78 Surprised, are we? (2/2)

Rufus maintained his calm composure on the outside, but he was burning from the inside.

'I surely sounded like some creepy old man, sigh...'- Rufus thought while looking at the amused expression on Ozul's face as he petted the black cat on his lap.

”Ah, we are here for that? Well, many things happened yesterday... I don't like to talk so much, though.”

Rufus was finally gaining some light in his eyes when he heard Ozul's first line, but the last part made him grit his teeth in anger. This kid was still playing with him!

In his entire life of being the Chief Leader, no one had dared to say anything funny to his face except for his Royal Majesty and the Empress.

But this kid did not even give him any face! And ignoring the grave event that had happened, he was here on the orders of Emperor Luthien himself! How could he be so impudent!?

Though just as Rufus was about to erupt with anger, Ozul motioned towards Raven as she came forward.

Both Rufus and Irene were confused, but due to different reasons. The latter was perplexed at the situation. She couldn't find even one reason as to why both the black-haired girl and the stony-faced cyan haired guy would follow his orders.

Unlike Rufus, her grandfather, she did not have any observation skills, or else figuring out that Ozul was not an average human wouldn't have been a problem.

Moreover, she was a muscle brain. Even a little taunting and she would lose her cool. So she also did not have the time to observe Ozul. Shaking her head to dismiss these thoughts, Irene focused on Raven.

”As you know, we are Mercenaries. What else do you want to know?”

Raven asked in a deadpanned voice, seemingly quite bored with the situation. It irked Rufus since even a standard Rank-5 Mage talked to him with such tone. However, he held it in since she was ready to speak.

”I want to know what happened at that sight last night.”

Raven looked at Ozul for confirmation, and they did not even say a word before she faced Rufus and began to explain everything.

”You should already be aware of the Eclipse's Order. Well, they were creating a Monster by sacrificing about 500 or so children.”

Rufus was listening with keen eyes, and when Raven said the last part, many things started to make sense in his mind.

The inhumane shriek that shook the City to the core, and the Mana waves that reached even the Capital City from here—it was all because of the Monster created by sacrificing hundreds of children!

”So what happened after that? How did it die? And more importantly, what happened to Duke Edwin?”

Rufus started bombarding Raven with questions once he had digested the previous information.

”The Monster just died on its own, while Duke Edwin and the leader of Eclipse's Order were killed by the former before it died.”

”Well, strictly said, the leader of Eclipse's Order perished because he could not contain all the energy in his body after trying to absorb the Monster.”

”While Duke Edwin, well, he was a great hero. When he noticed that there was no one else to stop the Monster, he sacrificed all his being to stop it. Regrettably, his efforts were in vain since all his men still died due to the last attack from that Evil Creature.”

Raven said the last part while shaking her head and releasing a fake sigh. For a moment, Rufus had believed everything that she said.

But then he remembered his encounters with Duke Edwin. Rufus knew that there was no way in hell that someone like Edwin could ever be so 'heroic'.

That man had massacred his brother's whole family for god sake, how could he sacrifice his own life for others?!

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