Modern World Warlock-Chapter 86: Corruption Fiend

Right after Camille shot her father in the head, she quickly took command of all the communication systems and talked to Leonardo Ragucci, telling him of everything that had happened.

A few minutes later, Leonardo passed the call to Megan before sacrificing himself to halt the monster from catching her, and the handler gave her instructions on how to escape with Sophia.

Moreover, Camille knew that there were some servants working for the Winter family who shared the same strange ideals that Ethan had been following, so she ordered the servants on her side to eliminate them.

"All this time, I thought that my dad had gone crazy…" said Camille as she finished telling the story to the Omega Team.

"Or, maybe that’s what I wanted to believe," she continued, grabbing a document from her desk and passing it to the trio.

As the three of them read the contents, their eyes widened in shock as it revealed the cause of her father’s change.

"Nihilor…" Dante muttered.

The group had heard the name from the harpion twins, who mentioned that Nihilor was working with Malgaroth. However, the kids hadn’t interacted with him.

They knew that Nihilor was a corruption fiend with the ability to change a person’s state of mind to make them commit horrible crimes and immoral acts.

From the document, the group connected the dots and realized that the demon had controlled Ethan Winter in order to have him betray the Jade Dragons.

When Camille reminisced about her father’s last moments, she remembered that the man had seemingly broken out of the demon’s control for a brief second, making her grit her teeth with anger.

"If I had known he was being controlled, I would have tried something else…" the handler muttered in a somber tone that no one in the group was used to hearing from her.

Dante kept a straight face when detailing the umbra flowing from Camille—utterly different from how it usually looked.

’Sadness, anger, frustration… Yeah, none of those fit Camille,’ the warlock thought, getting quite furious himself.

Camille took a deep breath to calm herself, but when the warlock mentioned that he felt someone watching them leave the sewers, the woman’s stress returned.

"Did they follow you?" the handler asked.

"No. They left as soon as I went to check…" replied Dante.

Camille and the warlock placed a hand on their chin, thinking for a few seconds in silence as they both widened their eyes simultaneously and looked at each other.

"The kids!" they exclaimed in unison.

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The following day, the Omega Team got picked up early in the morning from their home, taking them to another district where the school was located.

Unfortunately for Zac, he had to skip his lessons that day, but the redhead wasn’t feeling nervous about it since he was confident he could pass without going.

When the SUV left the trio a few streets away from the school, they walked for a bit while scanning their surroundings, looking for anything that looked suspicious.

"This place is more… Umm, peaceful?" Dante commented.

"Well, we are pretty far from the bustling of the city. Residential areas always feel more calm…" Zac said.

As they made their way through a narrow street with houses on both sides, Dante noticed Megan’s umbra seemed slightly different.

"Is something bothering you, Megan?" the warlock asked.

"I was just thinking about what we spoke with Cami yesterday…" she coldly said.

"Yeah, it was hard to sleep after that," Zac commented.

Megan stopped walking, prompting the two guys to halt along with her. "Just think about it for a second…" she said with a serious voice.

"She killed a person she loved, thinking that she was doing the right thing, only to be told that it was some demon who controlled him all this time…" The brunette continued, her voice hinting at a bit of frustration.

"And worst of all, if she hadn’t done that, Sophia and I would have died eight years ago with the rest of the Jade Dragons…"

Megan’s words were striking Dante and Zac like daggers to their chests, making them realize that they hadn’t tried to put themselves in the handler’s shoes.

Dante was already thinking about destroying Nihilor’s soul, but he was now considering torturing the demon before ending his life.

"I’m sorry… I guess I just see Camille being so strong and confident all the time that I couldn’t put myself in her position," Zac said in a regretful tone.

After the group got their emotions in check, they kept walking along the residential street until they could see the high school building a few blocks ahead.

When they reached the open gates, the group noticed that the classes had started, as no students were walking around.

"Alright, then. Let’s check this place out…" Dante said, but just as he was about to leisurely enter the school, Zac placed a hand on his shoulder and stopped him.

"What are you doing?" the redhead asked.

"Exploring the school? Looking for demons?" Dante replied with another question.

"Dude, you can’t just go into a school if you have no business there. People are going to think you are a creep or something!" Zac explained.

"Huh, why? I’m just looking around…" the warlock said, genuinely confused.

"Yeah, man. I know that, but for the people who don’t know you—you are just a random, grown-ass man walking around a building full of minors… You see what I mean?" Zac continued his explanation.

"If someone asked you what you were doing in there, what would you say?" the redhead asked.

"Umm… Looking around?" Dante replied.

Zac facepalmed himself in exasperation, remembering that Dante was almost incapable of lying.

"Look, let’s just wait here for a moment. Besides, you can sense if anything is in there, right?" the redhead suggested.

"Probably. I could call Krom to make sure," the warlock said.

After the trio walked behind an alley near the school, Dante called the imp to their side to inspect the building, but when Krom said that it was clear, he instantly poofed back home, where he left his video game paused.