The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　That "evil god" was ultimately destroyed thanks to Principal Arte's secret intervention.

　In short.

　In conclusion...

　The most terrifying period for [Evil Gods] is "the moment of first encounter." After all, they are not true gods and always have weaknesses. As long as you can survive the "first encounter attack," you can focus your attacks on their weaknesses.

　This is also why the City of Freedom was able to win the battle in the previous days.

　but.

　This only applies to "evil gods" that lack sentience.

　The intelligence of the "Black Goat God" is clearly no less than that of humans.

　……

Chapter 1414 Darkdemon's Kill Confirmed (4k)

　Time flies, and lunchtime is just around the corner.

　During this time, people kept visiting the city lord's mansion, which gradually turned what was originally a banquet prepared only for Dark into a grand feast.

　Although Dak did not like these kinds of social engagements, as the son of a duke, he had no choice but to put on a brave face.

　Together with Aurora, he moved through the venue, handling all aspects of the matter meticulously.

　Representatives from all sides gathered together, looking at him as if he were half a host.

　This is probably because, in the eyes of outsiders, the City of Freedom was almost entirely built up by Arvit.

　But Dakfi was well aware that the Duke's mansion played a very limited role in this.

　The fact that the free city has developed to its current state is at least 90% due to their own efforts.

　The remaining ten percent, while indispensable, was indeed a small percentage. He walked around the room and noticed that the attitudes of those attending the banquet toward Aurora were quite different from before.

　This is not "approval" or "admiration," but rather "respect" and "fear."

　"It seems Nix went a bit overboard in slaying the evil god," he thought to himself, before casually responding to a nobleman whose identity he didn't recognize. While the Free City had always developed rapidly, it hadn't been highly valued in the past.

　After all, this is a city of "hybrids," who are inherently inferior in social class. However, with the city lord's successful election as a councilor and the establishment of the Magic Alliance, everything has undergone tremendous changes.

　Once the events that occurred around Christmas time are disseminated, everyone will likely realize that a colossal beast has quietly risen on what was originally the territory of the demon race.

　"This is a very good opportunity." If we can seize this opportunity, we can go further and completely defeat the "Black Goat Evil God."

　The status of the Free City within the Kingdom will be firmly established.

　After lunch, around one o'clock.

　Everyone gathered again in the city lord's mansion's meeting room. City Lord Suna Montilfali sat in the main seat.

　Dark sat to Aurora's right, while Principal Arte sat on the other side. With the last person seated, the meeting began immediately.

　Lord Suna Montilfali got straight to the point, bringing up the topic of defeating the "Black Goat God".

　The initial question was "Whether or not to participate in the extermination of the Black Goat God." If you do not wish to participate, regardless of the reason, you must withdraw from the meeting.

　However, after being asked, everyone agreed.

　Even the representatives of those scattered forces were well aware of the danger posed by the "Black Goat God," and since they were already seated there, they had all made up their minds to participate. After a unified vote, the meeting moved on to the main topic: how to defeat the "Black Goat God."

　"First, we need to confirm the location of the 'Black Goat God,' otherwise all discussions will be in vain."

　The Holy Church, which has been investigating the whereabouts of the "Black Goat God," is naturally the most qualified to speak on this matter.

　Therefore, all eyes turned to Archbishop Sabrina Melville.

　Archbishop Melville couldn't help but sigh softly.

　Albert, one of the Twin Paladins, immediately spoke up: "Our Holy Church's efforts in defeating the 'Black Goat God' are evident to all. But unfortunately, it disappeared from our tracking network some time ago."

　After these words were spoken... nothing happened. Because this was something everyone already knew.

　Moreover, after last night's meeting, they were all very clear that the "Black Goat God" was at least in the City of Freedom or its vicinity during Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

　But to this day, no one has found any trace of the "Black Goat God".

　Even Principal Arte, who had been hiding in the shadows, failed to discover the "Black Goat God".

　This indicates that the "Black Goat Evil God's" hidden abilities, like its spatial teleportation abilities, are at the "god-level".

