I Became a Tentacle Monster Blooming in the Academy Garden 281

## Chapter 281 – The Queen’s Fall (2)

A business establishment under Laratina’s control.

A man burst out of the employee side door, his face twisted with annoyance as he loudly called out for someone.

“Hey, Marco!! What takes you so long in the…
Wait a second… who the hell are you people?”

The moment he turned his head, he saw four or five female beastmen standing before him, and he stared at them with a bewildered expression.

The beastwomen were smiling brightly, dressed in tight velvet dresses, or perhaps something even more revealing that accentuated their figures.

Normally, beastmen were used as slaves, lucky to even have rags to wear. Why were they here?

The man saw them standing alone without an owner, dressed in clean, expensive-looking clothes that didn’t suit their station. He looked at them strangely and asked,

“Who are you? You don’t need to know, do you? Looking for Marco?”

“Get lost, don’t interfere with business.
Before I hold your owner responsible!!”

The women giggled as they answered, but their expressions turned cold at his threat to hold their owner responsible.

“Could you be talking about ‘this’?”

In the midst of the tension, one of the female beastmen revealed a man she had been hiding behind her back, his neck completely twisted, indicating instant death. Only then did the man realize the situation, and he tried to draw his weapon.

But at that moment, the man suddenly felt a sharp impact in his chest and looked down.

A hand had pierced through his stomach, and blood was gushing from the point of entry.

As he stared at it, he saw the beastwomen looking at him with sharp, animalistic eyes, a faint smile playing on their lips. He slowly collapsed to the floor.

“You… from…!! Ugh!!
Am… bush….!! Cough!!”

“Hehe!! If we had met you as a customer, we would have given you a blissful time, sorry?”

“The Queen is waiting, girls?
Let’s clean up quickly and join her!!”

“Okay!! Hehe!! Ahahaha!!”

The beastwomen shoved the man aside and rushed through the open side door, their laughter echoing.

But soon, their laughter was drowned out by intense shouts and screams from within the establishment, followed by an eerie silence.

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“Number 3 business, the hostess bar, is cleared, Your Majesty.
The vanguard is doing a good job of diverting attention, they say.
They are eliminating the remnants fighting the vanguard?”

“Number 2 just finished too…
Ah, and Number 5, both cleared, Your Majesty?
They say they will join us soon?”

Spider communication had now become a basic skill among the female beastmen.

They read the soft scraping of spider legs against the wall to exchange messages, their faces flushed and their breaths coming in sweet gasps.

They then relayed the information they received to Vivian, who they were attending to, their breaths growing ragged.

Hearing their words, Vivian blinked thoughtfully.

‘These so-called vanguard forces are quite large…
This is practically the main force……’

Vivian was inwardly troubled by the size of the forces Jebi had provided, though she didn’t show it.

Their combat power wasn’t that great, but numbers couldn’t be easily ignored in battle.

Perhaps he had gathered all the money he could to hire mercenaries.

So if this went wrong, the Jebi Cartel could be severely shaken.

Even from Jebi’s perspective, for the boss of a minor cartel to touch Laratina would require considerable courage and investment.

Vivian wondered briefly if he had a reason to go this far, then sighed softly and asked,

“What about Rania?”

“They say she’s stirring things up inside?
Shall I tell her to return?”

“No. It seems Laratina isn’t much after all.”

Vivian and the female beastmen were standing in front of Mademoiselle, Laratina’s high-end brothel and the foundation of her power.

The vanguard Jebi had sent ahead was already wreaking havoc inside the brothel.

In reality, they were only called the vanguard because they were at the front, their combat abilities inferior to Laratina’s forces.

But with their numbers, they were doing their part simply by causing chaos inside, which was no small feat.

They were drawing the attention of Laratina’s elite troops and exhausting their strength.

Thanks to them, Rania, who had entered Mademoiselle like a sneak attack, was able to freely rampage through the brothel with her ten or so elite female beastmen, as the attention of the defenders was drawn elsewhere.

“Hiek!! Stop them!! I said stop them!!”

“Aww♡ Naughty!!
Don’t run away……!!”

“Hehe!!”

With seductive smiles, they dashed through the brothel, dodging their opponents’ swords with acrobatic movements, while slashing throats with their claws and tearing flesh with their fangs.

“D… die……!!”

“Really…? Are you going to kill me……?
Ugh… I’m so excited… but you know what?
Only Master can kill me in bed?”

“Kkeuaaak!!”

