After seeing how disgusting this monster actually was, obviously all three of the S rankers were quite disgusted but still they were ready to join Elena on the expedition to hunt these beings. All three of them had the intention to join her as it looked like these monsters were quite powerful so holding back with their S ranker would just put the city in more danger.

But Elena rejected the idea by saying that someone needed to stay in the city to handle any unforeseen situation. Elena also mentioned that another's S ranker, Tomoe was also staying behind but still having one more S ranker would be helpful.

After a quick discussion, it was decided that marquis Utreyana would be staying behind. He was capable of controlling a powerful city protection formation so his staying in the city was most reassuring. And the temple of pride was also there as the very last line of defense. Even in the worst case situation, the temple could summon the power of the goddess to save the city. So for the time being, the S rank adventurers were not worried about the safety of the city.

So they followed Elena to the area where she had defeated this monster and started their search from there. It did not take them long to find the area which looked like the place where this monster lived for quite some time. And that area was a cave.

But it was not just any normal cave but a cave filled with magnicite. Magnicite was a special ore that had mana resistance properties. So they were very valuable and sought after items used by armour smiths to create magic resistance armours. But at the same time they also obstructed the magic users from finding its location.

The pheromone that the Grothopers released was also a kind of magic based ability so because of the magnicite, these pheromones did not spread to the outside world and this monster was able to grow up here without much trouble. But there was a good news. It turned out that the monster that Elena had killed had already killed and eaten all its siblings. So it was the only Grothoper that was able to grow up. So for the time being the threat of this terrible monster was gone.

But still just to make sure if one or two Grothopers had managed to come out of this cave or not, all three of them searched the surrounding area very thoroughly and they were very glad about their decision. That was because only a few kilometres away from the cave, they were able to find three more Grothopers near a river. These Grothopers still had not finished their growth phase and were only at the B rank in terms of power. So they were easily taken care of.

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After this as the three of the S rankers were done with their work quite early, Elena proposed the idea to go around to defeat the remaining strong monsters of this area. As the two other S rankers were curious about how Elena fought, they agreed to this proposal. So for the next few hours the three of them continued to find A rank or higher monsters and defeated them.

The other two S rankers were extremely impressed with how insanely powerful Elena was but at the same time they were also worried after seeing how many S rank monsters they had come across.

As S rankers, they had the responsibility to face off against any S rank monster around the city. They had not ignored their jobs but from their experience they knew that very few S rank monsters showed up in his area. So they were definitely taking it a bit easy.

But today in just a few hours, they came across three S rank monsters. That was a huge number and was also very unusual. For most of the other year, one S rank monster showing up was already the most dangerous situation. But this time in just a short span of time, not one or two but four monsters of that rank appeared around the city this time.

This was unheard of and obviously very very dangerous. There must be a reason behind this sudden increase in the number of powerful monsters but no one knew about that reason for the time being.

After taking care of those three S rank and about 7 A rank monsters, they returned back to the city. Marquis Utreyana was waiting anxiously for any news and he was told that everything was fine for the time being. But alongside that good news he was also given the bad news about the increasing numbers of high ranking monsters.

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While the S rankers of the city were busy taking care of the dangers surrounding the city, the remaining leaders of the Black Parapet were waiting in the middle of the sea to meet a certain person. They were extremely scared after seeing how powerful the maid beside the marquis' son was but at the same time they felt extremely insulted.

The Black Parapet gang was just a small gang created here in this city and had limited power. This was all true but there was more to this gang than just this much. Actually they were a sub branch of a fairly powerful gang from a larger city. This gang was created here in the era when vampire nobles were fighting against each other and they had the job to spy on the Utreyana family.

But after the era of war was over, the value of this gang dropped. So with time, they just got weaker and weaker now their situation had turned this bad. But still they had the foundation of being a fairly powerful gang in its heyday. So they still had dinner connections left to turn the situation around.

Today they were here in the open sea to reach out to one such connection. After almost running away from the Marquis' mansion, all the remaining leaders had all together decided to contact this connection to teach a lesson to Solaris. Killing him would be hard as the marquis would not let that slide. But it was very much possible to beat that guy up.

The Black Parapet wanted to make him a part of the gang and wanted to use his as a puppet ruler of the city. This was an ambitious plan that sounded very hard to accomplish. But the Black Parapet gang lacked everything but confidence.

...

Soon their wait was over and a small black ship appeared before them. There was a symbol of seven red cross marks on the ship and that indicated that this ship belonged to Red Cross society, one of the strongest dark organisations of the vampire continent.

Now what this fearsome organisation was doing here ?

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