Chapter 820: Chapter 821 – Dragons. Allies or traitors? – Part 2.
<<Situation is as fallows.>>
<<Anger.>>
<<Desperation.>>
<<Sense of betrayal.>>
<<Suffering.>>
<<And despair.>>
<<That is the only way I can describe this territory as I was investigating it.>>
<<And it isn’t just the territory.>>
<<From what I found out, the higher ranking members of the clans are also suffering.>>
<<There is also some rumors about the current dragon king of that clan, the one who rules this territory.>>
<<He apparently stays locked in his castle.>>
<<Some says that he is ill.>>
<<Some says that he given up on his people after his son has died.>>
<<Some people say that he is already dead and the higher ups are preventing anybody from finding out about it.>>
<<Rumors without any confirmation... Expect for the fact that the dragon king isn’t leaving his castle.>>
<<There is another thing.>>
<<Hostility.>>
<<If I didn’t changed my form again, blending in with the people here, they would straight up show me a pure hostility.>>
<<The people here, the citizens and even soldiers, are now somewhat fully hostiles to the other clans.>>
<<Honestly speaking? It wouldn’t be even hard for somebody to rally those people and have them go to the war... Which is bad.>>
<<Still, there are the strongest heads of the clan and the dragon king, the one who represent the clan itself.>>
<<They may have some answers behind why the prince really caused that genocide.>>
(Hm... Despise the territory being in ruins, the castle grounds seems to still have some powerful.) – thought Oron as he arrived at the location where extremely massive castle like fortress was located at.
(Dragon, wyverns and even high lizardmen on the watch duty.)
(From what I also know, this clan specializes in plant and wind, just like their sibling clan Muwi clan.)
(However the main difference is that Wumi clans is more water plant element-oriented clan, while Muwi is more focused about their wind part.)
(This place looks like a massive forest that was fused completely with a forest, somewhat elvish like in appearance.)
"..."
(Still, this is the only real "forest" area that I’ve had seen.)
(If you move further away from the castle, you can see the empty fields where forests were present everywhere.)
(Anyway, I can probably use few ways to sneak in.)
(But the problem would be the security no matter what... I would have probably limited amount of time before I would be forced to run away.)
(I’ve tried looking into the prince, but nothing was really going on... Or more exactly, nobody really knows.)
(It doesn’t really look like he interacted with anybody "special" outside of the castle... But what inside? Is there anybody suspicious? Or maybe somebody who came to visit?)
(The question is on whom I should set my focus first?)
(The elders of the clan?)
(The dragon king?)
(Or maybe some kind of library?)
(The best way to get info would be via dragon king.)
(But would he even listen the random ass assassin who barged into his room?)
(Not only that, we are talking here about dragon king.)
(There is no way he is weak.)
(And just thinking fighting here is beyond stupid.)
(The moment I would make a mess; they would instantly raise the alarm.)
(That means no fighting no matter what.)
(The disguise kit doesn’t really allow me to take on the form of different people. Only some customization and race change effect.)
(Unless they have somebody who would look like somewhat similar to my race changed form, I could give my self few twerks and make myself appear like them... But the chances of that being a real situation are somewhat low.)
(So, is my only option just sneaking in?)
(I don’t think they wouldn’t notice a new odd one soldier suddenly appearing out of a blue, if their security is that tight.)
"Hm..."
(Should I kidnap somebody?)
(But who? And how?)
(I’m strong.)
(But if the dragon is tough enough to survive fighting me for more than few seconds, then it will be their automatic victory.)
(Still, I have few poisons that I had made for just this kind of situation.)
(It could give an upper hand that would allow me to knock out somebody unconscious quiet quickly and then allow me to run away with my victim.)
(But who the fuck I should kidnap?)
(I can’t just go in and out, over and over again.)
(One person.)
(That is the limit.)
(But who should I kidnap?)
"..."
(From the info that I had gathered, the prince is close friends with four people.)
(All four which are the elders of the clan.)
(There are also his family members.)
(There are in total 5 princesses here.)
(Parents. Dragon king and dragon queen. There are no multiple dragon queens in this clan.)
