After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

But he still sat up straight and became a little more serious:

"What kind of information do you want? Do you want to know about the demon army that came to Lilbas? Of course I have it, but this part of the information is not cheap~"

Aize hunched his body, crossed his fingers and supported his chin, and said expressionlessly:

"No, that doesn't matter. No matter who comes or how many people they bring, I will stop them at the gate of this city. It makes no difference."

"So what do you want to know?"

"The Faceless Ones."

"……oh?"

Vanessa narrowed her eyes cunningly, crossed her legs, leaned back slightly, and leaned against the back of the chair, as if she was looking at him.

Then, he smiled and shook his head:

"Lord Aize, you know, those spooky creatures aren't normal creatures at all. They're elusive, have strange personalities, and don't like to communicate with the outside world. They're also our competitors in the intelligence field. I'm afraid there's very little they can tell you about them."

Aize shook his head:

"It's okay. I don't expect you to tell me the details directly. Just tell me what you know."

"What do you know? Quite a lot, but they're all minor, insignificant matters. For example, at a banquet three months ago, the Faceless King transformed into the Dragon Ancestor to tease the guests. This enraged the Dragonkin, and they nearly started a war against the Faceless King. It was only thanks to the Demon King's mediation that a major conflict was averted."

"Also, half a year ago, a few Faceless Men transformed into succubi and infiltrated a succubus club in the kingdom. However, they discovered they had no intention of learning their appearances, and in the process, they revealed their true forms, scaring several regular customers to the point of paralysis."

"Anything else? Oh, right, last time..."

Vanessa kept talking about all kinds of seemingly plausible information.

Her original intention was to fool Aize in order to avoid key information, and the latter knew this but did not interrupt her.

Because right now, there is so little intelligence, any seemingly useless fragmented information may inadvertently become a breakthrough in the entire incident.

So he suppressed his dissatisfaction and listened quietly.

He also held down Villian, who was becoming increasingly angry.

In this way, the one-sided narration lasted for twenty minutes.

Vanessa finally took a breath, picked up the wine glass in front of her, took a sip, and pursed her lips to relieve the thirst in her mouth and body.

Then he smiled and said:

"That's all I can remember right now. I wonder if it's helpful to Master Aize."

"Humph."

Aize snorted slightly in contempt, and shook his head slowly and vigorously:

"That's not right. There's one more thing you didn't tell me."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

"Before this large-scale battle began, a large number of Faceless Men carried out a secret black operation in Jarlsburg. Their goal was to control the wife of Marquis Karseid and use her to assassinate the brave Rosalin, frame the Karseid family and their backer, Prince Adrian, and thereby interfere with the situation in the empire."

"The plan failed, and it was the Faceless Men who voluntarily chose to abandon it. They even ceased all their operations in Jarlsberg and during this battle. This is a blatant act of betrayal, isn't it? You, the Demon Lord, are not unaware of this, right?"

Of course, in fact, the Faceless King has not withdrawn. It is currently active in Lilbas and carrying out some completely unpredictable plans.

What Aize wants to know is, whose plan is this?

It is part of the Demon King's overall plan that was re-formulated based on subsequent situations and serves the overall situation.

Or was it that the Faceless King left his post and took private actions based on his own considerations?

This is crucial.

So Aize deliberately did not mention the Faceless King's presence here, and only talked about it running away in Jarlsburg.

Use this as a test and observe the reaction of the guy in front of you.

Sure enough, as Aize spoke these words slowly, Vanessa's smile gradually disappeared, and her expression gradually became ugly.

This is not common among high-level succubi who are extremely hedonistic.

"Lord Aize, this..."

"What do you mean? As the Queen's attendant, you couldn't have heard of such important information?"

There was a somewhat awkward silence.

This embarrassment comes from the succubus's position.

In this battle, they were strongly forced by the Demon King and had no choice but to assist the Undead Army and the subsequent offensive actions of other demons.

To this end, a series of intelligence gathering, persuasion for surrender, etc. were carried out.

But on the surface, they always act in a double-sided manner, and they don't want to completely fall out with such an important partner as Aize.

Therefore, Vanessa had to answer Aize's question.

The double calculations put her in a dilemma.

After another round of hesitation, the high-level succubus sighed with a wry smile:

"As expected of Lord Aize, you never hold back with your words. If possible, I'd really like to experience your eloquence directly in other places."

"……so?"

"That's what happened—though we don't know the details behind the scenes."

Vanessa did not forget to excuse herself and Precia.

"What is clear and certain is that the Faceless Men directly disobeyed orders and plans, and deserted en masse. The Immortal Dynasty filed a complaint with the Demon Lord, and they are now wanted."

Aize's eyebrows twisted together:

"...You mean, a collective desertion?"

