My Alter Ego’s Path to Greatness - Chapter 121

#121

Silent War (3)

When asked who was the busiest among the executives under the current Immortal King, there was one person that everyone ranked first.

The main character was Banshee Queen Olivia.

Hans’ first order, the mission to uncover the oath of Yeokcheon, was something that had to be continued steadily as their forces were widely distributed.

Moreover, the task of absorbing those who have already been identified cannot be done without her.

It was a situation like that, but this time a new order came from Hans.

There was a vampire assassination attempt on a merchant in Tarak. Find out the details and report it.

[Sigh… The girl is going to die from overwork like this…]

Olivia, who was floating in the darkness of the cave with ghosts surrounding her, grumbled to herself.

It was a joke about conversion that only the undead could tell, but unfortunately, there was no one in this space who could accept her words.

[Maybe that’s why… My skin seems to have become rough these days… I’ve been avoiding sunlight, which is the enemy of the skin, as much as possible…] A

thin, translucent finger swept down my cheek, which was also translucent and smooth.

Despite the cold reactions from those around him, he did not give up and tried humor again… but of course, no one responded.

[Whew… I’m a fool for expecting sense from these idiots…] I

didn’t dare to use my mouth carelessly in front of the Immortal King, but as I had been lonely for so long, talking to myself and playing with words had already become a habit.

But even that was useless because there was no one she could communicate with…

In the end, Olivia gave up, closed her eyes, and began analyzing the information brought by the ghosts.

Ghosts whose desires, obsessions, and other thoughts had been castrated were extremely difficult to deal with because their presence was greatly reduced and their egos were also blurred.

Extracting and combining the necessary information from a list of unorganized and indiscriminately collected information is nearly impossible for ordinary people.

But of course she was no ordinary person.

[It’s strange… the attempted assassination of Hubert, a merchant from Tarak… It’s full of strange things…]

First of all, I couldn’t find Hubert, the victim.

In order to conduct a more accurate investigation, it was common sense to climb up from the victim first, so we planned to find out his location first.

‘…It looks like it was hidden behind a barrier that took a lot of care. Still, it hurts my pride that I couldn’t even figure out its location.’

Still, since he wasn’t her original target, she eventually gave up on finding Hubert and searched through the suspects first.

Afterwards, it was only two days, even though I was juggling other things.

From people at the top of the competition centered on Tarak to organizations in the dark with aristocratic interests even slightly related to the Hubert Company.

After a series of forced marches without sleep, she finally succeeded in getting rid of them all.

[Even though all of them were innocent… there were countless people who did not even know that he had been harmed…]

In the end, the final conclusion was that it was not a direct grudge crime related to Hubert or his company.

In a situation where several days of hard work had been in vain….

[Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuur at the last luncheon of theirs, and their hard work were

in vain.

As Olivia began to sob, the air vibrated and waves of death spread around her.

It is a terrible power that can cause instant death to those who are not spiritually protected just by hearing it.

[Sigh!]

[Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

The ghosts that filled the cave writhed and glowed from the energy, and the surrounding area instantly became chaos.

However, Olivia, who had caused the situation, was already calmly analyzing the information again with a calm expression on her face, without paying any attention to the surrounding situation.

If Hubert was not the direct problem, the cause would be external.

Her next target was to delve into the evil beasts, vampires.

But he was also not ordinary.

He hid himself so thoroughly that the ghosts’ belated investigation alone was unable to trace him.

However, I could not fail like this in the mission entrusted to me by the Immortal King.

She released ghosts to gather information with the intention of investigating all vampires in the area.

And after several days of obsessive thorough investigation conducted day and night, with matters related to the oath of Yeokcheon put aside for a while -.

[Uhuhu… I think it’s these kids…?]

She was finally able to capture the vampires gathering in the city of La Perla, Kingdom of Thalia.

A group of vampires, completely different from the Brokoslak Clan that ruled there, was invading their territory.

[This seems like things are going interesting… I have to report it to the Immortal King first…]

-Olivia? It’s Dwell. How long should I wait?

At that time, a communication was received from Dwell McCain, who was also robbing Yeokcheon’s pledge.

I told them to wait for a while to dig up the vampires’ trail, but somehow they contacted me just in time to finish the job.

[…ha. I’m really going to die from overwork like this…]

So, Banshee Queen Olivia had a busy day like usual today.

***

‘Invasion of another vampire clan?’

In the few days since Olivia was given the job, she has been investigating more thoroughly than expected and uncovering the truth about Hubert’s assassination.

Not only did we understand that the cause was not friction at the Hubert Company, but a problem related to Brokoslak, with whom we had a cooperative relationship… We also

learned that the clan believed to have carried out the operation is currently gathering in the city of La Perla in the Kingdom of Thalia. It was paid.

‘Were you planning to turn your gaze to the outside before hitting Talaria? It would have been icing on the cake if additional investigation personnel had also escaped.’

It was the first attempt at expansion of power by Brokoslak, who had stuck to his own territory and maintained a policy of isolation from the country.

Of course, from the outside perspective, one would have no choice but to judge that it was a plan that put a lot of effort and care into it.

If a plan that you put so much effort into suddenly starts to falter, it would be natural to try to somehow figure out the cause and fix it.

‘And then take advantage of that opportunity to attack the main base… I guess that’s roughly the idea.’

In addition, Olivia added that they seemed to be in quite a hurry.

