Above the [Underwood], the ancient vampire city.
The magnificent castle was filled with a lonely atmosphere, as if it had been uninhabited for years and was covered in dust.
However, even if it had been abandoned for a long time, the appearance of the giant stone building did not show any signs of weathering.
In the long corridor leading from the city gate to the throne room, the clear voice of a young girl sounded.
"Your Highness! Your Highness! Really, where did His Highness run off to? "
The black-haired girl was wearing a sleeveless black dress, and the jacket tied to her waist swayed as she ran.
A few daggers hung on the belt around her waist, shining with a chilling light.
"Your Highness! The game has entered a state of truce! What should we do next! "
The girl who climbed the stairs at the front of the corridor and came to the turning point squeezed out all the air in her small chest and shouted loudly.
There was no reply.
The girl threw her long black hair in a fit and pouted her cute lips.
At this moment —
"Ling, Your Highness just went to inspect the situation in the castle's affiliated town area."
Continuing from the corridor that ran through the center of the ancient city, after arriving at the throne room, a woman wearing a robe with a hood covering her face whispered under the moonlight.
She held a golden harp in her hand.
The girl called Ling looked back at the woman in the robe, her hands clasped behind her back.
"Is that so? So Miss Aurora and I are responsible for looking after the house? "
Aurora laughed softly. "That's right, but we are not the game organizer, so we are not obligated to abide by the truce oath. Your Highness should let us continue to fight, right? "
As she spoke, Aurora turned her head.
In the middle of the throne room, the hemispherical ceiling was decorated with crystals that let the moonlight pass through.
On the throne directly below, Leticia de Crea was sleeping soundly.
"Miss Aurora, how is the blonde girl?"
"She hasn't regained consciousness, maybe she will be like this for the entire game."
Ling jumped to the side of the throne and looked at Leticia with wide eyes.
Just as she was about to reach out and touch Leticia's bright blonde hair —
"Ling, assistant, that is the demon king's simulated bait, you will be attacked if you touch it."
The young man's voice sounded.
Ling turned around reflexively and looked at the entrance of the throne room in surprise.
"Your Highness! And Sir! "
"Don't be so noisy all the time. I can hear you."
From the shadows of the corridor came a hoarse old voice that should have come from another person.
As the other party was hiding in the shadows, it was impossible to determine their gender, let alone their appearance. However, they should be quite old.
The youth walked into the Throne Hall. Under the moonlight, Bell and Aurora could finally see each other clearly.
She was about eleven or twelve years old. Although she wore luxurious clothes that fit the title of 'Your Highness', right now … her clothes were a little messy.
His sparkling golden eyes exuded a calm temperament that did not match his age. The young man called His Highness glanced at the three of them in order to confirm the current situation.
"Ling, Aurora, you should know that the other party has initiated the Judgement Resolution and the game has been paused, right?"
"Of course!"
"Very good. The two of you, find an opportunity and wait for the enemy to disperse and carry them away. Then, lead the Giants and continue to attack. Do you have any questions?"
"Yes!"
Ling raised her arm high.
"Your Highness, what if they don't scatter and escape but gather together to escape?"
It seemed that whether it was His Highness, Ling, or the other two, they all thought that the contestants below would choose to escape.
His Highness thought for a moment and said, "It doesn't matter who escapes. Our goal is to prevent the birth of a new class of rulers. So, as long as we can destroy Underwood, it will be fine."
Suddenly …
The entire ancient city shook violently.
Ling fell to the ground with an "ouch". Aurora, who was beside her, immediately pulled her up.
"What's wrong!?"
His Highness suddenly turned around and looked at the person called 'Sir'.
"… Ugh, someone broke in …"
As soon as he finished speaking, another violent shake came.
"Boom!!!!"
The corridor of the castle exploded.
Accompanied by smoke and dust, a person appeared in front of the four of them.
After seeing who it was, Aurora subconsciously took a step back. Ling let out an "Oh!". His Highness frowned slightly.
"Is it you? The culprits that caused this disaster? "
Eight-cloud Ink walked step by step out of the rubble left behind after the collapse of the corridor and came to the front of the Throne Room.
His eyes first glanced at the unconscious Leticia on the throne, then glanced at the four people, and finally looked at the young man standing in front of them, the young man called His Highness.
He was just a child about the same age as Ren.
"Your Highness, the other party is a member of [No Name]."
"[No Name]?"
His Highness was a little surprised.
How could a member of a community without a name have the courage and strength to resist the Firebird and fight their way into the castle?
Noticing Aurora's reaction of retreating when she saw Eight-cloud Ink, His Highness looked at Eight-cloud Ink with some curiosity.
She was really, really a very beautiful person.
"I was still wondering why the Flying Lizard could still attack unscrupulously when Black Rabbit had already initiated the Trial Resolution. Now it seems that it should be because of you, right?"
Eight-cloud Ink said while ignoring the four people and continued to move forward.
"After the Trial Resolution has been applied, the organizers and participants can't ignore the rules and attack. So you're not the organizers?"
Eight-cloud Ink's eyes looked past His Highness and stared at Leticia on the throne.
"Who are you?" His Highness asked.
"Me? I'm just a monster who's here to temporarily collect some interest. "
"Collect … interest?"
"Yes, you disrupted our harvest festival. Such a big debt, because of the Trial Resolution, Black Rabbit didn't let me do anything for the time being, but it's not a problem to beat you up and collect interest."
"Ahaha!"
His Highness laughed as if he had heard something very funny.
"[No Name] actually has such an interesting member? It seems that the community has some redeeming qualities other than the nobles. "
After that, the whole hall suddenly fell into a strange silence.
Aurora, Bell, and "Sir" silently retreated.
His Highness and Eight-cloud Ink looked at each other.
The wind blew, lifting Eight-cloud Ink's clothes and long hair, and also messing up His Highness' robe.
The next moment —
From extreme silence to extreme movement.
Eight-cloud Ink and His Highness' figures intertwined.
⑧
[Underwood Underground City], emergency treatment center.
In the emergency treatment center, there were injured people lying everywhere.
Because 60% of the buildings had been burned, most of the wounded could only sleep on the ground.
Fortunately, the fire extinguishing work could be completed quickly. Because of the huge water tree and the town located by the river, this was the only thing that could be done quietly and smoothly.
However, the most fortunate thing for everyone should be the current situation where all the monsters of the giant dragon's clones had disappeared.
The storm rolled up by the giant dragon swept the huge monsters into the sky and made them return to their original bodies.
It should be because the game had entered the deliberation stage, so the clones had to be recalled. However, this action caused huge damage to the Alliance below.
Just the act of [Recycling] was enough to almost destroy the underground city and the Giant Tribe.
About fifteen minutes after the discussion began, Sixteen Nights, Black Rabbit, Flying Bird, and the others finally met up. However —
"No, we still haven't found where Ink is."
Asuna's voice had a rare hint of anxiousness. Black Rabbit pulled his ears and said with a sobbing tone, "Really, where did Yagumi-sama run off to at such a crucial moment?!"
Aistel quietly held Ashina's hand and comforted her silently.
Sixteen Nights adjusted the headphones on his head while sitting on a boulder and looking up at the sky.
"Well, maybe I know where he went."
"Where?" Ren immediately asked.
Sixteen Nights pointed at the giant dragon in the sky.
After a short silence, the members of [No Name] all exclaimed.
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