For Raymond, the arrival of Serpico and Farnese, this brother and sister pair, not only brought news from the distant east, but also gave him a chance to plant spies in eastern powers such as the Holy See and Midland Kingdom, while figuring out how far the Demon Emperor's Kushan Empire army had advanced.
Of course, the process of planting those spies gave fox-faced Serpico a profound shock.
He had personally watched every member of the knight order, including the young lady, get touched by humanoid monsters with slender limbs, pale hairless skin, and swollen yellow eyes with narrow slit pupils. Within mere seconds, identical duplicates of them appeared.
Those terrifying monsters could even accurately recount every secret hidden in the copied person's heart, while perfectly imitating their speech, habits, and movements.
If one had not seen it with one's own eyes, even those closest to them would have struggled to spot any flaw.
The eerie, spine-chilling sensation made Serpico's scalp tingle and his limbs turn ice-cold.
Originally, he had planned to use a few clever tricks to find a way to rescue Farnese, who had been placed under house arrest.
But now that he was surrounded by monsters capable of changing shape at any time, he completely abandoned that unrealistic thought and prepared to faithfully do the promising work of a spy and collaborator.
For no other reason than hoping they would treat his sister a little better for the sake of his usefulness.
As for any other demands, he did not even dare mention them.
After witnessing the terror of those monsters and the power of muskets, cannons, grenades, and powder kegs, he had already realized that Raymond's rise was practically inevitable.
The other feudal armies, dominated by nobles and knights, simply could not defeat this powerful force