Chapter 351: 351

“Is that the Melvin Valley?”

Luke stared at the valley that was in front of him .

The mist-filled valley was dark and unpleasant .

If Luke hadn’t decided to wipe out the Fairy Representatives, he would have never found out about that place .

“Master, was this place of the promised meet?”

“Yeah, the sneaky bastards are stuck in place, which is perfect for my body . ”

At the response to Hwang Bo-sung’s question, Luke answered .

Luke had brought in the assassins led by Henry and Hwang Bo-sung as his escorts .

As his meet was a secret, he couldn’t bring in his general escorts .

Philip and the two demons were made aware of the secret and the situation . However, they were busy at the manor, so they couldn’t be asked to accompany Luke .

And honestly, the current number of men with Luke was enough to bring down the fairies .

‘If I bring out my dark magic and demonic power, no number of fairies can beat me . ’

Luke had brought the escorts, not for his protection, but to prevent the fairies from running away .

It wasn’t a problem if they ran away, but if they chose to hide and keep spreading the rumors about Luke, then it would turn into a problem .

Henry appeared in front of Luke .

He had arrived ahead of Luke and gathered information about their surroundings .

“Have you learned anything about Melvin Valley and the fairies?”

“Yes, people say there is a Dark Forest in the valley . That the evil spirits are alive in there and not to look in that direction, but recently, hundreds of fairies had entered there . ”

“A forest with evil spirits…”

“If someone goes in, they either die or go crazy . I wonder if there was a warlock or a demon curse placed on it?”

Henry said, looking at Luke’s face .

It was because Henry thought that Luke might know since he has a demon slave .

However, Luke didn’t respond .

It was because it wasn’t just two or three forests or valley on the continents that were rumored to be homes for evil spirits or ghosts .

There were so many of such rumors around .

For the nobles to hide their gold and treasures, they would chose a forest and hide their money and make up such rumors to stop people from going in and finding their money .

The humans were placed in there and asked to dress up as monsters such as trolls or bandits to scare away the humans .

“If there really was such a curse over there, all those fairies in there would have been dead or gone insane . ”

“Yes, I know the story isn’t so reliable, but that is the only side of the story I could gather . ”

“The current Volga Republic president, Vladimir, was hiding in the Melvin Valley during the Republican revolution . The Volga knights were dispatched to find the man and catch him . However, the troops, which went into the Dark Forest, never came back . ”

It wasn’t just that, the royal wizard and the strongest knights also disappeared .

“Kamarov and Kawin—the knight and the royal wizard of the royal family—were very skilled . It was after they had disappeared that the chart had leaned over for the revolution’s side,” said Henry .

“Hmm, I guess there was a trap placed at that time . ”

The head of their troops was used as a bait and the troops had prepared a trap in advance .

“I looked around before lord came, and there are dark elves on every street . ”

Henry had given up on trying to get inside the Dark Forest .

Normally, he was cautious, but the borders of the forest were guarded by dark elves who were known for their senses .

“Master, what are you going to do? Would you still go ahead?” Asked Hwang Bo-sung, who listened to the story .

Luke was feeling troubled .

He had ignored the rumors about the forest but was worried that the Volga guards had gone missing .

In addition, the dark and unpleasant energy he was sensing from the valley was annoying .

“We will enter for now . If there are any problems, we can get out of there . ”

Luke handed out the scrolls he had prepared in advance in case of an emergency .

With utmost care, they all headed to Melvin Valley .

Soon after, Luke’s party had arrived at the entrance of Melvin Valley .

Luke walked into the forest that was filled with mist .

He sensed an insignificant energy ahead of them .

Hwang Bo-sung, who had realized the change, hurried to Luke’s side to protect him .

“Lord! Be careful . This one seems very skilled . ”

“It is fine . It is someone I know . ”

Luke, who assured Hwang Bo-sung, went ahead .

And the person who was lurking in the front began to emerge .

“What are you doing in this place, Arch Duke?”

“I’m the one who’s supposed to be asking you that . Why are you here?”

The person who appeared there was Arch Duke Gregory of the Holy Empire .

He was leading 11 knights . 2 of them were Sword Masters and the rest were top-level experts .

The power that could be sensed from them was like an iron wall with no holes . It was like a divine group .

“The fairy wizard called Nanas said that she would reveal the secrets of the others . ”

“So you too received a letter?”

At the question from Luke, Arch Duke Gregory frowned .

“Did Nanas send an intimidating letter to you, too?” Asked Luke .

“She said that if you don’t come to this place, I will be revealing the true identity of the pope . ”

According to Gregory, rumors surrounding Reina were circulating around Bless before the letter had reached them .

“There was a rumor saying that the pope was not an angel nor a princess of another nation . It was quite on point . The reality about her would be spread all over . ”

Gregory knew that Reina wasn’t an angel and that she appeared in the Holy Empire as an unexpected accident .

However, since he believed that she was God’s servant, his loyalty had never faded .

The problem was that the rumor could be politically used by those who were dissatisfied with Reina .

“If the rumors intensify, people will ask for the pope to testify . ”

‘Why wasn’t this reported to me?!’

Luke wanted to ask that, but Argos must have already known .

However, because of his keen interest in the Baroque Empire and his role in its current civil war, he was pushed to the background .

And there was a report that came in when Luke was about to leave for Melvin Valley, but he chose not to listen to it .

“Well, a letter came in in the midst of it all . It said that the concrete evidence would spread if I didn’t come here,” said Gregory, staring at Luke .

“You too got a letter from Nanas saying something about some concrete evidence about you . The Holy Pope’s actual fiancée . ”

“Right . Just before leaving the Holy Empire, I received another report . A strange rumor from the Baroque Empire . ”

Gregory, who said that, stared at Henry and Hydra .

They were still overwhelmed with the presence of Arch Duke Gregory, who was like a life-sucking monster .

Luke, who was nervously thinking about the situation, sensed something again .

Another popular person had made an appearance that piqued the interest of Luke and Gregory .

Dark elf warriors made their appearance .

“You have come . Elder Nanas is waiting for you . ”

The dark elf, who came out, was Hyrun .

He was acting stiffer than before and soon turned his back .

“Well, anyway, we’ll talk about the rumor later . ”

Arch Duke Gregory followed Hyrun .

Luke, who followed the man, sighed .

He came all the way here to calm the rumors down, but it didn’t seem like he could end the fairy representatives anymore .

‘Did they see through everything and called us both?’

He had an ominous feeling that he would be fighting against Gregory .