　If these two abilities are effectively combined, they will make the "Black Goat God" extremely terrifying.

　The reason why those present could remain seated was because the "Black Goat Evil God's" spatial teleportation ability was incomplete; each of its teleportations was random and could only be used for escape.

　Otherwise, teleportation combined with stealth would make him the god of assassination. But since the location of the "Black Goat Evil God" cannot be located... "then we can only use another method."

　Charles smiled slightly, resting his chin on his hand, and said, "Seduction." "Seduction?" Harty Leon of the Lion-Man tribe frowned, "How do you seduce?"

　Jacqueline Artemis of the Elf race also said, "It is said that the 'Black Goat God' possesses rationality and wisdom no less than that of humans; how could it be so easily lured out?"

　Charles glanced at them and said, "Then may I ask what your insights are?"

　As the atmosphere quickly became tense, Lord Montilfali spoke up: "Since it's clear that the location of the 'Black Goat God' cannot be determined, it's not wrong to consider another feasible plan. Although luring it out will certainly be very difficult, it's not a dead end until it fails."

　In short, if one path is blocked, you have to try another. If the second path is also blocked, you try a third. That's the original purpose of holding meetings.

　Everyone expressed their opinions.

　"I think Your Highness's idea is quite good."

　An unnamed count suddenly spoke up: "It's precisely because the 'Black Goat God' is different from other 'evil gods,' possessing rationality and wisdom no less than that of humans, that the 'lure' tactic can potentially be effective. Don't you think so?"

　Another unnamed count chimed in, "Humans are inherently a collection of greed. I've heard that the 'Black Goat God' draws its rationality and wisdom from a human's mind. So, given enough temptation, it can always be lured out. If it can't be lured out, then the temptation isn't strong enough."

　I've told you everything, whether it's possible or not!

　“Count Rudolf is right,” Charles said with a slight smile, appearing quite composed. “As for how to lure out the ‘Black Goat God’… that’s a question for the Holy Church.”

　Emily frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

　Charles said, "The Holy Church probably knows more about the 'Black Goat God' than we do. I personally think now is not the time to hide information."

　"You!" Emily was clearly a little angry.

　Archbishop Sabrina raised her hand to stop her, saying, “We have indeed done a lot of investigation into the ‘Black Goat God.’ But embarrassingly, even now, the information we have obtained is very limited. As for the reason, I think you all know. The cultists who sacrificed themselves to summon the ‘Black Goat God’ have all been silenced, not even a trace of their souls remains. Their organizational base has also been destroyed, and important items, including the dossiers, have been destroyed.”

　Charles said, "So, you won't investigate if there's no one and no books?"

　Sabrina frowned and said, "Of course we have other investigative methods and have gained some results, but those are irrelevant to this incident."

　Charles couldn't help but grin: "Isn't there a method to summon the 'Black Goat God'?"

　Sabrina frowned and asked, "What does this have to do with defeating the 'Black Goat God'?"

　Charles shook his head and said, "This is the bait!"

　As the debate between the eldest prince and the archbishop continued, those present finally understood Charles's intentions.

　But after that, the meeting failed to move forward and instead came to a complete standstill.

　Because everyone knows that his idea has a high probability of being realized.

　But everyone also knows that if his idea is carried out, it will inevitably be accompanied by great danger.

　Because the bait he was referring to was to summon the "Black Goat Evil God" again!

　It must be said that this is indeed an effective method.

　As Dak watched the prince and the archbishop continue their argument, he began to ponder.

　The three conclusions reached in last night's meeting are "returning to the original body", "enhancing power" and "completing oneself".

　Personally, he tends to favor the conclusion of "completing oneself".

　Because that "Black Goat Evil God" has clearly developed its own sentience, a consciousness completely different from that of the original evil god. While it may very well possess the instinct to "return to its original form," wasn't its purpose in borrowing Blangus's brain to "suppress its instincts"?

　Assuming the individual consciousness of the "Black Goat God" has successfully suppressed its instincts, what it wants to do is undoubtedly to "complete itself" and then "take its place."

