A Demon's Journey

Minos added, "Now that I think about it, I can leave for this expedition tomorrow. Inform her that I will arrive soon."

"As you command, young master," The woman spoke a little submissively as she kicked her horse's abdomen and left the area.

Minos immediately pulled out his Voice Transmission Array Stone to contact his father. He wanted to inform his father that he would leave tomorrow.

However, he frowned when he noticed that his Voice Transmission Array Stone wasn't working.

He cursed angrily, "It had to malfunction today only?!"

Because of his high excitement, he wanted to inform his father and run towards Yrellea's location as quickly as possible.

However, the malfunctioning of his Voice Transmission Array Stone had irritated him greatly.

He was quickly thinking of a way to update his father. Soon, an idea appeared in his mind.

He summoned a warrior and ordered him, "Go and inform my father that I shall depart tomorrow. Give this slip to him."

Minos had already stated the reason within that slip. Minos stamped that slip with his seal so that his father would know it was truly sent by him.

The warrior immediately nodded and left the area to inform the Governor about this information.

This warrior had barely covered a mile towards the Governor's Residence when he was suddenly showered with arrows.

These arrows were mixed with poison water. Once they struck him, the warrior felt as if his arms and legs could no longer move.

He couldn't even shout out for assistance.

A handful of warriors arrived out of nowhere and repeatedly stabbed his body. They even stabbed his heart, head, and stomach. It seemed as though they were double-checking to be sure he wasn't alive.

Thus, this information never reached the Governor's ears. Minos remained oblivious to this information.

Minos was excitedly heading to Yrellea's private estate. He already knew of its location since he had visited it numerous times.

It was a little outside of Vlashire City.

Yrellea did inform him of the reason. She explained that she wanted to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city and spend some time alone in the woods.

Naturally, it was Sargan who asked Yrellea to buy this mansion and give such reasoning if Minos ever asked for it. He had planned for Minos's death long before this event.

This was merely the climax. The planning had begun ever since the day Minos introduced himself to Yrellea.

While Yrellea was considering utilizing him, Sargan considered how to get rid of him once they had exhausted all his potential.

Thus, it didn't take him long to apply this plan. He just had to distribute the tasks to appropriate individuals.

Minos led his warriors to Yrellea's estate, oblivious to the fact that this location was a massive trap for him and his warriors.

Once Minos and his warriors stepped inside the area of this villa, a faint green smoke began to spread in the area.

This greenish-colored smoke was spreading in a particular area. And this area was restricted by using an Array.

Naturally, this was a poisonous gas created by Yrellea and stored in the array. This gas would only be released once the Array was activated.

After these warriors stepped inside the area, Sargan and his comrade activated that poisonous gas Yrellea provided.

Yrellea's poison was quite deadly. This poisonous gas was a skill of her Heavenly Poison Scripture. The deadly poison could even kill some very poisonous creatures, let alone some common humans.

While Minos and his warriors were checking out the area to find Yrellea, the poisonous gas had reached their lungs.

The effects of this poisonous gas weren't just death. Before the death, it would slowly tire the muscles of the poisoned warriors.

Those who possessed stronger Ardor than common individuals would remain conscious for a longer period. But sooner or later, they would succumb to the effects of this poison as well.

A few warriors soon realized what was occurring, and they went to inform Minos about it. When they touched Minos's body, they were started to see him coughing blood and falling unconscious.

"W-What is going on?!" Other warriors were shocked at this scene and asked with a frightened look on their faces.

"Oh shit! This is a trap. We are being poisoned!" A warrior who realized this immediately shouted out.

"Split up! Run! Inform the Governor of what is happening!" Another warrior shouted as he ran in the east direction at a quick pace.

Suddenly, a spear struck his back and pierced his heart that killed him instantly.

When the other warriors gazed in the direction from which this spear originated, they noticed a large group of warriors seated on trees.

They all threw a spear or arrow at the warriors on the ground. These were the mercenaries hired by Ruben.

Some of them even dropped on the ground to kill them manually. A couple of warriors had even begun to fake their deaths to make their assailants lower their guards and have a chance of escaping.

Unfortunately, these mercenaries had been given strict instructions that there could not be a single survivor.

A single survivor here would mean that the Governor would be informed of his son's death. He would definitely begin to investigate it.

If he investigated it, he would find out that Ruben had recently withdrawn many of his loans. But why would he do so? This meant he was doing something with all that money.

And if the Governor investigated a bit more, he would find that Ruben hired these mercenaries. He would also find that these mercenaries were last seen in the area where his son and his warrior's dead bodies were found.

For this reason, Sargan and Ruben wanted to make sure that news of Minos's death wouldn't spread no matter what.

At the least, it had to be concealed for enough time that the Governor wouldn't begin to investigate Ruben's movements.

And sooner or later, Ruben would settle these accounts. By the time the Governor finds out about his son's death, he won't know when it occurred.

Since he won't know the timing of his son's death, he couldn't very well connect it to Ruben. It could be anybody in the Glerian Kingdom.

Searching for the perpetrator would be like searching for a needle in a haystack. Absolutely impossible and improbable to do so!

After these mercenaries had accomplished their jobs, they were paid the promised amount.

However, these mercenaries hadn't yet realized that they had killed Minos Zaraki and his warriors. It was only natural that they didn't find out about this.

They had never seen Minos Zaraki and had only heard about it. Also, if someone like Minos Zaraki was dead, news about him would circulate in the entire city very quickly.

Thus, they thought he was some random merchant and were extremely happy with their payment.

They had no idea that Ruben Kari had requested some forces from his father to deal with a Mercenary Group living near Vlashire City.

The members of the mercenary gang have been accused of brutality, rape, robbery, and even murder.

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