Chapter 123: ‘The Lord of Dread’ Deya, his reputation is completely ruined!
In Alfred's Land, at the foot of the Limerick Mountains, there is a town called Munster.
It is located in the north of the entire continental island, and the coastline is on the other side of the mountains.
As such a relatively remote town, Munster should be poor.
However, the Limerick Mountains are rich in minerals, which attracts many merchants to come here to trade minerals.
Therefore, the town is very lively and rich.
The Munster Tavern, named after the town, is the largest tavern here.
Although it is not as prosperous as the capital, Abranah, it is a rare high-end tavern in such a remote place.
Many businessmen or adventurers with some spare money come here to enjoy themselves.
As an uncivilized area, the Limerick Mountains are home to a large number of monsters.
Some of these monsters can provide precious magical materials, which are used by wizards for experiments, alchemists for making items, or for making large magical equipment.
Precisely because of its scarcity and high price, many adventure teams come here to try their best to earn some hard-earned money.
"Mr. Capet, would you like to have two glasses of grapefruit juice with your wife as usual?"
"Yes, boss, two more grilled sausages and fried haddock."
Deya walked to the bar skillfully, sat on a chair, and took out a few bills.
The boss picked up the bill and looked at it, then said, "Hey, Mr. Capet, since you have been taking care of my business for the past half month, I have to remind you in advance.
We may not accept these lotis from now on. Even if we use lotis, the price will probably increase exponentially."
Deya's heart moved, and he asked, "Has the war started?"
He knew that the boss had a lot of connections here, and that adventurers from all over the world came to his place to eat and drink, so he was well-informed.
Even though Deya has been using the Black Crow to contact his family, it is impossible for his family to explain every conflict in detail.
“I just heard the news that the eldest son of Earl Cavendish led a coalition of nobles to capture an important town in the territory of Archduke Ferdinand.
Although the two sides reached a stalemate afterwards, this incident caused quite a stir in Susaytani.
Archduke Ferdinand had the support of the King and Duke Frederick, yet he still lost a battle."
The owner of the tavern was a big mouth, talking incessantly, attracting the attention of everyone in the tavern.
Or maybe the boss did it on purpose, telling some of the latest information or gossip to attract customers.
“So, Lottie has depreciated?”
Deya raised the coins in his hand.
"Mr. Capet is knowledgeable. Yes, the exchange rate of loti for gold on the black market has dropped by half. The hard currency now is gold. Of course, if you have Najin, that thing is still stable."
Nagin is the currency of the Narpo Empire.
As the most powerful empire of mankind, it has political stability and massive gold reserves in its treasury. Naturally, it has become the anchor currency for other human federations and countries.
"Mr. Capet, if you want to buy minerals here, I guess Lottie won't be of much use. In fact, I advise you to leave. You probably won't be able to buy any high-quality minerals here.
The war could expand at any time. Duke Frederick has restricted the sale of minerals. The minerals here will become strategic resources."
The boss advised kindly.
"Thank you for the reminder, but I would like to wait a little longer. Boss, between the noble coalition and the king's army, who do you support?"
The tavern owner laughed and said, "Who should I support? Whoever can help me make safe money, I will support him."
Everyone in the pub was whistling and laughing.
Someone said at this time: "I still support His Majesty the King."
"why?"
"Don't you know? The church has confirmed that Deya Cavendish, the second son of Earl Cavendish, is the 'Son of the Dark Moon' of the Dark Moon Church!"
"That's right, that's right. Churches in various places have already issued notices, saying that if you see the Son of Dark Moon, you must stay away from him."
"You all saw what happened in the World Recollection, right? The Dark Moon Child from seven hundred years ago played with human corpses and didn't even let people rest in peace after death. It was really too cruel."
"I heard that Deya Cavendish massacred a city not long ago and turned all the people in the city into undead creatures."
"That's nothing. My sister married to Cavendish Territory. The Son of Dark Moon enjoys the right of first night in his family's territory. All girls who are waiting to be married must serve him first."
"Right of first night? Wasn't this a law abolished hundreds of years ago?"
"The right to virginity is nothing. That Deya Cavendish is probably a necrophiliac. He even likes to kill women and turn them into mummies before having sex with them."
"Goddess, this is horrible!"
"..."
The rumors in the tavern became more and more bizarre, and Deya had unknowingly turned into a terrifying devil.
