He Became The Most Insane Emperor Of All Time [EN]: Chapter 29

Became the Greatest Crazy Emperor – Chapter 29

“Hendrick and I will infiltrate first.”

I announced as soon as we arrived at the dilapidated warehouse that Hendrick had identified as the cultists’ hideout.

“It’s dangerous, Your Majesty.”

“Indeed, it is dangerous.”

Naturally, both the Captain of the Guard and Stella objected, but I shook my head.

“It’s far more dangerous and foolish for all five of us to rush in without knowing the layout inside.”

As I responded to them, I tied my silver hair back with a string I had brought.

The long, silver hair was too conspicuous and needed to be concealed, even if just a little.

“So, I won’t hear any objections. Wait here. Hendrick, come with me.”

Soon, only Hendrick and I separated from the group and moved.

It was still daytime, so sneaking in, even with excellent stealth and concealment skills, wouldn’t be easy.

But Hendrick and I had already devised a plan.

“Here, you. I’ll give you this silver coin to draw the attention of those guards. If we succeed, you can get another silver coin from them.”

It wouldn’t be wise to rely solely on shadows to infiltrate in broad daylight.

But this slum was full of people who wouldn’t hesitate to kill for money.

We hired a suitable beggar to create a commotion for the warehouse guards.

“Please, just a penny.”

“Hey, this isn’t a place to beg, so get lost.”

“Ugh, I’m starving to death, so just give me a little something!”

“These crazy bastards, really!”

The hired beggar successfully caught the attention of the guards.

As those guarding the warehouse on all sides rushed to deal with the commotion at the entrance, Hendrick and I quietly approached the side of the building and entered through a window.

As soon as I entered the warehouse, I quietly peered outside through the cracks in the door.

“Cultists.”

The ones guarding outside looked no different from the common thugs in the slums.

But inside, there were figures wearing black robes with strange red patterns drawn on them.

As Hendrick said, this was indeed the cultists’ hideout.

“What are you going to do?”

“We need to steal their clothes and disguise ourselves.”

Their hideout is down there.

To figure out what’s inside, we have no choice but to disguise ourselves.

To do that, we quietly waited for the right moment.

“Hey, Robert!”

“What?”

“Go get some food from the warehouse with Jack. Bring it to the third floor.”

“Ugh, do we have to do those kinds of errands? What about the new guys?”

“I don’t know. Find them and make them do it.”

“Damn it.”

Instead of hastily targeting someone, we waited for an opportunity and overheard the cultists talking on the staircase.

Soon, two grumbling cultists entered the supply warehouse.

“Hey, let’s hurry up and pack it up. It’s annoying.”

“……”

“Huh? Why aren’t you ans-”

Thud.

Hendrick and I quietly dealt with the two.

After a while, Hendrick and I, having stolen their clothes, emerged from the warehouse.

“Don’t cause any trouble when we go down. Act as naturally as possible.”

“Of course, that’s why we’re even taking the food.”

Hiding our faces with the cultists’ black robes, we started walking towards the staircase where we had overheard the conversation earlier.

“So that’s what it was.”

“A gate portal.”

As we went down to the basement, we saw an alien, distorted spatial rift on one wall. [A portal is a magical doorway to another location or dimension.]

A subspace passage leading to somewhere else.

It was what is commonly called a portal.

“To create it under the city instead of in a mountain dungeon, they’re quite bold.”

It is common knowledge that cultists connected to demons use subspace as a base, in the form of a so-called dungeon.

But creating it right under the city is impossible unless various conditions are met, such as the tacit consent or cooperation of Karstein and the city’s influential figures.

Since we had to look inside, Hendrick and I walked towards the portal as naturally as possible.

“Wait, who are you guys? I’ve never seen your faces before?”

Of course, there was someone guarding the portal entrance, and he stopped us.

“This guy and I are newbies who came in a while ago.”

Hendrick answered instead of me, because he seemed more like a rough, lower-class person than I did in terms of intonation and overall demeanor.

“Oh, really? Then what are those?”

“It’s an errand that Senior Jack and Senior Robert told us to do.”

“Oh, right? Then hurry up and go.”

Fortunately, the excuse we had prepared worked well, and we were able to pass.

As Hendrick and I passed through the portal, we were able to get out to the other side after a short while.

“There are a lot more people here than I expected.”

“That’s even better.”

If there are many people in fixed uniforms, the probability of being discovered is reduced, as long as you don’t do anything too noticeable.

“It seems to be divided into several floors.”

“Dungeons are usually like that.”

Demons use subspace magic more skillfully than humans, but they couldn’t expand subspace indefinitely.

It’s better to divide it into floors for space efficiency, so that’s usually how it is.

It’s common to go underground or build a tower, but this one seemed to be going underground.

“This is where you go down to the second floor.”

The first floor seemed to be used as a general residential area for the cultists.

I guessed that the second floor would be a more serious place.

“The stairs are narrow. If you block this place, it won’t be easy to break through.”

That meant that if we were to attack, we would need to secure this place as quickly as possible.

Conversely, blocking this place meant that it could be effectively defended on either side.

Soon, we were able to go down to the second floor.

