"Kill all outsiders who step foot into this mansion." B-01 screamed and ran down the hall ordering the servants who came.

Just before leaving, Balak told him to look for and keep an eye on Leon.

Without saying much, he immediately headed to Leon's room in this mansion.

"Who are you?" B-01 stopped when he saw someone in ugly, dull clothes standing in the middle of the room holding Bella in his arms.

"Tell me where the person living in this room is."

"I-I don't know..." Bella gasped and couldn't breathe. Her magic energy was suppressed so she couldn't do anything at all. "I, I'm just a servant whose job it is to serve him."

Bella immediately held the man's hand with all her might.

B-01 saw the opportunity and released magic towards the man. A black chain with thorns shot out but was brushed aside by the man. He didn't even bother looking at B-01 and just focused on Bella.

"Useless trash." He threw Bella into the corner of the room. When he wanted to move it, a thin thread entangled his hand making him unable to move.

This time, he actually looked at B-01 who was preparing his third magic.

"A mere six-ringed fellow dares to make a move on me? You seem ready to die."

B-01 didn't answer and focused on this attack. He had also prepared several other attack magics just in case the attack he made failed to hit his enemy.

Unfortunately, he chose the wrong opponent.

The man without hesitation cut off his bound hands and directly blocked the attack unleashed by B-01. Sharp incised wounds cut all over his body and even penetrated to the bone but he did not flinch.

In an instant, he had arrived in front of B-01. His hand smashed B-01 to the ground and crushed his ribs and lungs.

Surprisingly, he didn't kill him. Instead, he took out a black worm that appeared to have green scales.

"T-that, you…" Before B-01 could finish his sentence, the man forcefully shoved the worm into B-01's mouth.

No… I can't swallow this Animal! This bastard is from that organization

Sorry, Master. I have to go first.

"Ahhhh!!! You, you will die miserably." B-01 released the magic he had prepared in case of emergency. Hundreds of magic webs bound the man and without hesitation, he took a deadly step.

Boom!!!

A large explosion destroyed part of the mansion until nothing remained. Even the man in front of him couldn't escape and his entire body was shattered into nothingness.

"That…" Balak turned to look in the direction of the explosion. The soul contract between the two was suddenly severed and no signs of life remained.

"You let your guard down, Balak." The man in front of the balak raised and shot a black ball toward the balak while continuing to prepare other magic.

"You, damn it!"

This bastard, he's an 8-ring Magus. This guy's magic release was so fast. Balak coldly looked at the enemy in front of him. But he didn't attack any further.

It wasn't that he didn't want to, but his mind was divided between Felix's safety and the current fight.

"Balak betlam. For someone who was once called a rare Genius of the Pendragon Kingdom, you don't live up to what the rumors say."

"Noisy. You dare attack the Betlam Family, then you must be prepared for your death." Balak put his pen in his pocket and walked back behind the barrier.

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"Just a mere 8-ring magus dares to attack the betlam family? You dream too much."

"activate." Balak raised his hands up and formed a magic formation quickly. Black mana flowed out of Balak's body and filled the air.

The man looked at the giant formation in the sky and was shocked by what he saw. He didn't expect that Balak would be able to deploy this formation alone. "Impossible. How did you…"

"Surprised??? Then you can be surprised as much as you like." Balak activated the formation he had prepared.

This is a magic formation owned by the Betlam Family. Biting words.

All words spoken within the range of the magic formation will be gathered and attack the Caster's desired target. Soon, Tens of thousands of words gathered within the range of the formation formed and began to attack the Man in front of him.

"Don't think I will die so easily!" the man shouted as he raised his hand and created a blue dome. But that doesn't seem to last long.

Only 5 seconds had passed, and the dome was already filled with cracks that surrounded the entire dome and couldn't last any longer. From inside, he looked at the Balak that didn't move from its place and occasionally wrote a single word and released magic in different directions.

At this time, the Betlam family mansion was attacked from so far away and was also attacked from various places. Even various kinds of magic were released from various places in all places. But none of that touches the Betlam Family Mansion.

"That's strange, how could they barge in so easily?" Balak looked towards the Mansion before turning his gaze towards the man who was desperately holding on for his life.

"Is it because of Leon?" Balak thought about one of these possibilities.

Currently, Leon couldn't be found no matter how much he exerted probe magic. There were traces of his presence a moment ago but strangely, the person was not there.

There is another possibility, the first attack that hit the barrier might be the cause. Balak thought this but didn't dissuade Leon from his speculation.

"You seem to be having fun here." A man's voice caught Balak's attention.

There, the coat of arms of the Rosemary family was engraved in the sky with a striking golden light.

"Don't kill him, Balak. I want this guy no matter what happens." He pointed at the man who was taking cover like a turtle.

"Roderick, what did you want to come to this place for? I don't think Rosemary's family cares about a small place like this."

"This is none of your business Balak." Roderick didn't care about Balak's question. He immediately gave the ultimatum with a look full of anger. "Turn off the magic Formation you released. I want this person alive."

Balak didn't answer and didn't do what the man wanted. He looked towards his other subordinates who had arrived beside him. Their condition is quite good and there are no serious injuries.

"Master, this entire mansion is surrounded by people from the Rosemary family. Only, they didn't attack us, instead, they captured the people who attacked this Mansion."

Balak raised his eyebrows when he heard that. Instantly, he remembered about the feud between the Rosemary family and the king's son Esther.

"Master, what are your orders?"

"You go back for now. Strengthen the defense and bring my son into Core Formation. Until my next order, none of you dare act carelessly."

"Understood, Master." The bowing slave immediately left.

Seeing that Roderick was still where he was, Balak had no other choice.

He immediately turned off the magic formation and revealed a kneeling figure with his entire body cut by flying letters and slowly evaporating.

"I hope you can give the Betlam Family an explanation, Roderick."

"Explanation? Why should we give you an explanation?"

Roderick snorted as he picked up the body that looked dead but was still alive. He held it with his own hands with a gaze filled with hatred and anger.

Roderick turned around while warning Balak. "Don't press your luck any more than this. You have lost the right of protection from the Pendragon kingdom and no one will be able to protect you."

"Even if you have Vienna Hall behind you, don't think that they will place value on an undeveloped genius like you. If it weren't for King Ester's ultimatum, the Betlam family would never exist in this world again."

Roderick said that as he left. The coat of arms of the Rosemary family disappeared in the air revealing the dark night again.

Balak took out a magic communication device from his pocket. After searching for a while, Balak decided to bring someone else into the matter.

A male voice sounded from the magic communication device. "Family head, are there any orders that I must carry out?"

"Russo, bring the branch families in the federation to come to Maple City. Apart from that, I would like to express my gratitude to Vienna Hall for helping in fighting this pest."

"Okay, family head."

After closing the communication, Balak looked far away towards the outside of Maple City. Although it is not shown, Vienna Hall was involved from the start.

The lack of another attack towards the Barrier was already proof that they had moved and that was enough for him.

This was also the reason why Roderick did not immediately act and destroy Balak's formation.

***

After the Betlam family battle was over, some people were unhappy with the decision he had to make.

"Why did they suddenly change their original plan? If we force to do this, won't Balak become alert? Additionally, they will likely attract more help. Even Vienna Hall might move again."

A female voice immediately answered him. "Don't ask things you shouldn't ask. Just carry out the mission given and complete your preparations. You just listen to the settings given and move according to what they say."

"It's a shame that Constantine didn't appear. We cannot judge the extent of his strength."

"You say it as if you have nothing to lose. Do you know how troublesome it is to get a subject with eight rings?"

The voice did not respond to the man's scolding. "Just do as you're told."