . A light wind passed by behind them, but they paid no attention to it .
Although the wind didn’t make sense, they couldn’t see anything anyway, so they didn’t care .
Cale, the person responsible for that light wind, got on a carriage he had prepared not too far from the base . Raon, who was following behind Cale, removed the invisibility on everyone except himself .
“Shall we head out now?”
“Go . ”
Odeus closed the carriage door and sat down in the driver’s spot . The carriage slowly started to head toward the residence . Cale leaned on the chair and could feel the soft leather relaxing him .
He looked down and made eye contact with Raon, who was no longer invisible and was laying on his lap . At that moment, Raon started to smile and speak .
“I am not too bad . I am a great and mighty dragon!”
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“Yes . Their hell is only just beginning . ”
“Right!”
Cale spoke to the others in the carriage .
“Let’s all eat some delicious food and get some rest today . ”
However, Cale had to enjoy his dinner away from the others .
“I guess you have some free time now?”
“Of course I had to come since it is to see you, young master Cale . ”
Taylor Stan and the crazy priestess Cage . The two of them came to find Cale with some alcohol and drinking glasses . They came to see him late at night, so Cale ended up drinking and eating at the same time .
“I will probably get busier after today . ”
“Naturally so . ”
Cale nodded at Taylor’s words and looked toward Cage . She smiled and lifted up the bottle . Cale emptied the entire glass without any changes to his expression .
“The majority of the people you told us about were Venion’s people, young master Cale . ”
“Is that so?”
Taylor could not look at Cale comfortably . Cale had given him the file regarding Venion’s bases and the involved people . That alone was surprising, but there was an even more surprising development .
“There were some of my father’s people as well . ”
“…I did not know that . ”
Cale looked toward Taylor with a sincerely shocked expression .
But of course, he was just acting .
Venion had received orders from Marquis Stan to torture the Black Dragon . Thanks to that, the people guarding the cave were naturally going to include some of Marquis Stan’s people . A couple of them were connected to Venion’s dirty deeds .
They would receive a life sentence at minimum and be executed at maximum . The Stan territory had the most vicious rules after all . The Marquis would probably want to kill them all so that he could try to hide his involvement .
“…I will trust that you didn’t know . ”
Taylor answered like he was convincing himself . A bottle was placed between the two of them .
“How about we empty this bottle first?”
“Sure . Let’s drink . ”
“Sounds good . ”
The three people took turns filling each other’s glasses and emptied the bottle . Taylor and Cage had to return to work as the bottle emptied out .
“Will you be leaving tomorrow?”
“Yes . ”
“I heard you are taking the western route to the capital . Is the capital your final destination?”
Taylor could see Cale starting to smile instead of answering his question . Taylor did not ask further . Instead, he shared his sentiments with Cale .
“I will definitely pay you back for your help in this situation, as well as last time . ”
“I look forward to it . ”
“Yes, please look forward to it . ”
Seeing Taylor looking straight into his eyes as he told Cale to look forward to it, Cale thought about the new connections he had in this Northwest region .
Taylor and Odeus . He had quite a few people to put to use in the approaching future .
Cale finished all of his preparations early the next morning and was looking in the mirror .
He asked Raon, who was looking in the mirror as well .
“Have you figured out the crown prince’s magic?”
“I know what it is, human . I am great and mighty . ”
There was a smile on Cale’s face as he continued to look into the mirror .