"Don't need to worry, sir January. My guards will handle this"
"You know what I'm talking about, isn't this a coincidence the monster attacked this night while most aristocrats are gathering here? What happened to the February's Protector you're proud of to not notice this beforehand?"
The duke February magic formation might is an open-secret, there's a saying that all thoughts to harm the district will be known by February, just a thought and jail for you. But Count Pureheart and Selena used a special magic to forming their plan just two of them knows, and they didn't intend to harm the district at all. This caught the duke off guard
"Haha, the enemy this time is a tricky one. But rest assured, I already have a counter measure if something like this happens"
"Hmm, I don't want anything happen to my children. Let me take my guards to protect them"
"You know I can't do that, it's forbidden by the king's order, anyone can't find their place, they will be fine"
Because the secret of the imperial spell, everyone is forbid to saw the process, even the dukes. So the ritual place is not known by the peoples here except the host, that is duke February
Duke January still concerned but can't say any more. But Count have another weapon
Clink- crash-
"Gryaaarr-"
"AAAaaaaaaa what is that?"
One of the nightmare with a spider feature crashed in the hall from window. Then one of the guard arrived, but Count already moved
Swing-
A silver plate flying and cut the spider in half. They shifted their gaze from the dead spider to the perpetrator. Count Pureheart, still holding his wine cup didn't even lift a hand. Just with his gaze, he used Psychokinesis to a silver plate and killed the spider. His eyes glowing with golden hue, make most of the aristocrats trembles. He opened his mouth
"Is this what you mean fine?"
Hearing that sentence alone, all the nobles present start to worry. Duke February has become pale, he didn't expect the monster can get so close to the mansion unnoticed. It's just like it has appear from a thin air.
Actually, it's just an illusion. Count has Selena's magic ready, but now is a lower version of that so no one can detect it. The window are broke by his Psychokinesis, and for the real-like illusion, it is the might of Origin Magic.
"Duke February, with all respect, I want you to guarantee my daughter's life, or i will do it myself. I didn't intend to break the rules, at least let my guard protect the ritual place perimeter"
Duke February now can't say anything to the restless nobles and forced to agree.
"Sigh, alright. But I want just one guard of every nobles bring, the guards must have a strength of tier 5 and I allowed just 20 of them. So you guys can discuss first, please allow myself to fix this situation. If you're ready, my assistant will bring them to the childrens place"
With transmission magic, they inform the best of their guards to come to the mansion. It will take a while to discuss, that is what the duke want. But the same is for the Count.
[Selena, phase one is clear. What's your situations?]
"The guards has arrived but still looked at them with disbelief and terrified LOL!!!!"
[Get out of there, the duke has moved. Go to the kids place. I'm counting on you]
Selena is happy hearing that words from him. The one who always harsh to her when training and she can't land a hit even with her full power before is now depending on her. A wide smile blooming on her
"Okay~ I'm gonna bring your kids safely! Full speed ahead!"
She flying with full speed to the childrens place. They hoped that destroying the shops will ruin the magic, but they must have a plan for the worst scenarios.
Then, blue lights comes out of the district's ground. The awakening has finished and the magic to see fate has started. When Selena analyze the magic, she found out that the magic has been tampered with demons magic.
Count has showed her the characteristics of demons magic that's why she knows it. Because demons magic is forbidden, not many humans knows that their characteristic is similar to constellation magic.
Selena didn't have many time left, but then, the blue glow started to become red. She dreaded at that sight.
"It's a forced activation!"
Forced activation in ritual is mean trading the caster's life or a sacrifice to speed up the ritual. Worse case scenario are lingering in her mind
'No! Please be safe'
"Where are you going?"
A man suddenly block her path. A burst of mana gathered towards him, fuelling a blue magic circle in an instant.
"
'Shi-'
BOOOOM
In just one second, a tier 3 spell pounced her, because she can't stop abruptly, Selena make a barrier instead. The barrier got destroyed And she fall to the ground.
"Wow, You can block my tier 3 spell in just 1 second? Truly live your name huh, the magic aberrant {The Starlight} Selena"
"Oh I don't know i have a fans, do you want my sign? Oh wait, too bad I don't bring a pen! Please come again next time~"
"… don't intervene, or i will kill you"
"Oh geez, what a perv"
A tier 4 purple magic circle appears in front of Selena, the pervert man doing the same but with blue magic circle. Their channeling is fast, but Selena beat him by a fraction earlier
"Scum like you! is the one i hate the most!
