A Demon's Journey

Just a day earlier, Edwin set up the Illusionary Dream Array around the Radiant Church's branch within Kresa Town.

When he visited Siluca's estate, Edwin and Siluca devised a strategy in the conference room.

"We will attack just one branch of the Radiant Church and destroy it. After that, we will stop." Edwin told Siluca.

Siluca's eyes turned red with anger as she replied, "Just a single branch? I am afraid that's not enough to satisfy me. The Radiant Church humiliated my dukedom and forced it to accept their offer. Do you know how many men under us lost their lives? Even the King had turned his eyes away and refused to assist us."

"Not just that, but after the Walsh Dukedom was forced to sign the agreement with them, the Pope applied pressure over my mother and forced me to marry a fool for political benefits. These political benefits were all for in favor of the Church. The man I married merely squandered our reputation and wealth and was secretly transferring it to our enemies. I only regret that I killed him far too late."

"I promised my mother that when the time comes, the Radiant Church will pay for all they did to us! I will destroy them even if it's the last thing I will do!"

Siluca appeared very determined to destroy the Radiant Church.

Since the Radiant Church had been set up within the Sinyalian Kingdom, not a single man had dared to attack it. Not even the King.

Yet here Siluca was shouting that she would destroy the Radiant Church!

Edwin knew that no one else other than him would hear it due to the sound suppression array. But still, since Siluca was planning it, she would put it into execution sooner or later. And she would need to tell her men about it.

His surprise was accompanied by Joy.

As a former Demon God, he wasn't someone who had many fond feelings about the Radiant Church. They both could be considered on opposite ends.

The Radiant Church's actions didn't affect him. He knew that what Siluca was telling him was just one side of the story.

From the Radiant Church's side, their actions might appear to be very logical. However, did that matter to him? To him, it was very convenient that Siluca hated the Radiant Church so greatly.

"You seemed to have misunderstood me, Duchess. The reason I ask you to stop attacking the Radiant Church is so that the Radiant Church can launch an attack at their enemy."

"Tell me, wouldn't it be interesting when they ask for your assistance against Roger Dukedom," Edwin spoke with a smile.

"It won't be simple to mislead the Radiant Church," Siluca said, frowning as she grasped what Edwin was trying to imply, "Even if we use the warriors of the Broken Hill Industries or the Astral Mining Company, it won't be enough to convince the Radiant Church that Roger Dukedom is behind this attack."

"I understand this perfectly. Thus, for you to launch an attack on the Radiant Church, the first step would be to capture a warrior who is publically under the services of Roger Dukedom. This warrior can't be too weak or too strong. A famous warrior at the 3 Star Rank would suffice." Edwin advised.

"A 3 Star Warrior under the Roger Dukedom?" Siluca was relieved as it wasn't an impossible task for her. She knew quite a lot of people who fit the criteria.

She mentioned them to Edwin, "I do know some warriors at the 3 Star Rank who would be perfect for this. They are actually a team of 3 Star Warriors under Roger Dukedom. They are assigned nearly hundreds of warriors."

Edwin then stood up and spoke, "Good. Then I will go to this Kresa Town and make some preparations. Once you capture this group of warriors, send me the signal. I will begin from my end."

"…We are going to make the Roger Dukedom fight against the Radiant Church. What should we do if the Radiant Church sends someone to the Roger Dukedom to ask for an explanation?" Siluca asked him.

Unconsciously, she was beginning to rely on Edwin more than she planned to.

Edwin's intelligence had repeatedly shocked her. Thus, she was asking him for advice on every issue.

Edwin blankly stared at her and then spoke, "Use your spy within the Radiant Church. If the Radiant Church doesn't immediately try to attack the Roger Dukedom, ask your spy to do something to make the two completely against each other."

~~

It took Siluca 2 days to find the whereabouts of those warriors. She then used the next four days to create a situation where these warriors were forced to go on a mission.

It wasn't difficult to create this situation.

She merely had to use her network to create a rumor that a bandit camp had been seen in a village near their position.

She also used the identity of a bandit who was infamous due to his brutality and crimes.

Hearing that this was a bandit camp with such a notorious bandit nearby, these warriors were fueled with righteousness.

Most of them were hotblooded warriors, and after a round of voting, these warriors immediately set out to destroy this bandit camp. They brought their subordinates together.

Unfortunately, it was a trap set up by Siluca.

4 Star Warriors were waiting for them at that location. When these warriors did realize they had fallen into a trap, it was all too late for them.

Strong elemental arrows were raining down on their bodies as they saw a couple of warriors rush towards them with a quick speed.

Around this time, Edwin had set up the Illusionary Dream Array.

He was just waiting for Siluca's signal to activate it. Fortunately, he didn't need to wait for long.

Siluca gave him the signal just 2 days later.

Edwin immediately activated the Illusionary Dream Array. He had filled the contents of the illusions such that all these clerics would see similar illusions.

Moreover, the contents of the illusions were chosen by Edwin.

Using his illusionary prowess, he made them think that someone had launched an attack at their Radiant Church Branch.

And Edwin had purposely made Antto use his Axe so that he would reveal his identity. However, he knew that the situation had to be perfect where this guy was forced to use his Axe.

If this head priest realized he had fallen into an illusion, he would soon wake up to reality.

After Antto had used his Axe to deal with the barrier, the head priest had realized his identity. He had used the Voice Transmission Holy Stone to transmit this information to the main branch of the Radiant Church in Rashire City.

The Radiant Church was sure to investigate these warriors and find that these warriors worked under the Roger Dukedom. Moreover, they had been missing since 3 days ago.

It perfectly coincided with the time it would take them to reach Kresa Town and attack the Radiant Church's branch.

The main branch of the Radiant Church would undoubtedly be enraged.

Edwin wondered whether they would retain their calmness and investigate the situation or immediately attack the Roger Dukedom in their fit of rage.

There was a thin smile as he looked forward to the future.

~~

Just as Edwin had anticipated, the main branch of the Radiant Church received the news about their branch's destruction in the Kresa Town.

Whether it was the Pope, the archbishops, the bishops, the priests, or the deacons, this news was akin to thunderclaps that shook them greatly.

None of them had thought that someone would actually destroy their branch within the Sinyalian Kingdom.

Even though they had some troublesome relationship with Roger Dukedom, it wasn't to the point of fighting each other to the death. However, today's matter had completely changed their relationship.

Now, the Radiant Church was truly enraged. The Roger Dukedom had gone past all their limits, and they had to pay!