The female beastmen were ambushing the moments when the two forces clashed, successfully taking down a significant number of Laratina’s elite troops.

If the defenders were focused on dealing with the enemy in front of them, what would happen if assassins suddenly appeared and targeted their vital points?

Laratina’s elite guards, though clearly superior in skill, were defeated tactically and had no choice but to choose a different path for survival.

Of course, it was easier said than done. The battle had already been raging for 30 minutes.

Even if it was large, the fact that it took this long to capture a single building meant that the fighting inside was fierce.

“Kkuaaaak!!”

“We can’t stop them!!”

“Where did those demons come from…!!
Damn it……!! Retreat!! Retreat……!!”

In the midst of the chaos, those who occasionally fled from the front door were cut down by the sharp claws of the waiting female beastmen, or their heads were crushed by brute force. This was a clear indication of Laratina’s disadvantage.

And Vivian sat quietly, watching the scene and listening to the news coming from various locations.

“According to the other girls’ reports, Laratina hasn’t been sighted yet, Your Majesty?”

“So Laratina is definitely here.”

“Shall we move in?”

“No. We have a different role to play.”

“Move quickly!! Hurry, hurry!!”

Hearing the shouts of men from behind and the earth-shaking footsteps of strong men, Vivian smiled and turned around.

“Cutting off supplies in war is like strangling the lifeline, they say?
Then we need to heed the advice of our ancestors.”

“I will take care of it, Your Majesty.”

“Good… it’s fortunate that we have a chance to warm up.
I would have been disappointed if they hadn’t come.”

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The Carla party, facing a scene they could never have imagined outside the door, with bloodstains scattered around and bodies lying everywhere, couldn’t bring themselves to step outside and simply stared out from the inside for a while.

It was as if someone had already wreaked havoc before they could even launch their surprise attack.

“It’s a mess? What happened?”

“This, this… it could be a cartel war.
I don’t know what’s going on, but it might make things easier…”

As Antonio clenched his fists and raised them, Regulus, sitting on his shoulder, wriggled and chirped.

Then, the golden eagle transformed into armor made of heavy metal plates and iron cores, with thick steam hissing out from the hydraulic systems in various places.

“I haven’t seen him before!!
How did you get out of there!!
Could it be!! An enemy!?”

While Antonio, wearing Regulus, slowly stepped out of the door.

He was walking out with his fists clenched like a martial artist wearing armor that protected his entire body, and he swung his fist at a man with a sword who was running towards him from the side, as if he had appeared from somewhere.

“Keueok!!”

His fist, which could be called an iron fist, was powered by a hydraulic piston and struck with intense force, visible to everyone else.

The man’s face was mercilessly struck, his nose bone twisted, and the flesh of his face rippled along the shockwave.

As if watching a cartoon, the man flew in the direction he had come from, crashing through a wooden wall and getting stuck. Antonio gestured towards the door, calling the others out.

“I’ll go ahead.”

Hyerin, who rarely spoke, disappeared into the hallway with quick movements. Antonio, who tried to stop her, cleared his throat and expressed his opinion to the others.

“Ahem… it seems something is definitely happening.
We might need to change our plan?”

“At this rate, there’s no need to guard the passage.
I’m from Groden, after all. I can use a sword a little.
Can I just step up, Professor?”

“That might be a good idea!!”

Carla knew his skills from when he disabled the autodrone with a precise strike, so she agreed.

To be precise, she was a little scared after seeing the sea of blood and wanted someone to be with her.

Lucas picked up a sword that had been dropped among the bodies scattered around, frowned, wiped the blood from the handle, and drew it. Eloise, who was watching him, thought for a moment and nodded with a small sigh.

“Hmm…… Lucas is right…
Then everyone will participate in the search.
Carla, Yui, and Lucas will go together.
It’s safer to be together if possible.
Antonio and I will cause a commotion in various places, just in case.
If we find it, we’ll join you at the sound of the magic. Understood?”

“Alright. Then let’s start the search.
Be careful, Carla?”

“Yeah!! Brother!!
L… let’s go!! Q… quickly finish this…
A… and go back…!!
I’m… not scared at all……!!”

“Alright!! Let’s go!!”

“Carla!! You’ll fall if you run like that!! Be careful!!”

The group, who had finished talking, split up and began running in different directions, starting their struggle to find the research data that had disappeared inside the unknown brothel.

In the midst of the scene where the female beastmen and Laratina’s elite troops were clashing.

The Carla party, whose timing was either good or bad, mustered their courage and took steps forward to achieve their respective goals.

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