Criminal X : Epitome Of Evil-Chapter 229: One Thing

Pablo Castillo finally arrived.

He stood behind the High Dukes and he had no choice but to wave at the crowd. Because the crowd…

"Pablooooo!"

"Kill the mist!"

"Once and for all!"

"We all are with you!"

"You can do it!"

The crowd was mad.

The people welcomed the man with cheers and fervor.

Jamal had a frown all the while ever since he landed on the ground.

Pablo roamed his head all around the area and stood on his toes to see the line of the King’s army.

Cupid and Andrezj were floating behind him and Andrezj just couldn’t wait to go inside the mist to find his dearest.

In front of Pablo were the four high dukes and he was standing just behind Boulder.

He was hidden by Boulder’s huge build. Pablo would take cover behind him if an attack happened. A good meat shield Boulder was.

But it seemed that Boulder had something to say.

He slightly turned his head behind at Pablo.

"I thought only I was going inside the mist with you. Why are these other Dukes here?"

Pablo had told the King only Boulder would go with him so how come the other high dukes were also there.

"The King insisted. He wanted me to at least take four Dukes with me." Pablo revealed.

"And you agreed? And why didn’t I know about this?" Boulder asked.

"The King and I talked in private. And I agreed because he is the King." Pablo answered and Cupid and Andrezj both knew that he was lying.

The King did meet Pablo in private and they both talked about various things.

Pablo didn’t agree to take four high Dukes with him because the King said so, he agreed because the King had a plan.

A plan that Pablo would also like to be a part of.

In a sense, the King gave Pablo an offer he couldn’t refuse.

"Fair enough. But how the fuck we have this much crowd here? How did they know that today was going to be an attack? It should be confidential." Boulder asked another question.

The other three high dukes heard him and they had the same question as well.

And Pablo had an answer for them.

"Because the added page from the King on the book containing the Woman’s confession contained the date of the attack. The copies Lee made of the Woman’s confession were sent to all and everyone read it. And that’s why they are here."

"What??" Boulder exclaimed. His voice was loud but under the cheers of the crowd, only Pablo and the other high dukes heard him.

"Did you know about this? How can you allow it? Why did his highness write the date of the attack on that book?" Jamal asked this time. He was genuinely concerned.

"I didn’t know he was going to write the date of our attack. I only told him to write about me and himself. I only got to know that when I was just leaving the castle. The guards told me." Pablo said and he was lying again.

Pablo knew what the King was going to write on the book distributed to everyone. The King had told him that in their private meeting a few days ago.

It was a part of the King’s secret plan.

Jamal clicked his tongue.

"What if the book was seen by the people behind the mist?"

"Then we should be ready for the war from the get go. It is what it is. Your King did it." Pablo only said that and with a shrug at that.

Jamal clenched his fist, kicked the ground and in the end, he sighed.

"Stupid King." He mumbled and after a few seconds…

"It is what it is." He too accepted reality.

’I heard your mumble.’ Pablo’s hearing was sharper than before.

Anyway, they all stopped talking and Pablo waited for one more person to join.

"Everyone, this is the main attacking force of today’s mission. But there is still one more person who will join this battalion." The King said.

The people paid close attention to him and the King didn’t waste their time as well.

"The Chief of the Forsaken Village, Socrates!"

The King announced and the response he encountered was the mildest of them all.

"Who’s that?"

"Why is a villager going inside the mist?"

"And how was he even allowed inside our city?"

"I heard he was living in the Hermit slums. I hate seeing a slummer joining this team."

The people didn’t cheer for Socrates. More than that, they despised him from being a villager and living in the Hermit slums.

"This city is still full of Royals, I guess. They can’t be friendly even when death is around them." Cupid said, shaking her head.

Pablo said nothing. He just wanted Socrates to come out so he could start the mission.

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And Socrates indeed came out.

The main door of the castle opened and a man arrived on the scene.

The people saw him and for a moment, they were stunned.

A well groomed white thick beard, a black bandanna on his head, the black sleek demonite suit appeared amazing on him and most of all, the stylish round black glasses on his eyes was a cherry on top of his looks. The man looked cool as an iceberg.