　This is what an evil god should do.

　Therefore, the method proposed by Prince Charles is highly debatable. No matter how much evil god essence the "Black Goat Evil God" absorbs, it is still not as valuable as a fragment of its original body.

　If the same sacrificial summoning method could be used to summon another mindless remnant of an evil god, there is a 90% chance that it would not be able to resist this enormous temptation.

　But the meeting stalled.

　This is because it is impossible to determine whether the remnant of an evil god summoned using the same method will develop a new intelligence.

　If so, this action would be tantamount to digging one's own grave, resulting in the "Black Goat Evil God" x2.

　One is already this difficult to deal with, imagine what two would be like!

　In addition, what worried everyone present even more was the "failure" option.

　They managed to lure the "Black Goat God," but failed to defeat it and had its mindless remains taken from it.

　So while the "Black Goat God" won't become two, its power will be multiplied by two.

　It even made its originally incomplete spatial authority relatively complete.

　That's completely over.

　The relatively feasible methods and the excessively high risks were the main reasons why the meeting was difficult to move forward.

　"How about I say a few words?"

　Seeing that things were about to come to a complete standstill, Dark spoke up.

　Charles and Sabrina clearly didn't want the argument to continue like this.

　Therefore, as soon as Dak opened his mouth, they immediately stopped.

　However, both of them have made their opinions very clear.

　Charles felt that his method was very feasible.

　Sabrina felt that this method was too risky, and as the Archbishop of the Holy Church, she could never support anything like summoning an evil god.

　Therefore, she fundamentally rejected Charles's approach. But in reality...

　As long as it's not the Holy Church that carries out the summons, and as long as the Holy Church isn't forced to take sides in this matter.

　I understand everything I understand.

　As for the methods of sacrifice, you can find them yourself. Anyway, the Holy Church is firmly against it.

　Regarding summoning an evil god, "Let's set aside the feasibility of this method for now," Dark said slowly, glancing at everyone.

　"If the 'Black Goat God' could appear on its own, that would be even better."

　"Even if we can't, as long as we find it, we can definitely kill it."

　Before he could finish speaking, Albert asked, "The Black Goat God's spatial authority is completely unrestricted. How can we kill it?"

　Dark smiled slightly, then pointed to his head and said, "Start here." Albert seemed to understand: "Destroy its rationality."

　But he quickly added, "However, most of the Black Goat's rationality comes from Blangs's mind. To destroy its rationality, you must kill Blangs. That's just as difficult as killing the Black Goat." Dark shook his head slightly and said, "I have a method. As long as the Black Goat isn't a true god, I can ensure it."

　"If we fail, who will be responsible?" someone suddenly asked. Dark turned to look at him and smiled, "Who do you want to be responsible?" The man felt a chill and instinctively shrank back.

　Lord Montilfali said, "When we cooperate, we naturally share the responsibility. But before we execute the plan, I think we really need to know the feasibility of your method."

　“That’s no problem,” Dark said. “I’ll demonstrate my approach after the meeting.”

　Lord Montilfali immediately laughed and said, "Then let's continue the discussion on the premise that we can ensure the killing of the 'Black Goat Evil God'. What do you all think?"

　If the "Black Goat God" can be killed, the risk of the entire plan will be reduced to a minimum, or even negligible.

　But does Darkdemon truly possess a method to completely annihilate the "Black Goat God," a being even the Holy Church is powerless against?

　Everyone had doubts about this, and subsequent discussions inevitably became hesitant.

　However, the meeting was finally able to move forward.

　Although it took a long time, a definite result was still achieved before dusk.

　Of course, the Church still expressed its firm opposition when this result was determined.

　However, following the principle of majority rule, the meeting rejected the Church's dissenting vote and ultimately determined the outcome.

　But the meeting did not end there.

　Finally, and most importantly, how to ensure the slaying of the "Black Goat God"! Under everyone's watchful eyes, Dark stood up and said, "Who's coming with me?"