“Looks good?” Lucian tilted his head and looked at him with a smile.
Lucian's outfit today was red and black, his hat was the same color, and there were dark gold accessories on his chest and brim.
He looked like a rose that only bloomed at night.
"… "
"I spent a long time choosing in the clothing store."
"Gone." Wade looked away and said concisely.
He turned his back, as if he didn't want to keep his eyes on Lucian for even a moment. Lucian shrugged, not caring, and just followed him.
This dress was indeed carefully selected by him. The dagger from the Cecil family that he had hidden in the hotel room for the past few days was hidden in the dress. Due to the clever tailoring of this dress, people from the outside could not see its abnormality.
This dagger has a special blade, and it is easy for people to see its marks. He plans to use this dagger to commit a crime that will leave a blade mark at the banquet, perhaps stabbing a member of the Black Ice Group, or leaving a knife mark on the "stolen" wall. After that, he will let Kane see that Vader has this knife during the expedition... Lucian is always good at this.
The residence of the leader of the Black Ice Mercenary Group, Kane, is a small manor full of demonic sycamore trees. The demonic sycamore trees have purple leaves and appear quiet and beautiful under the moonlight.
The gathering of the demons was obviously much more open than the reserved banquets of the human race. There were fewer complicated etiquettes, more loud laughter, large pieces of barbecue, and the smell of wine. As soon as the two entered the hall, they were warmly welcomed by Kane. What surprised Lucian was that Kane had a wound on his face.
Kane introduced the two guests to everyone, greeted Lucian first, and then reached out to hold Wade's arm...
Then he was unceremoniously opened by Vader.
Kane's face darkened, but someone in the mercenary group exclaimed: "Witt... Are you the one who won twelve games in a row in White Flame a few days ago?"
"The winner of the life-and-death arena!"
The two strong men who didn't know how to read people's faces exclaimed in admiration. The protagonist of the sensational incident actually appeared in front of them, which quickly diverted everyone's attention. After seeing Kane's face getting worse due to being ignored, Lucian raised the corner of his lips calmly.
—The earlier the conflict between the two is established and the more prominent it is, the more favorable the situation will be for him.
"You look happy?"
Wade's voice rang in Lucian's ears. He spoke in a whisper and looked at him with a slightly dark look. Lucian shrugged innocently and said, "Master Wade, you are too sensitive."
"Um?"
"I'm happy that you're so welcomed." Lucian said with a smile. He saw that some mercenaries had come to chat with Wade with beer, so he gently pushed Wade's shoulder and whispered in his ear: "Go and enjoy your social life, sir - you see, they really admire you."
The burly demons in the mercenary group were surprisingly very familiar with each other, and Vader's black hair and purple eyes were the hallmarks of a high-level demon. For a moment, Vader became the center of everyone's attention. Kane sat by the window drinking, his face becoming increasingly gloomy because he was ignored - he tried to bring up a few topics, but the topic always came back to Vader.
Just as the veins on the back of his hand began to bulge, Lucian walked up to him at the right time, holding a wine glass.
"Good evening, Kane," he said with a smile.
"Good evening?"
Kane didn't expect Lucian to come to him alone. In his eyes, Lucian and Wade were a couple: "Why aren't you over there with your friends?"
"Don't mention him, he was just someone you invited by chance." Lucian winked at him, "And I came here for you tonight, didn't I?"
He omitted the phrase "and came to this party", but it would be more effective this way. Lucian raised his glass and clinked it with Kane's. The golden wine was full, and his smiling eyes were also full. Kane soon raised his glass and clinked it with him.
"You're a very good friend." Kane said hoarsely, "Louis."
Lucian had mastered the art of speaking, and now was a good time—when everyone was paying attention to Vader, he was the only one who came to talk to Kane. After a few words, he made Kane happy. Lucian also hinted at the complicated relationship between him and Vader in his words. In short, their relationship was not as friendly as Kane thought, and Lucian was being forced by Vader for some reason. After seeing the change in Kane's eyes on him, Lucian knew that he would be more likely to get what he needed from Kane.
"In fact, we have been looking for the sacred objects of the dragon clan recently. I heard that the prince of the dragon clan has also come to the Demon Realm recently. They are also here to look for the sacred objects of the dragon clan. Two months ago, someone detected traces of strong fluctuations in the magic power of the sacred objects of the dragon clan. It was at the junction of the territory of Greed City and Laziness City, near the Moon Goddess Mountains and the Eternal Sea." Kane said, "We at Black Ice plan to get a piece of the pie."
