Brenfield drank glass after glass, watching Gray move around among the guests at the party.
First it Sailan, then Felix, and then...
After talking to four people in a row, including Keen, who was also a spy, it was finally his turn.
During the long wait, Brenfield constantly adjusted his position to ensure that the stone brick always remained between him and Gray.
Now, his wait has finally paid off, and Gray is walking towards him!
Filled with joy, Brenfield raised his glass once more.
Then a waiter accidentally bumped into Gray, changing his trajectory and causing him to glide past the paving stone.
I'll blanch it!
A faint, delicate fragrance wafted from the spider lily brooch, filling his nostrils and permeating his mind...
Brenfield's will is being tested.
Decision failed!
In that instant, the spy felt the string of reason within him snap completely.
Damn it, I'm going to explode!
He picked up his wine glass and strode forward, his gaze carrying a hint of resolute determination, as if he were about to leave and never return.
He approached Gray with a smile and, in the midst of conversation, began to guide the conversation toward the center of the banquet hall.
Gray pretended not to notice and began to chat casually with the Grand Artisan.
However, just one step away from the stone brick, Gray stopped again, his expression gradually becoming playful.
At this moment, Brenfield was certain:
Someone leaked the plan!
who?
Who is it?!
Grand Artisan Keen? Adventurer Suolaer? Or one of the others?
But now that things have come to this, Gray must die today!
In a split second, Brenfield made up his mind, letting the glass fall to the ground, and then, to Gray's astonishment, shoved him hard backward!
"Clatter."
Gray Gris, the Grand Foundry Master, stepped onto the exquisitely carved stone brick, and before he could utter a questioning sound, a fiery meteor streaked across the night sky.
It's done!
Human vision has a certain lag; by the time people saw the meteor-like flash of light, the [ Giant Arms ] had already struck, carrying immense force to tear Gray apart.
"You'd better die!"
Brenfield cheered and was about to run away, but at that moment, a "city wall" made of pure metal suddenly appeared behind Gray, outside the banquet hall.
The wall rose from the ground, forming what appeared to be a wide road leading to the banquet hall.
At that moment, the road rose dozens of meters upwards almost instantly, becoming a solid, thick wall.
If the surrounding residents were to open their doors at this moment, they would probably just scratch their heads in confusion.
However, they could not do this, because the moment the ground rose, all the houses in the surrounding three blocks had already undergone similar changes.
The houses sank instantly, disappearing deep into the ground to avoid the aftershocks of the nearby battle.
The residents inside the house were protected by various come-to-be-alive mechanical structures, and were under tight security.
"Boom!"
The fiery meteor streaked across the sky and crashed into the metal wall, which was hundreds of meters thick. The latter shattered like tender tofu, as if nothing could stop the [ Giant Arms ]'s all-out attack.
Amidst the melting and splashing of countless metals, the [ Giant Arms ], transformed into a streak of light, continues its relentless advance through the sea of metal.
As the end of the wall turned red-hot, a familiar figure suddenly appeared in everyone's sight.
He was a middle-aged man who looked somewhat weathered. Although many people had never even seen his face, they could instantly recognize him.
The old man took out a carving knife from his waist and gently tapped the last layer of the wall that was about to Shattered. The metal wall, on the verge of collapse, seemed to be injected with new power and stabilized again.
Although this delay only postponed the wall's breach by less than a second, in High Tier battles, the outcome often hinges on a single moment.
Using the brief time gained, Balund's staff, disguised as an engraving knife, had already outlined layers of buffering magic arrays.
The next moment, the [ Giant Arms ] burst through the wall, its momentum undiminished as it continued to attack Gray's location, but it was once again slowed down for a moment by multiple Slow arrays.
"Sizzle~"
With a faint crackling sound of electricity, a tall figure teleported into the banquet hall.
Standing nearly three meters tall, its entire body is made of pure black and pure white metal, with a highly streamlined and beautiful appearance, resembling Aiboke piloting a transforming "coffin".
Although it was somewhat similar to the armaments of the lords of the various satellite cities, the people present had never seen this style before.
However, they had no time to be shocked. They heard a sharp, charging sound coming from the armor, as if something was about to erupt with great force.
At the same time, the [ Giant Arms ] finally broke free from Balund's last restraint and attacked at an extremely fast speed, its suffocating pressure instantly sweeping across the entire banquet hall.
Despite being of the same High Tier, Aiboke knew in his heart that his opponent was much more capable than him, especially after relinquishing his position as the Grand Foundry Master and completing the handover of Authority.
He whispered Ed's name in his heart, and countless tiny yet resilient vines began to connect and Spread between the gaps in his armor, even fixing his feet firmly to the banquet hall floor.
Don't worry, you can handle it.
Ed's voice echoed in his ears, Aiboke had no more worries. He threw a punch forward with the same immense force.
Countless vines, some thick and some thin, stretched out from every crack in the floor and walls of the banquet hall, instantly entwining the innocent people who had no time to take refuge into an oval shape, even thoughtfully plugging their ears.
The Giant Arms collided with Aiboke with a deafening roar that nearly ruptured everyone's eardrums, but even faster than the sound came the shockwave.
Except for the High Tier and some Middle Tier, everyone was uncontrollably swept up by the shockwave and sent flying in all directions. Fortunately, with Ed's assistance, all that could be seen were many vine balls bouncing around.
After a brief exchange, the banquet hall that the Grand Foundry Master Gray Gris had ordered to be repaired had disappeared from the map of the Great Labyrinth City.
In fact, if it weren't for the prior reinforcement by the Great Labyrinth City Machine Spirit, that one punch from the [ Giant Arms ] would probably have been enough to pierce through the Great Labyrinth City from top to bottom, and everyone would have fallen into the mine pit hundreds of meters deep and eaten dust.
With Aiboke and Ed protecting him, "Bait" Gray ultimately did not suffer any obvious harm.
Seeing that Gray only coughed repeatedly after this earth-shattering punch, Brenfield, who had recovered from the violent impact, was the first to realize the reality.
Regardless of whether others could hear him, he immediately shouted:
"Attack together! Kill Gray first!"
"Smack!"
The next instant, Brenfield's modified, glove-clad, raised, and powerful right hand was grabbed and could not be lowered even an inch.
Countless roots Spread from where he had been grasping, and when the Grand Artisan turned around, he only saw a young man dressed as a waiter—the very same wretched bastard who had bumped into Gray.
Brenfield was about to put up a full-scale resistance when he suddenly heard a question that seemed completely unrelated to the current situation come from the other party's mouth:
"The flower on your brooch is nice, where did it come from?"