This time, House Galuoli was the mastermind behind the Demon Refining plan in Arutol Canyon, but they were far from the only participants.
To gather as much help as possible, House Galuoli had secretly visited quite a few nobles and joined forces with them.
Naturally, House Galuoli had made many promises in return.
For example, they would post a commission at the Adventurer's Guild, lure a certain party into accepting it, and deceive them into coming to Arutol Canyon.
Because within that party was a woman deeply hated by many nobles in the royal capital.
She was the daughter of House Elbain, the infamous descendant of a criminal.
House Galuoli had always regarded House Elbain as a political rival. The reason they had been persuaded by the Primal Demon and decided to launch the Demon Refining plan was to turn their fortunes around and bring down House Elbain and House Viladina, both of which ranked above them.
Thus, House Galuoli was naturally more than willing to sacrifice a genius of House Elbain in exchange for this cooperation.
That was why so many nobles who regarded that criminal's descendant from House Elbain as a thorn in their side had decided to assist House Galuoli.
The House of Kriztodi, to which the old man belonged, was one of them.
In other words, the old man had participated in this plan in order to kill a woman.
Therefore, compared with the completion of the Demon Refining Ritual, what concerned him more was whether that woman was dead.
Yet several days had passed, and they still had not managed to kill her.
That was because the party she belonged to had a Guardian God who, while not especially strong, was unmatched in the world when it came to defensive battles.
"Vivian again?"
The old