Criminal X : Epitome Of Evil

Pablo sent the soldiers away.

The eight slaves, Gerald and Sera also went away.

Sera didn't want to leave Pablo but she figured that the situation demanded seriousness so she didn't act like a child.

Now only Pablo and Harlia were left on Ground 2.

Harlia put down her Receiver after informing everyone whom Pablo told her to inform.

"Let's go to Ground 0." She said.

Pablo nodded. "Yeah."

In a few seconds, they reached Ground 0 and stood on the stage.

And then, one by one people fell from the sky and landed on the ground.

In just one minute, everyone arrived.

The nine Marshals, Generals and overseer of all the divisions of the military, the General of the King's army, and a high Duke named Boulder and lastly, the King himself.

All of them stood on the ground, in front of the stage as Pablo and Harlia looked down on them.

Before starting the main thing, Harlia raised her hand.

"Your highness, you can come and sit on one of the chairs behind us." She said to the king. She was also surprised that the King really came when she told him that Pablo called him. But she didn't pay it that much mind.

The King shook his head at Harlia's proposal. "This concerns my kingdom. It's only reasonable that I stay here like the others. You just proceed."

Harlia nodded. She found the King benevolent after hearing his answer.

But the King was simply listening to Pablo.

When Harlia had offered her to take a seat, the king had looked at Pablo and the man shook his head a little. That's why he refused to take the seat.

Of course, no one saw that other than the King and Harlia proceeded the meeting.

"I assume all of you had read the report I sent you?"

"YES!" Everyone answered.

Harlia nodded. "Does anyone have any questions regarding that?"

One hand was raised.

Pablo and Harlia looked there and it was the Tenth Marshal who raised his hand.

This Marshal was the newly appointed Marshal after Pablo had killed the former second Marshal.

He was a middle aged man and his eyes were blue.

"What is it, Forter?" Harlia asked.

Forter put down his hand and said, "This new king, Malvador. He became the king by killing the old king. Then he lied to the common people to gain their trust. Why don't we show them this report that he sent you and make the common people revolt against this Malvador? I am sure the people will be angry after reading the report and will try to overthrow him from his position."

Harlia sighed.

She parted her lips to answer but Pablo raised his hand.

"Let me tell him."

Harlia raised her shoulders. She didn't mind it.

Pablo looked at Forter.

"Do you think Malvador didn't think about this while writing that report? …Don't think too much. He must have thought about it, Forter. He must have thought that we will think to show the report to the common people of Jasper kingdom. But he wrote the report anyway.

Do you know why? …Don't think. I will answer it. If we showed the report to the common people, he would just say that this report is false. He would just deny it. And the common people would not believe us in the first place. They will think that we are trying to spread chaos in their kingdom. What I am saying is, we won't be able to prove that the report was written by Malvador to the common people."

"His handwriting! We can use it to make the people believe that it was Malvador who wrote the report. Right?"

"No. Malvador would just say that we copied his handwriting. He will also say that we are from some other kingdom who wants to make the people revolt against their king. Also, I believe, Malvador has various handwriting. He must be able to write in various styles. I can also write in five different hand writings. So this plan of yours is a flop.

And even if it was a good plan, let's say the common people did go against Malvador, the man would simply kill all of them. A man who can kill the entire bloodline of the King, will not bat an eye to kill several flocks of sheep."

Pablo answered to the best of his abilities and Forter bowed. It was an act of apology for asking a stupid question.

Pablo couldn't care less about it and let Harlia speak further.

"I called all of you here because a few minutes ago, I received a call from Malvador."

Some gasps were made and murmurs instantly spread around.

"Express your shock later. Let me say everything first."

Murmurs died and Harlia carried on saying.

She told them everything Malvador said during the call.

She told them that he was in the Hollow. She told them that he and the king of the Cannibals reached a decision.

She told them that they both decided a place and date for the war to take place.

She told them that the war would start in two days and the place decided for the war was…

"Ashen Crucible—The Dread Horizon."

GASP!

Everyone's jaw dropped and even Boulder showed a surprise this time.

The King shot his gaze at Pablo and saw that Pablo had no visible tension on his face.

He really is a terrifying man.

The King was amazed at Pablo's skill to not be afraid of anything. Even Ashen Crucible didn't earn his fear.

The King had no idea that Pablo wasn't afraid because he was brave. He wasn't afraid because he doesn't know a damn thing about the Ashen Crucible.

Pablo watched the murmurs spreading below the stage and the visible fear on everyone's faces made him more curious about the place.

He gazed at the Angel floating beside him and Cupid sensed his gaze as well.

"I will tell you about it later." She said.

Pablo gave her a slight nod and focused on the people below the stage who were still chatting like children.

Harlia was finished doing everything and she was ready to get to the main thing but Pablo stepped forward and started the thing on his own by saying…

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!"