Chapter 239
It was when Ian declared the demon’s annihilation. While most were focused on him, a considerable number were observing Duke Hayman’s expression.
The duke’s unprecedented look of bewilderment. It was the rock bottom that humans could show when faced with the worst situation. Hayman, who was said to stand between the royal family and nobility, didn’t hide his distress, even letting out small groans.
“Damn it.”
“D-Duke.”
He had already turned the imperial palace upside down once by colluding with Gale. To overcome that, he had tried to push Arsen as the successor, but now this bolt from the blue!
A demon? And a product of a curse continuing since the nation’s founding? It was maddening enough, but what made it even more bleak was that Ian, their adversary, had discovered and eliminated it.
‘It would have been better if the demon had come out alive.’
It would have been better if everyone died, killed, and collapsed. Then their transgressions would have been mixed in the chaos, becoming unrecognizable.
Even now, even now, if only that bastard could somehow…!