What a mess!

Upon seeing what appears to be a scene straight out from any action movie, I can tell how intense the fight between Saint Louis and all the attendees. I mean, I can still clearly feel Saint Louis's light mana lingering around in the air as if Saint Louis is still here, fighting. Surely it's a statement of how powerful and how desperate Saint Louis was at that time.

Linda mentioned that Saint Louis manage to kill almost half of the attendees, only because he was the one that initiated the first assault. From the sound of it and from the looks of the scene, it's clear to me he gave everything he got right from the get go, like throwing a nuclear bomb when the enemies only throwing a rock at him as a provocation, thus throwing the enemies plan into array, making the casualty count, possible

(Still, the holy palace haven't released any official statement about it... What could they be plotting? Surely Saint Louis was the one that "open fire" at them, so why the delay on telling their own citizen about Saint Louis "bad deed") [Ash]

Or could it be that they're ashamed of themselves, losing so many lives just to restrain a single saint. Maybe, but I personally don't think that's the case.

(Head straight down from here onward) [Linda]

(Right) [Alaric]

(Looks like our infiltration are made easier because of Saint Louis fighting them) [Seraph]

(Yeah, that's a blessing in disguise indeed) [Ash]

Saint Louis intense fighting might have causes few of these things, if not all of it

1. The magic core they use for fortress defense magic might had been damaged, thus allowing our infiltration go rather smoothly undetected

2. And since the magic core for the fortress defense magic had been damaged, surely their court magicians been working tirelessly to repair them

3. The guards, the Knights and the magician patrolling around, their numbers are significantly reduced. They might be dead, or injured, or treating the injured. Some might even be skipping their round as to rest after fighting Saint Louis

4. The noble and royal. I'm not sure as to what happen to them, but since I don't see any of them while we are sneaking around, I can assume they're all "celebrating" their "victory" against Saint Louis, and thinking about their next plan

(There are guards in front of us) [Seraph]

(Ash. Linda) [Alaric]

((Got it!!)) [Ash, Linda]

There are five guards doing their patrol. Following Alaric's lead, I use shadow dive, and just to be extra careful, invisibility magic on myself as well while Linda, due to her being generally unperceived by other, charge straight into the group of five people, and on Alaric's signal, the three of us take them down. Linda and I use our scythes to decapitate the guards head while Alaric simply silent them by striking the guard with his knife, which pierce the brain matter out

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(Mind helping me strip them apart? I can use it to shape shift myself into the guard) [Seraph]

(Make it quick) [Alaric]

(Once you're done, tell me. I'll store the corpses into my item box) [Ash]

(Geez... Both of you turn around, but not Linda. She can peek around should she like) [Seraph]

"I WON'T!" [Linda]

((Quite)) [Ash, Alaric]

(Sorry...) [Linda]

Way to get us mad at you Seraph. Way to go

"And done" [Seraph]

"Well, let's get going" [Alaric]

"And I'm done as well. The corpses are stored" [Ash]

"After this door, I'm not so sure as to where we should go" [Linda]

"We can go separately... but it's rather risky" [Alaric]

"True, but I'm inclined on it, we are rather short on time. How about I went alone and search about the fallen god, while the three of you go and find Saint Louis" [Ash]

"Oh no! I object! I won't let what happen to Saint Louis happen to you! How am I suppose to answer Diana and your siblings should anything happen to you!" [Linda]

"Chill... Thanatos and the other should be there already. We might run into them, so it's safer than you thought" [Ash]

"No means no! I'll go with you!" [Linda]

"Alright, let make this quick. Linda and Ash, both of you should prioritize searching anything about the fallen god, while Seraph and I will prioritize searching for Saint Louis. Of course, should you encounter Saint Louis and should we encounter anything regarding the fallen god, we will change the objective from that moment" [Alaric]

"Sounds like a plan" [Ash]

"Given the situation and time constraints, I'll vote for a yes" [Seraph]

"But!" [Linda]

"It's 3-1. Now move!" [Ash]

""Right!!"" [Alaric, Seraph]

"Grrr... fine..." [Linda]

Now going our separate ways, Linda and I proceed carefully and deliberately around this dark dim hallway. I can sense multiple peoples being caged inside, but unfortunately for them, I have to ignore them for the time being, at least until my objectives are complete. Once it's done, I will try to release all of you. So for now, shadow dive and invisibility magic it is

"Shit! My hand still hurt like hell!" [Old follower C]

"All because of that damn Saint" [Old follower A]

"Hope he die and went to the deepest layer of hell!" [Old follower G]

Wait! Aren't they...

(Hmm!) [Ash]

(What now!?) [Linda]

(You sound annoyed... But that! That's your answer) [Ash]

(What about them?) [Linda]

(Oh right, you have never met them before. Long story short, they're Rafiah's friend, the one responsible for attacking my siblings) [Ash]

(Them! Are you sure!) [Linda]

(Positive. I'm million percent sure about it. Since they're here, one could presume that they at least know a bit about fallen god. Plus, from the sound of their cursing, they seem to know where Saint Louis currently is, so...) [Ash]

(On it!) [Linda]

(No, you scout around first and see if there are anyone left. Once you're done, I'll handle them alone) [Ash]

~Nod~

Linda quickly scout ahead, and once she confirms everything is clear, I quickly assault the three of them. Put some sleep spell so that they're drowsy first and

(Take this!) [Ash]

A strong blunt force at nape of the neck, a decisive elbow strike and a powerful punch right in the middle of their ugly face. Since they're unconscious...

"Linda... I'll try memory dive spell, so please, check the surrounding. Just warn me if anyone approaching" [Ash]

"Right!" [Linda]

Here goes