Looking at the preparations such as the barrier, it seems that they were trying to maintain thorough secrecy, but in reality, they were not able to use those preparations properly and moved quickly and were caught by her.

And that also meant that an attack was imminent.

‘But the problem is that Brokoslak hasn’t noticed yet. As the Forest of Monsters incident coincided with the expansion of external forces, security became lax…’

The vampires, who were already small in number, were losing members here and there, creating a hole in the internal surveillance network.

In addition, there were still about two days left on the cooldown of the transfer team, so it was impossible for Heinz II to head straight to Talaria.

‘But it’s a bit hard for Hans to intervene… If you use your power properly, your location will inevitably be revealed, and if that happens, things will get too big. It won’t simply be a conflict between vampires.’

It was still too early for the Immortal King to step forward in person.

The Immortal Army was gathering more evil forces, and the continent was waiting for the summit to end and reach an agreement.

‘You said that the people who invaded this time are presumed to be the Upersh Clan, right?’

Well, they were the only ones capable of doing something like this.

While ‘Brokoslak’, one of the three great powers of the Vampire Clan, took control of a small kingdom in the west, ‘Obaipo’ was gaining influence in the republic in the eastern region.

And one of the three remaining powers, and the clan that could be said to be the strongest among them, was the ‘Eupersch’, which was based in the central Azerion Empire and active on the continent.

Also, their leader was the ‘Holy Blood’, the pinnacle of the Outerica vampires.

‘I never thought I would encounter the Precious Blood in this way.’

Precious blood was never something that could be easily seen.

There are currently two people identified here.

Except for Brokoslak, who had been in a long hibernation and had no idea when he would wake up, he was in fact the strongest of the vampires.

‘If it’s something like this, Bisque Eupersch will come forward in person. ‘This is a pain in the ass.’

I had heard that the relationship between Eupersch and Brokoslag was not very good.

In the past, in the process of completely swallowing up the Kingdom of Thalia, there was some conflict with those who were active across the entire continent.

It is said that friction arose as they drove out the Eupersch vampires within the kingdom and solidified their territory, but after the Brokoslak were cornered in the corner of the continent and they banded together, there was no more conflict.

‘But they suddenly invaded in such a large scale.’

I don’t know if there was a change of heart or if the expansion of this side’s power was bothersome.

Now that something had already happened, the important thing was how to respond.

‘Tsk, I can’t help it. You dare to mess with Hubert and even ruin the Brokoslak you got… I can’t just sit still like this.’

Shouldn’t this side also do all it can?

The moment I decided to do that.

Harley, who was staying at the Northern Steel Citadel to slaughter monsters, moves her body.

Hans, who had been casting while scanning the area, also began to move secretly.

‘I don’t know how things will turn out, so I need to have insurance first.’

If the Immortal King were to come to the forefront, he would inevitably attract outside attention, but he could somehow come up with an excuse.

All you have to do is say that you need the corpses of vampires or that you want to take them under your command.

Still, Hans, who crossed space and arrived at Talaria with the hope that he would never have to go out in person, was able to notice an unexpected fact.

‘what? This situation is… not as bad as I thought, right?’

That’s right too.

Because there was a completely unexpected being coiled up there.

***

“Yes, I came here because I knew everything about the situation. “You know what if you get caught doing something stupid, right?”

“Yes yes… of course Harley!”

“Believe? Am I a scary person when I’m angry? Kahahahaha—!”

“…sure! Do not worry!”

The expression on the person’s face became awkwardly stiff as he repeatedly bowed and responded to Harley’s words.

It was an expression that made me want to say, ‘I’m scared even when I’m not angry,’ but I was probably mistaken.

“I’m a bit busy right now, so listen carefully to Howard for the time being. Take good care of the employees below so that no one wants to check how many lives they have left! “You can find out everything later!”

“yes! “I will treat you, Mr. Howard, as an alter ego of the Lord of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.”

Since Tarak and the Iron Fortress were only a day away, Harley’s activities had already reached this place.

Of course, there was no way the people in the upper chamber did not know the news about him, who was no different from Hubert’s co-representative.

To go against his will, not only because of his overwhelming power, but also because he received the protection of the church and the love call of Count Aonia… it was something that even a person with a reasonable amount of courage would not have dared to do.

‘This has been settled to some extent, so what’s next…’ After

cracking down on Hubert Company again, Harley immediately moved to the Temple of Tarak.

‘I guess I’ll have to get busy. Although we got a few days’ reprieve, we need to get the job done as quickly as possible and return to the fortress.’

Of course, the castle side, including Count Aonia, captured him.

Since Harley’s performance so far has been so great, concerns about his absence were bound to be just as great.

‘Still, we’ve been on the defensive without resting for about this long.’

Thanks to this, it wasn’t difficult to take some time off to catch up on this matter and take a break.

Count Aonia even went so far as to suggest that he personally order the Tarak security forces to pay special attention when Harley was said to be away due to matters related to the attack on Hubert.

There might be some people who try to do something unnecessary in Hubert’s absence, so I decided to gratefully accept the offer for now.

“Huh? “Aren’t you Harley? I heard you are in the Iron Citadel, so what are you doing here?”

“Hahaha—! That’s what I mean…”

And Harley finally arrived at the Temple of Tarak.

Through the gate there, one could move to the Talaria Temple in the Kingdom of Thalia.

To a place where conflict between vampires was predicted.