Chapter 65 – 065 Queen of the Night
A place where the only light source is the dim light of the glowstones embedded in the wall at regular intervals.
Ten people who looked human were lying face down in the same direction, holding their breath.
“Huh.”
From the direction where they were lowering their heads, a languid voice sounded like they had no interest in world affairs.
However, those who bowed their heads kept putting their heads down, knowing that the languid voice was a sign of a bloody wind that was about to blow.
Some people were bleeding because they were crushing their heads against the floor, even though there were sharp protrusions on the floor.
“Dealing with the Anastasia girl is also a failure. Infiltrating Sejak also failed. How much more did Operation Behemoth, which had been prepared for decades, fail? Besides, is this the end of all the information you’ve gathered?”
Hearing the sound of crumpling paper, some people couldn’t overcome the feeling of fear and shook their shoulders.
In particular, one man who had just written a crumpled report made a faint sound of teeth clashing.
“Who is this.”
It was a short sentence, but it contained many things.
Who is responsible for the operation that failed all of this.
Who is the person who wrote this report?
Or it was like asking who was the one who dared to make unnecessary noise in front of him.
But they didn’t have to worry. All of it pointed to only one person.
“I will apologize even with my humble life!”
I had promised myself that I would burn this body without reserve for the sake of the Demonic Church.
That is why the man was prepared to end his own life if he really gave permission.
No. He prayed that he would be able to give his life in peace.
Otherwise, the rest of his life would be like hell.
“You come over here and lie down.”
But the man’s wish never came true. The man just bit his lip hard and raised his head, aware of his situation.
Then, what she saw in front of her eyes was a mysterious woman sitting in an antique-looking chair with her legs crossed.
Jet-black hair that exudes luxury.
The red eyes, which can be clearly seen even in dim lighting, have an unknown power to attract people’s hearts.
Even though she gave up all the desires she had as a human after joining the Demonic Cult, her appearance was so beautiful that she couldn’t control her drinking.
“I already had one of my toys broken and needed a new one, but I like you because you look pretty sturdy.”
However, she was one of the people to be most wary of in the Demonic Church.
That’s also because she was one of the four corps commanders who managed to gather strength even while the demon was sealed.
The four corps commanders chosen by the Demon God. The people of the world called them the Four Heavenly Kings.
“Come quickly and lie down. Can’t you see I have nowhere to put my feet?”
“All right. Miss Ella.”
“Don’t answer me. Did you see the toy talking?”
The man silently bowed down and prostrated himself in front of Ella.
Ella, who raised her foot on the man’s back, suddenly frowned at her.
“Low. Raise more.”
Ella’s expression relaxed only then as the man raised his hips that were touching his heels and raised his waist accordingly.
“So, who’s next?”
“Yes! Miss Ella!”
A black-haired man with his head on the floor shouted loudly.
“When you think about it, why do you think it failed?”
It was already written in the report, but Ella dared to ask about it.
Even as she was asking about the failure of the operation, Ella was smiling. As if she was expecting something from her.
“Our conclusion is that Mimi, a fox-beast, was the main factor in the failure of the operation.”
But at her man’s hesitant reply, Ella lightly clicked her tongue and erased a smile from her lips.
“That’s a funny reaction.”
“Sorry! If you tell us what you want, we will correct it right away.”
Still speaking in a booming voice, Ella waved her hand in her disinterested face.
“It’s okay. I’d rather have this one done. Keep talking.”
“Yes! I haven’t been able to figure out how to notice it, but as soon as we enter a certain distance, the fox beast appears and kills us. To date, all but her predecessors have been killed.”
“Predecessor?”
As the footstool flinched momentarily at her words as her predecessor, Ella could see who it was pointing to.
“Okay? Hmm… By the way, he’s a fox beast.”
With the advice of a witch who was her previous commander, Ella laughed when she recalled the face of the guy who had been in charge of an operation to exterminate foxes several years ago.
“Anyway, that bastard only counts his strength stupidly, and his head must be empty? It’s embarrassing to be a corps commander like that guy.”
Ella, who was disapproving of Jang-hoo, who usually pushes everything by force, spoke gossip as if she had waited.
Because of the nature of her ability, Zhang Hu’s words to Ella, who rarely engage in direct combat, and tell her not to step forward and spread her crotch behind her, were truly humiliating.
Ella, who usually poured out all the things she was dissatisfied with, took a deep breath and calmed her heart.
She didn’t have a party anyway, so there was no point in further complaints.
