Chapter 114

"That's what I think too."

The nobles all addressed Caslathdi.

Caslathdi remained calm and ignored it.

The team quickly lined up, and six people, including 'Vainay', came over from Ryan's side.

"Ryan, this is supposed to be an engagement party. Don't you find this ridiculous?" Herman said impatiently. "Or is this so-called engagement party just empty talk, with no hostess at all, and you're just asking us to take sides?"

"Who said there's no mistress?"

Ryan took out his pocket watch and glanced at it. The time was up. He clapped his hands, the sound crisp and loud.

Amidst everyone's confusion, someone suddenly cried out in terror—"Blood! There's blood!!"

Thick, bright red blood could be seen flowing from the cracks in the doors and under the windows around the hall!

The blood spread from the perimeter of the hall inwards, gradually enveloping them. Under the lights, the entire hall was soon bathed in a crimson glow!

Blood red and glaring, it didn't look like an engagement hall at all, but rather like hell on earth.

As the blood surged, bright red flower stamens bloomed in the blood, eventually forming a road covered with 'flowers'!

The path led all the way to the main entrance of the hall, where the doors were then slowly opened.

To everyone's horror, 'Shally', dressed in a blood-red dress, suddenly appeared!

She stood in the doorway and said to Ryan, "A few people misbehaved, so I killed them. But I brought their heads to the engagement party."

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The hall remained quiet for a long time.

Even Caslathdi felt her heart skip a beat when she saw 'Shally' in that blood-red dress; it was the first time she had ever seen such a scene at a banquet.

Jonathan immediately thought to himself, "Is this an engagement party? I'd believe it was a battlefield!"

Blood-red liquid flowed through the hall, covering every corner. This wasn't some red paint; it was real blood!

Just how many people has this killing god killed this time?!

At that moment, as 'Shally' finished speaking, several heads emerged from the blood flowing on the ground, each with its eyes closed, passing away peacefully.

These severed heads floated over with the blood, drifting towards Herman and the others.

"Ah!!!!"

Terrified screams echoed through the hall.

As expected, nothing unexpected happened, and everyone was taken aback, including Ryan.

"Murder! Murder!"

"This is... Viscount Adeka?!"

Herman exclaimed as he looked at one of the heads: Viscount Adeka, the lord of Mister City, and another nobleman who had come with him to provide support.

The two had already discussed siding with the Fourth Prince, who came to Berman City for Ryan's engagement party, while Ryan went to the Count Lanster's castle for a party.

How did I get here?

The death of Viscount Adeka means...

"It's Viscount Ranken!"

"This is Lady Mannia!"

"And, and Lady Mirabel too!"

"My God... what on earth is going on?!"

"Your Her Highness the Princess! Your Her Highness the Princess!"

The nobles panicked and looked nervously at Caslathdi, hoping that the latter would smile and tell them that 'these are all magic tricks.'

Caslathdi ultimately chose to remain silent. At this point, she could only hand over the stage to Ryan and 'Shally'.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Ryan cleared his throat, "As you all see, this is the hostess you've all been eagerly awaiting. Let's give her a round of applause!"

Naturally, no one applauded.

Something's not right!

"Ryan! How dare you... how dare you murder a nobleman! You've committed a grave offense!" Herman screamed, his voice cracking.

"What murder of a nobleman? Which eye of yours saw me kill a nobleman?" Ryan curled his lip. "I've been here the whole time. Tell me when you killed him."

"You're still trying to deny it! I just heard her say she killed those people!"

"Did you hear that?" Ryan looked at the other nobles.

"I... I didn't hear anything, I didn't hear anything!" A baron standing on Ryan's side shouted nervously, "They must have been killed by cultists, yes, they must have!"

"Yes, yes, this must be the work of cultists. Only cultists would be so cruel."

"This has nothing to do with Mayor Ryan, and even less to do with Her Highness the Princess!"

Even the nobles on the opposite side started to defend Ryan and Caslathdi. Who would dare to criticize them at this time? They'd be crazy!

At the main entrance, 'Shally,' who paid no attention to the farce inside, walked into the hall along the path of blood.

She wore a pair of red crystal shoes that complemented her dress. As she walked, a hazy mist of blood appeared and disappeared around her, and the bright red flowers swayed as she arrived, as if they had come to life.

This bizarre scene silenced all sound in the hall. The ordinary people among the nobles felt a strong sense of suffocation, so painful that they could hardly breathe.

"What are you doing...?"

Ryan looked around at the vast expanse of blood red. Although he had arranged for 'Shally' to come in, he hadn't expected her to make such a frightening entrance. Was this an engagement party? This was more like a blood-red wedding party!

"Blood is the stain of the battlefield, and also the destination of life. It's fleeting, just like a flower blooming for a moment..." 'Shally's' fingertips were wrapped with blood threads, and then she flicked them lightly. The blood threads shot out and blew a head apart with a bang.

"Only by understanding the horrors of war can we truly cherish the peace we have now. No need to thank me, this is a gift I brought. Welcome everyone to my engagement party with Ryan."

Herman had gone mad; he screamed, "Look! This guy is a cultist! She's a cultist!!"

