Attack on the Banquet

The announcement of the Royal Blood's appearance stirred up the entire crowd, who immediately stood up from their nods.

Even some people of low rank knelt before the name of the Royal Blood.

'The little princess and her presentation', at the same time as this thought came to Theos, a small figure walked steadily forward, her blue eyes, which contained the shape of crowns, observing nothing but what was in front of her.

Her long pink hair stood up to the wind that blew with her, with a smile that enchanted every man with her beauty and charisma.

Her pink dress with black trim added another kind of charm, enhancing it even more. Although she did not have an ample cleavage like the other heroines, she had more of a Loli shape.

Her delicate and elegant beauty caused her to have several instant admirers, mostly men.

As before, the same servants and the Count took the Princess to another room, as did Duke Whitelock.

'Another heroine… The little princess.' As he watched her enter her room, Theos was already more than ready and prepared for what was to come.

Using his negative mana, he created a shield for Alice that was stronger than steel and invisible, impossible to see even for Alice who was inside the shield.

'As one would expect from Theos's body, he handles negative energy as naturally as if he had been familiar with it for 10 years' Feeling the power coursing through his veins, Theos turned his gaze to the cheering crowd, who suddenly froze in time under his gaze.

Slowly, a black barrier appeared between the adult and teen zones, trapping all the teens in one and the adults in the other, with no one to stop it.

"Wait, what is this?" they shouted.

"What the hell is going on?"

Several exclamations were heard from all directions, accompanied by cries of desperation, fear, and panic…. A piercing scream of pain was heard.

"They went in," Theos said with an intense glow in his eyes. The left side of his face, surrounding his eye, shattered like a broken porcelain doll.

The people who managed to see his gaze were more frightened than if they had been locked up and did not want to go near the mad Theos.

"Alice, hide in a safe place, I just summoned a barrier strong enough to withstand hundreds of explosions," he reassured her, trying to calm her down.

"Wait, what about you?" asked Alice worriedly. She could see all the chaos and fighting going on, how the young men were crying in fear, but several more were fighting those mysterious fellows.

She had only been with him a few hours? How would she bear it if something happened to him, it was unthinkable!

Seeing the growing concern on Alice's face, Theos couldn't help but pinch her nose gently. "Nothing will happen to me, I can't die without eating you first, so please live to have that privilege. And I vow to survive so I won't disappoint you," Theos said with a chuckle and disappeared from her vision in an instant.

"What…?" Understanding the meaning of his words, her face turned redder than a tomato, but she didn't refuse… After all, she had been waiting for this moment as well.

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"It's no joke to say that I'm currently at the level of an Advanced Magic Swordsman, even Advanced Peak," Theos declared. All Advanced Magic Swordsmen could strengthen their bodies with mana, and he was no exception. He covered his entire body with a completely red mana… Negative Mana.

His physical abilities were incredibly enhanced to the point where he could reach a speed that not even the human eye could keep up with. The young men around them tried to flee in panic, trying to break through the barrier in front of them with pure, useless blows while the shadows slashed and inflicted serious wounds on all the nobles.

Witnessing all this, Theos frowned when he saw that one of those shadows was heading straight for him. Its crimson eye glowed with greater intensity as it moved furiously from side to side.

[Ding, the host, has just activated a new skill, "Hide Skill", rank: ¿] Upon hearing the system message, Theos was interested to see what he had gained, but he had no time to think about it at the moment.

Perhaps due to his improved eyesight, he could see the figure that was supposed to be the shadow: a hooded man in black with a white mask, just like the description Luna had given him and the character in the original novel.

With a sword, the hooded man tried to cut off Theos' head with a single slash. But Theos easily dodged it, taking a few steps back with his high speed and then delivering a powerful kick that the hooded man barely managed to block. The dozens of bones that shattered from the impact of the kick echoed across the battlefield.

The hooded man's body was thrown nearly a dozen meters away. His stocky figure charged Theos again, not caring in the least about his wounds, as if he didn't know pain.

But before he could attempt another cut, Theos arrived in front of him. With a powerful punch, he landed directly on the hooded man's head.

Theos' fist not only stopped on impact but continued to guide the hooded man's head until it slammed into the ground, crushing and killing him in a single instant. The impact had crushed his face so badly that it was impossible to tell if he was human at all.

"Not bad," Theos commented as he felt his power growing more and more. The hooded man he had faced was by no means weak; he might even be a swordsman of the highest basic rank.

With his right hand, he grabbed the hooded man's blood-filled sword. "I should take this with me, it would be so awkward to fight with my fists all the time," Theos thought as he moved around the battlefield again.

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