While the situation was calming down with the knights of the Vine saving the outside of the mansion, the inside of the mansion was the complete opposite.
In particular, the inside of the banquet hall was a complete mess.
The nobles, who were all busy protecting their own lives, were struggling even though they had the strength to fight the monsters if they joined forces.
Of course, since it was a banquet attended by the royal family, most of them were not carrying weapons.
In addition, some nobles tried to sneak into the banquet hall to avoid the battle.
"Viscount, you're slowly backing away like a scared rabbit?"
"...Weren't you at the entrance just now?"
"Ahem!"
A ridiculous farce unfolded between those who caught such people with their eagle eyes.
There was no way those people could properly deal with the monsters that appeared.
Kuaa!
The monsters first appeared at the front entrance of the hall.
The knights standing nearby screamed and shouted, reaching out with the things they were holding.
“Ugh!”
And the nobles, most of whom had never experienced combat, were busy pulling back in surprise while being protected in the middle.
“Master, you must not move!”
“It’s coming! It’s getting close!”
The knights shouted in vain. They were thoroughly contributing to breaking down the knights’ defenses.
“...This is a mess.”
Belled narrowed his eyes as he watched the scene. Beryl looked up at him.
Unlike the other nobles around him, the atmosphere of the Vine knights was calm.
Even in the middle of the banquet hall, which soon turned into a melee after the monsters invaded, they were calm.
Moreover, they had even taken the most advantageous position in the midst of it all.
“As expected of Vine.”
“They’re blocking the entrance.”
The nobles seemed to think so, but Belled thought there was no better place than here.
There were several good passages to escape through if necessary.
The fact that the paths were intricately intertwined meant that only a small number of enemies could be dealt with at a time, depending on the skills of the defending knights.
So if you just thought about it, there was no problem. The problem was.
“...”
Belled, who had been reading the signs around him, narrowed his eyes.
The signs of the monsters were more complicated than he had expected. At this rate, no matter where he was in the banquet hall, he would be attacked from at least two directions. He thought that he might have to escape the banquet hall sooner than he had expected, and shook his head slightly.
Then he asked Beryl.
“You said you’ve been to a battlefield before, right?”
Although his voice was calm, Beryl could hear it well. Beryl looked up at him and nodded.
“Occasionally... I’ve been to a battlefield where there were monsters.”
Her gaze looked around.
In a scene where blades and monsters clashed, screams and roars rang out.
“...It wasn’t this complicated.”
In short, she had never been in the middle of a melee.
Belled covered her eyes with one hand. Beryl stopped in her tracks as her vision suddenly darkened.
“Then it wouldn’t be a good sight.”
If the battlefield became more complicated than it is now, humans would struggle to survive. They would push each other into the mouths of monsters, and they would show their ugly appearances, trying to survive for even a second longer.
It wasn’t something Beryl would enjoy seeing.
Wow!
He could feel the energy of despair and fear coming from the humans in the banquet hall, but it wasn’t pure enough to interest him.
Rather, what he felt more was Beryl’s anxiety.
And even though it was clearly a negative emotion that demons used as a source of energy, it didn’t give him a positive feeling.
“It’s okay.”
Beryl said then.
“I didn’t see it at first.”
The sight of people dying, the sight of monsters opening their mouths, the sight of blood gushing out.
She bit her lips.
“I’m getting used to it. It’s okay.”
So she hoped she wasn’t too much of a nuisance in this place, she thought.
But that wasn’t the answer Belled wanted.
“I didn’t ask because I wanted to get used to it”
He said, wrapping Beryl in his arms.
Three o’clock. The knights there won’t last long.
He calculated that and continued.
“The level of the knights of other families is lower than I thought.”
Especially the knights. His gaze turned to the people of the temple.
“Stop, stop!”
As the battle was about to begin, the holy powers and all began to slowly hide in a corner of the banquet hall, which was quite unsightly.
Furthermore, none of the priests who hid among the knights, trembling, said anything about protecting the Saintess.
Even though she was clearly the person they served.
“...”
Belled felt his mind grow colder upon seeing that.
Those who did not need to be kept alive.
It was when he was thinking that. He saw several priests moving under the protection of the knights.
He wondered what they were doing, and they were headed to Duke Orobas.
“Finally.”
Are they planning on establishing a command structure? Belled sneered as he watched the nobles around them holding onto hope.
No way. If they had that kind of courage on a battlefield where their lives were at stake, they would have moved long ago. As expected, this is what the temple man said to Duke Orobas.
“I heard earlier, is it true that our priests’ quarters were the first to be attacked?”
Hearing that, Duke Orobas’ face crumpled.
Even Beryl flinched because of the sharp words that resonated through the banquet hall.
Belled narrowed his brows.
