"What… what is this?"

"Ants… so many ants. Is this also a demonic method?"

"No, those are Crimson Ants. They are venomous. Be careful."

"Ah… why am I feeling so weak?"

"Hey, where is my skill?"

"What are they doing here? Aren't they the beast companion of Viscount Aldren?"

"Ahh… fuck, NOO…"

"SAVE ME!"

As soon as Viscount Aldren released the Crimson BroodQueen and ordered her to go on full battle mode, the chaos in the entire chamber intensified multiple times.

Only, the chaos wasn't directed at Lucien as he imagined, but rather at those mercenaries and assassins, who were already busy fighting for their lives against those skeletons and ghosts in this demonic fog.

They never expected to be suddenly attacked by countless red ants out of nowhere.

Not to mention, each of them was quite poisonous, and due to this intense darkness, even though they were in a lower realm, they were still caught off guard.

And the final nail in the coffin was this inexplicable weakness they couldn't understand.

Suddenly, someone felt their strength decrease drastically, some felt their agility reduced, while others lost their intelligence.

Heck, the thing became absurd when they could no longer use their skills.

"What is happening?"

The situation turned so absurd that, along with Viscount Aldren and Brock, all the mercenaries and assassins were confused.

They were already at their wits' end due to the side effect of Hugo's spell, and now, with the double blow, one after another, a number of them began to lose their lives in droves.

"Bang!"

"NO!"

"Swissh!"

Some lost their lives due to the toxic venom of the Crimson ants, while most fell to the swords of those skeletons, unable to defend themselves.

In an instant, the situation turned into a scene of extreme massacre, more demonic than the appearance of the Death Knight.

"Fucking Aldren… I will kill you."

"What kind of viscount allies with a demon? You traitor."

"The Royal family won't let you and your family go… Ughk!"

And everything happened because of those Crimson ants working seamlessly with those summoned skeletons and ghosts.

If not for them, they could at least have survived until someone dealt with Hugo. But now, the only thing they could see was death.

Of course, they hated Viscount Aldren extremely. If any of them left this place alive, they would surely file a complaint.

Let him see what consequence there was for surrendering to a demon.

"Clan Leader also defected to the demon? Why didn't I know that?"

Hugo saw what was happening everywhere around him and mumbled in surprise.

As a member of the Lionheart family, he, of course, knew who those ants belonged to.

'One minute… doesn't that mean the Lionheart family defected to the demons? So… as a necromancer, can I return to the clan too?'

As Hugo was confused by the strange massacre and chaos, he suddenly thought of the core issue.

In fact, he was actually already ready to leave his family.

After all, he already made a pact with a demon and changed his class to Necromancer.

To be honest, when his realm increased to Weaver Rank Peak, he didn't regret his decision at all.

After all, his realm rose so quickly, not to mention he had a Death Knight at his side who was even stronger than he was.

Why would he care about the morals and laws of this kingdom?

But if his clan also defected to the demons, then he finally had true accomplices.

That changed everything for the better.

'Haha… The Clan Leader is wise. It is a good decision to embrace the demons. They are far better than humans anyway.'

Hugo was overjoyed at his clan's decision as a bloodthirsty grin spread across his face while he launched ruthless attacks at Velmara.

Since his clan leader made the right choice, Hugo felt he should at least give him a surprise corpse of a Weaver Rank Peak beast, right?

Not to mention, his realm was now higher than the clan leader.

Didn't that mean…

'Hehe… old man, you will be delighted to have such a strong clan leader in the family, won't you?'

Hugo felt the situation was turning more and more in his favor after that person appeared.

Thinking about it now, he realized he didn't even resent Lucien that much anymore. After all, without him, such an opportunity might have never come his way.

…

"What… what are you doing? BroodQueen. Call back all the ants and attack him, not them."

While chaos and dread filled the battlefield, Viscount Aldren stood utterly confused.

He couldn't understand what just happened at all.

He ordered his beast companion to attack Lucien at all costs. He wanted to kill him quickly and leave this place, so he wouldn't be associated with demons any longer.

But the situation turned out to be exactly the opposite of what he imagined.

"BroodQueen, what the fuck are you doing?"

Aldren was so mad at the BroodQueen for being unresponsive that he cursed in anger.

If word got out that Viscount Aldren betrayed the Edoria royal family and joined the demons, he and his family were over.

Heck, he was sure that Duke Castor would personally come out to kill him with thunder.

No one would be left behind as a warning to others.

After all, it was treason.

"Screeechhh!"

Unfortunately for Viscount Aldren, today was not his day. After hearing his scream, the BroodQueen reacted, but not the way he wanted.

Rather, to his surprise, she slowly turned and screeched at him violently, full of murderous intent.

"What… what are you doing?"

The murderous intent was so strong and violent that Viscount Aldren was dumbfounded.

His own beast companion of life and death was showing blatant murderous intent toward him.

Looking at that dense army of Crimson Ants running at him with incredible speed, he knew she was serious.

Just like he said, she was indeed trying to kill, but the target was himself.

How ironic.

"Screeechhh…"

Just because Aldren was confused didn't mean the Crimson BroodQueen was.

Her intelligence was very high among beasts, and she knew how strong Viscount Aldren was.

If she wanted to kill, she would have to deal with thunder.

"Boom!"

"Screeechhh…"

"Ugh… fuck… are you insane?"

Just when Aldren was confused by the Queen, he saw her suddenly vanish from her place, reappearing right in front of him and swiping at his neck with her pincer, ready to behead him.

She even spat thick venom onto his face, blinding him.

Even though Aldren reacted fast and dodged those pincers in time, he was still affected by the venom splashed on his arms.

He was in so much pain that he cursed in anger.

He never thought the Queen would attack him all of a sudden. They were companions and shared a soul link.

How could she attack him?

"BroodQueen, you have gone mad. Do you think you can kill me? Don't forget what bond we share."

Aldren finally snapped. He already heard what those people were saying about his family and his betrayal of the royal family.

Although he hadn't betrayed anyone, because of that foolish beast companion, there was no way for him to come out of this clean anymore.

At last, in the most crucial moment, he was betrayed by his most trusted aide. Of course, he was angry.

Although he knew something fishy was going on, his anger could not be stopped.

"Screeechhhh…!"

Seeing that the army of ants was already near and the Queen was preparing another attack, Aldren finally decided to crush the soul link inside him.

As a Beast Master, he possessed some measures to control his beast.

In the rare case when that control failed, he could kill his beast companion as a last measure by detonating the soul link inside of him.

As soon as he did that, Crimson BroodQueen would die without a doubt.

Of course, he would also lose valuable assets that way and might injure his soul in the process, but Aldren had no choice.

'It is you who are in the wrong.'

Aldren gritted his teeth in anger, his thoughts filled with reluctance and murderous intent.

He never thought that during such a simple mission to kill an apprentice-rank boy, he would lose so much.

If he knew what would happen, he would never have come. He did not know how long it would take him to recover his loss.

'Fortunately, he hasn't run yet. Let's just get rid of this Queen and kill him before leaving.'

Aldren thought as he saw Lucien standing stupidly in his place, seemingly surprised by the turn of the situation.

At least this was good news. As soon as he killed that guy, he could take shelter in Lord Morvain's shadow.

Now that the situation was like this, he didn't care whether he was related to demons or not.

'Crack!'

As Aldren made his decision, he immediately concentrated his mind and applied a huge amount of pressure on the soul link inside his body.

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