touchnovel Chapter 1680 …FOR THE BIG MONOLOGUE!
Chapter 1680 …FOR THE BIG MONOLOGUE!
--- Kat --- Enjoy new adventures at empire
"Strdl... Strdl... Strdl... you never could understand my grand visions. I did test you on occasion, subtly trying to see if you could see things my way but you were far too... honourable," Not spat the word like it was a curse. "You’re so loyal that I was tempted to just let you be you know? Hope that loyalty would carry us through. I mean, I am pretty great but you were only ever loyal to my mask. And once it cracked? Well there were no guarantees.
*Right so we’re just letting him monologue then?*
[Well first off. It’s only polite. Second off Hunter has already vanished and he hasn’t noticed. Not sure when or if she’s going to act but I’m sure it’ll work out.]
*Huh, so she has. I wonder what she’s off doing?*
"I had no idea how I was going to get rid of you before the demons here presented a more actionable threat. It meant the Mountain Shaker was willing to allow me to make use of his enchanted death traps. Though... admittedly the results haven’t been as exceptional as I was hoping. This is just the beginning though. I’m sure by the end of it all I’ll be free to act as I want!"
"But WHY sheriff?! Why do this! I... I can hardly believe that you’re not being pressured into this sheriff. Is it your family? Are they in danger? I heard your wife and child vanished recently..." said Strdl with tears in her eyes.
"Well it IS nice to have the family safe and away from prying eyes. My wonderful boss is putting together a grand city you know? And we’ve got some great temporary residences... but as to why? Well I was promised the run of the town and the removal of that damned guard captain bitch! She’s looked down on me for longer then you’ve been alive Strdl. Always butting in on my investigations. Letting her guardsmen act as police... taking credit for MY work," growled Not.
Strdl looked like she’d been slapped... and Katt had a feeling that perhaps Not was being conceited with what he considered ’his’ work. Though the fact that he had a wife and child that Strdl new about did reduce the chance of them being romantic considering how ’good’ Strdl was. *Perhaps more of a father daughter type deal then?*
"Guard Captain Wlma is a wonderful woman and she saved my life twice as a child. I... perhaps she does overstep sometimes, what with the guards usually not having much to defend us from. The infrequent incursions into the town and whatnot... but... but that doesn’t mean she should be barred from trying to protect the people!" insisted Strdl.
"Ha! What a load of hogwash. I never cared about that. What I’ve always wanted is POWER. Power to enact my views on the world! And that bitch Wlma was never going to happy with that. Why, didn’t you notice that all of the more hard-headed police have left in the last few years?" asked Not.
"But... but you said they left to join the guard!" insisted Strdl.
"Oh they did! They did indeed... and they will be removed once I tear the guard apart of Wlma’s dead body. It’s such a shame that most didn’t leave willingly. Means they’ll have a bit of a grudge when we come for them. Makes it more likely they’ll fight back... oh well. Not having to deal with them for any longer means it was a worthwhile trade," admitted Not with a shrug.
Meg shrugged, "Well I mean if that’s how you see it sure... what about those three though?" Meg pointed at the three police that Kat had caught. They’d snuck off to the side at some point and were hiding in between the spikes that remained, trying to avoid notice.
"Oh... those guys... sort of forgot about them..." mumbled Not.
This distraction was enough for Strdl to break free of her trap. "How can you say that! They are our precious comrades!"
"Look Strdl, I feel like we’ve already gone over this part. They weren’t in on it with me and I was hoping to say they died in the fighting but I wasn’t going to go too far out of my way for it. They were just there because I couldn’t quite get the full numbers I was looking to take on this mission," said Not with a shrug.
"Still! How could you just forget!" hissed Strdl.
"What like you remember everyone we work with..." grumbled Not.
"Yes! I do!" insisted Strdl.
"Well that’s a shame," said Meg drawing everyone’s attention back to her. "See, it seems your faulty memory means you forgot someone else..."
"What?" just as Not made that exclamation suddenly he was bound tightly by a giant snake Kat recognised instantly. The black scaled beast was enough to keep his arms and legs pinned, leaving only his head free.
"You forgot my wonderful Lil Sis!" cheered Meg.
Strdl turned to look at Meg with a frown. "Did you expect this?"
Meg smiled, a big wide grin that Strdl did not like the look of. "Well... yes. Your sheriff is super corrupt. So corrupt I could practically smell it on him. The fact you never notice is a real black mark on your investigations skills if I’m being honest. I would’ve distracted him more myself, but you managed it great at the start! Just got caught a little too easily but that’s fine we can work on it!"
Strdl glared back. She was not happen with that information. Not happy at all.