While My Mage Wife Grinds, I Power Up Idly
Chapter 112: Madam, You Don’t Want This Either

Chapter 112: Chapter 112: Madam, You Don’t Want This Either

"Madam, you don’t want your entire family wiped out because of your husband, do you?" Ashu pressed the blade of his dagger against Alice’s chin.

"What? How could that be..."

"Of course it could." Ashu pushed the blade closer, leaving a faint mark on Alice’s neck. "The Divine Mother Goddess has a merciful side, but she also has the side of Divine Judgment. And I represent that judgment—like a thunderbolt striking down."

Ashu improvised on the spot; in truth, he didn’t know how many sides the Divine Mother Goddess truly had.

But Alice, careful about her reputation, was genuinely frightened. After all, in the past ten years, every Devotee she had seen was either crazy or driven insane by madmen. Who knew what kind of being this "luminous saint" was?

"What... what do you want me to do?" Alice asked.

"Simple."

Ashu slowly took Alice’s hand. As she extended her arm, the inner part of her upper arm was exposed.

He swiftly and skillfully carved a Cidi mark onto the pale soft flesh there, and at the same time, applied Cidi Hypnosis.

Alice’s mental resistance was weak—not only because she was a mortal, but also due to her personality, which was easy to manipulate. So the hypnosis was an outright success in one go.

Watching Alice become a new Cidi Devotee, Ashu then continued, "Go back and find out your husband’s secrets. I need to know the exact time, place, and method of their attack."

"Yes, Bishop."

After being hypnotized, Alice Tully showed no obvious changes, but her attitude toward Ashu had completely reversed. At this moment, she worshipped this Cidi Bishop deeply, even willing to die for him.

...

After they parted ways, Ashu returned to Silco and spent the entire afternoon learning the baptism ritual.

That guy might be crazy, but since Ashu had promised to learn from a madman, he intended to follow through properly to avoid arousing suspicion.

The Church arranged lodging for him at an inn on the west side of the Church.

That very night,

Town Mayor’s wife Alice came to see him, cloaked in black.

"Knock, knock, knock~"

Ashu activated his Reaper’s Eye to confirm no one was following before opening the door to let her in.

"Alice."

"Good evening, Bishop," Alice greeted first, then continued, "I received news. The Bow King from the Kingdom of Ankgarde is already on the way. They agreed to arrive in three days. By then, that damned husband of mine will command his evil Mages to sacrifice the lives of 99 prostitutes to form a Snare of Carnal Desire barrier. I don’t know exactly what that is, but they say it can trap you, Bishop. Their plan is to trap you, then have the Bow King take a remote shot to kill you."

"Three days, huh..."

Sure enough, the time pressure tightened again.

He had originally planned to use the last of the twelve days to summon the great Demon Shava into the human world.

But now, he had to bring it forward by several days.

Ashu didn’t expect Shava to obey him and fight the Bow King. He only needed to create chaos to disrupt this assassination attempt.

"You should go back now and keep your identity hidden for the time being," Ashu said.

"Yes, Bishop,"

Alice didn’t dare waste a moment and immediately turned to leave.

Ashu watched her safely return using his Reaper’s Eye before beginning to discuss countermeasures with Anna.

"It looks like I’ll have to summon the great Demon Shava into this town two days from now," he said.

"Will you do it? Or should I?" Ymir asked. Among the people present, only the two of them had that ability. Usually, the commander wouldn’t do it personally, so that left Ymir.

Ashu glanced at Ymir and replied, "I’ll do it. Right now, the gap between your power and Shava’s is too big. Neither of us can guarantee that Shava won’t attack us indiscriminately. After all, he saw when we killed Kakarim. If he betrays us afterward, at least I can react."

"How would you react?" Ymir inexplicably enjoyed arguing with Ashu. "The gap between you and Shava isn’t that big? Oh, you’re the ’luminous saint,’ so you have the Divine Mother Goddess’s protection."

The Divine Mother Goddess’s protection was indeed powerful, but this time, it might not work.

After exposing Silco’s madness, Ashu specifically examined the Divine Mother Goddess Divine Statue. Sure enough, it wasn’t a genuine Divine Statue but a modified one.

That Divine Statue had been altered into an ordinary statue, completely devoid of any spiritual essence.

Now, it was just a statue.

And because of this, Silco’s den of debauchery had been able to continue operating without interruption.

At the same time, as the "luminous saint," he could not rely on the Divine Mother Goddess’s power here.

At that moment, Anna spoke up: "We should kill the Town Mayor here first."