Although he shouted loudly, no one responded to him.

Suddenly Herman's voice stopped abruptly, as if an invisible hand had gripped his neck. Herman clutched his neck with both hands, trying to ease the situation, but as his breathing became increasingly difficult, his face turned bluish-purple.

He knelt on the ground in agony, reaching out to the people around him for help, but his 'companions' who had just been standing with him were all so frightened that they quickly retreated, avoiding him as if he were a plague.

Thump~

Herman fell to the ground, his body twitched a few times, and then he fell silent.

Ryan was shocked. "Viscount Herman, what's wrong?! Quick! Someone come here!"

"Mayor Ryan, Herman, he..."

"Quickly, someone carry him away!"

"???"

Whoosh~

Suddenly, over a hundred fully armed soldiers rushed in from outside. Two of them dragged Herman's body out, while the rest remained in the hall, standing solemnly amidst the pool of blood.

These are all Iron Blood Army, and they were the ones who fought alongside 'Shally' back then... Of course, even if they hadn't experienced these things, they could still stand here with unwavering gazes.

These steely soldiers became the final straw that broke the psychological defenses of the nobles present.

"Your Her Highness the Princess, what do you want? Just tell me!" A nobleman cried, his face contorted with fear.

"Ryan's meaning is my meaning." Caslathdi didn't express any further thoughts, leaving everything to Ryan to handle.

The nobles then looked at Ryan. The quick-thinking ones had already taken out gifts from their pockets. Some had prepared in advance but hadn't taken them out beforehand. Others hadn't prepared anything at all, but seeing the fate of Herman and the others, they took out whatever valuables they had.

However, receiving a gift at this time would have a completely different effect than before.

Ryan ignored them, clapped his hands again, and several soldiers went out. They returned a while later, escorting several people. The nobles looked closely and realized that the leader was none other than Lanster.

"Ryan, you've captured them all?"

Caslathdi was somewhat surprised.

"Yes, everyone who could come came, and those who couldn't... well, they didn't come."

This was actually a coincidence. Ryan did not foresee that Lanster would secretly win over those nobles to throw parties. It was purely by chance, because "Vainay" was originally planning to expand outwards, and the biggest obstacle was Lanster.

So she had been keeping an eye on things, which is how Ryan discovered the other party's actions in advance.

Otherwise, things would be really difficult today.

The person was hacked to death last night, and the body was only brought back today.

"Caslathdi! Caslathdi, how dare you murder an imperial noble! His Your Majesty will not let you get away with this, the Tribunal will not let you get away with this!!!" Lanster was a middle-aged man with brown hair. He looked somewhat dejected when he was brought in, but when he saw Caslathdi, his resentment and anger surged up.

Caslathdi was also innocent; she never expected Ryan to make things so big. But since things had come to this point, she had no choice but to take things even further.

Lanster was about to curse again when Caslathdi gave a gesture, and the escorting soldier slapped him across the face, making Lanster vomit blood.

The remaining people dared not speak.

"Has everyone finished speaking? Now it's my turn to speak. No objections, right?" Ryan clapped his hands, drawing everyone's attention back, and smiled, "As you can see, today is my engagement party with Miss Shally. Although there was a minor unpleasant conflict, it's nothing serious. We'll just do what we need to do."

"So what's next? As I said before, Her Highness the Princess. I hope everyone will give her their support."

"Ryan, you know me. I wholeheartedly support Her Highness the Princess!" a nobleman shouted.

"Me too!"

"I support the Princess! I support the Princess!"

"Alright, alright, don't rush, everyone take your time."

Ryan gestured for everyone to cooperate. "Now, I'd appreciate your cooperation. We'll first undergo interrogation, and then we'll sign a contract. With this contract in place, we'll always be friends."

Interrogation, contract?

The nobles present looked at each other in bewilderment.

At this moment, 'Vainay' approached, holding a staff, and asked a nobleman, "Are you truly following Her Highness the Princess?"

The nobleman was taken aback for a moment, then hurriedly replied, "Of course!"

"Aren't you a mole sent by someone else?"

"No, no."

'Vainay' nodded and asked again, 'Are you truly following the Princess?'

The nobleman was about to answer when he suddenly seemed to lose his composure and said blankly, "No."

"Are you a mole sent by someone else?"

"I... I am the Second Prince's man."

Splash~~

The nobles were greatly alarmed.

"It's the same problem, so why..."

Supernatural Being!

They suddenly realized that 'Vainay' had been in cahoots with Ryan all along.

"Continue."

Ryan waved his hand and said calmly.

'Vainay' continued to ask questions, her real intention being to uncover the people from all other factions and obtain more information.

With the Soul Singer's Word Spirit Art at work, even Supernatural Being with strong Mental Power would be affected, let alone these nobles who are mostly ordinary people, with only a few possessing extraordinary power but not having undergone a class change.

Lanster was indeed a Supernatural Being, but unfortunately he was only at the first level, and had no chance of resisting at all.

As it turns out, only a minority of people are qualified to become Supernatural Being, and noble blood does not make them superior in such matters.

Interrogation, extracting information, confirming identity, and signing contracts.

Resistance is futile.