"For now?! Release him, right now! Because you are too focused on supporting the Scylla, you are losing sight of the bigger picture! Rather than regret the sacrifices of the few, you must consider the many –"
"... Liiick."
"W-what are you... kah."
Vandalieu licked the wide-open eyes of the man, and the man collapsed onto the ground.
"D-did you kill him?" Privel asked.
"No, that's too troublesome, so I just administered a poison that stops him from moving through his eyeballs. He can't move, but he's fully conscious," said Vandalieu, having thought that conversing with the man would be a waste of time.
Putting his tongue back in his mouth, he approached the motionless man and whispered into his ear.
"I will have you do something for me. Please return to your base and tell them that if they value Raymond's life, Vice-captain Rick and all of the men involved in the Scylla serial-killing case must come to the designated location. That location is –"
Using the Mental Encroachment skill to make the man believe that Raymond would be killed if he didn't fulfil this task, Vandalieu removed the poison in his body and healed the bones in his legs. The moment this was complete, he ran off as fast as he could.
He was oblivious to the parasitic insect and parasitic plant that had been put in his body to track his location, as well as the numerous Lemures that were floating in the air above him.
"I could have the spirits of the resistance members or Raymond himself tell me where their base is, but there's no guarantee that Rick will be there," said Vandalieu. "It's best to have one of his allies draw him out."
"I see! Live bait has no use if it's not alive! Van-kun, you're so cool!" Orbia exclaimed.
"Rather than being cool, I get the feeling that it's a bit cowardly... but similar methods are often used to capture bandits, so it's probably fine," said Privel, agreeing to Vandalieu's method after some thought. "But I wonder if this Rick person is going to come?" she said doubtfully.
"I'm sure he will," one of the Scylla guards reassured her. "I don't know anything about him other than his appearance, but this Raymond should be an important person for their resistance organization. He isn't just their leader; since he has the blood of the duke's family, nobody can replace him. They won't abandon him so easily."
"Is that how it is?" said Privel.
As the Scylla race wasn't very familiar with the principles of lineage, this was something that Privel couldn't understand straight away. But it was true that Raymond possessing the blood of the Sauron family had great effects.
It made Raymond a symbol to the people and gave him persuasive power over the noblemen of the Kingdom. It was also the reason that these men had named themselves the 'Reborn Sauron Duchy Army.'
The moment they lost Raymond, no matter how much organizational power the Reborn Sauron Duchy Army had, it would become nothing more than a rebellious group of mediocre power.
"And I think that person... that guy... Rick. I think he really adores his older brother. No matter what we were talking about, he would always go back to his Ani-ue."
"Orbia-oneesan, I think that goes beyond being a bro-con," Pauvina said with honesty.
"Back then, I just thought he was a good person who thought highly of his onii-san~!" Orbia shouted, spraying water droplets everywhere. It seemed that she was still emotionally unstable. "And one more thing! Rick is this guy's half-brother; Raymond is the only illegitimate child of the duke's family! Rick can't replace him!"
"Then it seems likely that there will definitely be some kind of reaction," said Vandalieu. "Let's go back to Periveil-san's place for now, and then head for the designated meeting location... back to the camp."
Name: Orbia
Rank: 4
Race: Water Ghost
Level: 1
Passive skills:
Spirit Form: Level 5
Mental Corruption: Level 6
Water Attribute Nullification
Liquid Manipulation: Level 5
Materialization: Level 5
Augmented Mana: Level 2
Active skills:
Unarmed Fighting Technique: Level 2
Fishing: Level 3
Housework: Level 2
Dancing: Level 4
Projectile Fire: Level 1
Unique skills:
Merrebeveil's Divine Protection
Monster explanation
【Water Ghost】
Monsters that are said to form from spirits that die close to water with deep lingering attachment and hatred in their hearts. This is one of the reasons why spirits have long said to gather near water; they are more commonly seen outside of Dungeons and Devil's Nests than other superior Ghost races.
Their main method of attack is to drag their victims into water or drown them using their own body parts that have become liquid. Also, powerful Water Ghosts can fire their liquified spirit forms as projectile weapons and display masterful use of water-attribute magic.
Due to these qualities, many of them possess memories from when they were alive, but these memories are only those related to their lingering attachments and hatred. In many cases, all other memories are forgotten.
Their personalities are significantly distorted, and many Water Ghosts attack others indiscriminately in order to create more Water Ghosts. Even those who were friends before the Water Ghosts died are unable to talk sense into them.
It is said that those who are killed by someone they love and discarded near water without being properly buried become particularly ferocious and powerful Water Ghosts.
Orbia's memory of when she was alive has been mostly preserved. And although she is an Undead, she possesses the divine protection of a goddess and is under the effects of Vandalieu's Guidance: Demon Path skill, so she has become far more powerful than an ordinary Water Ghost.
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