Red Spirit State

The Red Spirit Estate or Scarlet Nether Territory was adjacent to the Dark Moon estate.

As a confidant of Prince Obsidian, the Red Spirit Lord was the "eye" of the capital city to monitor the Dark Moon. Since most of the resources and funding for the Dark Moon Estate came from the Red Spirit, Shea had to put Joseph who "sworn loyalty" at an important position. On the surface, Joseph was one of Dark Moon City. If he testified the matter, it was even more irrefutable.

## Location

It is southeast of Bloody Vine Estate and northeast of Dark Moon City.

Red Spirit Estate was one of the Fallen Angel Empire's several biggest estates. The area was slightly smaller than the Dark Moon. The estate was crescent shaped. It was adjacent to the northeast of Dark Moon. The northern part was directly connected to the Fallen Angel Imperial Capital.

After several twists and turns, Chen Rui took a carriage in Sam Town (萨姆镇), a border town of Red Spirit Estate. He headed towards Moling Town. When he was in Xilang Mountain previously, he learned from his puppet, Snowden, that the Red Spirit Estate was mainly divided into three major parts. Red Spirit Lord, Josh, controlled the most central and most important Red Spirit city. The remaining two parts were passed to his two sons to manage. It was just like a small kingdom that was divided into a capital and two estates.

Moling Town at the northwest was managed by the youngest son, Kanita. Mordo Town at the southeast, adjacent to Dark Moon, was under Joseph's responsibility. However, the military power near the two borders was held by Josh himself, just in case.

Lord Josh wanted to train his two sons so that they could excel. On the other hand, he must also beware of the two sons being too good. Whether in the Human Realm or Demon Realm, the power struggle between father-son and between brothers was not a new thing.

## Story

The Red Spirit Lord Josh, who was hit hard in the Dark Moon in the war of lords, suddenly started a battle. He subdued his son, Kanita, who attempted to murder him, and prevented a rebellion to seize power.

The Great Demon King Solana under Kanita, who had been recovering from his wounds, surrendered, Snowden died, and the rest of the party members surrendered. As for Kanita, Josh subdued him and controlled him with secret technique; he could no longer rebel.

This kind of killing and power struggle between father and son was not uncommon in the Demon Realm, but it was commendable that Josh could resist his son in this situation. No doubt, the older, the wiser.

In this incident, an unexpected person played a key role. It was Royce who was previously under Joseph's command.

Royce was the heir of the Kunda Family, whose surname had been taken by Josh because his father, Khan, refused to hand over some treasures and was reduced to a slave by Josh. However, Royce actually endured the humiliation and was secretly ordered by Josh to spy by Joseph's side. He had been monitoring Joseph's actions and had the insight of all actions including Joseph's whistleblowing to the capital. After Joseph's collapse, Royce turned his side to Kanita, and he became the biggest contributor to Josh's exposure of Kanita's conspiracy.

Josh praised Royce for his contribution and named him the estate's garrison guard deputy commander. The current commander was the subdued Kanita. The deputy commander Royce also had supervisory duties.

Not only that, Royce's family members and descendants who lost their glory and became slaves were also pardoned and regained the Kunda surname. As for his illegitimate son, Ledo, who ratted and caused the destruction of his father and the entire Kunda Family; that was also Joseph's "partner-in-crime", was personally beheaded by Royce, who had become a Higher Demon.

After regaining power, Josh still used the name of recuperating his injuries to explain things in simple terms. Any matters were conveyed by Kanita or Royce. His occasional appearance revealed an ill look with severely reduced strength, but no one dared to underestimate this "seriously ill" old fox.

Some people even speculate that Josh, who had a scheming mind, used this kind of appearance so that the Dark Moon would overlook him, but he was secretly gathering his power to prepare for revenge.

As the first lord who actively responded and invested 1 billion black crystal coins at the lord meetings, Josh did not constantly ask the capital for the repayment of the fundraising funds like Kanita did. Instead, he showed a confident attitude towards the regent. He also did various propaganda to ask all estates to ignore the rumors and trust the promise of the regent. Such action had been highly appreciated by the capital.

However, in a sense, as time went by and the repayment date approached, this attitude of conviction was more terrible than direct reminders.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 18 (Steambun)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 298 (Steambun)
3. ↑ Chapter 426 (Steambun)