Our disguise was still undetected, and everyone we encountered seemed to think we were running errands because we were carrying food.

“This is a prison. Did they lock up the kidnapped people here?”

“They’re probably travelers or immigrants who don’t attract attention even if they’re kidnapped.”

They were locked up in prison, but there were no guards watching the place, because there was no possibility that the prisoners would escape.

“They’re all out of their minds.”

They looked like shells with little emotion left, let alone motivation.

As we explored the second floor, it was not difficult to understand why they looked like that.

“The muscle enhancement effect is a little insufficient. Administer more of the Madman’s Weed mixture.”

“Won’t the mental breakdown accelerate?”

“Does it matter? There are plenty of test subjects.”

“Well, that’s true.”

It was a conversation I overheard in a place presumed to be a nearby laboratory.

In fact, it was such a common sight that no one would say anything even if you listened openly without eavesdropping.

“No, I don’t like it! Stop it! Aaaaaaah!”

A drug made by the cultists was injected into a test subject restrained with a crude iron syringe.

“Aaaaaah… Kyaaaaaaaaak!”

The one who had been screaming at first began to scream like crazy.

Not only were they screaming, but there were also those whose blood vessels and tendons were clearly visible all over their bodies, and their physical appearance was changing.

Some only had their muscles swell and stretch, but some grew hair and their teeth grew large and sharp, turning into animal forms.

Krrrreung!

“Hmm, so this is how they become monsters. Another failure has increased.”

“There are too many failed monsters these days. Shouldn’t we dispose of them?”

“The higher-ups told us to keep them for now. Even if we let them loose, they’re useful for causing chaos, right?”

“Well, that’s true.”

I was able to obtain a lot of information just by listening to the cultists’ chatter.

When I thought I had gathered enough information, I left the place with Hendrick.

“It seems like we’ve searched the second floor. Where is the place to go down to the third floor……”

“The security is tight.”

It seemed difficult to infiltrate the third floor.

If the first floor was a general residential area and the second floor was where the cultists’ main objective, bio-experimentation, took place, then the purpose of the third floor was probably the innermost part.

“There must be a leadership or several important facilities, or the most important secret.”

The security would be just as tight, so it was obvious that going in with the excuse of being a newbie would not work anymore.

“Let’s go back now.”

The wise choice was to scout only up to this point and return.

It was a pity that I couldn’t figure out the structure of the third floor, but infiltrating there was too dangerous an attempt.

So I was about to go back.

“You guys, stop for a moment.”

At that time, a cultist approached us.

“I’ve never seen your faces before, are you newbies?”

“Yes, we are.”

This time, Hendrick answered instead of me.

“What is that food?”

“I received an errand to take them to the third floor……”

“Really? The third floor is over there?”

“That’s because this is my first time here, so I didn’t know the way, hehe……”

“You’re so naive. Give me that food. I’ll deliver it.”

At those words, Hendrick and I exchanged glances.

It was okay to hand over the food, but the problem was what he said next.

“Newbies, are you going up?”

“Yes?”

“Be careful, there’s a commotion upstairs. Two of your seniors died in the warehouse. Jack and Robert……”

Swish, thud.

“……Keueup?”

As soon as he mentioned those guys we killed and disguised ourselves as, I stabbed him with a dagger.

Hendrick also blocked his mouth in good timing to prevent him from making a sound.

“That way.”

I didn’t have a plan after that, but Hendrick pointed to one side as if he had come up with something.

That place was where there was a prison that held special things.

“Huh? Who are you-”

Thud.

Unlike other prisons, there was a proper guard, but I ran ahead and killed the guard while Hendrick was bringing the body.

“Steal the key.”

“Do you have a good idea?”

As Hendrick said, I stole the key from the guard.

-Krrrreung…….

Meanwhile, the guys locked in the prison saw us and reacted.

They were failed experiments that had turned into monsters.

This place was our cage to keep them.

“We’ll use them to cause a commotion. Let’s get out of here in the meantime.”

The guy we killed earlier and the guard we just killed, we decided to use their bodies and the monsters trapped here.

There was no time to judge whether that was a good plan or not. I immediately moved according to Hendrick’s wit.

Clang, clang.

“Let’s get out of here quickly.”

I quickly opened all the prison doors and left the place before the monsters came out.

The two bodies that had been abandoned in advance would serve as bait to tie up the monsters and create a time difference.

After that, I hurriedly started to go back through the second floor.

“Hey, you guys stop for a moment.”

While going back up to the first floor, someone called out to us again.

“The monsters have been released! Emergency! Emergency!”

But a big commotion broke out in the place where the prison where the monsters were released was located.

“What! That’s a big deal?”

“Everyone, prepare for battle!”

“I’m not a combatant!”

Thanks to the commotion, Hendrick and I were able to escape safely.

“Your improvisation was quite useful, Hendrick.”

“I told you, you won’t regret accepting me.”

As Hendrick joked, I chuckled as I left the warehouse.

“Yeah, but it’s not over yet.”

It was a slightly twilight time.

I looked back at the darkened warehouse and said.

“Now, join the group and attack properly.”

Five people will attack that place.

I had already made a plan with the reconnaissance just now.