## Chapter 128 – Chaotic Social Gathering (2)
As initially announced, the next items on display from Barumhausen were followed by artifacts from Chao Xing, a nation located directly opposite Barumhausen.
The Barumhausen items in the first segment had been so fascinating that the students’ expectations were sky-high. Their gazes were now fixed on the items being carried out by the servants once again.
And, as expected, each new item elicited gasps of amazement.
True to Chao Xing’s reputation for specialization in biotechnology and medical technology, a dragon-like lizard, an unidentified fluffy ball floating inside a birdcage, and various spectacularly vibrant flowers were paraded out one after another.
If the Barumhausen artifacts from earlier had thrilled the men with their cool machinery, the Chao Xing items were now captivating the women’s senses.
“Kyaa! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!”
“This flower smells amazing! I wonder if they make perfume out of it?”
“Aww! So cute! Fluffy!”
When a flower with a scent so sweet it felt like your teeth would rot came out, everyone savored the fragrance.
The sight of fluffy balls floating in the air like dandelion seeds, bumping into each other and bouncing around, made the girls squeal with delight.
Then, Lucas asked his friends from Chao Xing to guide the presentation, and a figure confidently stepped forward.
“It’s my turn. This spot was made for me, clearly.”
“Ugh… someone stop her…”
It was Tang Hailing, the daughter of the Tangmun family, who had also been enjoying the social gathering.
Of course, those who had experienced her boasting, which made up almost 90 percent of her conversation, wondered if they should stop her, glancing at each other.
But ultimately, no one could stop her, and she confidently stepped forward to introduce the exhibits to the audience.
“This is an armored lizard. As you can see, it’s on the smaller side for lizards. It’s famous in Chao Xing for resembling a dragon from fairy tales. Oh, I think they call it a Grain Lizard here? These guys have an interesting trait… like this…”
Fortunately, their worries were unfounded. Hailing delivered detailed explanations like an expert, and the students refocused their attention.
“Is it okay to touch this one?”
“If it’s okay to touch, then sure.”
“Alright… give me your hand.”
With her extensive knowledge, Hailing identified the cute animals that were safe to handle, took them out of their enclosures, and handed them out for a hands-on experience, which seemed to deeply impress the girls.
The girls gently cupped the fluffy balls that Hailing handed them in their hands, preventing them from floating away, and giggled as they felt the soft fur tickle their palms.
Carla, who was standing next to Lucas, also cupped a fluffy ball in her hands, feeling the soft sensation tickle her palm, and smiled brightly.
It seemed that this segment was also coming to a successful close, and a bright sense of relief washed over Lucas, the host.
“Everyone, I have something to say.”
But at that moment, Lucas took a deep breath, stepped forward again, and addressed the crowd with a slightly more serious tone.
The sudden change in Lucas’s demeanor drew everyone’s attention.
“First of all, did everyone enjoy what I prepared this time? Originally, this was the last segment planned for today. But… I acquired something new this morning…”
He seemed to be hesitating.
As everyone’s questioning gazes focused on him, Lucas nodded as if he had made up his mind and continued.
“I think everyone was surprised during the special evaluation. I was very flustered myself. So, I figured everyone was too preoccupied to see it properly, and I prepared this. I did my best to prepare thoroughly, but I want everyone to focus on safety this time. “
Everyone was confused by Lucas’s cryptic words, but as he gestured towards the back, a large door at the other end of the banquet hall opened.
The sight of a large cage entering the banquet hall through the large door caused the students’ faces to stiffen.
“They were originally going to be cleanly culled… but given the purpose of this exhibition, we arranged to borrow it for a while. Carla, Hailing, and Senior Lucia, who were all active in the top-performing group during the last special evaluation, are here, so I don’t think we have much to worry about. So, I’d like to introduce you to the dungeon boss we faced in the artificial dungeon, Arachnella.”
The very appearance triggered PTSD.
Who could forget the sight of that bloodied monster hanging from the ceiling of the dungeon, looking down at them with a smiling face, or slashing and tearing apart their friends?
The only saving grace was that Arachnella, with her spider’s lower body and woman’s upper body, was confined in a twisted, cage-like iron enclosure.
Her entire body, from her human torso to her spider’s lower body, was restrained by specialized restraints, leaving virtually no room for escape or resistance.
Moreover, her eyes were clouded as if she had lost the will to resist. Arachnella, who could barely sway her body, was in a state where she was, in a sense, no different from a pig about to be slaughtered.
Of course, not many students had been bold enough to get a good look at Arachnella at the time, and most had been too busy running away, so everyone assumed it couldn’t be the same person.
