Village Head's Debauchery
chapter-1026

Hearing Orion's words, Lakul immediately collapsed to his knees. "If I have plotted such a thing, then you can torture and kill me as you wish. However, I promise this was unexpected and wasn't orchestrated by me," he pleaded, knowing he was the one who had insisted on giving them a tour, making him a suspect in this event.

Soon, the two Seths landed before them, one carrying five unconscious individuals and the other holding two. Each appeared from a different race: Sloth Demon, Foxkin, Mirvire, and another unknown race that wasn't a natural denizen of the Sleeping Fox Runaway City. Each was bound by searing chains of molten magma.

The other Seth transformed into a floating pillar of molten magma, creating more chains to -collect the incapacitated assailants from his counterpart.

"These are all of them. I don't know if there are more hiding, but they will need to reveal themselves before we find out," Seth said. With the Energy Mask Spectrometer, they quickly located the spies, sparing them tremendous effort.

"Send them to the Outward Stronghold for interrogation. Increase the level of their torture and the others so we can see if they are ready to speak," Orion ordered. He couldn't wait for those with gifts capable of reading minds to grow stronger so they would aid them in breaking through a warrior's mental fortitude and directly gaining the needed information.

Seth nodded solemnly. He cast his flying technique and soared into the sky, swiftly followed by the numerous unconscious prisoners.

"I'll leave him in your care, Lakul. The tour ends here, and we will be taking our leave," Orion said, gesturing for the other Vylkr warriors and the Prismerions to follow him as he ascended into the air and swiftly disappeared into the sky.

One by one, they all ascended into the sky.

After six minutes of sensing their departure, Lakul raised his head and straightened his posture, his expression full of relief. Just a few minutes earlier, he had thought he would finally meet his end.

"...Emperor Lakul," the man said, his voice trembling as he realized that the Sloth Demon before him was the Emperor of the Sleeping Fox Runaway City.

"Cough! I'm no longer the Emperor of the Sleeping Fox Runaway City. You can call me Mr. Lakul from now on. Come on, let's go. The Supreme Leader of Paradise has chosen you because he expects great results from you," Lakul said, almost choking on the man's words. He then turned to the three gods' chosens, "Handle the mess here and ensure everything is back in order. Also, secure the area, and only return when you are certain no more spies are around."

The gods' chosens nodded solemnly in understanding.

Lakul grasped the man with his hand, spread his wings, and ascended into the air, soaring towards the direction of the Royal Den.

...

"She is Olivia Quartzwraith, and she will be your new Supreme Leader. This is Jadues Quartzwraith, and he will be your new Supreme Master of Commerce and Trade. He is Ralias Prismaflow and will be your new Supreme Chief of Diplomacy and Envoy. She is Dailia Prismaflow, your new Supreme Master of Natural Resources and the Garden," Orion announced, pointing to each of them.

He wanted to bring a tree nymph along to handle the Natural Resources and Garden position, but first, he needed to ensure their security.

He also wanted to take the opportunity to examine the Garden and the Forgepalace within the Wanderlust Travelling Tortoise Runaway City closely. These were the only places he didn't have a full report on, and Isadora had advised that it was best he visited them first, as they were the most sensitive areas within the Runaway City. This intrigued him.

After he finished speaking, Eleanora quickly gestured to the guards to come forward and show them the way to their rooms.

Eleanora then stepped forward and bowed. "Supreme Leader, I would like to give you a tour of the Wanderlust Travelling Tortoise Runaway City now that you're here," she said, her voice filled with anticipation.

They had been waiting for nearly six hours for the Paradise representatives' arrival, and she presumed that Lakul might have already taken the upper hand by giving them a tour of the Sleeping Fox Runaway City. Since she had this idea in mind from the beginning, she decided to try it.

"Unfortunately, I won't be joining you on this tour. However, I am interested in looking at the Garden before I leave," Orion responded.

When Orion began to speak, the anticipation in Eleanora's gaze dimmed, but it swiftly reignited as he completed his words. "If that's the case, I'll lead the way. Please follow me," Eleanora said, internally breathing a sigh of relief as she turned and stepped forward. Orion nodded and followed behind her. He had already sent a message to Seth to dispatch six warriors to sweep through the Wanderlust Travelling Tortoise and the Trekking Flamingo Runaway City, as the denizens were incapable of handling such a task.

He would have sent more, but it was best to keep their numbers limited to avoid alerting the spies and driving them further into hiding, which would endanger Paradise's plans.

Orion also doubted that many spies might have come from other Runaway Cities. If the Jonerying Jaguar and the Wandering Wolf Borough Runaway City could do so, then what was stopping the more formidable Runaway Cities from doing the same?

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Upper Shell of the Wanderlust Travelling Tortoise Runaway City

The Garden

Eleanora led the way through a tightly secured corridor, guarded by two to three fully armed gods' chosens at each entrance. Soon, they halted before a large round iron gate filled with intricate carvings and runes.

Eleanora reached into her cleavage and pulled out a rune-engraved stone key, glowing with a faint, otherworldly hue.

"Is that the key used to open the entrance to the Garden?" Orion asked, his gaze fixed on the rune-engraved stone key in Eleanora's hand.

Eleanora nodded, "Yes, it's beautiful, isn't it? It was made by the High Dryads, a race from the Grade Two Migrating Deer Archipelago Runaway City, as repayment for helping them secure some crucial information they were desperately searching for," she responded with a smile.