Some people even call him the 'Dreadlord'.
Deya, with a gloomy face, carried the plate and drinks back to the corner of the tavern.
Lamia, in disguise, sat at the table there.
"Laugh if you want."
Deya said helplessly.
His reputation is now completely ruined.
Although the Dawn Church did not issue a wanted notice for him, it was because the church still needed the help of the Cavendish family.
But the church also spread the word and made Deya famous as a big devil.
De Ya is relatively calm about this.
Again, terror and fear are also a form of domination.
Since I cannot follow the kingly way, let people welcome Deya with food and drink.
You can also use the tyrannical approach. The Lord of Dread is coming, so everyone should hand over the food and beautiful girls in your homes and pray for him to spare your lives.
The result is the same anyway, and you might even get more!
But it’s no one else’s fault.
Who asked him to show what the "undead disaster" is in the world recollection?
“I don’t laugh easily.”
Lamia shook her head, not intending to laugh at Deya.
"Because you are a professional, right?"
Deya complained.
This witch has never laughed before.
Lamia was confused, she didn't understand the joke.
"Mr. Capet, we have gathered enough information in the past half month. We can set off now."
The witch deliberately emphasized the last name "Mr. Capet".
In order to hide his identity, Deya temporarily changed his surname, which made the witch very satisfied.
"Well, when the people I called and the adventure team tomorrow arrive, let them lead us into the mountains."
Deya nodded slightly.
The news that the 'Witch of Wish' and the 'Twin Witches' were hiding in the Limerick Mountains was discovered by Lamia at the cost of her life.
When she was in Abranah, she deliberately allowed herself to be captured by the Witch Cult, and then learned all this from the Cult.
The cult knew Lamia's ability, so they didn't kill her, but Lamia committed suicide. Deya once asked the witch, and the witch told him that the ability of "Death Return" can be sensed by himself whether it can be activated.
So Deya gave her a pill, which was a highly toxic poison, and then gave her instructions using suggestion.
When Lamia was caught, the 'suggestion' took effect and Lamia swallowed the pill that had been hidden in her mouth.
Because the witch's thoughts were affected by Deya's "suggestion", it was determined that Deya poisoned her to death instead of committing suicide, so "Death Return" was activated.
It can be said that Deya just encountered a BUG.
According to information obtained from the Witch Cult, there are three witches in Susetani.
The Witch of Wish had been hiding here for the longest time, and the cult had just received information about it.
The 'Time Witch', Lamia herself, was the second to arrive here.
The 'Twin Witches' were being hunted by the cult and fled to Susetani.
The Witch Cult came to Susetani this time just to bring back the three witches.
The whereabouts of the two have been discovered, only Lamia has been hiding well beside Deya.
The two witches were hiding in the Limerick Mountains. If the Witch Cult captured them, they would definitely pass through this town after coming out of the mountains.
Deya and Lamia were lying in wait here, hoping to hijack the "execution ground".
But after waiting here for half a month, they still didn't see any members of the Witch Cult, and some adventurers discovered those members of the Witch Cult in the mountains.
This means that the Witch Cult was unsuccessful and they haven't caught anyone yet.
Deya also gave up the idea of waiting and prepared to take the initiative to attack.
After dinner, Deya and Lamia returned to their rented house.
The two people have already had an intimate relationship. As long as the woman has had sex once and is interested in the man, she will be very casual about having sex a second or third time.
During this time, apart from waiting for the Witch Cult, Deya and Lamia lived a normal life as boyfriend and girlfriend.
During the day they would read and study together, or wander around town. In the evening, when there was no entertainment, they would just make love at home.
Back at the resting place, Deya took out a map of the mainland island.
He looked at the location of the town called Munster and suddenly said, "After finding the Witch of Wish, I plan to capture this town."
Lamia sat next to Deya, poured him a cup of tea, leaned her head against him and asked softly, "Why?"
Deya gestured at the map and said, "This town is backed by the Limerick Mountains. It is very high and easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Eighty kilometers down from the town is an important hub city in the Duke of Frederick's territory. It is a major transportation route and a place where the Duke must pass through to allocate supplies.
As long as I capture this town, the Duke will feel like he has a thorn in his side and it will be a major problem for him to mobilize supplies.
Because I can lead my troops south at any time to attack this hub city, or even plunder military supplies along the way."
