Roughly a hundred kilometers west of Backlund, near Bordeaux Lake, which was formed by the convergence of multiple rivers, stood a dark, gloomy, vine-covered ancient castle backed against a steep cliff. Its spire-like towers pierced the clouds, resembling a gloomy forest.
It outwardly belonged to a businessman, reportedly used for vacations, and people were frequently sent to maintain it... But in reality, this castle was the property of Sanguine Earl, Lady Helen, the Archbishop of the Earth Mother Goddess Church.
At this moment, a banquet was being held inside this castle, which possessed the style of the Fourth Epoch Trunsoest Empire. One side of the banquet consisted of Sanguine members led by Olmer, the "Full Moon", one of the three Sanguine Dukes, and included three Earls and two Counts, among whom was Nibais Boyar.
Emlyn had also mingled among them as a go-between.
The other side was the "seller" faction, led by the "Miracle Invoker" Alvin Abraham, surrounded by the "Maid Group" of black, yellow, red, blue, and gray five-color Saintesses.
Though among them, the "Yellow Saint" was merely a marionette, the "Black Saintess" was a projection making up the numbers, and both the "Blue Saintess" and the "Saintess of Gray" were manipulated "puppets", they indeed bolstered Abner's side's momentum and simultaneously displayed the source of their "goods" to the Sanguine, allowing them to rest easy.
Just as Abner anticipated, upon seeing the five Demoness Sect high-ranking members wearing "maid outfits" trailing closely behind Alvin, even the Sanguine, with their long lifespans and vast experience, had never witnessed such a spectacle.
For a moment, those Earls all assumed that Alvin had absorbed the Demoness Sect into his fold!
Especially Nibais, who was once a subordinate of the Night Emperor and had even been conferred the title of "Knight of Virtue"