"The sacred object of the dragon clan, that's a lot of money, right?" Lucian pretended to be shallow. Nothing can make people let down their guard more than a greedy and shallow beauty. He frowned and whispered with a hint of sadness: "Maybe with this money, I can solve the problem between me and Witte... Oh no."
He carefully glanced at Wade in the distance and said to Kane, "Please don't tell him about this..."
"This is a secret between us." Kane smiled.
Lucian was even happier. He said, "It's a pity that I don't have any magic. I'm a pharmacist and I'm only good at making potions. If there's any danger on the road, it's hard for me to protect myself..."
"Magic potion?" Kane's eyes lit up, and he became more eager. "That's a very good skill. Louis, you don't have to worry about the itinerary. There are so many people in Black Ice..."
"But Witt." Lucian hinted that Witt would not let him go, "Witt..."
"How about inviting him to go with us?" Kane said, "There are few people who would not be tempted by such a fortune, and..."
He glanced at Wade darkly, and a cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: “Louis, if you want to solve the problem between you and him, maybe you don’t have to use money.”
"What do you mean...?"
"There's always a more immediate and trouble-free way. The Luna Mountains are extremely dangerous - not to mention the Eternal Sea. Hahaha." Kane laughed, and a childlike and cheerful look appeared on his face.
Lucian was stunned. He tilted his head, as if he didn’t understand: “No matter what, as long as I can leave safely, I will…”
Kane patted his hair. Before the next plate of fresh barbecue was served, Kane walked back to the crowd and regained his right to speak. He laughed and toasted to Wade, the young and promising demon, and while expressing his generosity, he invited him to explore the Moon Goddess Mountains together.
As expected by Lucian, Vader accepted the invitation. The Dragon Relic was what Vader needed, and he also learned from Kane the top-secret news that "someone from Black Ice detected a strong fluctuation of the Relic's mana in the Moon Goddess Mountains two months ago." However, after accepting Kane's invitation, his deep eyes looked beyond the crowd and towards Lucian who was standing at the edge of the crowd.
Lucian raised his glass, smiling, and mouthed to him, “You’re welcome.”
Vader raised an eyebrow and gave him a smirk.
Lucian drank the first glass of wine happily. Now that his first plan had been completed, Kane was still pretending to be friendly with Wade and saying "good brothers". Now it was his turn to find an opportunity for Wade to leave the banquet hall so that he could go to Kane's house to cause trouble. Before entering the house, he asked the system to scan the layout of the house and quickly got the location of Kane's study.
—The final explosion of all the distrust is inseparable from the landmines one after another along the way. And Kane, whom he pretended to be friendly with, was just a person he thought was barely "qualified" to seriously injure Vader.
The butler brought in new barbecue. Kane saw the man following the butler into the party room and laughed, "You came at this time? How are the two captured people? That guy named James hurt my face this time, I must make them pay the price!"
"Patton stayed over there and continued. I came to eat something and bring some to Patton." The man chuckled, "That James is a tough guy. He refused to beg for mercy even though his arm was almost removed. Patton said he would try some new methods on him. However, the other one named Eden is quite interesting. You would never guess..."
"Eden?" Kane had no impression of the skinny demon who always wore a cloak and a mask to cover his face. He only knew that he was James' partner and a think tank who looked low-key and ordinary. "What's his intention?"
"That Eden..." the man winked, "is a succubus. He's the size of a teenager and he looks pretty good. It looks like he's played with his men many times. Barton almost had half of his ear bitten off by him. He said he was going to have some fun with those two next time - you know Barton has a sadistic tendency."
"Then let him have some fun." Kane said casually, "How dare these two outsiders come to assassinate me? It's time to let them know who is the master of Greed City."
Kane casually gave an order and then lost interest in the two. After three rounds of drinks, he invited other demons to play a game of table polo. Demons don't like to play chess and poker like humans do. The most popular games among them are various table polo games. The atmosphere in the room became more and more lively, and almost all demons participated in these games. At this time, Lucian saw Wade leaving the hall.
He went out as quickly as possible and followed the system's instructions to leave his mark on the safe in Kane's study. At the same time, he said to the system: "Help me check the names Eden and James."
"These two names?"
"They sound familiar to me." Lucian shrugged. "I hope they are not important system figures."
Besides, he was displeased by Kane and his people's laughter at the condescending attitude of the two people - especially the ridicule directed at the "succubus". Lucian did not have a sense of morality to save people, but he always liked to cause trouble for others when he was displeased.
But there is no need for him to tell the system the reason.
"Okay!" said the system.
Lucian quickly returned to the hall, and no one noticed his departure. What puzzled him was that Wade did not come back either.
"Host, I found it." The system said in his mind, "These two people in the original work..."