Traitor, Another Traitor!

Black swept his gaze across the hall, and the Blood Demon Guards stepped aside.

None dared meet his eyes.

Andre waved a hand. Two Blood Demon Guards from Team Seven stepped forward, each took one of Colton's legs, and dragged his body slowly out of the hall.

A long trail of blood remained behind.

The Blood Demon Guards lowered their heads even further, and the air seemed to grow colder.

Andre shook his head regretfully.

"We should've tortured him and asked about his accomplices."

Colton came from an ordinary Pure-Blood Demon Race family. Before becoming a traitor, he had been an unremarkable Blood Demon Guard, hardly someone who would catch the Succubus's eye. Someone else—perhaps a person of higher standing—must have taken an interest in him and recruited him.

If they had captured Colton alive and put him to the question, they might have followed the trail to more traitors.

Black smiled and shook his head.

"Colton deserved death the moment he betrayed the Blood Demon Lord. Confessing wouldn't have saved him. Besides... do you think the one he served would have let him talk?"

Understanding dawned on Andre.

Of course. The Succubus Lord excelled at controlling people without anyone noticing. Since Colton had sided with her and betrayed the Blood Demon Lord, her charm must have been at work on him.

"What a shame..."

Andre shook his head. That trail had gone cold.

"Not much of one. I never expected Colton to talk, and even if he had, he'd have lied. But his history is another matter. It's all there in plain sight, and no one can falsify it..."

"Floyd!"

Black called out the name, and every Blood Demon Guard turned toward the captain of Team Eight below.

Then...

Whoosh!

The Blood Demon Guards around Floyd retreated at once,