Episode 187
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Using your Shuve’s ability to read someone’s mind is the most reliable way to get information from them.
However, the risk Dale must take every time he uses this ability is also huge. He cannot use it indiscriminately.
Above all, he had in front of him a master of obtaining information comparable to Shuve.
“Hehehe, you’re just blowing so smoothly. Did you grease your throat or something?”
Master Baro said with a chuckle. The Shadow Supreme Court Judge and Shadow Church Priest, who was tied to a chair, screamed in pain. His finger bones were glued to the back of his hand, and he was spun 360 degrees, making a sound of the bones twisting.
“Did you betray the Shadow Goddess, the Church, and the court for just that reason?”
Leaving behind the screams, the Shadow Lord opened his mouth.
The Mars Society stopped crying in pain and started sobbing.
“Don’t we all know! The Shadow Goddess never loves us!”
“Then what, did you think God would favor you with special favor and give you a place in heaven?”
Master Baro chuckled as if he found it ridiculous.
“Your Majesty, you know! The truth of this world! This world will end in ice! And there will be nothing but darkness! That was so scary! That winter, that winter!”
The Mars Society shouted desperately, and Dale remained silent.
“So you were trying to run away from the inevitable truth?”
After a silence, Dale opened his mouth.
“So, the Golden Emperor… … surrendered to the Lord of Lies, and willingly claimed to be the standard-bearer of lies?”
“Because that’s human!”
Just then, Mars’s social circle shouted, as if it could not be helped. Dale swallowed softly.
“Even knowing the coming end, even in the face of an unavoidable fate and harsh truth… … not giving up on even a glimmer of possibility, but struggling and resisting! Isn’t that foolish struggle the proof of humanity!”
The Mars Society cried out desperately.
“The Golden Lord has shown us!”
Dale’s expression froze at the name.
“The warm spring sunlight pouring down from the end of the universe, the chirping birds! The sun shining brightly! Even if it was a false daydream, I just… … The lie he showed me was so beautiful!”
“Heh heh, you buddy. If you like spring so much, you should have gone to the eastern part of the empire. The damned sunlight is still beating down on you. At least you’ll be able to see enough to get sick of it before you get home.”
Master Baro taunted, and Dale remained silent.
Truth is harsh and lies are sweet. So how many of those who call themselves the riders of lies can strengthen their will when facing the truth of this world?
“Even if it meant everyone would perish, I thought it was a lie worth fighting for! No, it wasn’t even a lie.”
The Mars Society cried out desperately.
“It’s ideal… …!”
“It must be a delusion.”
Dale answered coldly. Only then could he truly feel the power of the Golden Monarch.
What he showed was the golden ideal.
Even if it is just a fleeting dream in the face of the coming truth, he is drawn to its beauty and willingly claims to be the king’s standard-bearer.
“With such a grand cause in mind, why did you blurt out the truth at the mere pain of twisting your finger bones?”
Dale scoffed coldly. Mars’s social circle fell silent.
“This world will end in ice. After that, there will be nothing but darkness.”
As is the primordial darkness and cosmic winter that dwell in Dale’s body.
The existence of the Shadow Lord was already no different from winter in this world.
At the same time, Dale’s circle accelerated, and a cold aura of the end began to spread along his path.
“It is not a winter that humans can resist.”
“Ah, ahhh… … !”
The face of Mars’s social group was frozen.
“You, you monster! You are the real monster!”
He cursed desperately.
At least in his eyes, the being before him was no longer human.
He was an irresistible evil spirit and the devil himself.
The terminator of this world, who possesses the darkness of the beginning and the cold of the end, and will bring winter to the universe.
Furthermore, in the face of the cold that was eating away at his body, his screams did not resonate. His body simply disintegrated at the particle level, and he disappeared without even realizing that he was dead.
At least the man in front of him understood the meaning of the lie, but he did not understand its weight.
I could finally understand the Shadow Lord’s true enemies.
Those who, knowing the weight of truth, willingly stand up to it and call themselves the lords and standard-bearers of lies. It was, quite comically, a hymn of humanity.
A lie that wants to become the truth. At least his lies had more truthful blood flowing through them than the truth.
“There is no more information to be gained from this man.”
The Shadow Lord answered coldly.
“Assemble all courts in the Free Cities Alliance.”
Master Baro shrugged at those words.
“Haha, Shipur. There really is no such thing as a Dark Lord.”
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A summons was issued to the shadow courts that govern each city in the Free Cities Alliance, including Harlem.
The sword of the Supreme Court, and furthermore, the ‘unidentified entity’ who claimed to be the new leader of the entire Shadow Court, moved.