Silco was a madman, his logic chaotic, but Town Mayor Seras was truly the crown prince’s lackey—he really wanted Ashu dead.

Although both deserved death, the one who should die first was Seras.

Ashu, however, vetoed the idea: "No, we still need to use these people to fight the Demon army. We have to put on a tug-of-war show to buy time."

Even though he despised them deeply, to delay long enough, these two couldn’t die yet. At least, nominally, Silco as the Branch Bishop must not die.

"Alright then."

"Anna, after I summon Shava, I want you all to come out together and protect the townspeople. Even if the locals are no good, we have to put on a show for the people in the Imperial Capital," Ashu said.

"I understand. We’ll support whichever side is weaker."

"Exactly, that’s the plan."

"This place is very close to the Imperial Capital. Once the great Demon’s presence appears, troops will come from the capital, including experts whose strength rivals the great Demon. So at first, we only need to put on a show. After that, we can quietly sit on the fence."

...

Two days later,

A heavily muscled Outlander climbed to the top of a hill.

Standing there, he gazed out over a vast plain covered with flowers, like a sea of blossoms.

Amid the floral ocean, the distant small town looked so tiny.

"Rose Valley town, I’ve arrived."

The wind at the summit brushed his face, his dark green long hair sweeping over his strong trapezius muscles.

"The wind reeks of prostitutes’ stench. Better to keep my distance after all."

Saying that, he sat down right on the hilltop, pulled out paper and pen, and wrote a note.

Then, he casually glanced upward, paying no mind to the birds in the sky. With two fingers, he flicked the paper, which landed precisely wrapped around a bird’s claw.

The force infused into the note forcibly pulled the bird, sending it flying toward Rose Valley town.

...

At the same time,

As the bird flew toward the town, Ashu found an empty underground chamber and entered "Reaper’s Resolve" mode.

When he himself entered the Netherrealm, he didn’t need "Reaper’s Embrace" and could freely come and go.

"Anna, guard the streets. Once the great Demon appears, things will go very badly here."

"Ymir, after the performance ends, immediately send everyone into the Netherrealm. At times like this, hiding in the Netherrealm is actually safer."

Ashu kept giving instructions.

After finishing, he vanished in a flash, slipping into the Netherrealm.

It was still a land where the earth ran red like blood, a mist-shrouded world.

This time, Ashu wouldn’t get lost because he possessed an extraordinary field of vision. Reaper’s Eye expanded its range as his power increased. In his normal mode, he had already reached the Magister level, and after activating "Reaper’s Resolve" mode, his strength rose even further beyond that of a Grand Archmage. As a result, his visual range became extremely vast.

Before long,

he located the direction of the great Demon Shava’s camp.

Relying on sheer power and speed, he headed there swiftly.

As he moved, he observed the camp’s situation. Unlike before, there were no patrols now, but Shava’s mountain stronghold was filled with an even denser gathering of Demons.

He roughly counted about six hundred.

Their life force signals varied, so naturally, their power levels varied as well.

At the farthest point was Shava, whose life force was the strongest. She was undoubtedly a great Demon, with strength comparable to a human Mage-King, Bow King, Sword King, Knight King, or King of Assassins.

"Shava, oh Shava, if only you were a demon beauty... then I could bind you with the system."

Soon enough,

Ashu arrived at Shava’s camp.

With his naked eyes, he saw that the Demons weren’t training together but were drinking freely.

As he appeared, the over six hundred Demons simultaneously stopped drinking and all raised their heads to stare.

Ashu also halted his flight, positioning himself in a relatively safe spot. If danger arose, he would immediately retreat back to the human world.

"Heh heh heh, didn’t expect to meet so soon," came Shava’s voice. He swept away the mist with a wave of his hand. Following the sound, Ashu saw the red-skinned, ram-headed Demon sitting on a throne that looked like sharp fangs. Shava continued, "My Demon guardians died because of you, and my masterpiece Kakarim also died because of you. According to Demon rules, I must reduce you to ashes. But if you send me and my army into the human realm, our grudge will be completely wiped clean."

Ashu didn’t expect a Demon to be so magnanimous.

He had thought some sort of retaliation was coming.

Unexpectedly, just doing what he was ’going to do anyway’ would erase their grudge.

Without further words, he immediately picked one random Demon from the legion of over six hundred and used a reverse operation of "Reaper’s Embrace" to instantly send it to the human world.

There was not the slightest delay in this process. Under the gaze of the many Demons, that ordinary Demon disappeared in an instant.

The great Demon Shava curled the corner of her mouth and said, "Very good. If I had known you were this straightforward, I would have cooperated with you long ago."

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