Episode 71. Blood Banquet (4)
The banquet hall was in chaos due to an attack by a gunman.
People were scattering in all directions, rushing into the hallway to get out of the hall.
“… … !”
However, the gunmen were not only in the center.
Maids, waiters, guardian knights, and even attendees.
They were blocking the entrance to the hall as if they were planning something.
“What are you doing? Get out of the way!”
A nobleman shouted, and only then did he raise his head.
“… … !”
The moment I raised my head, I saw a white mask.
“Aaaah!”
They also indiscriminately brandished their weapons at innocent people.
“Protect the princess!”
The knights of the Imperial Palace who were waiting first took care of Arin’s safety in the hall.
“You must avoid it. Princess!”
The moment the two girls, who had not yet grasped the situation, were frozen,
A huge red light appeared in the center of the hall occupied by the gunmen.
“That one?”
Summoning circle.
It was a type of magic circle that appeared when summoning a magical creature.
A spreading red aura and rising blood.
The masked people surrounding him chanted an unknown spell, and soon a huge summoned beast appeared within the summoning circle.
“Krrr… … .”
Sharp paws, black fur, and glowing red eyes.
Overall, it resembled a hellhound, but was very large.
It appeared to have been artificially increased during the summoning process, but the problem is that it is not the only one.
-Shuung
Demonic beasts are summoned one after another from the maintained summoning circle.
It was an unprecedented event in the history of the empire, in which a front-line demon appeared within the imperial palace.
“Summon Jin, demon beast… … .”
Meanwhile, Lunav watched the summoning process of the demon beasts closely.
It was Arin who held her hand.
“Go Lunav! “It’s dangerous to stay here!”
Afterwards, under the protection of the knights, Arin and the others hurriedly left the hall.
“Coooooooo!”
As if reacting to this, the summoned beasts roared and soon ran wildly towards the place where they had fled.
“Stop the monsters!”
The banquet hall, which once sparkled with gold, turned into a horrific murder scene stained with blood.
* * *
The masked monsters weren’t just in the hall.
They kept appearing as if they knew Arin and Lunab’s movement path, and each time they did, the number of guardian knights had to decrease.
“Hurry, take the princess to a shelter… … !”
However, as if they were not going to allow this easily, this time the strange men broke through the ceiling and attacked Arin and the others.
-visor!
It wasn’t a difficult enemy to deal with, but it wasn’t an easy enemy either.
Even if they rush at you with the intention of killing you, they will run away if they feel threatened, making them a very difficult enemy for knights who have someone to protect.
Arin, who had to just watch the situation, couldn’t help but feel complicated.
“Where on earth did these monsters come from?”
“well? Maybe it’s not a person… … .”
Unlike Arin, who was nervous, Lunav maintained her composure.
“What do you mean, Lunav?”
“Each person has different amounts of mana and strength, but all the masked people exude a consistent energy. As if it were a copy of someone’s power… … .”
“Krrrrr!”
To make matters worse, a hellhound appeared from around the corner.
“The number of summons ends here!”
“I guess I should check it out.”
Runab stretched out her hands forward and concentrated her mana.
“Blow! A gust of cold water!”
The moment the spell was shouted, a stream of water rose from Runab’s hand and a whirlpool spread out.
‘Aqua Blast’, a fusion magic of water and wind attributes.
It wasn’t a high-level magic, but it wasn’t an easy one to use either.
The painstaking sophistication required in the process of fusing two properties into one.
It was a magic whose power doubled as the process became more elaborate.
“Kwaaak!”
The Hellhound was hit head-on by the gust of wind and was thrown straight into the wall.
However, as if its power was not enough, it stood up again and revealed its black front teeth.
“this. “It looks like you didn’t have enough strength.”
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Cold sweat flowed down Lunav’s cheek.
“Blow! A gust of cold water!”
Another gust of wind came from behind with the same spell.
Unlike before, the power of the waterway was surging violently.
-bang!
It was powerful enough not to simply bounce off, but to break the wall and throw it down.
The Hellhound completely lost consciousness, with no sign of getting up again.
It was the same magic, but the level itself was different.
For a moment both girls looked at each other in fascination.
A familiar voice was heard from behind.
“Are you hurt anywhere?”
It was Silica.
“Teacher Sirika!”
After cheering for a moment, Arin’s gaze turned to another woman beside her.
Given the circumstances, it seemed like he was the one who had just used magic to blow up the Hellhound.
There was no particular reason for the gaze to return.
It was simply because she was pretty to look at.
“First of all, I have to sort out the situation in front of me! Ellis! “I’ll take care of the princess!”
“Yes, teacher!”
Arin’s heart sank at the name Ellis.
‘Ellis? Could this be Ellis Wert? So you’re saying she’s Sian’s older sister?!’
Looking closely, I feel that his facial features are quite similar to Sian’s.
Lunav was also staring at her intently.
‘Immense magical power… … . I feel a similar energy as my senior.’
It was a somewhat delicate situation, where I was looking at a woman and at the same time thinking of a man.
-Sudden profit
Ellis suddenly tore the dress she was wearing.
“I can’t even fight properly with my clothes like this. Let’s go first, everyone!”
“B-But Miss Silica!”
“are you okay! “Sirika-sensei is much stronger than we think!”
She pushed the two girls’ backs as if there was no problem.
“We’ll take you to the shelter!”
After the guardian knights gathered themselves, they headed back to the shelter with the princess.
In front of Silica, who was left alone, five assailants were pointing their swords at him.
She took out a small dagger hidden in her thigh.
