She will become stronger than before.

Moreover, Victor has already returned the fully-fed Lightton to Henney.

He's taking Cocotte with him when he leaves this time.

If anything unexpected happens at home, there's always Lightton to protect us.

A black wind rose from the sky, and Viktor slowly raised his head and looked towards the horizon.

A black crow flew slowly down from the sky.

It circled a few times before landing steadily on Victor's shoulder.

A faint glimmer of light gathered in the raven's mysterious and profound single eye. Its beak opened and closed near Viktor's ear, speaking in a voice only the two of them could understand.

Everything is ready.

"However, I don't quite understand your motives."

Victor put his hands in his pockets and silently walked out of the garden.

As they walked, he responded to Vega:

“Demi-humans are easy to control, you should know that.”

Vega nodded in affirmation.

The essential element for becoming a believer is sincerity of heart, and complete and sincere faith in a God.

As for Vega, he's a crow who does nothing but eat and sleep, and spends his days reading erotic novels.

No one knows its divine name.

Habika's real name is so rare that its history cannot be found in any country.

After all, this ancient deity is no pushover.

Even if someone knew about it, they would never include it in history for the world to know.

Naturally, it's difficult for anyone to genuinely believe in Vega.

After all, they didn't even know what kind of god Vega was.

Therefore, Victor had no choice but to find another way.

so……

“Demi-humans became the best choice.”

Upon recalling that the Empire also had demi-human slaves, Victor immediately realized that these were beings similar to humans but also different from them.

They also possess intelligence and thought, but their relationships are simpler than those of humans.

In the world of demi-humans, they only exist as 'living'.

Living is their sole purpose, and for that purpose, they will seize any hope of survival.

This also applies to demi-human slaves.

But once a god with power appears.

Simply by believing in Him, the demi-humans can live better lives.

The demi-humans will surely be willing to dedicate their faith.

They have no reason not to make their lives better.

A blue light shone in Vega's eyes, a light that symbolized wisdom.

No wonder.

"You started making this plan the moment you saw those demi-human slaves, didn't you?"

He made an enemy of the Raiser family and threatened them, the merchant family most serious about trafficking in demi-human slaves.

They obtained a large amount of weapons, equipment, and funds, and then brought the legion composed of demi-humans into the open.

"But will the Empire allow it?"

"Whether or not it will be allowed is not important; what is important is what the future emperor will think."

Viktor's calm yet undeniable voice rang out softly.

Vega slightly widened one of his eyes.

"To overthrow the founding government of a powerful nation? Interesting."

“Victor, you’re crazier than I thought.”

So what will Vega do?

"Choosing you was the best decision I've ever made."

As the words faded, a hint of madness seemed to creep into Vega's eyes.

Since humans are unreliable, why not switch to another race?

For Vega, it doesn't matter who his followers are.

The important thing is that it only needs these believers.

"It's time to go."

The trench coat behind Victor swayed slightly in the air, but after only a moment, it went from swaying to wildly dancing.

"We should go pick them up."

A moment after the words were spoken.

The breeze seemed to transform into a raging behemoth, its entire body rising from the ground.

A powerful storm arose, constantly stirring up the dust that had rolled and swirled on the ground, and sending it spiraling upwards into the sky.

The sky was also filled with thick, dark clouds, as if obscuring the sun's rays.

The thick clouds were whipped into huge vortexes by the gale, twisting and turning, resembling a giant eye, adding a touch of eeriness.

Lia and Cocot stood behind Victor, feeling the eerie wind that kept blowing.

The raging air tossed their collars, and facing the fierce storm, they couldn't help but stare blankly behind Victor.

Behind Viktor, there seemed to be an extremely dark and ghostly raven phantom, trembling constantly in the sky.

It grew larger and larger until it completely solidified its form, then let out a wicked grin and looked up at the sky.

Arrogance, contempt, pride...

Those emotions, as if poured into that wicked smile, filled the oppressive air.

At this moment, the sky over the capital became darker than ever before.