852 I Blackmailed Him (Part 2)

"Old fart, I didn't know you had that kind of taste. Not only did you watch a four-meter-tall fatty swinging that way with a small elf and a second fatty, but you even recorded it," Evan said, looking at Octavius as if he were looking at garbage. "Disgusting."

"???" Literal question marks appeared around Octavius as he couldn't understand why Evan was looking at him in such a way.

"Are you misunderstanding something? I don't know what it means to swing that way, but I didn't record anything. I just blackmailed that giant by using the lives of his comrades," Octavius said while gritting his teeth because, for some reason, the way Evan was looking at him was really pissing him off.

"Huh?" Evan was stunned when he heard Octavius and looked at him with a suspicious expression. "You're saying you didn't catch that fatty swinging that way and recorded his deed?"

"I didn't. I didn't catch him swinging that way. And for God's sake, tell me what the fu*k do you mean by swinging that way?" Octavius shouted in an enraged voice while looking at Evan with red eyes.

Earlier, Octavius felt embarrassed because he had to blackmail Momon in order to make him submit. As a former Rank Five Core Evolver, it was a disgrace for him to resort to such a lowly method to control a Rank Two Core Evolver, which is why he was so embarrassed.

*Cough*

Evan coughed when he saw Octavius's red eyes and changed the topic with a serious expression.

"You said you blackmailed that fatty by using the lives of his comrades, right? Tell me more about it."

Octavius looked at Evan's serious face and felt like strangling him to death. But the poor old man knew that he couldn't do anything against Evan, so he took a deep breath and spoke after a moment.

"In order to control those people, I used a monster insect called the Mind Controlling Bug. Mind-controlling bugs are only effective against people who are mid-level Rank Two or below. It is very hard to control peak Rank Two and above core evolvers using these bugs because of the high spiritual power of the core evolvers who are above mid-level Rank Two." Octavius paused after saying this and continued after a moment.

"That fatty was from a giant species. Because of their low population, all the giants treat each other like family. So, in order to control that peak Rank Two giant, I threatened him using the lives of the two beginner-level Rank Two giants who entered the cave with him and were already under my control because of the mind-controlling bug." Octavius glanced at Evan and saw he was listening carefully, so he continued.

"By using those two giants, I asked him to lower his spiritual defence and forcefully planted a mind-controlling bug inside him. Generally, people can't use their skills or the power of their core properly under the control of the mind bug, but the will of that peak Rank Two giant was too powerful, and even under the effect of the mind bug, he was still able to use his skills without any problem. However, even though he could use all of his powers, he was still unable to catch you."

Evan listened to Octavius carefully and rubbed his chin with a thoughtful look on his face.

"I see... Let me guess after I escaped from there, you tried to lure my son (Walter) into your trap as well through that giant, but my son turned out to be a bastard who didn't give a damn about the lives of the elves who were under your control, right?"

Octavius's mouth couldn't help but twitch when he heard Evan still calling Walter his son and nodded his head.

"The reason you were successfully able to absorb that fatty's energy was also because of that mind-controlling bug of yours, right? Although you couldn't control him to the full extent, you still managed to control his mind to some degree so that he didn't even notice when you started to absorb his energy, right?"

Octavius once again nodded his head and said with a sigh, "My soul was too weak, and if I had tried to absorb the energy of your son or sister, they would have immediately noticed it because they were not under the effect of the mind bug. If they had noticed it and used a spiritual skill on me, even under the protection of the white fire that was keeping my soul alive, I would have perished because of my weak soul."

Evan didn't blame Octavius for what he did, nor did he care about it because, in the end, the old man was just trying to preserve his soul. More than that, this mess was caused by a certain someone who is deeply related to him.

As Evan thought about the things that Octavius told him, something clicked in his mind and he asked in a serious voice, "Hey old man, is that mind-controlling bug still planted inside that fatty's body?"

"Yes, normally, I would have removed that bug from his body after sucking him dry, but because you asked me to kick him out in the middle, I didn't get a chance to remove that bug."

Evan's heart started to beat wildly when he heard Octavius. "Can he remove that bug on his own?"

Octavius shook his head hearing Evan and said in a certain voice, "That bug is planted inside his mind. If he tries to remove it on his own, the bug will immediately destroy his mind, so I don't think he would take the risk of removing it on his own."

"Does it mean you can still control that guy to some extent using that bug?"

"As long as I am not very far away from him, I can do that," Octavius nodded his head.

"Pff-hahahaha." Hearing the old man, Evan tried to hold back his laughter, but in the end, he couldn't hold it back and started to laugh like a madman.

"Good, good," He said in a delighted voice and looked at Octavius. "Be ready, old man, we are going to cause a lot of chaos in the future."

Octavius was confused hearing Evan, but he did not dwell on it and simply nodded his head.

"Oh, right..." Suddenly, Evan remembered another thing and looked back at Octavius.

"There are just two more things that I need to know." He said and pointed at the palm of his right hand.

"What is this strange rune that seeped inside my palm at the end of the second trial? And..." Evan's face turned deadly serious and he said in a deep voice. "Tell me everything that you know about the Shadow Monarch. Why did he trap you here? Why he create this Tomb? I want to know everything."