– Wedge!
For an assassin, hesitation is just a luxury.
Scilica sprinted towards the monsters ahead and immediately swung her sword at an invisible speed.
A wonderful sight, as if the blades were dancing.
However, those who were cut by the sword fell down, bleeding mercilessly.
It took less than 10 seconds to dispose of the assailants in the area.
-Sigh
She approached the corpse of the gunman and took off his mask.
“… … !”
A face so decomposed that you can’t even think of it as a person who was alive just a moment ago.
In fact, it was no different from a corpse that had already been dead for a long time.
Silica immediately noticed their identity.
“Marionette… … !”
Also known as a puppet.
This wasn’t like a ghost resurrecting someone who had already died.
A magic that literally controls a puppet, injecting magic power into a soulless corpse and making it move according to the caster’s will.
The unmasked corpse soon disappeared as the powder dispersed.
“Head of the house!”
When the situation was resolved, some Mist members who had infiltrated the imperial palace came running to her.
Scilica immediately gave instructions.
“Tell this to all crews currently in the vicinity. Get out of this palace as soon as possible, no, get out of this palace altogether! There’s something happening here now that we Mists don’t know about… … .”
The members who received the instructions left the position immediately.
“Why on earth did you do this… … !”
Murderous eyes and roughly closed lips.
I wasn’t angry because the player was taken away.
So much is happening that even she can’t handle it.
They were upset because there was nothing they could do in this situation.
“Where are you, Sian?”
She was just very worried about the one student she couldn’t see yet.
* * *
The hauntings of monsters and demonic beasts showed no sign of stopping.
Even if you tried to run to the underground shelter, they appeared at every corner and blocked you like a barricade, so there was no sign of getting any closer.
As a result, Arin and her group had no choice but to evacuate out of the building.
The central garden of the imperial palace with sculptures lined up everywhere.
First, I decided to go into the pavilion surrounded by flowers and hide myself.
The surroundings were so quiet that there wasn’t even a sound of insects.
“It’s been a while, but I can’t feel at ease yet.”
Ellis, who was examining the situation, sighed and said.
“Is it because of my mood that they are especially following us?”
“that’s right. The crowds were so crowded that I thought it was a bit excessive. It’s as if they caught our scent and came running… … .”
Ellis answered in the affirmative to Lunav’s question.
It definitely felt like they were being followed to a strange degree.
It felt as if an animal had caught the scent of meat and was chasing me.
Arin asked in an anxious voice.
“Is it because of me then?”
She seemed to think that her status as a member of the imperial family put everyone in danger.
“We’ll have to check later. Was he really targeting the entire imperial family, or was he really only targeting the princess? … .”
Ellis gently patted her slightly depressed shoulder.
“Um, but Ellis is Sian’s older sister, right?”
“yes? Oh yes that’s right! I couldn’t even say hello properly because of the chaos. “I’m Ellis Berthe, the eldest daughter of the Berthe family!”
Even though it was an urgent situation, she had to do what she had to do, so Alice grabbed her skirt and greeted her formally.
“I heard that you sent an invitation to my younger brother? “I guess you’re very close with our Sian?”
“Oh, well, that didn’t mean anything! “I just feel bad for Xian who stays at the academy even during vacation!”
“Was it the princess who sent the invitation to your senior?”
Lunav’s inexplicable drooped eyes made Arin even more embarrassed.
“Bo, what would you do if I sent you away! When he came, he didn’t even show his face to me once… … .”
Did he suddenly feel a sense of disappointment toward Xian?
Arin’s lips protruded.
“My sister should be scolded for making me wait for a woman who is no one else. “I’ll have to say something to Sian later.”
Of course, this was assuming that the current situation had been overcome safely.
All three women had no way of knowing where Sian was and what he was doing.
-Sssssuk
A familiar sound coming quickly through the grass.
The guardian knights were once again alert to their surroundings.
“Hey, over there!”
Masked assailants showed their faces in a field of flowers in full bloom.
At best guess, there are dozens of people.
It was not a surprise attack, but Arin and the others were being tightened from all directions, as if they were slowly strangling their prey.
“What gap did they come into?”
I couldn’t even feel the slightest sign of it.
It felt like I suddenly appeared in a flower field where there was nothing.
In response, Ellis quickly gathered the mana in her body.
A small workforce of less than ten people.
It was virtually impossible to protect the two girls and deal with the assailants.
A situation where you can’t even use a sword due to uncomfortable clothes,
Ellis thought that the only thing she could be confident about in this situation was magic.
-Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees
A wave of mana for casting advanced magic.
She planned to raise all the magical power she had.
“Eh, Ellis?”
“It looks like a lot of the flowers have withered. I need to sprinkle some water. It might be too much and everything will fly away… … .”
Of course, after using this magic, you will lose all energy and collapse.
It was a trick to leave to the rest of the knights.
-thud!
“… … ?”
Suddenly, a huge sculpture standing on one side of the garden fell down with a loud noise.
For a moment, everyone’s eyes, including the gangsters, turned away.
An unknown figure flew up into the sky from the spewing dust.
-wedge
An unknown entity radiating black fog under a golden full moon.
A jet-black tuxedo darker than the night sky and an unidentifiable black mask.
It felt completely different from the pure white masks the monsters were wearing.
-Tadadat
‘W-what is it? How can I live this life that I can’t control?!’
It was an unfamiliar energy that Ellis had never encountered before.
He held a purple dagger radiating blood in his hand,
He ran straight towards the assailants.
(Continued in the next part)
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