A Demon's Journey

In the Sinyalian Kingdom, Bianca made her move according to Azaroth's instructions. She informed Piero that it was time to attack all the Merchant Organizations working for the Royal Family.

This meant that their primary target was Merchant Union.

At this moment, Piero was slightly hesitant to follow Bianca's instructions. He knew how useful the Merchant Union was to Noble Families and local citizens.

Many villages and cities were completely dependent on the Merchant Union for vital supplies such as food and funds.

Furthermore, the merchant union established uniform pricing for all essential commodities, preventing local merchants from exploiting the general public.

It was only natural for Piero to attack such a vital existence of the Sinyalian Kingdom. He knew that an attack on the Merchant Union would shake the very roots of the Sinyalian Kingdom.

He talked to Bianca again to confirm whether this was truly her wish. At that moment, Bianca added, "There are many forms of attacking. Killing the enemy is one method and making him bankrupt is another."

Piero instantly understood what sort of attack Bianca desired!

She wanted him to set up another organization of merchants that would work entirely for the Noble Family Alliance.

That meant it would clash with the Merchant Union set up by the Royal Family. And in this trade battle, Bianca wanted the Merchant Union to be slowly ripped apart.

Piero had many ideas on how he could bring the Merchant Union down using this method.

Firstly, he would set up an organization under the name Trade Union! From the name, it was clear that it would directly clash with the Merchant Union.

After a few days of setting up this Trade Union, he would ask all the Noble Families affiliated under him on the Noble Family Alliance to cut off ties with the Merchant Union!

Naturally, the Lewis Family would promise them profitable rewards in return.

The Trade Union's first task would be to spread the entire Sinyalian Kingdom and set up a base in each main city.

Then, the Noble Family Alliance would buy all the necessary commodities from the Merchant Union. Basically, buy all the supplies accessible to the market through their wide range of connections.

With the wealth that the Noble Family had accumulated, it wasn't a challenging task.

During that time, another team of the Trade Union will spread in the entire Sinyalian Kingdom, talking to farmers and other merchants, offering them lucrative deals. Many were bound to switch sides from Merchant Union to Trade Union.

And the ones who didn't change sides would soon be forced to do so.

This was because the Merchant Union had lost 70% of its essential supplies to the Trade Union. They only possess 30% of reserve supplies now.

And that 30% of their reserve supplies were being attacked by suspicious parties.

Since many of the local merchants who supplied the Merchant Union with their products had already switched sides to the Trade Union, the Merchant Union couldn't resupply themselves in time.

Even their loyal customers had no choice but to start counting on the Trade Union. And when they visit the Trade Union, they would see other resources and equipment at a much cheaper price.

This was bound to force them to return a second time, and the Merchant Union was going to lose its business.

As Merchant Union lost its business, the Royal Family would probably intervene and lend its support to the Merchant Union.

Now, that would be a decisive point.

Piero believed that if the Trade Union had managed to spread to all parts of the Sinyalian Kingdom, they would be in a position to launch a full-scale attack on the Merchant Union.

This full-scale attack would significantly damage the Merchant Union and the Royal Family by extension.

This would be a great result for Noble Family Alliance. However, this strategy wasn't without its disadvantages.

All the Noble Families would have to expend a lot of their personal resources. Now, Piero knew that the true challenge was convincing them to expend their resources.

Thus, he was immediately on his way to contact each Noble Family privately.

The creation of the Trade Union had to be swift, and it required the assistance of all the Noble Families to spread it to the entire Sinyalian Kingdom's territory!

In the meantime, Shun started getting to work as well.

Shun was investigating the Lewis Marquis Family. He had to find out just how Bianca was controlling the Noble Family.

It was unlikely that Bianca's prestige in the Noble Family was so great that they obeyed all her orders.

And after investigating the Lewis Family a bit, Shun figured out Bianca's agent in Lewis Family.

It was undoubtedly Piero or his elder brother. Piero was more likely to be her agent since he heard the news that Piero met up with Bianca a few months ago.

Bianca must have convinced Piero to agree to her demands. Shun didn't understand how, but that didn't matter.

He had to figure out what the Lewis Family was planning now.

As he further investigated them, he found out that the Lewis Family was selling their ornamental material and gathering a large quantity of resources.

Not just that, they had pulled out valuable treasures from their coffers and offered them to other Noble Families.

'They are definitely planning something big! I need to figure out what it is and take appropriate action to stop them without revealing my presence!' Shun felt a massive pressure over his head.

He felt as though he had two colossal enemies. One was the Demon God, and the other was the King!

He couldn't let either of them figure out his motives.

The Demon God would use all his influence in the Sinyalian Kingdom and try to kill Shun. Meanwhile, the King wouldn't believe Shun's reasons and tried to silence him at all costs.

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In the meantime, Azaroth was staying in the Sacred Ice Aurora Valley Sect. He was waiting for the Glerian King's forces to arrive to demolish the Sacred Ice Aurora Valley Sect.

A week or so passed in the blink of an eye, and a large group, comprised of 2000 men, was seen marching towards the Sacred Ice Aurora Valley Sect.

Tiana did have some informers in the nearby cities and villages who informed her of this massive force approaching her sect.

Azaroth smiled slightly as he heard this information. He was getting tired of waiting for them. He sensed only three dangerous figures in this entire group. These three were 6 Star Warriors.

He instantly recognized the commander of this force. It was none other than the Fourth Prince of the Glerian Kingdom.

And this Fourth Prince was, in reality, a demon titled Black Hurricane! Black Hurricane had numerous interactions with Azaroth, and he had even revealed his trump card to kill Azaroth.

Unfortunately, it turned out to be useless due to Azaroth's Bloodline Pressure. He now wished that he would never encounter Azaroth again.

However, he had no idea that he was leading a force to attack a sect created by Azaroth.

Black Hurricane was quite surprised when he received the King's order to demolish a sect. The sect's name was rather familiar since it had been one of the two sects that destroyed the Night Mountain Sect. He had heard that the Sect Mistress of this sect was exceptionally beautiful and was rather excited to meet her.