The Devil Does Not Need to Be Defeated

Chapter 853: “We Want to Be Good People!”

Royal Capital, Noble District, Buztout House.

At this moment, the plaza in front of the Buztout House was, after a long while, filled with people again.

However, the people gathered here weren’t from other countries or factions, but those who had come out of the Buztout House.

Among these people were knights loyal to the Buztout House and maids and servants who had come upon hearing the news.

Naturally, Riley and the others were also present.

Riley, Vivian, Diere, and even Lumia were all here, looking at the scene before them with bewildered expressions.

In front of them, a group of villains, still dirty and disheveled, appeared.

“Greetings, masters!”

“Greetings, masters!”

With deafening shouts, the vicious criminals actually bowed to Riley and the others.

Their voices were incredibly loud.

Their attitudes were incredibly humble.

As if all their ferocity and malice had vanished, like reformed criminals, these villains, who had committed all sorts of heinous acts throughout the human world, had become incredibly docile.

Seeing this scene, not only the ordinary knights and servants, but even Riley and Vivian were speechless.

Diere was completely silent.

Lumia’s face was filled with fear.

Only Shien, standing at the forefront of the criminals like their leader, gave Riley and the others a big smile.

“How about it? Having a group of lackeys like this isn’t bad, right?”

Shien said this bluntly, as if he didn’t see anything wrong with the situation.

Strangely, none of these seemingly ferocious people flew into a rage. Instead, as if they had been praised, they put on ingratiating smiles.

However, those smiles looked incredibly forced, twisting their faces into an expression of wanting to cry but having no tears.

Riley and Vivian exchanged glances.

Finally, Riley couldn’t hold back and asked,

“Hey, what exactly did you do?!” Riley strode up to Shien, put her arm around his neck, pulled his head close to her mouth, and roared in a low voice, “Didn’t you go interrogate the captured Old Demon Faction members? Why did you bring back such a terrifying group of people?!”

Riley didn’t recognize most of the criminals who had come here with Shien.

But how could she not recognize Shudy and the other remnants of the Old Demon Faction group who had invaded the Buztout House and been captured by Vivian and the others?

Now, Shudy and his group were huddled among a group of criminals.

Riley easily spotted him, and her surprise was evident.

Besides Shudy and his group, Riley also recognized a small number of the others.

These were people Riley had never met but had heard of, recognizing them from their reputations.

It was precisely because she recognized these people that Riley’s surprise turned into shock.

Moreover, each of these people here emanated a faint but terrifying aura. How could Riley remain calm?

Not just Riley, even Vivian and Diere were somewhat apprehensive.

“H-how… how could you bring these people here?”

Vivian’s voice was filled with a panic and seriousness she didn’t usually show.

“…”

Diere still didn’t speak, only staring intently at the criminals, her eyes full of vigilance.

Shien, on the other hand, remained perfectly calm.

“I said, they are here to be lackeys.”

Shien’s words showed no respect for these people he had subdued.

Normally, with so many criminals present, they would all fly into a rage, engaging in a frenzy of killing to quell their anger.

But today, these vicious criminals all shouted loudly,

“That’s right! We’re all lackeys!”

“Please allow us to contribute our meager strength here!”

“We will reform ourselves!”

“We won’t do anything stupid like before!”

“Please believe us!”

This group of villains desperately expressed their loyalty.

This situation, instead of making people happy, made them feel a chill down their spines.

“Waaah…”

Lumia had already hidden behind Diere.

The surrounding knights also looked terrified, taking a step back in unison.

Riley and Vivian’s expressions turned extremely strange, and they finally looked at Shien.

Clearly, they needed an explanation.

Actually, the matter was very simple.

“I feel that our manpower is still a bit low. With the Tripartite Conference approaching and the Old Demon Faction likely to cause trouble, finding a way to increase the family’s fighting strength and recruit some high-level experts is necessary.”

Shien explained his thoughts.

