Why must the devil be Defeated?

Chapter 73: 072 The True Origin of Laischa
 

In the private room on the second floor of the guild,

once again gathered here, Shane found himself completely surrounded by the members of Vivian’s Team.

“Did you meet the owner of the Huaming Pavilion?”

Vivian asked somewhat impatiently, as if she had been waiting for Shane’s news for a long time.

There was no helping it.

“After being transferred back to the adventurer’s guild, we originally planned to go straight back, but considering the owner of the Huaming Pavilion seemed not very welcoming of us, to avoid unnecessary conflict, we ultimately chose to wait here for your return,”

Tielle explained their actions to Shane, looking at him.

“I thought it was a bit risky…”

“Fortunately, they didn’t seem to have any intention of harming you,”

Lu Muya and Merica expressed such thoughts, clearly not fully endorsing this strategy.

After all, their understanding of Shane wasn’t as deep as Vivian’s and Tielle’s; up until now, they still thought Shane was just a Level 10 newcomer adventurer, so naturally, they were somewhat worried about letting Shane be there alone.

Did Vivian and Tielle have some understanding of Shane’s specialty, which is why they put down some of their concerns and chose this strategy?

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Shane immediately grasped everyone’s thoughts and scratched his cheek before he spoke up.

“I did meet them.”

Shane’s ambiguous tone caused everyone to exchange glances in confusion.

“Can you tell us what you talked about?”

Vivian hesitated for a moment, then still asked the question.

Obviously, this matter was of great concern to Vivian.

“Actually, we didn’t talk about anything too important,” Shane considered for a moment and selectively revealed, “I was planning to gather some information for you all, but they claimed that Vivian already knew her identity, so they sent me back to ask Vivian directly.”

At that statement, everyone’s gaze focused on Vivian.

Shane did the same.

Vivian fell silent.

This reaction told everyone that Vivian indeed knew the other party’s identity.

“Vivian, sister?”

“Why didn’t you tell us?”

Lu Muya and Merica then spoke up one after another, one feeling bewildered, the other curious.

On the other hand, Tielle maintained her usual silent and reticent demeanor, which made it clear that she might also know something.

This was quite normal.

Based on Shane’s speculation, Laischa’s identity seemed not too secret, at least more transparent than he had imagined. It might not be surprising if Tielle, who had seen Laischa’s portrait and met her in person in the Mangar Mountain Range, knew her identity.

Shane even suspected that Tielle had guessed Laischa’s identity when she saw her and thus picked up the invitation letter with Laischa’s whereabouts after Shane left. Then, she produced it when everyone wanted to find Laischa.

As for Lu Muya and Merica, since they had not seen Laischa, they still did not know what the person they were looking for looked like.

In such a situation, Vivian fell silent for a while before sighing.

“Actually, Lu Muya and Merica know her identity as well, but since they have not met her, they just don’t know who our target is,”

Vivian said, turning to Shane.

“I’ve mentioned before, Killian was one of the three masterminds behind the large-scale assassination attempt in the Royal Capital ten years ago, right? He belonged to the Old Demon Clan Faction,”

What does this sentence mean? Shane didn’t quite understand.

“Why is it suddenly involving that poser?”

Shane mumbled to himself.

But immediately afterward, Shane suddenly thought of something that made him widen his eyes in astonishment.

“It can’t be, right?”

Shane thought of a possibility.

“It seems you’ve guessed it,” Vivian said with a slight smile. “Killian was only one of the masterminds. At the time, there were two other masterminds from the Old Demon Clan Faction involved in that incident.”

Who were those people?

The answer was on the verge of revealing itself.

“According to the records from the Royal Capital, at that time, the Old Demon Clan Faction that attacked the Royal Capital was led by three demons, all above Level 70.”

“Those three high-level demons were a gaunt old man, a sinister man, and a young girl of a distinguished air.”

“The man was Killian, who had already reached Level 70 at the time.”

“The old man was known as Beddo, the highest level amongst the three masterminds. The assassination plan was mostly directed by him, and most targets were killed by this individual. It was said that even the plan itself was devised by him, making him the head figure of the three.”

“Then…”

Vivian looked at Shane, who had fallen silent due to her words, and gave a wry smile.

“The last one, you must have guessed by now.”

It would have been odd not to guess.

However, at this moment, Vivian became serious.

“Compared to the first two, the last mastermind, although involved in the incident, did not engage in any killing,” Vivian said seriously. “At the time, she sneaked directly into the Royal City. When everyone thought she was there to strike at the direct line of the Royal Family, causing significant harm to the Mitra Kingdom, she not only refrained from killing anyone but stole something important and then fled.”

“Stole something important?” Shane’s heart stirred, and he quickly asked, “What was it?”

Vivian’s answer to this question was somewhat unsatisfactory.

“I don’t know what the stolen item is,” Vivian shook her head. “It seems to be a highly secretive and important object. Except for the direct line of the Royal Family, no one knows its true nature. However, the King personally warned that the item is extremely dangerous, an artifact left from a war a thousand years ago. If misused, it could cause a great disaster. Therefore, the girl who stole this object is actually pursued more urgently than Beddo and Killian.”

That’s why both Vivian and the Knight Captain, who saw the portrait at the time, recognized Laischa, right?

Shane felt that this matter was becoming more and more troublesome.

Because it all sounded like there was a serious insider story.

Unaware of Shane’s thoughts, Vivian continued to explain.

“After that, the young girl seemed to have left the Old Demon Clan Faction, taking the object with her on the run. The Old Demon Clan kept sending people to hunt her, appearing to want to purge a traitor. But whether there was another motive is also worth pondering.”

“The Kingdom is also searching for this young girl, trying to retrieve the important stolen object. But first, her means of evasion are extremely adept, making it very difficult to come into direct contact each time. Second, the King has issued orders that if she is found, she must be dealt with cautiously, for if she were to use that object, the consequences would be unimaginable.”

“It’s also for this reason that when they discovered her this time, the higher-ups didn’t dare to rashly send people to arrest her. They could only send people to secretly look for her, to contact her, to understand her purpose for appearing in Lamijion, whether she posed any danger, and then make plans.”

And Vivian received this mission, going with others to Huaming Pavilion.

Perhaps, after being transferred back, the reason Vivian hesitated to directly seek her out again was because of this matter?

“That guy…”

Shane felt an urge to strip away the other person’s façade.

What do you mean the other side is the evil faction?

Aren’t you also from the evil faction yourself?