It is true that those in the Supreme Court are loyal to the Shadow Lord, but even the individual assassins in the lower organizations cannot know the Shadow Lord’s true identity.
That is why the Shadow Lord remained as an unidentified mastermind, and it was Master Baro’s job to act on his behalf.
The judges and assassins of the courts who have been operating in the shadows of the Free Cities Alliance gathered in one place. They were dressed in coats and bird beak masks.
Usually, criminals and assassins are extremely reluctant to gather in one place. Nevertheless, the presence of Master Baro left them no choice.
The strongest assassin in the Shadow Court and assisting the Shadow Saintess of the Supreme Court.
The man himself summoned these people to the court, and who would dare to disobey?
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Furthermore, there was a man in robes who even willingly bowed his head to that existence.
“To those who claim the name of the Shadow Court.”
A shadow loomed beneath the hood, and a very ominous voice rang out from the darkness.
“As the new head of this organization, I have come here to correct the disorderly discipline of the entire court.”
From within the shadowy cloak that took the form of a robe, Dale continued speaking.
“Therefore, before that, tell me the truth one by one about those in the Supreme Court that you are in separate contact with.”
Rebuilding an organization begins with removing the cancer within. So, just as with the Mars cult, it was time to find the traitors within the Supreme Court.
“From now on, there will be only one Supreme Court you must serve, and that will be me.”
The Shadow Lord spoke, and none of the judges of the Shadow Court there dared object.
“I swear allegiance before the new Supreme Court!”
One of the new beak mask assassins knelt down, and the rest of the assassins were no exception.
Only then did the insubstantial body of the court begin to bow its head beneath the Shadow Lord.
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The Shadow Courts in the Free Cities Alliance were united, and at the same time Dale’s emissary headed to the Duchy of Saxony.
A mountain assassin known as the master of undercover operations, and also a spy who carries out the orders of the Shadow Lord as a “Grave Walker”.
Dale’s words reached his father, and immediately a wind of purges swept through the Grand Court, which depended on the Duchy of Saxony.
“Oh, that’s a misunderstanding! I never… … !”
The Grave Guard, the personal guard of the Duke of Saxony, personally searched out and executed the traitors of the Grand Court, and in front of them, the resistance of high-ranking assassins meant nothing. No, in the first place, they could not even resist.
“Swords of Shadow, put away your swords.”
Because the Shadow Court’s two heads, the Shadow Saintess, did not wish for it.
The high-ranking assassins of the new beak mask knelt in unison, and among them the tomb guardians swung their swords at the traitors.
A fierce wind blew.
Gravewalkers and Guardians. The two great organizations of the wealthy Duke of Saxony.
In the midst of the swirling bloody wind, the Shadow Saintess smiled coldly.
Immediately after, under Dale’s orders, the Grave Guard who had been guarding her side… … Lord Vale of Baskerville opened his mouth.
“Don’t worry, Saint.”
“Ah, I know.”
The Shadow Saint smiled quietly.
“I simply followed the will of the monarch, and they did not.”
The Shadow Saint and the last loyal ones survived, but their numbers were very small.
“And the King says that there is no longer any need for ‘thinkers’ in the Supreme Court.”
There were survivors who trembled and remained loyal to the Shadow Goddess until the end, and the Shadow Saintess spoke.
It was exactly as he said.
The Shadow Lord’s secret agent, the Mountain Assassin, requested the following from the Black Duke:
─ Execute all of the Supreme Court, except for the Shadow Saintess.
As Dale said, it was time to root out the traitors and fanatics.
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The Supreme Court, the High Courts, and the Petty Courts.
What was on Dale’s mind was the long-term task of restructuring the Shadow Court to be more efficient.
As a spy agency that operates thoroughly for the Shadow Lord.
Those in the Supreme Court were no longer those who acted for religious beliefs. Dale himself became the Supreme Court, and only Master Baro and the Shadow Saintess remained to assist him.
The oversight of the lower levels will be carried out by the judges of the ‘High Court’, as McGee had done, and they will be the messengers of the High Court… …the Shadow Lord’s will to the lower courts.
But while he was still here in Harlem and the Alliance of Free Cities, there were still some things he had to finish.
Jack the Knife Man.
What Dale had knocked down was nothing more than a pyramid. He had succeeded in obtaining the information about the 《Decision》 in his head, but the most essential parts were left empty.
But finding the answer won’t be that difficult.
The County of Wallachia, isolated and isolated between the League of Free Cities.
It would be nothing unusual for a nobleman to visit another nobleman, especially a nobleman as great as the House of Saxony, while on a journey, in a single county.
In order to catch a tiger, you must go into the tiger’s den.
It was around this time that the ‘Black Prince’ of Saxony arrived in the County of Wallachia.