As he said, the Buztout House’s strength was ultimately still too weak, making people feel insecure.

Although the family already had several knights above level seventy and other skilled individuals, along with Vivian, whose defense was almost invincible, and Diere, who could unleash explosive power, this fighting strength was already considerable compared to ordinary nobles.

In the territories of ordinary nobles, the leader of their direct knight order was, at most, a level seventy-something existence.

Even for duke families, who were royalty, the highest level of combat power in their direct knight orders was only in the eighties.

And Legendary Level experts above level ninety were only found in the kingdom’s strongest Royal Knights, and there was only one, Aldia.

Other noble families would treat anyone above level seventy as a treasure, appointing them as Knight Commander and making them the strongest fighting force in their territory and family.

Compared to them, the Buztout House, as a Marquis House, already had several experts above level seventy, which was no less than a Duke House.

But for someone of Shien’s level, this was still too weak.

He didn’t want to compare the Buztout House to other noble families.

Because, with him around, the level of opponents the Buztout House would face in the future was destined to be fundamentally different from those of ordinary nobles.

Frankly, at this point, anyone below Legendary Level wasn’t even worthy of Shien’s attention.

For Shien, the opponents he would face in the future were at least Legendary Level existences, or even stronger enemies.

Like this time, if the Old Demon Faction groups, led by [Hundred Beasts’ Nest], attacked the Royal Capital, they might target the Buztout House because of Shien.

And against these rats, whom even the Divine and Demon Races hated but couldn’t eradicate, relying solely on the strength of a noble family would basically result in a massacre.

Not to mention, there were even more terrifying enemies like [Original Demon].

If they targeted the Buztout House because of Shien, even with Vivian and Diere, the Buztout House might be completely annihilated.

With this in mind, Shien wanted to increase the Buztout House’s strength.

Therefore, Shien asked Lucy if he could take these criminals with him.

“Although these guys are scum who have committed all sorts of evil deeds, it’s undeniable that they are quite powerful.”

Shien said casually.

“I’ve already counted. There are seven Legendary Level experts here, ranging from level ninety-one to ninety-six, all with Unique Skills. Although slightly inferior to the Demon Race’s executives, they are genuine Legendary Level experts, not much weaker than the Legendary Level experts of the Old Demon Faction.”

“Besides the seven Legendary Level experts, there are also twenty-eight experts above level eighty and sixty-three above level seventy, a total of ninety-eight people.”

“There were originally more lower-level combatants, but we can recruit those ourselves. There’s no need to use this trash, who aren’t that strong and have committed many heinous acts. Keeping them in the royal palace’s underground prison can still serve as test subjects for magic experiments.”

“Such a force, incorporated into the Buztout House, should be enough, right?”

This wasn’t just enough; this was more than enough!

Which nation could compare to such a group of experts?

The Mitra Kingdom?

The Ragna Empire?

The magical nation of Laraby?

None of them!

Because, openly, these forces at the pinnacle of human nations only had one or two Legendary Level experts, three at most.

For example, the Mitra Kingdom only had Aldia as a Legendary Level expert directly under its command. Yuler was a representative of the temple, not under the kingdom’s command, and the other one was the strongest member of the Adventurers’ Guild, who could only be hired through commissions and couldn’t be directly ordered.

The same was true for the Ragna Empire. In the past, they only had Rockto and Saliro as Legendary Level experts. Other Legendary Level experts either hadn’t joined the empire or weren’t under its command, so they couldn’t be considered the empire’s open combat power.

Under such circumstances, with the addition of seven Legendary Level experts, the Buztout House’s combat power would become terrifyingly formidable.

If these Legendary Level experts hadn’t committed unforgivable crimes, the kingdom definitely wouldn’t have arrested them and imprisoned them in the underground prison.

These Legendary Level experts came from all over the human world, captured for various reasons, some even decades ago, accumulating year after year in the royal palace’s underground prison.

