While all the members of the alliance were peaceful under the ruler of Riser, the Five Principal Clans were different. Even if Ajuka was there to protect the main headquarters of this clan, Tiamat never stopped her attack, and she kept harassing many places of the Five Principal Clans within the country.
While the Five Principal Clans wished for Ajuka to stop Tiamat, who attacked the branch headquarters, if Ajuka left the main headquarters, then their headquarters were as good as defenseless.
It was also because of this that they were huddled up and holed up within the headquarters like turtles, afraid of being targeted by Tiamat.
"What should we do?"
"If this continues, then our clan is over!"
"It's all your fault! If you don't have a connection with that dirty breed, then will this happen!?"
"We have to capture him!"
"Hurry up and cut off your relationship with that guy, Suzaku!"
At this moment, all the main members of the Five Principal Clans stared at Suzaku, the heir of the Himejima clan, in panic and anger. Among the Five Principal Clans, only two clans remained, and three of the rest were almost hanging and were about to be destroyed. However, as the three of them had lost their holy beasts, their clans were as good as over.
Only the Himejima Clan and Nakiri Clan still had their holy beasts, but they weren't sure how long they could hold on.
While Ajuka was powerful, they knew that if he wished to defeat Tiamat, it was impossible, especially when they could see Ajuka's lazy attitude that they never cared much about the safety of their clans, even if they had tried to help him to search for the owner of the Innovate Clear.
Moreover, they knew that even if Ajuka was powerful, he was helpless against Tannin.
Tiamat had the same status as Tannin, and she also had a dubious relationship with Ajuka, so why should they help them?
This made them helpless, and they wished for Riser to help them since they knew how Tannin was easily dealt with by Riser. Yet, they knew how much Riser hated Vali and those who were related to him, especially when Vali had killed the older brother of one of his women. It would be amazing for those who had a link with Vali and those who were related to him to be helped by Riser.
So, at this moment, they wished for Suzaku to cut off her ties with her fiance, Tobio, and also trapped Tobio so they could use this guy as a gift to Riser.
Being scolded harshly as she was forced to make a cruel decision, there was nothing that Suzaku Himejima could do. Probably, her ears had already gone deaf from being scolded by everyone, especially the last time; everyone knew how rude she was in front of Riser. She knew that everything was her fault, and even now, many of her clansmen died, yet there was nothing she could do.
Weak.
She was too weak to do anything.
"Now that you mention it, I have heard Lucifer-sama loves to play with a woman who has a partner already."
"That's right! I have heard that he loves to steal from a woman from another guy."
"Suzaku, why don't you try to save us by giving yourselves to Lucifer-sama?"
Everyone's eyes were on Suzaku as they thought that Suzaku had a fiance, so Riser should be interested in her, right?
Yet, Suzaku had a shudder when she saw everyone's eyes.
What was this? What was this? What was this?
"Sacrifice yourselves for the clans, Suzaku!"
"Yeah, moreover, isn't it all your fault that our clans have turned into something like this?"
"It's your turn to repay us!"
Everyone became a monster as they tried to push this woman into the abyss, but—
*Bang!*
Suddenly, a loud banging sound was heard.
Everyone turned their attention to the young man who had caused this commotion.
"What is this?! Why are you all doing something so filthy?! Do you want to curry the favor of that fake Lucifer that much?!"
"Ouryuu-kun..."
Suzaku looked at Ouryuu Nakiri, the heir of the Nakiri Clan, with a moving expression. In this place, there was no one who could save her, and no one would help her as all of them wished to push her into Riser even though they knew that she had a fiance already.
Ouryuu felt sick by everyone who wished to give Suzaku to Riser, but when he was about to say something, one of the elders of his clan suddenly said, "Now that you mention it, you have a fiancee, right, Ouryuu? Why don't you give your fiancee to Lucifer-sama? You don't want Suzaku to sacrifice herself, right? If so, then try to repay your clans by doing something beneficial for us!"
"Yeah, yeah! Instead of being angry at us, do something helpful!"
"If you can't do something in this situation, then just shut up!"
"...."
Being scolded and forced to give his fiancee to Riser, Ouryuu was stunned still as he didn't expect this reaction. He thought that everyone would become one and fight the crisis, yet unexpectedly, everyone wished to throw his fiancee to Riser. Yet, facing the arguments of the elders, there was nothing he could do since his power wasn't enough, and he knew well how powerful Tiamat was since he had trained under her before. Moreover, Tiamat was good at sneak attacks, and even if he could control the power of the earth, he was helpless to the opponent that could fly.
Yet, at the same time, he wondered why he did Tiamat do all of this.
Why?
When he was in his own thoughts, Ouryuu was ignoring Suzaku, and he pretended like he didn't do anything and just stayed quiet on the side.
Watching Ouryuu, who had gone silent, all the elders snorted at Ouryuu, thinking that this guy was all talk and a coward, before they continued to urge Suzaku to seduce Riser so that way, they could be saved. While Ouryuu's fiancee was beautiful, they had a feeling that Riser would be more interested in Suzaku, especially when Akeno was also his lover, so if he could have Suzaku and Akeno, he could have a sister play, right?
Still watching Ouryuu, who suddenly went silent, Suzaku felt even more despair and cursed him for raising her hope.
If you can't do anything, then just shut up!
The hope that she had before was crushed directly.
As Suzaku didn't know what to do, Ajuka listened to their arguments silently as he talked with Azazel.
"I see... that's what they are planning."
"Well, there is nothing they can do except for that, right?"
"He was so lustful, after all," Azazel said with a laugh.
"You can laugh in this situation?"
"It's just a woman. I am sure that he will understand, and when he knows about his fiancee's situation, I am sure that he can become stronger.
"How cruel." Ajuka shook his head.
"Say someone who was about to sacrifice the entire Underworld."
"We can't return, Azazel."
"I know."
There was no escape for the two, as Riser wouldn't let them go. If there was a reason why Riser didn't kill them, it was because he wanted to play with their lives, letting them feel the feeling of despair, which made them snort at his sick hobby, but even so, their bodies were honest as they knew how frightening Riser was.
Moreover, even if the others were clueless, they knew the reason why Tiamat attacked the Five Principal Clans was all due to Riser.
Tiamat didn't care about their lives any longer since she couldn't even save her life.
They also didn't blame Tiamat since she was forced.
As for the Five Principal Clans? They didn't care much since they knew a human would reproduce sooner or later.
"So, are you going to Kyoto after this?"
"Yeah, it's one of the chances after all, and I believe the holder of the Longinus will give us a surprise."
"Don't fail, Azazel."
"I know."
This might be one of their last chances, and they had to take him down by using the user of the strongest Longinus, Cao Cao.