He had covered her eyes to avoid showing such a displeased appearance, but he wondered if he should have covered her ears as well.
However, Beryl eventually lowered his hand and looked in that direction. Belled eventually lowered his hand, unable to stop that.
“It’s really okay.”
She had seen such things many times.
She narrowed her eyes and looked at the priests and Duke Orobas.
At that moment, she saw the priests raise their voices.
“How on earth did you manage the territory to have so many monsters coming in?”
The temple primarily managed the hunting of monsters. Since monsters were one of the major problems of the empire, that was also the duty that they, who cooperated with the imperial family, gave to the nobles as a priority.
If you are blessed by the gods and become a noble, you should take care of the lives of the commoners by dealing with monsters.
Of course, there were only a few people who kept to that, including Duke Orobas.
Although it was not intentional, the one who kept to that duty the best was the devil Belled.
“Haven’t I always reported on my duty? Of course, I’ve never neglected it. This situation is very embarrassing for me.”
Of course, you’ve given the temple some money and manipulated the content of your reports, but you’ve never completely ignored your duty.
Duke Orobas said this, but the priest frowned.
“But there’s a way, so you’re holding out here, right?”
“Hmm.”
Duke Orobas couldn’t answer right away.
Beryl seemed to see what was going on in his mind. He probably thought that if he had the holy water, he could turn this situation around in an instant.
But now that the holy water was gone, who would he blame?
Even if they fought here, saying, “Didn’t you take the holy water from the temple?” and the temple pretended not to know, it would only be a loss for Orobas.
They would become a family that didn’t do anything even with the holy water.
So this was the answer that Duke Orobas chose.
“Aren’t there many people?”
Beryl closed her eyes at those words. Even after returning twice and living three lives, humans did not change.
“Oh, what do you do, priest!”
At that moment, one noble who had gained courage while listening to the conversation between the two shouted.
“Tsk.”
The priests stopped at those words.
They probably thought that ignoring that voice that resonated with a loudness that everyone in the banquet hall could not help but hear would be a loss for the temple’s reputation.
“I guess there’s no good in staying here any longer.”
Belled nodded at Beryl’s words.
“It’ll just hurt your feelings. More than anything.”
He bent down and whispered to Beryl.
“If we stay here too long, we’ll just end up trapped and attacked by monsters. It would be best to leave early.”
Beryl nodded at those words.
“This way.”
While the priest and Orobas’ argument drew attention, Vine began to move quickly.
Tseng!
As long as they could not move unnoticed, there was only one way for them to proceed.
To charge straight through the monsters rushing toward the other entrance.
Slurp.
As soon as Belled stepped out into the hallway, he covered Beryl’s vision and one ear with the hem of his clothes.
He did not forget to cover the other ear with his other hand.
“...!”
That’s why she didn’t see it. Behind Belled, a dozen or so monsters were running along the walls and ceilings at once.
Damn!
Of course, they were the small ones that Ronove had been hiding until now and would be cut down in one swipe with the sword he had been holding back.
“This way!”
Ronove moved nimbly between the dead monsters without even being able to scream.
“Excuse me for a moment, Beryl.”
Belled supported the back of her knees with his arms. Then he suddenly picked her up.
“...!”
Beryl, who had been picked up in a flash, unconsciously looked toward the hallway.
“I hope you only see the good things.”
Was she going to look that way or was she going to look at his face?
She couldn’t look away even after seeing him speaking in such a low voice.
While Beryl hesitated, the place covered in monster traces quickly passed by.
“...Ah.”
Only then did Beryl come to her senses.
If she left the hall, there was something she had to do if she didn’t need to worry about the eyes.
When she took Belled’s hand, Belled gave her a look. Then he slowed down his movements.
“Is there anything you want?”
He was quick-witted. Beryl nodded slightly.
“Are there people around here?”
With his good hearing and eyesight, he would be able to tell if people were watching.
Belled looked around and shook his head.
“No.”
“Then can I call Pocalor here?”
Belled nodded slightly at those words. Then he put Beryl down.
His gaze rested on her hand, which was opening the box and touching the magic drink.
And.
Wow!
The magic drink emitted a white shape with a glow. Beryl asked as she watched it transform into a familiar shape with purple magic.
“Where is Yubar?”
At first glance, it might seem like a sudden question. But Belled answered right away.
“He left the banquet hall earlier.”
“Then...”
Beryl thought for a moment.
Yubar, firmly believed that he had been ordered by the devil to 'help the devil'.
Where would they have gone in this situation where the devil had finally arrived?
Of course, they would have gone to help them.
And that place was probably.
Beryl's mind seemed to clear up. And she opened her mouth to Pocalor, who had appeared.
"I have a favor to ask."
