V2 Chapter 6

After Cian left the palace, he immediately changed his face a bit using a latex mask, he created personally. He doesn’t know magic disguise or shapeshifting skills. However, even if he knows, Cian wouldn’t depend on it and instead, rely on his usual way—Latex Mask and other science-based disguises. He’s more comfortable using it!

Besides, although, disguising using magic is good but Cian knows many ways to break it off or see through it easily and was in fact commonly known by all magic users and powerhouse. So, although it was amazing, it would just be a drawback for Cian and his purpose. One mistake would lead to all the efforts turn vain!

In this land where magic is common as breathing, shape-shifting through magic would only fool naïve and normal people but not powerhouses!

Thus, Cian prefers his way of disguising that would hold up under the scrutiny of supernatural means. And that is, physical disguise…!

No one would think one was capable of disguising without using magic power…!

He walked straight and then suddenly turned into a narrow alley. After that, he took two more turns. When he came back out, his appearance was that of a completely different person. Using a wig and a scarf, Cian turned into a youth with golden spiked hair and blue eyes. He was now wearing a black tailcoat and a black top hat on his head.

Every step was perfectly poised, full of elegance.

Now, even if people saw him like before, they would never realize that he was the Second Prince. He hadn’t done this before because—that occasion was also a revenge for him as well as settings are done. That time, he was letting everyone become suspicious of the Imperial Family, including her mother or Cian, in order to bring out all the enemies lurking in the shadows.

This time was no different but, also to bring a closure to these suspicions. They had already seen enough and so, it’s time for this doubt to die out!

Tonight he would only kill few, but also robbed, showing his face…this face…!

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Therefore, Cian decided if he was going to do this task he would do it well! In broad daylight, he initiated his hatred-agro tactics! But his ‘tactics’ were a little unscrupulous…

After exiting a narrow alley, Cian immediately ran into his first target—

This guy had a fat face, big ears and womanizing eyes that glared here and there. His clothes were not too fancy, and his walk was somewhat cumbersome. It seemed that he was not some powerful character that would be difficult to deal with. Plus, besides gazing at the young ladies and women, he avoided others; he was the cowardly type that was afraid of trouble…

However, he was actually quite a vicious one—a loan shark that sucks even to the last blood of his victims. Coming from the race of the Demon Orc, he was the subordinate of one of Countess Rerica Viaban, a supporter of Cian’s brother, the first prince.

Although he was meek and somewhat timid, but he was cunning and vicious. That was why although he was ugly and somewhat weak and a coward, he was still valued quite highly by the Countess. He had bled many other noble families using his vicious schemes and cunning ways. Even poor as rats were not left off, all in all, he was evil…!

However, due to that, he was also becoming even more arrogant, thinking that he can walk sideways with the Countess backing him. Even to the point of not bringing any guards with him.

Step by step, Cian walked like a vicious demon and grabbed his sleeve. Then he immediately turned back into that narrow alley, pulling that fat man with him.

“W, what…?!”

Cian’s action was really fast. As a result, it looked like a figure just flashed by and that disgusting fat man disappeared from sight…

That fat man was caught off guard so his whole body shook and did not even dare to beg loudly, “Great… great man, I have an old mother and young children, this… this…”

“What this and that!” Cian glared fiercely and yelled, “I will tell you. I am none other than the Great White Masked Phantom Thief! Today I’m in a bad mood, so I need to vent it to someone! I liked the way you look so I wanted to vent it on you! Problem?!”

“WH, white Masked Phantom… Thief?” The fat man shook as he looked at Cian’s ‘silver masked’ hanging at the left side of his face, opposite to the horn at the right side of his head; scared almost to the point of fainting. Suddenly, managed to squeeze out one phrase by some mysterious force, “Great… great man, my lord, if, if you want to vent your anger, I, I know some place…”

“Bop!” Cian slapped him and said, “Do you think I would need to go to some length? Besides, aren’t you one of those bastards trying to strike me down?!”

“No, no, it’s not me…!!”

“Haaa?!” Cian glared down at him. “Do you think I will believe that…?!”

“Pl, please my lord…!”

Seeing the pleading expression of the fatty, Cian thought for a moment. Then, suddenly, he looked down and said, “…I only have one question for you. Do you want to die or do you want to live?

“Live, of course, I want to live. My lord, please spare me.” The fat man answered most fluidly.

“Then, am I handsome or not?” Cian said cruelly, “Answer me honestly. If you don’t, I will surely use your fat for my lamp!” After he finished talking, he clasped his hands together. The sound of his joints cracking immediately rang out; that combined with his ferocious gaze really scared the man witless.

The fat man’s body became mush as he sat paralyzed on the ground. On his face, tears and snot ran down. At first, his pants were just wet. Afterward, there was a stream along with a stinky smell…

A few minutes passed, and Cian quickly stepped out of the narrow alley with his hand on his nose. He went a distance away before taking in big breaths of the clean air.

Oh, mother. I almost died of suffocation. That was really stinky.

Later in the conversation, that fat man, perhaps because of great fear, started having gastrointestinal issues and farted nonstop while talking and shaking. This made Cian really annoyed!

Scaring the fat demon, Cian spent a minute asking nonsensical questions especially about the dealings within the Imperial Court and about himself. He acted like he really knows nothing about it and asked many questions he was interested in and the likes….

As expected of the valued subordinate of the Countess, he was indeed familiar with the dealings within the Imperial Court!

