# Chp 168: Hell is a Bitch (6)
The guard simply watched with his mouth hanging low. It was accurate, then.
"How'd you do that?" Eric asked.
"Hah, It's elementary, my dear Eric." Just kidding, we had just gained enough experience to sniff out these cliches wherever we went. Plus, Yasumichi did something similar to trick the members of the anti-magic organization back at Elisbonear. For all we know, just like we didn't have any hostages, this guy's family must be all dead as well.
"So," I said. "The most important one. What is this sacrificial ritual about?"
"It is…" the man muttered. "I heard they want to summon, the Earth god."
I narrowed my eyes and turned to Vanessa and Eric. Beyond those two, the man who Ivan had picked up was staring at the scene with extremely widened eyes, as if he was just told that his wife was his sibling lost in his childhood. That surprising?
"What's this about?" I asked him, instead of the guard.