Pocalor with white hair tilted his head slightly.
"Tell me."
In particular, the inside of the banquet hall was a complete mess.
The nobles, who were all busy protecting their own lives, were struggling even though they had the strength to fight the monsters if they joined forces.
Of course, since it was a banquet attended by the royal family, most of them were not carrying weapons.
In addition, some nobles tried to sneak into the banquet hall to avoid the battle.
"Viscount, you're slowly backing away like a scared rabbit?"
"...Weren't you at the entrance just now?"
"Ahem!"
A ridiculous farce unfolded between those who caught such people with their eagle eyes.
There was no way those people could properly deal with the monsters that appeared.
Kuaa!
The monsters first appeared at the front entrance of the hall.
The knights standing nearby screamed and shouted, reaching out with the things they were holding.
“Ugh!”
And the nobles, most of whom had never experienced combat, were busy pulling back in surprise while being protected in the middle.
“Master, you must not move!”
“It’s coming! It’s getting close!”
The knights shouted in vain. They were thoroughly contributing to breaking down the knights’ defenses.
“...This is a mess.”
Belled narrowed his eyes as he watched the scene. Beryl looked up at him.
Unlike the other nobles around him, the atmosphere of the Vine knights was calm.
Even in the middle of the banquet hall, which soon turned into a melee after the monsters invaded, they were calm.
Moreover, they had even taken the most advantageous position in the midst of it all.
“As expected of Vine.”
“They’re blocking the entrance.”
The nobles seemed to think so, but Belled thought there was no better place than here.
There were several good passages to escape through if necessary.
The fact that the paths were intricately intertwined meant that only a small number of enemies could be dealt with at a time, depending on the skills of the defending knights.
So if you just thought about it, there was no problem. The problem was.
“...”
Belled, who had been reading the signs around him, narrowed his eyes.
The signs of the monsters were more complicated than he had expected. At this rate, no matter where he was in the banquet hall, he would be attacked from at least two directions. He thought that he might have to escape the banquet hall sooner than he had expected, and shook his head slightly.
Then he asked Beryl.
“You said you’ve been to a battlefield before, right?”
Although his voice was calm, Beryl could hear it well. Beryl looked up at him and nodded.
“Occasionally... I’ve been to a battlefield where there were monsters.”
Her gaze looked around.
In a scene where blades and monsters clashed, screams and roars rang out.
“...It wasn’t this complicated.”
In short, she had never been in the middle of a melee.
Belled covered her eyes with one hand. Beryl stopped in her tracks as her vision suddenly darkened.
“Then it wouldn’t be a good sight.”
If the battlefield became more complicated than it is now, humans would struggle to survive. They would push each other into the mouths of monsters, and they would show their ugly appearances, trying to survive for even a second longer.
It wasn’t something Beryl would enjoy seeing.
Wow!
He could feel the energy of despair and fear coming from the humans in the banquet hall, but it wasn’t pure enough to interest him.
Rather, what he felt more was Beryl’s anxiety.
And even though it was clearly a negative emotion that demons used as a source of energy, it didn’t give him a positive feeling.
“It’s okay.”
Beryl said then.
“I didn’t see it at first.”
The sight of people dying, the sight of monsters opening their mouths, the sight of blood gushing out.
She bit her lips.
“I’m getting used to it. It’s okay.”
So she hoped she wasn’t too much of a nuisance in this place, she thought.
But that wasn’t the answer Belled wanted.
“I didn’t ask because I wanted to get used to it”
He said, wrapping Beryl in his arms.
Three o’clock. The knights there won’t last long.
He calculated that and continued.
“The level of the knights of other families is lower than I thought.”
Especially the knights. His gaze turned to the people of the temple.
“Stop, stop!”
As the battle was about to begin, the holy powers and all began to slowly hide in a corner of the banquet hall, which was quite unsightly.
Furthermore, none of the priests who hid among the knights, trembling, said anything about protecting the Saintess.
Even though she was clearly the person they served.
“...”
Belled felt his mind grow colder upon seeing that.
Those who did not need to be kept alive.
It was when he was thinking that. He saw several priests moving under the protection of the knights.
He wondered what they were doing, and they were headed to Duke Orobas.
“Finally.”
Are they planning on establishing a command structure? Belled sneered as he watched the nobles around them holding onto hope.
No way. If they had that kind of courage on a battlefield where their lives were at stake, they would have moved long ago. As expected, this is what the temple man said to Duke Orobas.
“I heard earlier, is it true that our priests’ quarters were the first to be attacked?”
Hearing that, Duke Orobas’ face crumpled.
Even Beryl flinched because of the sharp words that resonated through the banquet hall.
Belled narrowed his brows.
He had covered her eyes to avoid showing such a displeased appearance, but he wondered if he should have covered her ears as well.