From private and public information, he gave Cian a very detailed answer after a bit of torture on his arms and legs, due to him caught lying. Thus, after taking care of him, he finally answered him honestly…and politely. Even if it was down an alleyway, whose daughter was particularly voluptuous, which lady was truly beautiful, whose maid was really flirty… All told in great details.

“That girl’s skin is white as ivory, the body has beautiful curves in front and back, that b* has seductive almond eyes…”

Which house has lots of money, which house has lots of power… Divided the Imperial City into clear areas, where the business districts were inside the citadel, where the mines were outside the citadel…

Which house should not be messed with, which house should be avoided, etc.

Hearing everything made Cian dizzy. Oh well, he finally managed to get a good view on some important parts of the Demon Empire and even finalized his list of targets so, all his efforts in enduring the horrifying stench was not in vain.

On the other hand, the moment he was a good distance away, that fat demon shakily stood up on his two fat legs. Like a weak willow in the wind, he leaned on the wall. His body dyed in blood, especially his right arm and left leg which was hanging limply. After that, with dripping pants, he ran. Wherever he went, he emitted the smell of a public toilet, making everyone hold their nose and look in surprise…

The pitiful fat Demon cried.

All his grievances and hate soaring towards the heavens. Not only he was tortured to death, he also took all his precious banknote along with a thousand pieces of black gold before leaving!

He even said he was doing work in heaven’s stead. Before leaving, he told me ‘I take your money to eliminate trouble for you; you need not mind. My heart is good.’

Motherf*! If everyone has a good heart like you, all the people in this world would have been dead a long time ago.

…White Masked Phantom Thief, huh…?! You’re dead! You’re extremely dead!!

Showing our face to me! You’re going to regret it!! I’m going to kill you over and over again, you bastard!!

Within the shadows, watching the fat demon’s expression while cursing, Cian’s eyes suddenly emitted a crimson light, like a wolf’s eyes in the night. His lips curled up into a grin.

The next day, a large commotion occurred inside the Imperial Demon City. Several wealthy houses within the Imperial Demon City discovered they had been robbed. And once again, the Demon Imperial City was swallowed by chaos and confusion.

White Masked Phantom Thief strikes again…!

During heists, he would attack all those who block his way, some were killed in cold blood and some were left unconscious, mostly women and child. And then, the moment everyone noticed something wrong, they would find out that their treasuries had all been drained till one last drop!

So terrifying…!

If a few hundred thousand mice got into a granary, it would not have been so empty! At most, there would be a few scrap pieces left behind! However, this heartless thief spared nothing, even the slightest bit of cloth, making the owners stomped in such anger that was enough to shake the whole citadel.

Their stomps were answered with only dust flying in the air…

Gold all is gone, silver all gone, treasures all gone, everything was cleaned out! So clean that even a mouse would have cried and left.

This thief was too cruel!

However, apart from those attacked, all the guards, guarding the entrances or the corridors did not hear anything, not even a shadow was seen—as if he had just appeared and disappeared in thin air, along with the treasures.

However, there were also those who had seen something. They said that they saw a white figure flashed and in an instant. Those poor souls, the victim instantly explode into pieces scattering through the air. Even though they couldn’t see clearly, they could tell that it wasn’t caused by a weapon. It as if those who were killed were ripped apart while still alive.

It all happened extremely quickly.

Arrogant sons and lords of the mansion were one by one killed in cold blood!

While all of these happened, in every treasury, there was a line left behind to show how honorable this murderer was. The words left on a silver card that was found in each of the treasuries were, [ I have accepted your heartfelt sincerity. Thus, be rest assured, your treasures are in safe hands. White Masked Phantom Thief. ]

Whoever did this really had a heroic air.

The next morning, the door of the Demon Imperial Palace was knocked loudly by the many people seeking redress to the Demon Empress. They were all big bosses and noble aristocrats who were crying loudly and banging on the door as if they wanted to shatter it for revenge. As time passed, the front of the Imperial Palace became even more chaotic with the sounds of screaming and crying everywhere.

The crying sounds were so miserable; making even bystanders shed tears as well.

But the Demon officials just sat coldly on the sideline; some even gloated a little when they saw such a scene.

These officials simply wrote up a report and sent these bosses home to wait for their news.

“…your majesty, don’t you think His Highness the Second Prince is playing too much…? There were already many reports about casualties and robberies. If this escalates beyond our means, someone might suspect that His Highness was the culprit. If that happens…” Somelia Lush worriedly muttered.

However, the Empress' face was not the least bit bothered and perturbed. She looks at the report handed to her by the council and her lips curled upwards. A proudness and satisfaction were obvious from her expression, causing Somelia to sigh in helplessness. Noticing the latter’s expression, Sitana smiled and said, “It doesn’t matter. Let him do what he wants… besides, look,” she handed a piece of paper to Somelia who accepted it with a confused expression.

In the paper was a drawn portrait of an unknown youth. The youth has a human-like appearance, with the difference of a small single horn on his forehead. He had a spike blond hair and bright, blue eyes. The youth also had jaw-length bangs framing either side of his face. And for some reason, Somelia though that he was very handsome and attractive.

But who is this…?

Bounty…? 100, 000 low-grade magic stone…?!! Seeing the amount written on the bounty paper just below the drawn portrait, Somelia’s eyes couldn’t help but widen in shock. What’s more, the name is written just below the portrait and above the bounty was—[ White Masked Phantom Thief; Cian Cahlo ]

Eh?! Isn’t this…His Highness fake name…?!