"Ck,
Zing-
Selena's beam is more powerful and destroy the water canon. The man use water shield to block the remnant purple beam and resist it with difficulty. When it ends, Selena appear behind him to deliver the last blow
"Heh, it's my win~
But then she sense mana turbulence in all directions. The dust cleared and showing many elemental magic directed at them
Boom boom boom
The explosion make a large crater in place they standing earlier, but she has teleport in a different place
"Wtf! Why the hell they shoot at their friends"
She barely evaded it by using a blink, but still sustained injuries when forcefully stopped her magic. Then she even more perplexed at the sight in front of her
"What… you dodged that… Kukukhaha HAHAHA WHAT A BITCH YOU ARE?!"
"You mad… what the…"
In front of her is the same man that fight her a while back, but there's three more of him!
'Ck, it's gonna be troublesome, i have a mission dammit!'
[Vito, there are some problems on me. I probably not gonna make it in time]
"Are you finish? Then let's continue shall we?"
The three guys start channeling tier 4 magic again with a grin.
"F*ck it!
Almost instantly, a translucent purple mist start spreading in the entire area. Simultaneously, fire, wind, and earth magic shot towards her and pierces her. But she turned into mist, then the purple mist start gathering in the air, transforming into her.
"Fine, you want to play a gang on me? Let me show you why they called me starlight!
A three huge magic circle appears around her, performing a huge rainbow spears and shot towards the enemy. The casting time? Instantly. The Dream magic making all her spell instantaneous.
"GYAHAHAHAHA, DIE INSECTS!"
Although they resisted, the spear is too powerful, then turns them into dust. Selena wanted to go, but she sensed a lot of magic turbulence again
'Again! This Sh*t'
Now, there a dozens of magic beam shot from the ground, but she has prepared and formed a dozen layers of shield. She withstands the barrage of attacks, and looked down at the dozens of the same guy
""Kekeke why in hurry? The night still long""
"Damned insect"
Selena already tired to say anything, flick her finger. Then hundreds of magic circle appeared and illuminating the night sky, she stood in the air, beautiful like a moon goddess but full of chaos like a devil.
The magic shoot to the ground, and dozens of magic from the ground retaliate. Bringing down destructions, fortunately they are in the private area of the duke that barren from people.
The light of chaos illuminating the night didn't go unnoticed by the nobles on the mansion. They started to panic, because the battle looked like a battle in the scale of an army.
"What are duke February doing? There's an army out there fighting near here! Call all the troops!"
"B-but d-duke s-said-"
"I'm a duke too! It's an emergency, after they gathered, lead the way to the childrens place"
A different kind of chaos ensues, but with the lead of the only duke here, duke January start gathering all the guards that comes to engage in the childrens place
The red hue is the most concerning for him. He knows that it's the constellation magic to see fate of the childrens, but why they used forced activation? He grows more agitated, but still cautious and wait to gather all powers they have
*
Meanwhile, Count Pureheart sit down on a chair, in front of him is Duke February. They sit down in a room illuminated by the moonlight looking calm and melancholy.
[Vito, there are some problems on me. I probably not gonna make it in time-]
"Didn't you not have any time to talk with an old man here? Count Vito"
"Welf, what you're doing now is a sin that only result in dead"
For Vito, in front of him is not Duke February, but a dead man.
"Hmm, sins, oh, the unspoken rule that created to limit a human being… To kill the chaos, and by itself creating more chaos… do you not tired of it? Believing the right the living creates itself, and living a tribulations life, just to hold the reason itself"
"… Tell me, why are you doing this?"
"Ah sorry for blabbering… yes, of course, why not we seek the truth ourselves, shall we?"
Welf used his magic, and a projection screen of three places come to sight. The first is on the town that shows shadow monsters wrecking havoc and soldiers trying to fend them off, second is Selena and the multiple similar guy fighting. But Vito staring intently at the third one showing his childrens
"Are you worried? Then why don't you go after them?"
"There's no need. If i kill you, the core of the magic formation, It will stopped itself and disappear"
He instantly knows because he placed a spying magic at the duke when he used psychokinesis to cut the spider monster. And he saw the duke used forced activation using his life essence as sacrifice. Even now, Welf lifetime is diminishing every second they're talking.
"Hohoho, you really are a capable man. Then as it my last time, why don't we make a bet? Will your kids hold out until the witch arrives or the witch will see the dead bodies of your kids"
"…"
He didn't answered, just staring at the scenes unfold intently. Searching for something…