Herolia and Misai walked to the backstage of the stage. The closer they got to the stage, the clearer Herolia could hear the music playing on the stage.
"These sounds are …"
The moment Messiah heard the accompaniment, she slowed down a few steps.
The female knight didn't have many opportunities to appreciate music in her life. Before the appearance of the Chaos Demon, music was a luxury that only the upper class could enjoy.
The songs Messiah heard were limited to the hymns of the Holy City.
Even the song that Herolia sang on the stage this time belonged to the same style as the hymn. It was melodious and tranquil.
Messiah didn't pay much attention to the songs of the other contestants, but the accompaniment on the stage was something Messiah had never heard before.
It wasn't any symphony from an opera …
"I … heard some instruments that I've never seen before, completely new instruments …"
Heroria stopped. She didn't continue to the contestants' resting area at the back of the stage. Instead, she walked towards the direction of the accompaniment band.
"Saintess … That place is dangerous."
Messiah wanted to stop Heroria from acting rashly, but her "third eye" warned her not to go near that place.
Although Messiah didn't know what was going on behind the scenes, she was sure that there was a terrifying existence there.
But just as Messiah was about to stop Heroria from running around, her "third eye" vaguely sensed something again.
Messiah looked towards the back of the stage, where the contestants were gathered. Among the contestants, Messiah saw a familiar figure.
It was an old man with white hair, but his body was still straight. Krog Moriah … The commander of the third Sacred Army!
At the same time, he was also one of the most experienced army commanders in the Sacred Army.
Messiah didn't know much about this commander. According to Heroria's description, he was a "loyal supporter of the Pope."
"Follow me."
Heroria didn't wait for Mise to greet the army commander. Instead, she grabbed the corner of Mise's clothes and forced the female knight to walk towards the back of the stage.
"Saintess, his mission should be the same as Vulture's, which is to protect you, but I didn't see Kroger at all yesterday."
Messiah noticed Heroria's abnormality, but under the Saintess' command, he had no choice but to bend down and follow Heroria in another direction.
"Protection? He was sent by the Pope … You should understand now, Knight Messiah. "
Heroria lowered her voice and led Messiah away from the crowd of contestants, running towards the back of the stage where the orchestra was.
"But … Saintess, if you want to avoid him, you shouldn't …"
Messiah wanted to remind Heroria that there was a terrifying … monster at the end of the direction she was running. The female knight could only use the word 'monster' to describe the owner of that aura.
She didn't understand why there would be such an existence in a human theater, but when she remembered that the owner of this theater was a demon of Chaos, everything could be explained.
"Run, Messiah!"
Heroria interrupted Messiah and pulled Messiah's hand towards the back of the stage.
Kroger, who was looking for something among the contestants in the distance, finally noticed Heroria and Messiah.
When Messiah was dragged into a dark room by Heroria, Messiah also noticed that there were other figures following Kroger.
The door … was closed. When Messiah adapted to the dim light in the room, she found that she was in another theater … near the theater of "Singers of the World".
While her 'third eye' reminded her to leave as soon as possible, she also felt that there was a powerful magic array inside the theater.
The function of the magic array … was probably to shield the terrifying existence inside.
To Messiah, strange music echoed inside the theater. Messiah looked at the center of the theater and saw an entire orchestra playing on it.
And … the members of the orchestra were all undead.
Some of them were skeletons. These skeletons wore straight ceremonial robes and held musical instruments in their hands to join in the performance … Others were translucent ghosts.
When the contestants of the World Singers sang, their accompaniment was all played by these undead!
Even … when she was singing, the sweet music also came from the hands of these undead!
After knowing the truth, Messiah felt uncomfortable in her heart. But this uncomfortable feeling did not appear for long. She felt that her heart was being gripped by someone.
"You guys have a smell that I hate …"
A voice quietly rang in Messiah's ear. Messiah stared at the figure on the stage who was directing the entire orchestra. She did not know when the figure had disappeared.
Black mist gathered in front of her, then turned into an undead with dark red soul fire burning in its eye sockets.
"The smell of those believers."
The undead's throat emitted an ear-piercing voice that made people want to cover their ears.
The moment Messiah met its gaze, she realized that this undead was very dangerous!
Messiah immediately stood in front of Saintess Heroria and pulled out a dagger from her waist, ready to fight.
"You guys are disturbing my performance."
The undead stretched out his fingers that had turned into bones and gently grasped the dagger in Messiah's hand. The dagger seemed to have lost its life and began to wither suddenly. Finally, it turned into useless dust and dissipated in the air.
At the same time, Messiah, who was staring at the undead pupil, suddenly found that her body could not move at all. Fear gathered in her heart. Messiah resisted the fear with her willpower.
But he had lost control of his own body.
"As a punishment, maybe I can make you into … strawberry jam?" The undead said a cute word in a harsh voice.
Unfortunately, Messiah could not show a smile at this time. Her back was completely soaked in cold sweat.
The breath of death enveloped her. Just as Messiah was about to mobilize the power of holy light in her body to fight desperately, another familiar voice suddenly sounded behind her.
"Venerated Skeleton, don't bully this poor female knight anymore."
Messiah turned her head, looked at the chaos demon, walked past her, and patted her on the shoulder.
At this moment, Messiah's heavy body suddenly became light, and the fear in her heart disappeared without a trace. Only her soaked underwear could prove that everything just now was not an illusion.
"Two contestants, I'm honored to introduce you. This is the behind-the-scenes conductor of the musical accompaniment of the competition. She is also the part-time soundtrack director. You can call her the Venerated Skeleton."
Josiah introduced the Lich Lord next to him, then looked at the female knight who broke in here rashly and the calm-looking Saintess Heroria.
"Hello." Heroria calmly bowed to the Lich Lord.
"I should have written at the door that this theater is a forbidden area. Miss Heroria, can you give me a reason to break in here?" asked Josiah.
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