Chapter 809 - 809 809 Lord

Chapter 809: Chapter 809 Lord Chapter 809: Chapter 809 Lord The banquet was only 15 minutes from starting.

The four temporarily gathered in a room for a brief discussion, sharing secret clues they had glimpsed since entering the city and some of their own conjectures.

The “Art Festival” must be a conspiracy, but what was the true purpose of the conspiracy?

Demons would not be so foolish as to entertain humans out of their own interests and hobbies, much less to actively yield during the siege… After all, the “medium land deed” was not a trivial matter, symbolizing the Lord’s status as well as the “Old King’s” trust and blessing.

On the surface, it seemed that the Lord might want to probe the secrets of the Expeditionary Army through Han Dong and his companions and then use “mind control” to create turmoil within the army after the four returned.

But all this was predicated on the premise of ‘control.’

If Han Dong and his companions were not under control… what would the Lord do? Reveal his true nature, directly attack the four and carry out forced control?

Or perhaps his initial purpose was not to control the four to obtain military intelligence.

But something involving deeper matters, things that cannot be deduced from the current intelligence.

There were only so many ‘conjectures’ in general.

To find out, one must delve deeper into the palace, into the core of the Demon City.

At the end of the discussion, Knight Charlie added a sentence:

“This city seems to be ‘disguising’ something as much as possible… just like the puppets I make, however close they come to real people, there are still subtle differences and a greater or lesser sense of discord.

The ‘siege battle’ cannot involve the entire army.

The battle must be established upon the “World Rule”, meaning that the forces involved cannot exceed the scale of the city.

If we cannot find what is deeply buried in the depths of this city, even if the siege is successful, our army will suffer great casualties, severely affecting the following expeditions.

Three days’ time.

Ensure the mind is not invaded, and clear as much of the city’s secrets as possible.”

“Agreed.”

…

[Banquet Hall]

One hundred and eight small sacred figures formed the chandelier lighting the vast hall, with a marble dining table measuring more than ten meters at the lower end.

Twenty-one sets of tableware were laid out.

Chefs wearing white pig masks were slowly bringing the appetizers to the table.

Artists who had either passed the art examination or received direct invitations would enjoy the highest-grade banquet in [Perugia] and have the fortune to dine at the same table as the Lord.

Han Dong and his companions chose seats far from the host’s seat.

Vino’s mask, specially modified by Han Dong, was covered with a Tentacles membrane layer… It could further disguise and completely shield the vision, avoiding visual pollution.

More than half of the other banquet’s distinguished guests were not [Perugia people].

They were members from tribes, villages, or organizations.

They were all inclined towards spiritual powers, hearing that the Lord of Perugia was a Demon with an Ancestor Body and unique spiritual accomplishments, trying to come here to find ways to enhance their spiritual powers or to comprehend some of the concepts about ‘Ancestor Return’ through viewing art pieces.

Most of those sitting here were “Demons”, mainly Newborns.

There were also two Evils with outstanding artistic talent who had gained the opportunity to attend the banquet through passing the baseline assessment.

The time for the banquet had arrived.

In an instant, the candlelight turned a greyish white.

The Lord was not yet visible, but his voice was the first to be heard.

It was like a voice from the deep space of the universe paired with the screams from the bottom of the Abyss, overlapping to create an ethereal sound.

The language used was also a kind of “World Language” that any species of Demon could understand, coupled with a bit of [Italian Language] learned from the locality, to ensure the four special human beings could understand.

“Thank you all, guests with outstanding artistic accomplishments, for gracing my mansion.”

Listening to the strange overlapping voices,

The guests turned their attention to the top end of the staircase in the banquet hall,

The heavy door, engraved with the “Sun Emblem” and “Moon Seal,” was pushed open by two robust servants.

The lord of a middle-ranked land deed in “Perugia City,”

a high-order being capable of leaving a psychological shadow on the Scarlet Count,

Han Dong had never seen the “Ancestor Body” face-to-face before,

was now slowly appearing in a floating manner,

The first thing that met the eye was the ‘Colorful Holy Robe’ draped over the lord’s body… His face and most of his body were hidden beneath it, making it impossible to directly peer into the true state of this Ancestor Body.

‘Four arms and four legs,’ ‘bird in a cage’ may well be the core characteristics of this lord.

Four arms:

Two of them were crossed in front of the chest,

while the other two extended out to the left and right in the posture of the great hall’s painting—”Comprehension of Truth,” as if holding the sun and moon in their palms.

Four legs:

Two legs extended from the middle of the Sacred Robe in a ‘seated’ position,

and the other two naturally projected from the lower end of the robe in a ‘floating’ stance.

Bird in a cage:

The top of the head, hidden by the hood, had two curved bull horns.

A thin wire connected between the horns was used to suspend a special metal birdcage… A lively sparrow was living inside the cage.

…

Although the Colorful Holy Robe concealed the lord’s figure,

such a posture was shocking enough, and the “bird in a cage” tied between his long horns was also thought-provoking, subtly revealing the lord’s certain desire for control.

At the same time, there was another point.

Because two of the lord’s legs stuck out of the robe in a seated position… the robe was slightly stretched by these legs, and the structure of his true state within was faintly visible.

However.

Even the demons attending the banquet held a ‘do not stare rudely’ attitude, and no one dared to look directly at the lord’s ‘true body.’

Only Han Dong, sitting at the back, was secretly utilizing the Demon Eye’s spying ability, trying to peek at the secrets beneath the Sacred Robe.

Through the darkness, to uncover the essence…

Squeak squeak squeak~~

Though he was using his eyes to spy, what came instead was a series of crisp mouse squeaks.

Han Dong had no choice but to firmly pinch his mouth with his palm, engaging in a ‘Mad Laugh,’ but without making any sound.

Dispelling the horde of mice in his head, a frightful scene was successfully glimpsed.

The result of such spying caused a drop of fresh blood to flow down from his forehead… The Little Demon Eye, being of a lower rank, suffered a relatively severe visual injury after spying on a higher-order being.

“Is this the… posture of an Ancestor Body?”

Flesh-ground stars,

monument inscriptions made of mice eyes,

an abyss piled with corpses,

As Han Dong recalled this image and felt deeply uncomfortable, a soft finger quietly landed on his back.

‘Massage and manipulation’

Discomfort of both body and mind vanished into thin air.

At that moment, Dumps, who was wearing a mask, was looking at him, and his voice also entered Han Dong’s mind:

“You really dare, Nicholas… You even dare to directly spy on the true state of an ‘Ancestor Body.'”