(Head maid. The retired one. I’ve already met her and asked her few questions while pretending to be member of the clan.)
(She left alongside several maids after the king went on rampage caused by him losing his son.)
(The new head maid probably doesn’t know anything.)
(The previous head of the military affairs, he was helping out the prince in the genocide behind the dragon king’s back, resulting in him and all of his subordinates getting executed for the treason.)
(According to info, they were like brothers and that man was apparently far more loyal to the prince than the dragon king, which was shown when he betrayed his clan.) – thought Oron as he took out his notebook and started looking through it again.
(Is there anybody else who stands out?)
(Anybody who was close to the dragon prince, but isn’t really standing out too much....)
"?"
"His love affairs?" – Oron remembers the past conversation he had with the lizardmen in the bar as he was gathering information.
"Hm... Wasn’t there something?"
"Yeah! I remember!" – said lizardman B.
"I think it was announced.... I think? Hm...."
"Say, what was her name?"
"...I don’t know.... Weird... " – replied lizardman C.
"..."
"Fiancé." – said Oron to himself.
(Honestly, now I look at it, I have barely anything here.)
(I thought that maybe she "disappeared" after the prince went mad.)
(But shouldn’t there be bit more "noise" considering how beloved that prince was by his people originally?)
(And yet...)
"..."
<<Something wasn’t right the moment I laid my eyes on this part of my notes.>>
<<I decided to give up infiltrating the castle for now and began wondering around once more throughout the territory, gathering the info about the so called "fiancé".>>
<<...>>
<<The days would go by... And I would quickly realize something.>>
"Why the fuck there was no name?" – said Oron to himself while sitting on top of the building while the cover of the night was hiding him.
(No matter where I looked, what settlement I have visited, there was always the same.)
(The "fiancé" was real, but the name is nowhere to be heard?)
(No only that, no matter how I asked, it looked like people just "forgotten" the name?)
(I would get it if it was one or two people.)
(But there was way too many people who forgotten her name.)
(I even tried getting some information about soldiers that once worked for the clan directly, but nothing came out.)
(It was straight up erased.) – thought Oron as he written few more notes before then running away from the settlement, he was just in.
"..."
"A fiancé that doesn’t exists.... This ain’t right."
(Is she really went in hiding after what the prince did?)
(From shame? From fear?)
(But again, that freaking lack of knowledge regarding her name is way too freaking suspicious.)
<<No matter how I looked at it, no matter how I tried connecting the dots, nothing was working.>>
<<SHE WASN’T IN THE PICTURE!>>
<<Or if anything, she was "nowhere"!>>
<<Somebody who should be close to the prince and yet disappeared out of trace, both in tracks and from the minds of people.>>
<<This was so abnormal.>>
<<And way too fucking suspicious.>>
<<I don’t know when she even disappeared.>>
<<Was it before or after the prince went mad?>>
<<And who exactly was that woman?>>
<<I need to know.>>
<<...>>
<<And there is one person who may know something.>>
<<Dragon king.>>
<<I really didn’t wanted to talk with him.>>
<<But from what I’ve had seen, something ain’t right, no matter how I look at it.>>
<<I will have to directly confront the king.>>
<<And so, I headed back to the castle.>>
<<And aimed to enter that place, confronting the dragon king regarding the truth.>>
<<...Or so I planned.>>
(It is getting late... Good.) – thought Oron as he was running with his stealth skill as the sun was slowly setting.
(I can use the cover of the night to easily sneak inside.)
(Still... Maybe I should consider summoning some demons? They could create some distraction at least, while I go and confront the dragon king.)
(...But again, should I even do that? Maybe I should aim for the elder instead?)
(Maybe they too know something.... But-)
"!"
Oron suddenly and instantly hid behind a massive rock.
"...The hell is going on here?" – said Oron as he took out a telescope like device and put it over his massive demonic forehead eye, equipping the eye with the device and enchanting its vision.
(A carriage? A fancy looking one at that.)
(This symbol.... A symbol of three headed and three-winged dragon.) – thought Oron as he was inspecting the symbol that was on the caravan.
(Isn’t this the symbol of the Wo’won clan?!)
(What the hell is going on?)
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