And with those words, Roxanne left the underworld. However, she did not actually leave; instead, she made herself invisible and started observing everyone with a cold demeanor. She was very interested in finding out who was the one pulling the strings for this.
During this whole time, Roxanne has been scanning the whole place repeatedly. And it was then she realized that this whole mess was not something Rizevim had done.
If it was truly him, then there would be one or two spies that would be live broadcasting this whole drama to him.
Rizevim is someone who doesn't trust anyone, so most of the time he always has someone broadcast their vision and senses to him so he can truly understand what happened. This is also the reason why Rizevim can know many things without even stepping out of the laboratory.
It's not that his spy network is amazing, it's just that his ability to utilize his subordinates is amazing. You know, sometimes the person himself doesn't know he has been sharing his senses with Rizevim. So this allows Rizevim to keep his pawns hidden.
And to be honest, even Roxanne is amazed at this. Hadn't it been for a lucky coincidence, even she might be in the dark about this. And that would be really scary.
An enemy who knows and predicts every move you make is an enemy that will leave a deep psychological nightmare on someone.
And this has been a proven fact. After all, there was a man who dominated the whole three realemes with his amazing wisdom and bug-like ability. Even the next god, who was both omniscient and omnipresent, was fooled by him.
…
After another few hours of endless arguing, the Devil Council finally came to a conclusion. And that is that the waters are too deep for them to make trouble.
Who are they kidding? All of the other factions in the alliance had already given their consent to this, and the main reason for all this mess lies in them. If they decided to cause trouble, forget about other factions; even their own Satans would protect them when the Shadow Garden comes for revenge.
And if the most affected party, the Hindu Pantheon, is not saying anything, what right do they really have to express their opinion?
But knowing this, why did they argue for the last five hours? Well, it is because they couldn't lose face and wanted to plan (not really) a counterattack against Roxanne for daring to talk to them like that.
And so for hours they were forming the imaginary perfect plans and then unanimously disapproving them.
And at the end they all left the meeting room after completely messing up the brains of the Four Satans. No, it was actually three Satans, as Falbium slept the whole time. That guy didn't even wake up when Roxanne came to cause trouble.
As these council members were leaving, one of them had a nervous expression as he walked alone. This council member was the one who first started the whole mess involving Roxanne.
The mission given to him by that adult is to convict Shaltier and the Shadow Garden for the crimes of causing trouble for the Alliance and the Underworld.
At first he was in despair, thinking that his life would be over. He knew perfectly well that after doing this mission, the Shadow Garden would definitely come after his head. They might even release all the dark history he has and make him the public enemy.
But as he was in despair, the adult told him that if he were to succeed in this mission, then he would protect him from the Shadow Garden's revenge.
This gave him a little bit of confidence. Although the Shadow Garden has a terrifying information network, they cannot contend against that adult with influence. It isn't wrong to say that the whole underworld is his private property. He is the uncrowned king who can even make the other four Satans back down.
And besides, he didn't have much of a choice in this matter. So after thinking about it for a bit, he decided to do what that lord said and finish the mission as soon as possible.
This way he would have enough time to seek refuge and protect himself from the Shadow Garden.
For this he even bribed the others to cooperate with him. And just like he wanted, everything was going according to plan.
He managed to make everyone agree and put on the arrest order for Shaltier. After this weather she was captured or not didn't matter, as the charges had already been placed on her.
But just as everything was going so smoothly, that person appeared. She appeared and proved her innocence and made it impossible for them to use this as an opportunity to cause trouble for her again.
So now he is in deep shit of trouble. Since he failed to complete his mission, that adult would definitely not let him go away. And worse, he had now offended the Shadow Garden and had no way to protect himself.
So the desperate council member decided to do the only thing anyone would do at this moment. And that is to defect to another side that is equally powerful as the other two parties.
Thankfully he was very prepared for a day like this and managed to make enough connections. Now he only needs to get to his house and use the secret teleportation tunnel and escape from the underworld.
But before the counselor could take two steps away from the building, he heard a terrifying voice speaking next to his ear.
" Well, Councillor Johnathon, why don't you come with me to have a small cup of tea? I'm sure you are very tired after trying to scheme against me for hours, right? "
Before the poor man could even let out a scream for help, he was suddenly swallowed up in a deep darkness.
But strangely enough, even though there were many people near him, none of them even noticed his disappearance.
****
" Master Councilor Johnathan has failed his mission," one servant knelt and said respectfully to the man who was drinking a cup of red wine near the window overlooking the entire underworld.
"Oh, what happened? " the man said, not even bothering to look behind.
" The Shadow Garden moves were unexpectedly fast. Before the devil council could finish putting up the charges against Shaltier, she herself unexpectedly arrived and proved her innocence. In addition, she managed to convince the Hindu Pantheon to join the alliance, so the devil council had lost all grounds to do anything to her. " The servant explained the situation in a top-level secret meeting so casually.
" I see; it is a pity but not unexpected. " The man said calmly. He didn't seem one bit bothered by the fact that his plan failed.
The servant didn't say anything as he still kept his head bowed.
" Where is Johnathan now? " the man asked after a while.
" My lord, he is still inside the council hall. " The servant replied.
" I see. Make sure to deal with him after he leaves the hall. I don't want him to see the next sun tomorrow, " the man said with indifference.
" I will make sure of it, my lord." The servant bowed and left the room to finish his lord's mission.
****
If you want to read up to 20 advanced chapters go to my Patreon Account.
patreon.com/Nauty_Manu
****