I escaped the mansion and headed for the spies house,

"Kid? What's wrong? you've got a wound!" Johny opened the door and ushered me in the moment he saw the scratches the cuts on my body

"The Ball tomorrow, it's rigged, the King is planning a massive sacrifice to revive his dead wife" I quickly reported

"What the hell?! This is bad, I wish we could treat your wounds but I'll have to leave that up to you. Get some rest, we've got to prepare!"

I walked out of the house and headed straight for the Mercenary corps building while making sure no guards saw me, I opened the door and was saw Blue pacing back and forth.

"Lyan?!" Blue's ears perked up the moment the door closed and looked at me, she was struggling to stop her tears from falling

"I'm fine don't worry" I took a chair and sat down

Blue quickly came to my side and brought her healing fox flames and started healing me while occasionally stifling her cries, I really made her worry. I caressed her cheeks and kissed her forehead before speaking as she leaned on my chest

"Blue, It's okay, I won't let anything happen to me. I still have to come home to you guys" I leaned my head on hers

I saw Mira and Arachne come down the stairs, the moment Mira saw me, she ran and pounced while Blue tightened her grip on my body. Mira's pounce almost caused all three of us to fall on the floor but I felt a web stick to my head that stopped us from tilting to the side but Arachne pulled on that web and flew towards us, in the end, we all fell on the floor.

I didn't know why but all I could do was chuckle, Blue, Mira, and Arachne looked at each other before laughing.

After the incident on the first floor, we all moved to the second to discuss my findings with the rest of the team. They were all shocked by my findings and requested that we put a stop to the King's schemes, I told them all to take a rest because we'll be going on the ball tomorrow

I went to my bed with all three women, it was supposed to be Blue's turn today but she requested everyone to sleep together.

I was in the murky darkness filled with wails of despair once again

"Anytime now" I spoke out

A spatial rip opened in front of me and Grimm came out

"Sup" He greeted me as soon as he came out

"Hey there, something you wanna discuss?" I asked

"Yeah, you're heading for a large battle right?"

"Yeah"

"I heard a certain retard wants to revive someone"

"Yup"

"Will you try to revive Lucia by using that?" He asked

"I've had that thought once but in the end, I scratched the idea"

"Oh? care to tell me why?"

"She's already passed on, if I were to revive her, I would be reviving her body but not her soul. She would just be a zombie just like any other, moving on instincts and besides, she would be really disappointed in me if I were to sacrifice the lives of people just to revive her"

"Good answer kid, those who cheat with us will get their just deserts" Grimm laughed as he started to vanish

"Wait, that's all?" I asked

"I just wanted to make sure you weren't going to do something stupid!" He cackled and vanished

That dude...

I woke up the next day with my head in between Blue's breast, my right hand in between Mira's twin peaks while my left in between Arachne's thighs... HELL YEA or so I wish but reality is pretty ruthless. Mira and Arachne were using my hands as their pillow and I can feel both my arms go numb but at least Blue's tails coiled around me while she hugged my head. I felt Arachne nibbling on my left arm while Mira keeps pinching my right while muttering the word "womanizer" while she slept... it hurts kinda

I woke everyone up and we all left for the Ball, everyone was wearing formal clothes. We came in early because we have to start looking for the magic circle.

"Mira and I will be responsible for looking for the magic circle while Talia will keep a lookout for strange movements, Blue and Arachne will be stationed near the exit. Clay and Rivera will be looking after Talia, Mizu, you're responsible for interacting with the guests, try to find out if they know something about this ball. Valeria, stay on standby and be ready to support anyone" I gave out instructions before Mira and I vanished

I started looking for clues on the third floor where the King's chamber is located while Mira stayed on the first floor, the King's chamber wasn't even guarded. All of the guards were on the first floor, looking after the guests. I snooped around but I found nothing until my comm cube vibrated, I took it out and sent my mana into it. Mira's hologram was projected as she reported her findings

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"You found something?" I asked

"Yeah, I found some scratches beside the King's throne, it was a sign that the throne has been moved to the side... a lot" She reported

"I'm coming, sit tight" I cut off the connection after saying those words

I returned to the ball and handed out a new set of instructions, Blue, Arachne, Mizu, and Valeria are now coming with us to destroy the magic circle. There wasn't a single soul in the throne room which was weird so Mira and I snooped around for any hidden enemies but we found nothing so we just moved the throne and found a staircase leading down. We all walked down and found a large magic circle exuding a darkish green light

"Welcome" On the other side of the magic circle was the king himself

"Hello cunt" I greeted back as I brought out Rea and Lea

Everyone else also brought out their weapons, I noticed something move on the sides so I quickly infused Lea with [Light strike] and set a crescent light wave that stopped a black tendril that burst out. Drax came out laughing and moved beside the King, 5 more hooded demons stood beside the King

"We meet again" Drax stared at me with resentment

"Who are you again?" I asked

"What?" He was surprised by my question

"Are you deaf? I asked, who the hell are you?"

"You fucker! we just fought! It's me Drax!"

