YM778.TV Chapter 98 : The Plan
I want to see you prosper, not just accomplishing my goals, but yours as well. You here are not just my subordinates, you are truly, a part of my family." He said in a serious tone.
Listening to Aldritch, every one\'s expression showed surprise and even a bit of joy in some, while some showed some level of happiness or satisfaction, all except for Khal who remained with his usual serious expression.
"You haven\'t gone soft, have you? Master?" Khal asked, his expression serious.
"I\'d still drag you in front of an attack before it kills me." Aldritch answered sincerely.
While Khal finally had a smile, though almost unnoticeable, the rest didn\'t really share the same expression on their faces. Regardless, what had been said had been said, and Aldritch had expressed his true thoughts. Somehow, he felt that having them know this would be better than leaving them with the former mindset that they are "easily" disposable, at least now they knew they weren\'t.
"With that out of the way, let\'s discuss other important matters."
"The time is approaching quickly, there\'s little time left for preparations, you\'ve already spent half a year, your progress is not nearly good enough." Lodestar\'s words got everyone even more serious.
There was less than 9 months left before the portal to the higher world could be opened, and they needed to all develop themselves before then, enough that they don\'t die on arrival. Since their own bodies were suppressed under the rules of this lower world, they could only hone their skills more.
Most of the preparations fell on Aldritch\'s plate, since he wanted to at least evolve once more and also evolve his subordinates, looking to do so for all the members of his family. For his plan to work, he\'d need a lot of blood, this had already become the main aim of taking over the kingdom, not just to fulfil his own fantasies… fantasies that have almost been tossed away for the time being.
He had to be alive to enjoy them after all.
Thinking about it, Aldritch pushed back the pained expression coming to his face as he spoke in an exasperated tone almost, "what about your search? Any progress?" he asked Lodestar.
"Not yet." Lodestar shook his head in refusal. "I\'ve only recently finished scanning this kingdom, now I\'m expanding my search beyond, into other lands." He explained, to which Aldritch nodded.
Lodestar who had come to this lower world initially to find the cure to his problem naturally continued his search. While he lazed about in the mansion, he had already sent out numerous numerous golems to search the land in his steed. He might not know crafting or summoning magic, nor technology to make golems, but he could always use those he already owned.
Aldritch himself had no idea what Lodestar was in search of in particular, neither did he bother. He once asked about it, but once Lodestar started his explanation, Aldritch realized it wasn\'t just some artefact or \'inheritance\', like he had thought.
Lodestar\'s problem was something of a mystery, even to himself, so there was no way to understand it. He had met with Sigmund a couple of times, but no head way was made.
Even though Sigmund developed an uncanny interest in the matter, Lodestar chose to stay away, he couldn\'t help but think that Sigmund was more fascinated about experimenting on his special physique than anything else… something he was very right on.
"We will have to speed things up, which means we need to make some adjustments to our plan and become more proactive, rather than the passive role we\'ve been taking since…" Saying this, Aldritch couldn\'t help but sigh internally, thinking of how they were changing the plan, again.
He looked towards Lada, giving her the queue for her to explain things in case there was anyone who didn\'t know of the plan… at least 80% of them seated there didn\'t.
Just then, Ingrid made her way back, opening the door of the dining room and walking inside before shutting it behind her. "Sorry I\'m late." She said apologetically before making her way to an empty seat.
Everyone watched her walk up to her seat. Once she was seated, Lada began her explanation.
"As most of us may know, the plan in question ultimately leads to the takeover of this kingdom, primarily. It also involved taking over the neighboring kingdom, but that is only possible if there is enough time on our hands after we\'re done with this kingdom." She explained.
"The major aspect of this plan begins with a takeover of the Lunar Cult, or at least, all of its reachable members with sufficient experience and strength, to be specific, the Great Dames. They are important for the next phase of the plan.
We\'ve been organizing a monster attack the past month, and with it, we plan to destabilize the capital enough for the nobles to head out to engage the monsters, though, we don\'t plan to make it serious enough for the various family heads to make a move personally, as we need them to remain within the innermost wall.
During this period, we will infiltrate the noble houses and the witches will use an enslavement ritual to enslave the family heads, every single one, unless there is one who happens to volunteer to fight against the monsters.
In the case of that happening, a list of such nobles has already been compiled, and measures have been set in place to ensure the day doesn\'t break after that night without them falling to us."
Before she could continue, however, Rindher rose his hand to speak, to which he was allowed, "I don\'t understand why we need the witches and their rituals, when we can achieve the same result using our mind control abilities as vampires."