One of the S rank powerhouses was dressed like a butler and it was very clear that he was most probably the head butler who had been giving the orders regarding the heart. Alisia stepped up bravely even against the pressure that two S rankers were giving off and asked -

"What is the meaning of this ? Is this how the Moronto family welcomes their VIP guests ?"

The other S ranker had a stern face full of beards. After seeing someone as young as Alisia stepping up to his pressure he raised his eyebrows a little bit in amazement and appreciation. But he did not say anything in reply and looked at the butler.

Even after he was questioned, the butler did not change his expression one bit and started talking with a fake politeness -

"I'm extremely sorry for the inconvenience that I have caused for milady, the daughter of marquis Utreyana. But it has come to my notice that milady has something with her that belongs to my family. So I will like to humbly request you to return that back to this servant and allow this servant to use a special memory erasing magic item on you.

Do not worry, I can swear on our famous magic item industry that the item that I am planning to use is of the highest grade and would not harm you in any way. Not only that but only the memories related to this little incident would be erased so it should not create any big psychological problem too. Rest assured."

This butler turned out to be extremely brazen and arrogant. Making a high rank noble family's daughter to give up on something was already a very big deal but he was even planning to erase everyone's memories. No one would willingly agree to something so dangerous. It looked like everyone related to this Moronto family had extremely high self pride. They were definitely giving the city of Utreyana a run for their money in the pride department.

Several blood vessels had already started appearing on everyone's forehead after seeing this butler's attitude. But Alisia was still trying to stay calm and collected. But that was not the case for her maid Grace. As she was trained to be an excellent servant throughout her whole life, the attitude that this butler was showing was extremely disgusting in her eyes. So she could not hold herself back from making a snide remark.

"It looked like the Moronto family is lacking in education standards for their servants. The Utreyana family would always be ready to hold out a helping hand to a fellow high ranking noble who had been on a decline. So feel free to request us for any assistance."

Now it was the other party's turn to get angry. The butler's pale face almost turned red after hearing it and even the other S ranker who had an amazed look in his eyes became serious after hearing this. Among the other weaker people who were surrounding them, quite a few of them were also servants of the Moronto family, so Grace's statement felt like a personal attack to their pride. So they were obviously very displeased.

The pressure in that area increased quite a bit but Grace did not back down and looked at the butler sternly while maintaining her perfect posture and holding her head high. Seeing Grace was not backing down, the head butler also held his anger back and replied in a disgusted tone.

"Hmph, we are from the great and ancient ducal family of Moronto and we do not need help from a lower class family like yours who could not even teach their dogs that there are limits that no one should cross. This will be my finals warning, either give yourselves in peacefully or we have to use force. In the later case we cannot guarantee that no one will get hurt."

Tomoe was not in the mood to hear this arrogant fool anymore and as it looked like a battle was inevitable, she made the first move. She did not unsheathe her sword but she did clad her body on thunder and threw out a simple punch.

No one was ready for Tomoe's sudden attack and the butler who was the target of this attack was blown away immediately after getting pinched in the face. From how it looked, almost half of his face was ruined by this punch and because of the lightning that was associated with the punch, he was having a hard time healing these wounds.

As soon as Tomoe had released the punch, the other S ranker had tried to block it. He was way stronger than the butler and it also looked like he also had a lot of combat experience. But still he was a step too late as even he was not ready for a sudden attack and his speed was not on par with Tomoe.

So he was not able to save the head butler from getting blown away but he was determined to hit Tomoe hard for this. Elena or Turin could have stopped him at this moment but they did nothing. And it turned out that Tomoe really did not need their help.

Even when she was in a defenceless stance after throwing a punch in anger, Tomoe used her high agility and dexterity stats to forcefully bend her body to the side to dodge the attack that the bearded vampire threw at her.

This really amazed the bearded man and a bloodthirsty smile appeared on his grizzled face. But there was no malice in that smile and there was only fighting intent. Tomoe finally took her beloved sword out and a massive axe appeared on the bearded man's hand. Then he spoke in a cheerful tone.

"I'm Hyneward Ginnesblood. Haha it looks like you are quite strong. No wonder the young master was not able to defeat you. Whahahaha. It looks like this will be fun."

Saying so he immediately started attacking Tomoe and she also replied in kind. The name Hyneward Ginnesblood was extremely famous but no one was surprised by this as they had already expected this. He was the guardian of the Moronto family and was the strongest combatant of this city. His name had already become a legend after his many achievements in extremely famous battles. The title that the vampires had respectfully given him was "Bloodthirsty Divine Axe".

If it was just a few weeks ago, Tomoe would not be able to match him in a fight. He was definitely very powerful, even stronger than the person from Red Cross society whom Elena had incapacitated. But after the boost Tomoe got from the special adventure she had in Elena's mini world, she had grown quite a bit stronger.

After fighting for a few rounds in close quarters combat, both of them separated from each other. Hyneward looked at Tomoe with a bewildered expression and remarked that she must have gone easy on Duke Moronto as according to his judgement, Duke Moronto had no chance of winning against the current Tomoe.

But this fact made him even happier as he would be able to have more fun in this way. So he activated a skill of his and a visible red aura appeared surrounding his whole body.

The second round was about to begin.

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