A Demon's Journey

Siluca felt as if she was falling into deep despair as she talked to Edwin.

This man was in her territory. He seemed to have figured out and completely analyzed a tactic used by her predecessor, her mother to be precise.

Along with his analysis, he had also presented his proofs. If any of the names he had mentioned were to be investigated starting from their Arch-bishop within the Radiant Church, then the Walsh Dukedom would be in deep trouble.

However, Siluca understood Edwin's plan was to deal with the Radiant Church and the Dukedom Roger. She didn't know why he was against them but she was sure he had some antagonist feelings about them.

"What do you have in mind? You wouldn't have come here just to inform me about this." Siluca asked with a grave look on her face.

"Naturally, I am here to assist you. Not only am I a 5 Star Array Master, but I also have a sharp mind. For something as major as uprooting the entire Radiant Church from this town, I am sure my assistance will be required." Edwin spoke with a casual tone.

He actually didn't have some antagonist feeling towards the Radiant Church. He just felt that the situation was quite convenient and he could use them to take his plan to the next step within the Sinyalian Kingdom.

Moreover, Siluca had a bitter smile on her face as she thought 'This guy is far too annoying!'

She knew that she was in no position to against him. She was facing a lack of information when dealing with this guy.

And he seemed to not care about her prestige as a duchess. It was not every day she would meet someone so bold.

"Let's have a great cooperation ahead," Edwin spoke while stretching his hand out for a handshake.

Siluca was quite uncomfortable but she still shook his hand and forced out a smile, "To have happy cooperation ahead."

Soon, Edwin seriously asked her, "Now, how about you tell me what you planned to do after hiring a 5 Star Array Master? If I am to assist you, I need to know your actions ahead."

Edwin didn't try to think a lot about this issue. He was confident in figuring out her actions if he observed her for a couple of days or so but he thought there was no point in being elusive and dragging this out. Thus, he straightforwardly asked her.

"…Very well." Siluca was slightly reluctant but she agreed to tell her plan to Edwin.

She spoke, "But we can't discuss it here. Let's go to the meeting hall."

Edwin agreed with her, "Sure."

Soon, the two began to walk on the stairs and reached the first floor.

There, Edwin and Siluca noticed Anna, who was waiting for them on the first floor.

Anna asked curiously, "Mother, are you done with your conversation?"

She then turned towards Edwin and spoke, "I wanted this mister to show me a new magic trick. This time, I won't be fooled."

Anna looked quite determined to figure out Edwin's magic trick.

Siluca frowned as she didn't wish for her naive daughter to have any contact with Edwin. This man was far too dangerous.

Even as a duchess, her mentality and pride were completely crushed by him.

In reality, she didn't need to blame herself for this. If it was anyone else in her place, the result would have been the same.

She rubbed Anna's head and spoke to her, "We are going to the meeting room. You aren't allowed to step on the second floor, okay?"

Anna was visibly scared when she heard Siluca's serious tone. She quickly nodded while showing a pouting in slight disappointment.

"Next time it is then." She said while facing Edwin.

Edwin shrugged in response and then followed Siluca to the meeting room. This was one of the most secretive rooms within the Walsh Dukedom.

There were 4 guards outside the room and there appeared to be a seal that would only allow a selected few to open the door.

Edwin slowly followed Siluca inside the meeting room and then the door closed.

The room was quite spacious. He felt that in such a large space, people could set up their flat and live happily.

He looked around and noticed that there was a sound-sealing array. Meaning, no sound could escape from this room.

There were also many other kinds of arrays. Some were passive, like the elemental suppression array and even an Ardor suppression array.

After following Siluca for a couple of steps, they took their seats on chairs, sitting on opposite ends of a large table.

On the table, there were kinds of stationary randomly lying over a rather large map.

Clearly, this was a detailed map of the Rashire City and the area under the Walsh Dukedom.

There were a couple of locations marked on the map. The ones that caught Edwin's attention were those Radiant Church's marks.

Within the Walsh Dukedom's territory, Edwin noticed that there were 7 branches of the Radiant Church. The most in the entire Sinyalian Kingdom.

This was the first time Edwin had seen a detailed map of this area. He noticed the other things on the map as well. Such as the terrain, the other marked spots on the map, and so on.

"My plan has been to attack the Radiant Church's smaller branches and destroy them all in at once. This surprise attack would surely alert the main branch of the Radiant Church in the Rashire City that we are the ones behind it. However, I wasn't going to give them any chance to do anything even after knowing this information. My spy would sabotage their communication and prevent them from spreading the information or seeking assistance from their other branches in the Sinyalian Kingdom. After that, I will launch a complete attack at them and destroy them."

There was a disdainful look on Edwin's face as he heard this plan.

When Siluca had finally stopped speaking, he immediately spoke, "I wasn't expecting you to think of a master plan but I was hoping that you would have a good plan at the least. One that had some chances of working."

Edwin's voice turned harsher as he added, "However, I definitely wasn't expecting such a bad plan. It's full of holes and there is no hope for it to work."

"Firstly, how are you going to gather so many men and mobilize them without the church knowing about it. It's virtually impossible if you are planning to attack so many branches at the same time. If they know that you are going to attack their branches, they will be prepared. And you shouldn't underestimate the holy weapons that a church possesses and overestimate your men's powers thinking that they can get rid of those branches of the Church so easily. The Radiant Church should have their own trump cards."

"As for that attack on the Radiant Church's main branch. This branch has someone at the level of a Pope. You clearly don't know just how much power is wielded by a Pope. I guarantee you that even if you mobilized all your Dukedom's power, you still wouldn't be able to touch a Pope." Edwin finished speaking.

Siluca wasn't pleased to hear those words. She countered after some moments, "I admit that my plan isn't the best. There may be many issues and I was going to resolve them before applying them. But aren't you looking down on the Walsh Dukedom a bit too much? The Pope is a peak 5 Star Cleric. And even if he is a 6 Star Cleric, the Walsh Dukedom can deal with him."

There was a Noble Aura released by Siluca.

"How are you going to deal with the Angels he can summon?" Edwin asked her a simple question.

"Angels?" The Noble Aura around Siluca disappeared and she showed a confused expression.

Edwin suddenly began to laugh. This was mocking laughter that stung Siluca's ears, "You don't even know that a Pope can summon an Angel in case of an emergency. How are you going to deal with her? And even if you kill her, do you know that you are just going to make yourself the target for the Celestials? Can your dukedom actually deal with the Celestials once they mark you as an enemy?"

Siluca's eyes widened in shock.

This information that the Pope could summon an Angel in an emergency was definitely news to her. Not just to her, it would be news even to the king!

This information was something only Edwin knew because of how frequently he dealt with the churches and those Celestials.

He knew that the times were different now, but these Celestials' ranks and the system won't change. This was how they could exercise the most control over the humans without personally involving themselves.

The churches had tried to keep this information under control. Only a selected few within the church knew about it. The only other people who knew about it were the church's enemies, most of who were buried under the ground.

"Let me think of a plan."