LMS Volume 11+

Volume 48

Chapter 5: Gluttony Demon

Lafaye tapped on his desk as he called an emergency meeting.

"I heard that the hearts of the lords are trembling. I can't help but notice."

"Will it be difficult?"

Lafaye shook his head at Bardray's question.

"It isn't worth worrying about yet. It would be foolish of them to leave our Hermes Guild. Although Darius' revelations..."

"The public opinion about us is seriously bad."

"They are driving us little by little into a dead end. At this moment, no visible damages exist. The lords will never leave the Hermes Guild. Compared to the guild's military power, the lords have no troops."

"If the lords don't leave us... Still, shouldn't we do a little bit of preparation?"

"If they leave, they have to be prepared to throw everything away. I've already posted troops to some areas as an example."

Bardray and Lafaye.

The two leaders thought this measure was enough to deal with the lords.

The Arpen Kingdom was actively encouraging the independence of the lords but it wouldn't go according to their will.

A big picture was drawn in Lafaye's head but he tried to ignore it.

'The more loyal lords of the guild won't go. Although most of them are originally... And is the effort to take the lords part of some subsequent plan? Or is it just a wild stab?'

Then Bardray asked in a cold voice.

"Darius?"

"He disposed of all his property and escaped. The hunting squad tried to track him down but he already entered the Arpen Kingdom."

"He has no more revelations left?"

"There are a few things but the most important ones have come out."

Bardray looked at the leaders' faces one by one.

They were the warriors who fought with him when they conquered the Central Continent. They demonstrated the combat power of the Hermes Guild and proved their absolute strength to the world.

Penatul muttered.

"Things are getting worse and worse. Where did it start to go wrong?"

Lafaye grinned lightly.

"We didn't do anything wrong."

"We didn't?"

"I've been looking back on the past but I've never felt a moment of regret. It is impossible for us to start from the middle in the Central Continent."

"Why?"

"We've done our best so far. We had to get a lot of times to train an army and win the war. We also had to take discriminatory measures for the Hermes Guild users."

The leaders sympathized with Lafaye.

The Hermes Guild might be called tyrants but they weren't much different from the other powers on the Central Continent.

Those who had the strength would run forward like a hungry wolf towards a big profit.

They would trample on the weak and conquer the enemy forces.

The Hermes Guild were stronger than them and didn't hide their methods.

They were able to accept being called wicked in the process of unifying the continent into one.