But there is something Princess Deborah does not know.
The fact that the red moon will rise soon.
The moment the power leading to the Demon Realm becomes stronger, it will be able to cause confusion that surpasses the incense ceremony…… There will be a last chance.
'You can't blow it away in vain like when it was during the incense ceremony.'
At that time, even if there is a limit to giving away all of her soul, everything that gets in her way. She was thinking of getting rid of it.
'... Yeah, not now.'
She closed her eyes patiently.
* * *
“Today, I will make a contract with the demon by sacrificing the blood of a saint.”
At the declaration of the 3rd Prince, Javier, the black wizards who had been serving him for a long time in the north raised their necks as if they were swallowing their saliva.
When the black wizards learned that the revealed saint was Princess Deborah, they quickly lost their patience.
There was no more menacing and ominous than a saint to the apostles who were waiting for the Demon Lord to come to earth.
Conversely, there was no wealth more coveted than the blood, flesh, and bones of a saint.
They couldn't even imagine how high the demon, based on the principle of equivalent exchange, would be if the blood of the saint poured out, so they desperately wanted to kill Princess Deborah.
“As you all know, I have both the blood of the Heistech imperial family and the blood of a strong black wizard flowing in my body.”
The 3rd Prince stood before the black wizards and said with a solemn face.
“Can you guess what kind of demon will reach out to me if I offer the blood of a saint here?”
He said confidently.
“If I have strong power in my hands, I will not move as passively as my mother. If you all follow this body, I will be able to compensate for all the times of humiliation that you have endured. I will put the world under my feet by the power of the Demon.”
When he declared out of his mouth what he had hoped so far, he felt a sense of exaltation as if it had come true.
He should have done this right away, but he couldn't understand why he had been dragged around as his mother told him to.
“Indeed, the Prince-sama will truly be chosen by the Demon Lord.”
"Prince, if the plan succeeds, please share the blood of the saint with me."
Javier giggled at the earnest request of the black wizard.
"I don't intend to kill that arrogant and arrogant woman right away. I'm going to lock her in a pig cage and extract blood for a long time."
The 3rd Prince's agitation worked well.
The main enemy to be eliminated is in front of them, and it is even more so because there are people who resist Jamila's will, which only commands them to wait.
In addition, due to Albert's death, the 4th Empress gradually lost control.
When Albert, who was the expert leader of the group of the black wizards, disappears, they go here and there. As the voice grew louder, internal cracks began to appear.
Also, the 3rd Prince had the noble blood of the Heistech Imperial family.
The 4th Empress is the Great Demon's contractor, but at the level of creating cracks or receiving revelations from time to time.
When the summoning ceremony was performed with the blood of the imperial family and the blood of a saint as collateral, the expectation that a true demon might descend to this world rose among them.
“Then let’s get started right away.”
"Yes, Prince."
They had a meeting in the slums downstream of the Rene River, and as it got darker all around, they were scattered to carry out the operation.
The black wizards, who dragged their ferry boats from all over the place, hid them under a huge black cloth and looked down at the river from the quiet forest hillside surrounded by dense oak trees.
A deep stillness and tense tension flow from all directions.
After a while, colorful firecrackers were heard nearby, and even from where they stood, the lights of the ship and the silhouettes of the people on shipboard were vividly visible.
"You're proposing so loudly."
Today is the last day to laugh and talk with a cheeky face.
The 3rd Prince, imagining Princess Deborah's proud face distorted with pain, swallowed a laugh and looked at the ship.
After a while.
As the ship moved in the direction of the flow of water, the ship gradually got closer to the place where the 3rd Prince was waiting.
The first squadron quickly descended from the forest hill and started rowing in the direction of the ship.
As the ship gets closer, the lyrical piano playing gets louder and louder.
Dozens of black wizards hung from the opening on the side of the hull as planned, and the black wizards hiding in the forest prepared a ceremony to summon underwater demons using five corpses.
After killing the saint, they were going to turn over the ship and cover it with the demon water that came out of the crack.
Entering the back of the deck, sneaking ahead of the party line, they belatedly sensed something was off and paused.
“Doll…?”
What they thought were human silhouettes were elaborate dolls that rattle and move.
And the music was not coming from the orchestra, but from the artifacts.
“Ouch!”
That was then.
The wizards who moved by teleport appeared, and magic began to pour toward the top of the ship one by one around the forest.
The 3rd Prince's complexion became pale when the black wizard who was standing near the 3rd Prince was pierced by the mana deformed like an arrow and died instantly.
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Chapter 178
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