"Oh, the idiot who got impaled by his own spell..." I raised both my hands and shook my head

"I'll kill you!" He roared out while the other demons struggled to stop themselves from laughing

'Raija, how do I break the circle?' I asked

'The circle is protected by a barrier that is connected to the lives of those demons, kill all of them and the barrier is broken. All you need to do then is destroy the circle by scratching off the markings' Raija explained

'Thanks'

'Anytime' Raija chuckled

Is it just me or is Raija becoming more friendly with me? she would usually just ignore me...

I stopped those thoughts and concentrated on the cunts in front of me.

"All of you guys take on one demon, kill them to break the barrier protecting this magic circle" I instructed

Everyone nodded, the demons broke apart and ran to different sides of the room. Now that I look at it, the room was just as large as the ballroom hall. Drax stayed behind and looked at me

"I was caught off guard by your tricks last time but not today!" He laughed as numerous tentacles wriggled their way towards me

I destroyed the tentacles by infusing Rea with [Light Strike] and sending a crescent wave, he jumped to the side to dodge the wave before throwing a black lance. I jumped up and used [Storm dash] before slamming down Rea on his head, Rea was infused with [Flame stream]. He conjured a black shield and raised it up to block my attack but my attack turned into [Flame path] and released a continuous stream of fire that burned him

He screamed and struggled as he rolled on the ground, I didn't miss this chance and came crashing down as I infused Rea and Lea with [Ice Giant's strike]. He saw my actions and managed to erect a wall of black tendrils but I easily broke through them and landed a clean hit on his arm, I cut off his right arm but this didn't stop him from jumping back and creating a distance between us.

He stared at his amputated arm and looked at me with seething anger

"You...You! YOU!...." He couldn't even finish a complete sentence

"Me?" I pointed at myself

"You cheeky little!" He raised his arms and slammed his left arm on the ground

Countless spikes protruded from the ground and headed straight for me, I used [Storm Dash] and appeared behind him before infusing Rea and Lea with [Light strike] before slamming both blades on his back. I cut off his left arm with Lea while Rea cut off his right leg, he turned his body to the right and shot out a black spear from his mouth that headed for Mira who was fighting one of the demons

"Nice try!" I shouted out before grabbing his body.

I used [Storm dash] and used his body as a meat shield against his own dark spear, the look of surprise on his face is just golden as the spear dug deep into his chest. I raised him up before digging both my arms deep into his chest before ripping conjuring [Light strike] on both my arms, smoke came out from his body as he kept screaming out in pain. I ripped him apart and watched his body turn into smoke, I quickly took Rea and Lea and moved to support the others.

I infused Lea with [Whirlpool] before throwing her towards Mizu's area, Lea quickly released a huge whirlpool that sucked in the demon she was fighting. She went crazy inside the whirlpool and just tore the demon apart, I looked at Arachne's spot. She shot a large arrow but the demon laughed and ducked to evade, the large arrow passed through and he stood up but Arachne pulled a string and made the arrow turn around. The demon had no idea what happened when a large arrow protruded from his chest, the arrow broke apart and wrapped itself around his body before Arachne pulled it and kept slamming it everywhere like a morningstar.

I moved behind Mira just as she threw her knives, I sent [Lightning strike] that followed the knives. The demon got hit by it and was electrocuted to death, I jumped back and used [Storm dash] to appear behind the demon that Valeria was facing. I performed a roundhouse and kicked the demon on the back, he was sent flying towards Valeria. She punched him hard in the chest, the demon flew back at me as it kept vomiting blood. I kicked him up just as Valeria jumped up, She clasped both her hands together and slammed it down like a hammer. She sent the demon to the ground before she came crashing down with a kick, the demon's back was broken. I went straight to Blue and supported her with my own fire, we roasted the demon together.

"*Sigh* Pesky little rats I have no choice but to start the ritual" A deep and old voice echoed out, it did not come from the King

"FINALLY!" The King laughed like a maniac but he was silenced when large explosions were heard above

"What?!" The voice roared out

Looks like the bombs I planted started to explode

"You brat!" The voice roared out before it started chanting

The Barrier slowly vanished and just as I was about to break the circle, a demonic arm came out and punched. I blocked with Lea but I was blasted away, a demon pulled himself out of the dimensional rip that appeared in the middle of the magic circle.

"This is not what we agreed on!" The King roared out as he frantically looked around

"Shut up! I agreed to revive your wife and here she is!" The voice replied and a decaying woman walked out of the shadows

"Jessa?" The King quickly asked

The zombie woman only uttered a groan for a reply, the King trembled and slowly hugged the corpse

"YOU LIED TO ME, YOU SAID SHE WOULD BE ALIVE AND BEAUTIFUL!" The King roared out

"Hehe, you retard, I only agreed to revive her. It was you who got ahead of himself and thought that she would retain her beauty"

"NO!" He roared out as he slumped down and started crying

"The circle is not complete! necromancer, what is the meaning of this?!" The demon struggled to pull himself up but he couldn't so only his waist above could be seen

"I apologize lord Naz but these pesky brats kept getting in the way!"

The demon looked at us and snorted, he had the head of a bull and a body of a man. He was 10 feet tall and that's just the waist up to his head, He was a Minotaur

"So you're the reason I'm like this!" He slammed his arms on the ground

"Necromancer! make sure that they do not escape!"

"Yes!" The Necromancer quickly erected a large barrier around us

"Haha, now come! face me!" He roared out

Looks like we're in for a tough battle