Because the humanoid, underground ratmen monsters had initiated an attack from Kelifu Prison, the entire Benson Town turned into a hell on earth, and blood flowed like rivers on the streets.
The mayor residence of Benson Town was captured first. Although Benson Town was under the control of Earl Gerard, and he had arranged a large number of soldiers to guard it, they were unable to withstand the crazy onslaught of these humanoid monsters. The biggest issue was that several garrisons in the periphery of Benson Town had been set ablaze. Those places had encountered the joint attacks of the variant monster army under Undead Queen Lafania and her younger sister Cursed Queen Mephis as well as the Bloodkin familiar army led by Bloodkin Lolita Lucifer.
Now, the army camps nearest to Benson Town had already fallen into the plight of being unable to fend for themselves, let alone assisting Benson Town. With regards to Benson Town’s distress signal, even the cursory of responses was impossible.
Under the curtain of night, only soaring flames roared, and the air was filled with the smell of blood and smoke. Both odors stung the nostrils, making citizens cough as they blearily stumbled on the streets. Beneath the dim night, Clyde couldn’t tell how many underground ratmen had rushed out and attacked Benson Town. Previously, he had ordered the shadow monsters under his leadership to guard the underground area of Kelifu Prison, so with their presences there, those beautiful female prisoners in the underground prison area should have been safe from this attack. In terms of monster-ranking, the underground ratmen were not the opponents of the shadow monsters. The gap between the two was too great; he basically didn’t need to worry.
Clyde had no intention to save Benson Town. At least for now, he didn’t have the military strength to waste here. He could only wait for a response from the monster armies under Lucifer and the others. As an Evil God and a Great Old One, any monster he casually summoned would attack everyone indiscriminately; humans wouldn’t be spared. Since that was the case, it was better not to try to save them. Clyde didn’t want to become a hindrance.
“What’s going on? Where is the city’s defensive army?”
“Your Excellency Gerard, there is no response from the military camps! We cannot contact them!”
“Damn it! Gerald, take the special envoys to safety! We will follow afterward…”
As the nominal host of this aristocrat party, Earl Gerald’s complexion became quite unsightly. If something happened to the earls and special envoys of the three tycoon clans at this time, he would be unable to shoulder this responsibility. While yelling his orders, he noticed a few shadows crash into the luxurious private room through the massive main window. The few aristocrats near the window didn’t have any time to respond before being beheaded. Bright red blood spurted out, dyeing even the ceiling red. As for those beheaded heads, they flew out the window and splashed into the large artificial Lake Andy beside Service Hotel.
From a careful look, Clyde discovered that the attackers were actually underground ratmen. He didn’t know whether these underground ratmen had inherited genes from the kangaroos of Earth, but their amazing jumping abilities were astounding. From the other side of Lake Andy, they had jumped to this shore, crossing the lake in a single leap. Then, they had jumped into the luxurious private room on the second floor of Service Hotel. The window on this side hadn’t had any protection like railings; therefore, the other party was able to directly break in and carry out a successful sneak attack.
Facing the frenzied attacks of underground ratmen, even the envoys of Adrian Empire’s three tycoon clans who were always calm and composed panicked and wildly fled. Although there were many troops under these aristocrats, none had ever wielded swords or spears in actual battle. Their weapons such as the sabres they carried were ceremonial items and decorations, nothing more. Running into this kind of unexpected incident, they panicked. This luxurious private room immediately turned into hell. Aristocrats were beheaded nonstop. Various human body parts flew everywhere, and the banquet’s atmosphere instantly turned incomparably bloody.
The underground ratmen were equipped with all kinds of armor. The style of the armor they wore were all different. The armor sets they wore were not complementary full sets of equipment. This was because after gaining intelligence, the underground ratmen had plundered their gear from human adventurers as war trophies. The grade of most of their equipment was higher than the standards of common soldiers. It seemed that the number of unfortunate men who had contributed to the underground ratmen after dying was quite big.
Taking advantage of the chaotic situation, Clyde appeared at the scene. Since he was wearing a soldier’s armor, in this chaotic hour, no one would notice the addition of one or two unknown soldiers. The underground ratmen were attacking indiscriminately, but their main targets were still the trained soldiers. The aristocrats attending this party were secondary since they could be finished off at any moment. As for those beautiful maids, because they wore nothing, the underground ratmen completely ignored them. Those without weapons, equipment, or even a fiber of cloth were not their targets.
