Chapter 67
Chapter 67: Everything Is Going According to Plan!
After Doyle Candice finished explaining the last matter, to prevent Lolth from inviting her to dinner again, Doyle quickly said goodbye and left.
"Well then, goodbye, Master Lolth!"
As expected, shortly after Doyle Candice left, the familiar Golem Puppet also arrived in the reception room and left a crumpled note for Lolth.
When unfolded, the note displayed delicate handwriting in the language of the Abyssal demon race.
"Well, I’ve also arrived, so I guess the speed is alright."
The tone of the message was as cheeky as ever, but Lolth didn’t bother replying. She expressionlessly crumpled the note again and tossed it into the nearby waste bin.
She stood up, stretched lazily, and glanced at her new tasks.
Cook up some intelligence on the Holy Alliance’s recent activities…
This can wait for fifteen more days, so no rush!
Fix the Space Magic Array…
Hmm, maybe I don’t need to fix it tonight either.
After all, the gap is right underneath the torture tower, so if any magical beasts were to come in, they could be noticed right away.
If there were any powerful beings, the torture tower also has a second layer of Space Magic Array for protection, so there is no need to worry.
Besides, it’s unlikely to be just a coincidence.
Therefore, Lolth decided to repair the broken magic array in the morning, and there is still time to do so!
"Time to sleep, I have already exceeded my workload for today!"
She delivered a speech during the day, added new features to the magic array in the afternoon, personally cooked and distributed free food to the residents in the evening, and even welcomed the messenger Doyle from the demon king.
For Lolth, this was already a week’s worth of work!
She absolutely could not work anymore.
Besides, it was already evening, and it was time to go to sleep.
Thinking this, Lolth also started her bedtime routine.
Wash up, change into pajamas, choose a room!
As Lolth began to get ready for bed, in a corner of the central square alley, Isabella also stared in shock at the person standing in front of her, looking completely puzzled.
"Are you… Qiong?"
Standing in front of her was a petite girl, wearing a large cloak, with a black veil covering her face and wearing a hood.
Although the other person was mysterious, Isabella still recognized this person’s identity.
Qiong from the United Kingdom of South Sotua, was once a renowned mercenary and assassin in South Sotua.
If you ask her to kill monsters and magical beasts, then she is a mercenary, an adventurer.
If you ask her to kill your enemies… then she is an assassin and a killer.
When Isabella was still a child and active, she went through boring training.
The first time Isabella saw Qiong, who had been recruited by the kingdom at some point, she joined the Holy Alliance as an intelligence agent of the United Kingdom of South Sotua.
Qiong had never assassinated any demons, but to Isabella, she was still a respected powerful individual.
With her presence, the demons couldn’t hide their movements!
The team "Sneaker" she trained single-handedly caused great trouble to the demon race amidst the complex defenses and battlefields in the East.
"Yes, I am Isabella Anno Ruitberd Zu Schwarzwald."
Qiong responded in a calm voice.
Isabella couldn’t help but feel a bit happy when she saw Qiong.
But soon she realized something.
"You’re not here to save me, right?"
Isabella asked cautiously.
"Of course not."
Qiong replied shortly.
As a person with a background as a hired mercenary killer, she was even less compassionate than Isabella.
And that’s also why Isabella realized that the other person wasn’t here to rescue her.
A rescue mission obviously wouldn’t be entrusted to Qiong.
Because her best skills were in stealth… and assassination.
Probably, the other person was here to get rid of her.
Because they were symbolic figures of the Holy Alliance, they knew a lot of things.
"Well, then please."
Isabella said this and made a gesture of "go ahead."
She was quite calm about death.
It was also something she had been longing for.
Before she fell completely, being killed by a strong opponent like Qiong, though better than being killed by demons, was also considered…
Isn’t this a fitting death?
Saying that, Isabella slowly closed her eyes.
And after a moment passed…
She felt a rough texture in her hand.
Opening her eyes again, she found a letter in her hand.
Qiong had disappeared from her sight.
Isabella, feeling puzzled, opened the letter and realized she had misunderstood.
The letter contained the Holy Alliance’s counterattack plan!
In a month, the Holy Alliance would launch a counterattack on the entire western front!
By then, the recently occupied Vera Plain and the unstable demon race would be caught off guard, leaving their rear extremely vulnerable.
The reason for informing Isabella was to allow her to find an opportunity at that time to escape out of the Demon Army’s area of control and also to know the Holy Alliance’s deployment and main direction of attack while escaping, making it easier for her to meet up with them!
Of course, there was also a possibility of not being able to escape.
Even though it wasn’t explicitly stated, Isabella knew very well that the Holy Alliance also wanted her to restrain some of the high-level demon forces in the rear!
After all, she was at least a legendary Grand Knight.
If she ran away, the Demon Army would always send out at least one legend to pursue her!
Of course, the premise was that she had to first lift the curse and shackles, and actually manage to escape!
Upon seeing this, Isabella revealed a hint of a bitter smile.
The Holy Alliance probably didn’t know that she could no longer "escape".
Now, the only thing she could do was to keep this secret safe and not let that succubus discover the Holy Alliance’s plan!
What Isabella didn’t know was that on the outskirts of the town, Qiong had already left through a gap in the Space Magic Array and was using communication magic devices to report everything to the high-level officials of the United Kingdom of South Sotua in the Holy Alliance.
"Yes, I have successfully met Isabella."
"Hillenbrand Town is a place where prisoners are kept and it is highly valued by the demon race, surrounded by magic arrays."
"I sneaked in just before a mysterious explosion incident that seemed like an internal conflict in the magic array happened."
"Don’t worry, I have left plenty of clues behind, everything is part of the plan."
"That letter, Isabella will destroy it too."
Under the cover of night, Qiong’s small figure moved towards the direction of Holy Alliance’s new Western Front in the shadows.