Now, this group of Legendary Level experts, whose capture had cost the kingdom considerable sacrifice and effort, and who were too troublesome to deal with casually, were all going to join the Buztout House?

Just thinking about it made Riley and Vivian feel dizzy.

Especially since among them were the remnants of the Old Demon Faction, led by Shudy, who were also going to join the Buztout House. This was simply outrageous.

Weren’t you all ruthless individuals?

Weren’t you all feared by everyone?

Didn’t you want to attack the Buztout House?

Why… why are you planning to defect now!?

“Wait, let me process this.”

Riley quickly held her forehead, calling for a timeout.

After a while, this young lady from the Lazareth family was forced to face reality and looked at Shien with a tone of disbelief.

“I’m asking you, did the kingdom really agree to this?”

Riley had to ask this question.

A group of vicious and extremely dangerous criminals, how could they be casually released?

If anything went wrong, it would be like releasing a tiger back into the mountains, allowing them to cause harm!

How could the kingdom agree to release such a group of dangerous individuals?

But…

“Don’t worry, I had Lucy talk to them. Plus, it was my request, and I also guaranteed that I would bear all the consequences. Considering my and Lucy’s influence, the kingdom finally agreed.”

Shien said nonchalantly.

This matter was personally approved by Ancil.

Of course, he had one condition: that the divorce agreement never existed…

However, the main reason was that Shien had assured him that he could make these guys obediently reform themselves in the Buztout House and not cause any more trouble. After much hesitation, Ancil reluctantly agreed.

“…Alright.”

Riley tentatively accepted this reason.

She was very aware that with Shien and Lucy speaking together, their combined influence could easily make the kingdom compromise.

Both of them had touched upon the legendary realm, and with the Demon and Divine Races backing them, as long as it didn’t cross the kingdom’s bottom line, the kingdom would compromise on their requests.

However, the problem wasn’t just this.

“Have you thought this through? These people aren’t good people. Just letting them see the light of day again, not to mention whether you’re afraid of them causing trouble, aren’t you worried they’ll betray the Buztout House?”

Riley continued to whisper her concerns in Shien’s ear.

There was no helping it.

No one would trust a group of lawless individuals who feared nothing.

Rather than believing they would reform themselves, Riley was more inclined to believe they were only superficially submitting to regain their freedom and escape from the underground prison, secretly planning to escape or even harm the Buztout House, betraying the family.

Even if they wouldn’t betray them now, Riley didn’t believe they would truly fight and protect the Buztout House wholeheartedly in the future.

If, in a critical moment, they not only didn’t help but also took advantage of the situation, it would be a complete disaster for the Buztout House.

However, facing Riley’s concerns, Shien showed a brilliant smile.

He didn’t answer Riley’s question, instead turning to look at the criminals behind him.

“Will you betray us? Hmm?”

Shien’s smile was truly radiant.

But seeing his radiant smile, the fearless villains showed expressions of terror.

Their faces turned pale in unison, and they all knelt down with a thud, shouting loudly,

“We will never betray you!!!”

“From now on, we are the most loyal hounds of the Buztout House!!!”

“We swear to God! We swear to God!!!”

“Please believe us!!!”

These vicious criminals, as if they had witnessed the most terrifying thing in the world, desperately expressed their loyalty.

Including Shudy, all of them were pale, looking at Shien as if he were a demon.

They weren’t just apprehensive anymore; they were trembling.

Betrayal?

No!

They would never betray them in this lifetime!

All the criminals present recalled what Shien had done to them before they left their cells.

“Come, come, come, all of you, let me give you a buff.”

“It’s nothing, don’t worry, it’s not anything serious. I’m just setting up a formula in your bodies that will make you slightly lose your minds if you betray us.”

“That’s right, just like earlier.”

“It doesn’t hurt at all.”

“So, you know what to do from now on, right?”

Recalling these words, the criminals shouted without hesitation,

“We had no choice before, but now we want to be good people!”

The title of Omnipotence’s model students, who else but us?