Right at 8.30 in the evening, while I was sipping on my drink, The whole hall suddenly got covered in red smoke giving me the signal for the start of a massacre that would be talked about for years to come by the name " The Bloody Ballroom ".
As this event took place, I watched it from the sideline as if I was enjoying a live-action movie. I was close to the nobles who were dying one by one, because I was in the garden which was located somewhat near to the entrance. Not surprisingly none of the attackers came near the garden because they deemed me a waste of time to deal with. From the beginning, their main objective was to get the blood of the young prince and flee.
From the sideline, I watched how they killed the nobles through the red smoke and how Aurora perfectly dismissed the smoke using her innate element. After dismissing the smoke Aurora addressed the panicking cadets and gave them a small speech to calm the atmosphere as she and Elbereth took the front lines to fight off the group Named Adeus.
I watched it all but I never felt the need to intervene in their bloody fight. I don't know why but I somewhat enjoyed the massacre in front of me. I enjoyed the look of frustration in the eyes of Aurora and Lucas as they fought against the group of Invaders.
" Poor guys. The real battle hasn't even started yet. " I thought as I stared in the direction of Aurora who single-handedly fended off two of the enemies without a sweat. Honestly, the only reason why she hasn't finished the battle yet was due to the Cadets in the surrounding area which forced her to not go all out. The same thing applied to Elbereth as she too fought against two enemies at once while leaving the rest to the cadets to deal with.
There were ten invaders in the beginning but Elbereth dropped that count to nine. Most of them are C-ranked individuals while two are A-ranked and the leader is an S-ranked individual who just recently broke through.
From the start, he hasn't even moved a finger yet. He was patiently waiting for the right time to intervene in the battle. His objective here wasn't fighting a losing battle But to strike at the right moment, get the blood of the prince, and then flee.
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" Y-you are committing treason, You'll dearly pay for- *Spurt* " As one of the princes' guards was amidst speaking, the attacker stabbed the knife in his hand through the head of the guard and pulled it out while twisting the knife. His brain matters spilled across the floor striking fear into the hearts of the cadets who were fighting against a C-ranked invader near the guards. That little mistake of getting distracted amidst a fight was enough for them to embrace eternal sleep with a pang in their hearts. They couldn't live long enough to see the best versions of themselves.
This was the first group of cadets to be slaughtered in the Bloody Ballroom and the death of these cadets caused a chain reaction as more and more cadets who saw the death of their fellow classmates started to fear for their lives as they started panicking and mindlessly running across the massacre while looking for a escape route.
But this one mistake of them only made things easier for their enemies as they chased the fleeing cadets and slaughtered them one by one like a predator chasing their prey.
More than fifty cadets died by the hands of a one C-ranked devil worshiper due to their minds being too weak for a real battle. But this was just the start of something big that has yet to overtake the Bloody Ballroom.
The first ones to defeat a C-ranked devil worshiper was the Lucas' group as they went on to help others after defeating him. Slowly but surely the Cadets started to overpower the devil worshipers but many died in the process of doing so. By the time all the C-ranked devil worshipers were dead more than two hundred cadets and two guards died with them. Now only the two A-rank Devil worshipers and their leader were left to deal with.
But just as the last C-ranked devil worshiper fell at the hands of Aurora, The leader of the group who was wearing a mask of a Lion clapped his hands slowly. Yet the sound of his clap stirred the air itself as its sound echoed throughout the ballroom making the listeners' ears to ring violently.
Hearing the signal of their leader, the A-ranked Devil worshipers who were fighting against Guards and Elbereth withdrew from their positions and dashed towards their leader while merging with the shadows itself. Then they suddenly reappeared beside their leader while wearing two masks of a Goat.
"It seems we'll have to do this the hard way. " The lion said in an eerie tone as he summoned two sharpened goat horns and placed them near the hearts of the two Devil Worshipers who were wearing Goat masks.
" Oh Great Azazel, The Day of Atonement is upon us yet again. So I, one of the Black sub-priests of your temple, and as a one who bear witnessed to the ancient rite of Yom Kippur through chronesthesia, sacrifice these scapegoats as an offering to summon you yet again to this corrupted land. All hail Azazel!!! "
The lion said in a deep yet an eerie tone as he impaled the two goat horns into the hearts of the A-ranked demon worshipers.
" M-master! What's happening? I-I can't move my body. " Lucas said to Aurora while gritting his teeth in the hopes of hearing an answer from Aurora. Yet what he saw was a scene that he thought he would never see.
Auroras' lips started to tremble as beads of sweat started to form on her forehead due to a sudden feeling of dread that covered the entire ballroom. Her tingling senses screamed for her to escape the premises as soon as possible, yet her stubborn nature refused to listen to her senses as she slowly turned her head towards the direction of Elbereth, Seeking answers to this phenomenon which she was experiencing after a long time.
From the moment the Lion spoke "Oh great Azazel" Everyone stopped in their tracks due to some outer force locking them in place. This was why Even Aurora was trembling in fear.
Just as the goat horns impaled the hearts of the A-ranked Devil worshipers, Their skin started bubbling as it suddenly got separated from their bodies, Revealing two skinned bodies of people who were wearing goat masks. Then rapidly the dead bodies in the surrounding area floated towards the skinned bodies and glued to them just like a magnet.
All the onlookers in the ballroom who were paralyzed with fear watched this scene in pure horror as a rapid transformation took place, with the bodies of their fallen comrades getting merged together and compressed into a full-grown body of a man.
What was left after the transformation was a 6.2ft tall figure of a man appearing to be in his twenties. He had an average build with jet-black waist long hair and golden bangs. The only thing covering his body was the black jeans he was wearing as his porcelain skin glowed in an ethereal color. If it wasn't for the murderous Aura and the presence of dread enveloping his body all the female cadets would have been head over heels for this guy.
" Ha ha finally! Some fresh Air! " He said while spreading his arms wide and taking a deep breath while looking up towards the roof. Yet for the onlookers, his voice sounded like a piercing blade waiting for the right moment to strike. After enjoying the moment for a second he looked toward the dreading people in front of him with a mischievous smile and said in a calm yet piercing tone that reverberated across the hall prompting the glass windows to break from the sheer pressure of his voice,
" Oh my, Please excuse myself. I got lost in the moment haha. "
" I am Azazel, testimony to darkness, and its king! "