In the luxurious private room on the second floor of Service Hotel, a strange scene appeared. The maids were so scared that they curled up in the corners or under tables. However, they were completely ignored by these underground ratmen. They passed by their white figures and attacked the aristocrats and soldiers. Clyde felt that the intelligence of these humanoid monsters needed to be further increased. They ignored pushovers and trampled on hard bones. It seemed like they were following the wrong script.
“Retreat this way! Go down these stairs. There is a special speed boat below that will directly lead you all outside of Benson Town.”
“Father, younger sister is still in the reception hall of the first floor…”
“No matter, we don’t have time to save her. I hope Light Goddess will bless her! It will be too late if we don’t leave now.”
“But…”
“Don’t give me ‘buts.’ This is an order!”
Among the three earls and their respectives sons, only Miss Anna’s elder brother, Viscount Gerald, was qualified to be a brother. At this time, he didn’t think of running for his life but rather to help his younger sister. Knight Frauer and Viscount Edmund, however, were too excessive and looked indifferent, as if the people downstairs had nothing to do with them. They didn’t care about their sisters who might still be in the reception hall downstairs.
This couldn’t be regarded as their being heartless. On Ximengsi Continent, the Human Race regarded men as superior to women. These earls had only one or two sons, but all three had at least three daughters. Usually, only the eldest daughter was allowed to go out. It didn’t matter if they gave up a daughter; there were many substitutes. Sons, however, were different. It was troublesome to abandon them because it was not easy to cultivate a qualified heir.
The reception hall on the first floor of Service Hotel was already facing an unfavorable plight. Screams resounded throughout the vast hall. It seemed the underground ratmen had already broken through the thin defensive line surrounding Service Hotel and penetrated into the hotel. Therefore, if they didn’t break out of the ratmen’s encirclement now, these aristocrats on the second floor would likely be completely surrounded. At that time, no one would escape.
Viscount Gerald had good intentions but was powerless. In the end, he had to follow the orders of his father. With a regretful expression, he took over evacuating the important members. Fortunately, the intelligence of these underground ratmen was limited. They couldn’t distinguish between the statuses of the members of Human Race. In their view, all humans were the same. The only difference was whether they wore equipment. Therefore, these humanoid monsters attacked indiscriminately, making attacking humans with equipment a priority without focusing on their actions. Otherwise, they would have targeted those several earls and other important parties who were organizing the defense without giving their prey the chance to organize an escape.
Clyde didn’t want to let these special envoys of Adrian Empire’s three tycoon clans escape so easily. Previously, when he had been secretly observing these special envoys while lurking in the shadows, their haughty bearings had dissatisfied him. Remembering this, Clyde took advantage of the confusion, and with a flick of his finger, he shot several small dark energy balls towards the three earls and the others. The size of those dark energy balls was comparable to ordinary marbles; however, their might was astonishing. Each contained a large amount of compressed dark energy. Although they looked like harmless bullets at most (Editor note: lol harmless and bullets. What a world), their actual destructive power was comparable to a missile.
“This… dark magic! Not good! Everyone, quickly leave!”
“Ah… the head of His Excellency the envoy!”
Under Clyde’s control, those small dark energy balls ingeniously bypassed the three earls and the young masters along their path. They brushed past them and accurately hit those special envoys running at the front. Those special envoys paused and stood still for a while as if time had stopped before collapsing. They didn’t even have the time to scream before dying.
The deaths of the special envoys were quite terrifying. Their corpses appeared as if a grenade shell had hit them, directly exploding and leaving a bloody hole. The upper parts of their bodies had been completely blown up, and only the lower parts crazily spurting blood were left. In this chaotic environment, no one noticed that Clyde had made this move. After these special envoys were dealt with, Adrian Empire’s three tycoon clans, the behind-the-scenes financial backers that had sponsored the battle between the three earls, wouldn’t be able to arrange for new special envoys in the short term. It would take time to dispatch new representatives. During this time, the war would slow a little.
Afterward, Clyde casually swung his blade and beheaded an underground ratman blocking his way. Then, he walked down to the reception hall on the first floor, ignoring the bloody corpse of his foe. Whether the three earls could escape or not, it would depend on their luck. Now, Clyde had more important matters to deal with: he had to go to protect the safety of some important targets before the monster army under Lucifer and the others arrived.