Nevertheless, the students who looked at the creature in the cage with fearful eyes felt nauseous or instinctively weakened and slumped down, as if they were experiencing a strange sense of déjà vu when they saw her red hair and eyes.
And there were those who looked equally incredulous.
‘Isn’t that woman…?’
“Lady Vivian…?”
It was Vivian and Ranier, two women who had secretly observed the entire special evaluation and carefully watched Arachnella, and who had encountered her once or twice in Enic’s lair.
They had seen Arachnella Leah and the rabbit beastkin Fina leave before coming to the social gathering, so they couldn’t understand why Arachnella, who should have been long gone by now, was here.
‘She… failed… I guess…
So that means… the beastkins too…?’
Lucas’s grim words, “were originally going to be culled,” were consistent with the idea that she had been captured after harming people after leaving the lair.
Although they didn’t know the details, Arachnella, who had been safely released after some sort of agreement with Enic, had ended up like a monkey in a zoo and was about to meet her end.
Vivian turned her head slightly away from her, who seemed to have no dreams or hope left.
‘Being captured again is your problem.
It has nothing to do with us.’
In Enic’s lair, thanks to his protection, there was enough camaraderie that they could occasionally pass each other without incident.
Vivian was confident that Enic would never let Leah harm her, and Leah rarely bothered them, only hunting a few men and mostly ignoring them.
But if she was no longer in Enic’s lair, wouldn’t it only make things difficult for her to care?
“What should we do?”
“It’s out of our hands. Don’t worry about it.”
“But… shouldn’t we at least ask…?
That… that’s the monster that person released…”
“That would only attract attention. It would only make things difficult for us. Once she’s out there… it’s dangerous to get involved in unnecessary things…
Even if we helped her escape, she might change her mind later.”
“Yes… I understand…”
Although they felt uneasy because they were somewhat acquainted, this was the best they could do for now.
Above all, they didn’t know how to help her, and they didn’t even have the means to do so.
Ranier whispered and looked ahead again. The students around them seemed to have overcome their fear and were observing Leah again.
The spider’s abdomen swelled slightly with each breath.
And the spiderweb cloth covering her body was torn off, revealing the naked upper body of the woman, whether it was from fighting or from being rubbed raw by the uncomfortable restraints.
At least for the female students, it didn’t seem like a very pleasant sight.
But for the male students, who were in their prime, Leah’s naked upper body was quite a sight to behold.
Perhaps that’s why Leah seemed to flinch as the lustful gazes of the men who were swallowing hard and watching her touched her naked body.
“She’s… properly restrained, right?
So… she can’t move, right?”
“That’s… right…?”
“Where… you were going to beat me up like that back then?
My broken ribs still ache!! Hey…!!”
Eventually, realizing that she couldn’t resist, some of the boys, now confident and playful, approached the cage and began to kick her legs.
“What are you doing!! It’s dangerous!!”
“It’s okay. She can’t move, right?
Look. She can’t move at all, see?”
Of course, the female students protested, saying it was dangerous, but the boys, who were usually quite disobedient, ignored them and continued to touch Leah with their hands full of ulterior motives.
“Well, a little is okay, right?”
“You perverts!! Why are you touching that!!”
“Hehe!! I don’t know what you’re talking about?
Don’t you know about experiential learning?
You guys were playing with those cotton balls, too!!”
The boys pretended to touch other places, gently touching and stroking her breasts with her nipples exposed and her navel with her abs split, and gradually their hands moved further down.
“Stop it!!
Do you want to do that to a monster?
It’s disgusting!!”
“It’s a monster, so it’s okay!!
This is nothing, see?”
Along with the female students’ scolding, who felt disgusted for no reason, Leah’s gagged mouth, which had been twisted as if pinching her nipples, let out a moan as if she was holding back tears.
“Ranier. Stay here.”
“Yes? Wh-where are you going…?”
“Yeah. I’m going to ask.
What to do.”
Vivian’s expression, as stiff as her usual self, was unknowingly filled with a deep chill.
She shouldn’t have to care about this kind of thing.
‘He personally decided to let her go…
How dare they… I can’t stand it… it’s unpleasant…’
But the very moment she turned around to walk to the bathroom and took her first step.
Along with a machine spewing out a chilling mechanical sound with a red warning light flashing, the chaotic incident that would turn the social gathering upside down seemed to be beginning.
『Close-quarters combat autodrone, production numbering Pa-902764.
Normal standby, target detected at close range.
Initiating emergency reactivation sequence.
System reboot, 100% complete.
Updating pre-entered code, [Stella and Jaeger Protocol].
Eliminate and annihilate the enemies of humanity.』
“Ugh!! Why is it suddenly doing this!!”
“Kyaaaa!!”
