God of Systems: Maker of Heroes and Villains

The next day, Keith left the inn and headed back to the place where his carriages were parked at and saw that everyone else were there already.

"So, found anything useful?" he asked and the first one to respond was Caleb.

He nodded his head and took out a map before placing it on the ground, "I kept an eye out for rumors and I also talked to a few people. In a way, I kinda got lucky. A guard who worked for the viscount met me at a local bar and gave me a lot of clues."

He then pointed at one of the placed on the map, "Anyways, this place is approximately two kilometers away from their mansion and it's a small lab where they research on poisons and venom."

Keith nodded, "Nice, creating poisons and such is banned in our empire so I can easily use this as a way to wipe them all out..."

"There's more important things...." Amelia said and paused for a few seconds before continuing, "The viscount goes out for a ride once every seven days and.... visits random homes. If someone catches his fancy, he offers the family a few zen to be able to have a woman for a few days."

She then took a deep breath and continued, "While he has an interest on just the older women, there are rumors of multiple families disappearing in the middle of the nights. And apparently, it only happened to those who rejected his offers."

Keith nodded and looked at the others, "Anything else?"

"We did find a few things but they're not anything important unfortunately." Leora said and the rest of them nodded.

"Alright, let's fix some information first. You're right on the part where he offers the families money to be able to sleep with the wives or mothers. We can't do much if the families just agree to him since he isn't really threatening them." Keith said before moving to the next part.

He let out a soft sigh, "Haa well, as for the disappearances... it's not the viscount but his wife. There's a small gambling den around the outskirts of the town and that's the place she uses to conduct her operations.

On the outside, it's a regular gambling den. But once you go in and find the stairs that lead underground, you'll find a place filled with naked people. The funny part is that legally, we can't do anything to her since she isn't selling these slaves to others.

Instead, she sells services. Rents them for various purposes and for different time periods so even if I take her to the royal court, she can be spared."

Leora looked embarrassed when she saw Keith glance at her when he said that.

Feeling the sudden urge to defend herself, she spoke up, "There's nothing I can really do to change the rules since it's mostly in the hands of my father. I've seen Mathew raise this issue multiple times but Zander and many nobles opposed this.

And my father, like always, sided with the majority and dismissed my brother's explanations."

"It's fine, I'm not really blaming you. No kingdom or empire is perfect and even if you did patch the rules, it's the people's choice to follow them or not. Then, various other problems pop up once it comes to actually making sure that the rules are followed." Keith said with a smile before giving the map back to Caleb.

He turned to look at the town right in front of him and grinned, "We don't have to follow the rules either. We'll see blood tonight and we won't be the ones who kill the Viscount's wife."

"What do you mean?" Clara asked as she looked at him and Keith smirked.

"Public rage. Crime exposure to the common people and they'll do the job for us. All we gotta do is to tie her up." he said and placed his hand on the carriage beside him, "Let's rest for an hour or two before we get going."

The others nodded as Keith climbed in and the first thing he did was to open up his system screen.

It showed him the actions and thoughts of the third child of the viscount, the one whom Keith had an eye on since it was this person who had been doing the most diabolical shit.

'Gets a snake to bite his targets and while they're tied up and are struggling with the venom, he has his way with them.... no matter how many times I see this, I can't get used to seeing it.' he thought as he silently stared at the screen in front of him.

In the next few minutes, Keith had a nice quickie with Clara and once he was done, he helped her reach climax.

The two of them talked about things that did not concern the job at hand but after two hours, Keith and Clara walked out of the carriage. Others joined the duo and left to the viscount's mansion.

As they walked on the streets with their neat uniforms, multiple heads turned towards them but none of them cared about the attention they were getting. In fact, Keith was glad that there were so many people turning to look at him.

'The more people that wanna watch, the grander the execution will be.' he thought as he continued to walk and it didn't take him too long to get to the viscount's place.

Keith turned to look at one of the three knights that came with the princess, "Make an announcement."

It was unmistakably, an order. The knight turned to look at the princess and she nodded.

The knight sighed inwardly, 'I'm not getting paid for this....'

Even though he had such thoughts, he did as he was told to.

"Viscount Barbarosa! Please walk out of the mansion and surrender! Please walk out of the mansion and surrender!"

"Tell him that I'll burn his house down if he doesn't come out in under a hundred seconds." Keith said as he created a small flame at the tip of his finger.

The knight nodded and screamed this out too and Barbarosa, who was happily eating his lunch inside, panicked immediately.

"Damn, the second prince did make an enemy with this inquisitor but I didn't expect him to come to me first.... just how bad is my luck?" he cursed as he kicked a vase, "Goddammit!"

He turned to his wife and kids next and growled, "Run to the store room and hide all the money we have. All the gold, weapons... every single thing. Even the heirlooms. Quick, while I go out and keep them occupied."

Barbarosa then rushed out of the room and paused right in front of the main door as he heard the knight say "Sixty Seven!".

"They can't attack me without any reason right?" he muttered as he straightened his clothes and then he took a deep breath before opening the door.

He walked towards Keith with fake bravado and to his surprise, Keith simply smiled, "Nice to meet you Viscount Barbarosa."

Barbarosa stared at the outstretched hand in front of him and without thinking, he shook Keith's hand.

"Wh- what is this about? If you wanted to meet me, you could have just knocked on the door."

"Oh my, Viscount Barbarosa." Leora said and chucked before shaking her head, "We came here for your wife, not you."

"But the question is, will you hand her over to us voluntarily?" Laura joined in with a smirk on her face, "Consider her dead but your future depends on how you act from now on."

Barbarosa stared at Laura for a while before nodding, "Okay, feel free to take her. Is there anything you need?"

Everyone except Keith was surprised at the viscount's reply. The man never liked his wife and was forced into an arranged marriage. His lover died mysteriously a few weeks later and even though he had suspicions, there wasn't much he could do since his wife was the daughter of a count.

This was a chance he would never say no to and Keith expected something like this to happen since the start.

"Great, get your people to set up a cross to which we can tie your wife to. We'll be announcing all the crimes she committed and let the people decide what they wish to do." Keith said without wasting any time and then leaned closer before whispering.

"I heard that you were siding with the second prince. A pity indeed..."

Barbarosa body went stiff from the pressure he felt at this moment, but he gave Keith a restrained smile instead of saying much.

Seeing this, Keith shrugged, "It's fine, don't worry too much. I won't be forcing you to switch teams but I do hope that you keep this in mind. I will, kill the second prince with my own two hands. The one you're supporting will be nothing but a bag of bones by the time I'm done with him."

"You... that's a rebellion!" the viscount whispered, but he was still pretty loud, "If the royal family finds out, they'll come for your head!"

"They won't do shit. There's one right beside me." Keith said as he pointed at the princess, making Barbarosa eat his own words instantly.

Keith then smirked, "Well, I'll stay here for two more days to think about it. I won't ask you for money but instead, we need a few soldiers and it doesn't have to be knights. We're willing to pay you if you want."

"Huh?"