However, Beryl eventually lowered his hand and looked in that direction. Belled eventually lowered his hand, unable to stop that.
“It’s really okay.”
She had seen such things many times.
She narrowed her eyes and looked at the priests and Duke Orobas.
At that moment, she saw the priests raise their voices.
“How on earth did you manage the territory to have so many monsters coming in?”
The temple primarily managed the hunting of monsters. Since monsters were one of the major problems of the empire, that was also the duty that they, who cooperated with the imperial family, gave to the nobles as a priority.
If you are blessed by the gods and become a noble, you should take care of the lives of the commoners by dealing with monsters.
Of course, there were only a few people who kept to that, including Duke Orobas.
Although it was not intentional, the one who kept to that duty the best was the devil Belled.
“Haven’t I always reported on my duty? Of course, I’ve never neglected it. This situation is very embarrassing for me.”
Of course, you’ve given the temple some money and manipulated the content of your reports, but you’ve never completely ignored your duty.
Duke Orobas said this, but the priest frowned.
“But there’s a way, so you’re holding out here, right?”
“Hmm.”
Duke Orobas couldn’t answer right away.
Beryl seemed to see what was going on in his mind. He probably thought that if he had the holy water, he could turn this situation around in an instant.
But now that the holy water was gone, who would he blame?
Even if they fought here, saying, “Didn’t you take the holy water from the temple?” and the temple pretended not to know, it would only be a loss for Orobas.
They would become a family that didn’t do anything even with the holy water.
So this was the answer that Duke Orobas chose.
“Aren’t there many people?”
Beryl closed her eyes at those words. Even after returning twice and living three lives, humans did not change.
“Oh, what do you do, priest!”
At that moment, one noble who had gained courage while listening to the conversation between the two shouted.
“Tsk.”
The priests stopped at those words.
They probably thought that ignoring that voice that resonated with a loudness that everyone in the banquet hall could not help but hear would be a loss for the temple’s reputation.
“I guess there’s no good in staying here any longer.”
Belled nodded at Beryl’s words.
“It’ll just hurt your feelings. More than anything.”
He bent down and whispered to Beryl.
“If we stay here too long, we’ll just end up trapped and attacked by monsters. It would be best to leave early.”
Beryl nodded at those words.
“This way.”
While the priest and Orobas’ argument drew attention, Vine began to move quickly.
Tseng!
As long as they could not move unnoticed, there was only one way for them to proceed.
To charge straight through the monsters rushing toward the other entrance.
Slurp.
As soon as Belled stepped out into the hallway, he covered Beryl’s vision and one ear with the hem of his clothes.
He did not forget to cover the other ear with his other hand.
“...!”
That’s why she didn’t see it. Behind Belled, a dozen or so monsters were running along the walls and ceilings at once.
Damn!
Of course, they were the small ones that Ronove had been hiding until now and would be cut down in one swipe with the sword he had been holding back.
“This way!”
Ronove moved nimbly between the dead monsters without even being able to scream.
“Excuse me for a moment, Beryl.”
Belled supported the back of her knees with his arms. Then he suddenly picked her up.
“...!”
Beryl, who had been picked up in a flash, unconsciously looked toward the hallway.
“I hope you only see the good things.”
Was she going to look that way or was she going to look at his face?
She couldn’t look away even after seeing him speaking in such a low voice.
“...”
While Beryl hesitated, the place covered in monster traces quickly passed by.
“...Ah.”
Only then did Beryl come to her senses.
If she left the hall, there was something she had to do if she didn’t need to worry about the eyes.
When she took Belled’s hand, Belled gave her a look. Then he slowed down his movements.
“Is there anything you want?”
He was quick-witted. Beryl nodded slightly.
“Are there people around here?”
With his good hearing and eyesight, he would be able to tell if people were watching.
Belled looked around and shook his head.
“No.”
“Then can I call Pocalor here?”
Belled nodded slightly at those words. Then he put Beryl down.
His gaze rested on her hand, which was opening the box and touching the magic drink.
And.
Wow!
The magic drink emitted a white shape with a glow. Beryl asked as she watched it transform into a familiar shape with purple magic.
“Where is Yubar?”
At first glance, it might seem like a sudden question. But Belled answered right away.
“He left the banquet hall earlier.”
“Then...”
Beryl thought for a moment.
Yubar, firmly believed that he had been ordered by the devil to 'help the devil'.
Where would they have gone in this situation where the devil had finally arrived?
Of course, they would have gone to help them.
And that place was probably.
Beryl's mind seemed to clear up. And she opened her mouth to Pocalor, who had appeared.
"I have a favor to ask."
Pocalor with white hair tilted his head slightly.
"Tell me."
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