"Well, he is at least not bad looking."

"Yeah. I agree."

The people found Socrates stylish and the old man cared nothing and stood beside Pablo.

"Why did I get introduced after you? You are the main person here." Socrates said.

"The King has his motives." Pablo replied and the King showed his motives.

"Everyone, you all might think what a dirty little villager is doing here. He has been living in the slums ever since his village was captured by the white mist. So why did I call a slummer inside our Glory city?" The King paused. He roamed his eyes on everyone.

"Because we are all Humans."

The people raised their brows. The King carried on.

"The mist is killing everyone. It will soon cover our entire kingdom. Rich or poor, all of us will die. So, what’s the point of harboring hatred when everything stands at the doors of doom? Socrates here knows all about his village, the paths, the roads, the trees. He will be a big help in the mission and he agreed to help us all.

Just like us Royals don’t like villagers and the residents of slums, the villagers and the slummers also don’t like us Royals. The hate is mutual and by calling Socrates here, I have ended the hate from my side. And by Socrates agreeing to help us, he also ended the hate from his side.

So, I want you all to accept him and end the hate from your side as well. Together we are strong, together we are dangerous. Together we are…"

The King raised his fist in the air and bellowed :

"The Pinnacle of Races!"

"Yeahhh!!"

"Let’s gooo!"

"Long Live the King!"

"Welcome, Socrates!"

"Kill the Mist, you sexy villager!"

"Do it!"

"End it all!"

The King changed the tides.

He changed the perspectives of the people towards the Villagers. For now at least.

And that was why the King made Socrates appear after Pablo.

He wanted to show the people that he was a benevolent King who could discard his hate aside and accept anyone. He was a good man and he successfully made people believe that as well.

"People are so gullible. Only by one speech they accepted Socrates." Cupid commented.

’Of course they are gullible. It is inside their dna.’ Pablo replied.

’Huh? How so?’ Cupid asked through her mind.

Pablo decided to answer her. He could waste some time.

’Man is a moral animal. You can get human beings to do anything if you convince them it is moral. And guess what, you can convince human beings anything is moral. That’s just how it works.’

’Oh. That’s a wicked observation you did.’

’And let me tell you, all these people accepted Socrates only for today. As soon as this mission ends, even the King who said all that will throw him away. And the people, well, they will kill him if they see him here again.’

’That’s just sad. This is what you need to correct this world. There is no harmony anymore. You need to make this world a better place, Pablo. This is your job.’

’Alright. Shut up now.’

Pablo stopped talking and Cupid was still speaking but she was ignored.

"Everyone," The King spoke. "Now no one will join them. This is all the people that will go inside the mist and I am sure, they will return as winners."

"Yay!"

"Win!"

The people cheered some more. They all were hyped up.

’Did you see them?’ Cupid spoke once more.

’Who?’ Pablo asked.

’Your slaves.’

’Yes. I saw them. All ten of them are here.’ Pablo had seen his ten slaves when he stood on his toes to see the line of the soldiers.

’They must have missed you. And they are here to say good luck I think.’

’Yeah. I can’t wave at them. So I just gave them an assuring look that everything is fine. Though, didn’t the slaves say that they can’t stay away from their master? They will feel pain if they go away from their lord?’

’Yes. But this is different. The slaves can’t go away from their master. But the master can go wherever he wants. If the master is willingly not taking his slaves with him then no problem will arise.’ Cupid answered.

’Good to know.’

Pablo stopped talking once more and the King was ready for his last fragments of speech.

"My people, I will not waste any more time here. The day of the reckoning is today and I, Damascus Maverick, the King of Forza Kingdom, commence the start of the Destruction. Pablo Castillo will now take the lead and he will do only one thing inside the mist. The one thing that doesn’t suit a detective but he is proficient in it. Only one thing occurs inside the mist and Pablo will do it. He will only do one thing. He will…"

The King darted his eyes at the back of Pablo’s head and Pablo sensed the gaze.

He turned his head around and both men locked eyes. Then, the King finally announced what Pablo would do inside the mist. He would just…

"Kill."