“Whoa… But looking at the report, it seems that the fox beast isn’t the only problem.”
“That’s right! A new talent named Gloria has appeared at the academy. According to the information she obtained, she is said to have single-handedly breached the dungeon in Argon to the 50th floor.”
In the case of the fox beast. Due to his racial nature, if he had survived the massacre, he would have been possessed of mighty power.
But the woman named Gloria is human.
If she was a human with that level of potential, she wouldn’t have let a witch who would roam the continent keep in check talented people who could become heroes, but it was strange.
Not to mention, she wasn’t a witch who boasted a few years ago that she had cursed a human who would grow up to be the most threatening being to the Demon God.
“Anyway. It’s this guy and that guy and they don’t do anything right.”
Even though Operation Behemoth, which she was preparing herself, had also failed, Ella did not bother to mention it.
Still, I thought it was not a complete failure in the end because the Behemoth took measures to prevent the wound from healing well in order to destroy more human territory.
“We have obtained information that a human called Gloria and a fox beast are fighting outside the city, and we have dispatched some personnel to observe it!”
“Can I come back alive?”
“It will depend on the fate destined for them.”
“Tell me to look around and come back. When I look at it to the end, not a single one can come back.”
After all, Ella, thinking that she was the most active for her Demon God, commented on the last part of her report.
“That mosquito cub is inspecting the academy next week?”
“Yes, that’s right!”
Originally, it was the time when she should have visited the Great Plain of Yagon to make the Behemoth a member of her family, but contrary to expectations, Ella, whose schedule was empty thanks to the Behemoth, which was already rushing, was interested in visiting Duke Baker’s academy.
“Lilith is too attached to the subject of created creatures.”
As Lilith herself would have known, vampires were no match for Ella.
The strongest ones didn’t move in Lilith’s ice castle in the north, so Ella could easily cook Duke Baker.
“I have to deal with it right now.”
If it was Baker’s estate, where all sorts of magic circles were assembled, there was nothing I couldn’t do if I came here by hand.
The Duke of Baker is a person with quite a standing in human society, so Ella decided that it would be better to get rid of him at this point.
“I’m going to take this opportunity to tell the mosquitoes about their subject, so let them know.”
“Yes! All right!”
Thinking she was done with her errands, Ella pressed her foot on the footrest and prepared to stand up.
“By the way, Miss Ella.”
“What.”
Asked Ella, who had intended to go back to her quarters and play with her toys, frowning at her.
But her dark red-haired man steadfastly continued his words.
“It’s not written in the report, but I personally think there is one piece of information that Ella-sama might be interested in. Would you like to hear it?”
“Say it.”
If she wasn’t really interesting, Ella thought that in return for daring to stop herself, she would be indebted to her less than a plaything, and her words immediately widened her eyes.
“So Yu-hara carries three women around her, two of whom are the aforementioned human named Gloria and a fox-beast named Mimi, right?”
“Yes, it is! Since the predecessor might be an absurd rumor, she asked to report after gathering more information, but in her personal opinion, it seems to be true.”
At that, Ella raised her heel and gently pressed her footrest.
“Tell me in detail.”
A man with three women, no doubt more interesting information than anything in the report.
She was even more so because she was Ella, who had the title of Queen of the Succubus, or Queen of the Night.
***
“Heo-euk…Heo-euk…”
“Haha…”
Even though her wounds were healing thanks to Yuha’s ability, Gloria and Mimi’s breathing became extremely rough because she continued the desperate battle for hours on end.
As the fierce battle continued, even the clothes they were wearing were not functioning properly, and the two instinctively realized that the next clash would be the end of this fight.
A situation where she herself could not predict who would win.
“It is indeed an overwhelming physical ability.”
Mimi has innate physical abilities and a sixth sense that is close to foreknowledge, without any formalized skills from beginning to end.
“Lia has a lot of annoying movements.”
Based on her genius talent, based on the swordsmanship she has learned on her own in countless lines of fire, Gloria can smoothly pass through any attack.
It was not easy to judge who was stronger because the two could say that they were at odds with each other.
But now it was time to decide who had the upper hand.
Gloria adjusted her greatsword in her hands once again, preparing for the best attack she could.
Mimi over-uses her aura to the point of destroying her insides, and she also comes up with the strongest attack she can do.
Just as she was about to continue the final battle by aiming her aura at her opponent.
Rustle.
Hearing faint signs of presence from the forest far away, Gloria and Mimi turned their heads and looked at the forest, without asking anyone first.