After a pause, Deya continued, "... Secondly, the minerals here are also important materials. As long as I take them, our Duke will be very uncomfortable."
Lamia looked at the map carefully and said, “But if you establish a base directly behind enemy lines, you will most likely be besieged.
The dukedom, the kingdom, and even the Church of Dawn may send sixth- and seventh-ring masters to besiege you."
Deya pointed his finger towards the Limerick Mountains and said, “If those masters really come, I will hide in the largest mountains on this continental island.
Even those Seventh Ring masters would have a hard time finding me in these mountains."
The Seventh Ring cannot move mountains or fill the sea. Once you run into the mountains, no matter how many rings you have, you will be helpless.
Deya didn't believe that these seven-ring masters would fight him here.
It would be better if they could fight to the death, as they could draw back the kingdom's masters and allow the frontal troops to advance by leaps and bounds. By the time they conquer all the territories sent by the king, even the strong men of the seventh ring would be crushed to death.
In the world recollection, Deya has killed many seven-ring masters, and he can easily replicate them.
"After I find the Witch of Wish and use her power to help me advance to the fourth ring, I will stay in this mountain and not come out."
Deya said so.
"what are you up to?"
The witch asked.
"I want to explode soldiers in the mountains!"
Deya is ready to send out troops!
Ever since the world recollection, he has been rushing to the ruins to find forbidden objects, and after returning, he went to jailbreak without rest.
Now that he finally has some free time, Deya will make good use of this time and build up his army like crazy.
Don't worry about whether the exploded troops are high-level or low-level troops.
There are tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of undead legions. Are you afraid?
Even if there were tens of thousands of pigs, they could kill a person, let alone tens of thousands of undead creatures.
As soon as I have gathered all my soldiers, I will march south!
Seeing the smile on Deya's lips and the confident look in his eyes, the witch felt a little moved.
The tiptoe of one of her feet stepped on the floor, her toes were as big as nutmeg, revealing the smooth and pink sole of her foot. The witch, who had taken off her disguise, bit Deya's ear.
Deya shivered and felt his body tingling and itchy. He breathed faster and asked, "Can't you bear it?"
"Ah."
Lamia hummed softly and rubbed her ears.
Deya pressed the Duke's daughter's head down hard, and the witch immediately understood what he meant and bent down.
Deya squinted his eyes. The only sound in the quiet house was the sound of water.
After an unknown amount of time, Deya suddenly rubbed Lamia's black hair vigorously, and he raised his body slightly while sitting on the chair.
The witch was gentle for a while before she stood up, stood in front of Deya, pointed at her moist cherry lips, and slowly opened her mouth so that Deya could see.
A little excited, Deya grabbed Lamia's beautiful neck, and the sudden feeling of suffocation made the witch groan.
The feeling of losing oxygen and feeling dizzy in that moment made her feel genuinely happy.
Patricia stood aside, oblivious to what was happening here.
In the past half month, she often sat in a daze, sorting out her confused memories.
……
The next day, two people came to Deya's rented house.
"Master, I rushed here right after receiving your letter. I shouldn't have missed the time."
The well-dressed yet strong and powerful old man performed the noble etiquette and greeted respectfully.
“Haha, Deya, I didn’t expect you to send me a letter. Seeing how anxious you were, I rode my falcon and rushed over from the rain forest.
Damn it, why is it so cold here? I should have worn two more layers of clothing if I had known."
The one who made the complaint was Upton, the six-ringed wood elf druid in the rainforest.
The druid wore a big hat and disguised himself so that people would not discover his identity as a wood elf.
According to Lamia's intelligence, in addition to the witch's followers, the Witch Cult also had a seven-ring witch and two six-ring witches who came to Susetani this time.
With such a lineup, Deya would definitely not be able to defeat it unless he directly used the Dragon Feast Crystal.
The Dragon Feast Crystal is a trump card, so don’t use it if you can.
So Deya chose to move players.
A seventh-ring arcane warrior, a sixth-ring forest druid, plus myself as a necromancer with various undead summons, and Lamia, a fifth-ring warlock, there would be no problem.
Even if we encounter unexpected events, we can still use Dragon Feast Crystal and Patricia's trump cards.
When Deja needs to be reckless, he is very reckless, but when he needs to be steady, he is as steady as an old dog.
(End of this chapter)