I even think Viktor did a great job.

She didn't know what grudge the two of them had, but...

Victor represents the Clavner family; if they were to become enemies, they would have to swallow their pride and worry about this and that.

If Viktor really does that, Lydia will immediately prepare to sideline him.

Having disgraced the Clevina family, he is no longer qualified to lead the family as its head.

"So what? What do you want me to do?"

"Are you suggesting I go south to intercept their business? I can't do that; they have factories everywhere."

"Besides, that's the royal family's money-making machine. You dare to offend the emperor, but I don't."

Victor stopped Lydia from making wild guesses.

"Smear Devon Reiser as much as possible before the Emperor intervenes."

He didn't even raise his eyebrows, and spoke very calmly.

However, Lia understood immediately, much to her surprise.

"You want to smear the Leather family with the devil's mud? How could that be?"

This is truly an absurd thing.

"Putting aside whether we have enough manpower in the capital, no normal person would believe it."

"Or are you saying you've become so powerful that you can control demons?"

Victor looked up at Lia and said something in a low voice.

"The devil will cooperate with you."

Lia looked at him with disbelief, a chill running down her spine.

"No one would want to be your enemy, Victor."

"You're such a bastard who even schemes against the devil; you're the real devil."

Viktor stood up, and Vega flapped her wings and flew off the desk to land on his shoulder.

"If we don't have enough manpower, we can borrow from the Duke."

"After all, he owes me a very heavy favor."

After saying that, he led Vega out of the study.

......

“Miss Leah Clavner, I can only help you keep Lady Kasanna out of the city gates.”

Duke Reeves looked somewhat embarrassed and said with a wry smile.

"It's not that I don't want to help Viktor, it's just that this is the most I can do."

Lia sat down in front of the Duke, smiling, and said:

“That is enough, Your Grace.”

"What we need is time, time for my brother to prove his innocence."

Duke Reeves remained silent for a long while, then tentatively asked:

"So, Devon Reiser really did come into contact with the demon, right?"

Lia felt somewhat helpless when she heard the Duke's question.

“Your Grace, I do not wish to deceive you, but consider this: how could my brother possibly kill an ordinary second-tier mage without a reason?”

Using the useful information, Lia skillfully orchestrated everything.

The Duke of Reeves was like prey caught in a spider's web, completely oblivious to this exquisite lie.

"Don't forget, Duke Reeves, the relationship between our Clavner family and the Delin family is quite special."

“Miss Kefla can naturally be called my older sister.”

Duke Reeves nodded.

Since the news of the demon invasion of the capital was brought by Kefla, it's not unreasonable to say that Victor knew something about it.

But Lia knew that Duke Reeves did not believe her.

One is Victor, and the other is the useless Devon Reiser.

As politicians, even a fool knows which one to choose.

But Riviera also had to consider whether the Du Chloe family could afford the cost of doing so.

So, Lia added a chip.

"If you still don't want to believe it..."

Leah tapped her fingers on the table and then said:

"Victor will put Devon Reiser on a platform in the academy square today. After that, there may be unpredictable changes at the academy. I don't know exactly what will happen."

"But I'm certain that the 'devil' will save Devon Reiser at that time."

Duke Reeves straightened up and asked with a serious expression:

"But how can this prove that this wasn't a staged performance by Viktor himself?"

Lia smiled again.

“Your Grace is very suspicious, but I don’t mind your suspicion, otherwise all my preparations would have been wasted.”

“I will have Knight Commander Gwen lead the Royal Knights to the academy. At that time, hundreds of knights will keep a close watch on Viktor.”

"The Royal Knights are subordinate to His Majesty, and they will bear witness to everything in the most impartial manner."

......

Victor stood in the academy square, surrounded by knights clad in silver armor.

In an instant, Vega had already analyzed the effects of the magic.

This amazing magical barrier weakens all magic within its range and inflicts a weakening effect on those within range.

'Magic' naturally includes some special functions.

For example, Gwen's sense of justice.

At this moment, Victor was one of the few mages who could still stand firm in the square.

As for the other mages, most of the students were lying on the ground, some second-tier instructors were also swaying, and even several third-tier mages were frowning, their magic power depleted, and they were completely unable to release magic.

In contrast, the knights, apart from being somewhat weak and mentally exhausted, were physically relatively stable.

"What exactly happened?"

Everyone was very puzzled; apart from Victor, no one knew what kind of formation they had fallen into.

Suddenly, countless black tentacles emerged from the edge of the barrier, like crazed venomous snakes, rapidly approaching Professor Devon.

Vega cooperated by flapping his wings and reacting as if he were 'startled'.

All the knights and sober mages were drawn to Vega's overreaction, and everyone stared intently at the scene.

Exclamations erupted from all sides.

"What is that disgusting thing!?"

Victor stretched out his still-mobile lava giant hand and fought against the countless chaotic tentacles.

Both sides are vying for Professor German.

The tentacles gradually enveloped Viktor's lava giant hand, and the darkness, like tongues licking wildly, tried to swallow Viktor whole.

Even in his weakened state, Viktor struggled as if trying to fend off countless venomous snakes.

Unfortunately, Victor was ultimately defeated. He loosened his grip, and Professor Devon was lifted into the air by the tentacles.

The barrier of darkness transformed into a gigantic maw, swallowing Professor Devon whole, and then vanished.

In an instant, countless people were gripped by fear.

Viktor's face was terribly grim, and his voice was noticeably weak.

“A filthy demon…”

"So, you still couldn't stop him from rescuing him..."

? ? ? ? ?

Everyone who heard this froze on the spot, like bewildered and helpless lambs.

What?

demon?

Rescue Devon Reiser?

Do you even want to listen to what you're saying?!