"Yes, and not just any 'collective', but an entire race. Currently, aside from a few who have been discovered and executed, the vast majority of the Faceless Men have disappeared without exception. No one knows where they went, as if they vanished overnight."

Vanessa said, fiddling with her nails.

"Based on the whereabouts of the few individuals that have been spotted, we believe that group of sinister creatures have most likely migrated en masse to human territory. As for where exactly, we don't know."

The origins of the Faceless Men as a race remain a mystery.

About a few hundred years ago, the images of so-called faceless people or slender ghosts began to appear in the folk tales and horror stories of various races, including humans and orcs.

It took quite a while before their existence was confirmed by the Demon King at that time, and they were quickly incorporated into the Demon Clan's system, gaining a place with their unique abilities.

Their origin is unknown and they have no fixed habitat, so their numbers remain a mystery.

A conservative estimate is probably around 10.

What do these Faceless Men want to do by rushing into human territory?

Chapter 126: Large-scale adultery

Although this trip failed to clarify the nature of the Faceless Man's abilities and its true purpose, it did confirm a previously unresolved speculation.

In other words, the plan currently being carried out by the Faceless Men has nothing to do with the overall deployment of the Demon Tribe and is a completely spontaneous act of sneaking out.

Even the fact that the Faceless King is currently in Lilbas is probably unknown to the demons.

This reduces the possibility of the city defense being overturned due to its obstruction.

But it will also become more difficult to predict its actions in the overall situation.

It’s hard to say whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.

"It's hard to imagine the entire Faceless Men clan mobilizing to head towards human territory."

Ai Ze supported his chin and sighed softly.

"No matter what, we should first convey this news to all parties so that they can make the minimum preparations."

Putting aside those profound, complex, and unpredictable grand goals, at least there should not be a situation where a large number of nobles or human leaders are assassinated in groups.

Moreover, with such a large number, expanding the screening area should be able to catch some clues.

In response, Vanessa shook her head:

"I'm sorry, Lord Aize, but I'm afraid I can't convey this information to you. Currently, only the higher-ups of the demon clan know about this. If we pass it on now, the Demon King will definitely know that we leaked the information, which wouldn't be good."

"I know. Let's talk about this later. I'll find another way."

Although it is annoying, the succubus still has a lot of value to Aize, and it is far from the point of selling them directly.

Besides, "only" the high-ranking demons know about it.

That means that a certain vampire who is the next True Ancestor must have known about it.

If she knew, it meant that Aize's intelligence system also knew about it. Even if I didn't say much, the warning would probably have been passed on.

No need to worry.

"That's it, thank you, Miss Vanessa. I'm busy with city defense matters, so I should report..."

"Oh no!"

Before she could finish her words, the door of the room was violently slammed open, and a low-level succubus ran in in a panic, almost bumping into Vanessa.

After stumbling to his feet, he leaned over and whispered something in her ear.

Vanessa's expression gradually became solemn:

"This is real?"

"Absolutely true! I've never seen such a large force before. They've already reached the entrance to the alley! They'll be here in a few minutes, at most!"

"Okay, I know, you can go first."

Vanessa patted the low-level succubus's back—her hands also stroked her chest and crotch—and motioned her to go out first.

Then, he turned to Aize:

"Lord Aize, I have some bad news to tell you."

"Oh?"

"Your teammate... oh, sorry, it's former teammate Rosalyn Meredith. She's heading here with all her followers, seemingly heading for you."

"really."

When Aize heard the succubus report that there was a big scene, he had already guessed it was her.

After all, in this city, there is no one else except himself who can make a big scene.

but why?

Aize had been in disguise all the way here, and had even carefully avoided the missionaries. Logically, it should have been impossible for him to be discovered—

"Tsk, the Faceless One."

The believers of the Pure White Saint Sect and the army under Aize were checked several times to ensure that there were no Faceless Men among them.

But it is impossible to screen ordinary civilians, so it is normal to have a few spies mixed in.

It's cautious, but not completely cautious.

But if that's the case, then the current actions of the Pure White Saint Cult were planned by the Faceless King, right?

What does it want to do?

It's not like he would go to so much trouble just to catch himself committing adultery with a succubus, right?

Forget it, it doesn’t matter now anyway. I have to deal with the current situation first.

Vanessa held her face and said with a hint of regret:

"Lord Aize, I don't know what connection you have with the Pure White Saint, but if you were caught here, it would be very bad, right? You'd better leave quickly. With luck, you might be able to slip out of an alley."

indeed.

Rosaline caused such a big scene that there must be more than just members of the sect who came. There must be many other residents who came just to watch the fun.

If he was caught having an affair with the succubus in front of them, the reputation that Aize had worked so hard to build up over the past few days would collapse in an instant.

Even the hat of "traitor" currently on Rosaline's head will come to his side.

So absolutely not.

But running away with your tail between your legs like a stray dog is not a good idea either.