Originally, when Reinhardt noticed Lancer taking out the horn, he was already prepared for battle, but when he saw the three cats poking their heads out, he was stunned for a few seconds.
'What kind of monsters are these cats?'
But when he confirmed that no one had appeared, he also breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was not afraid of fighting, he was not a battle maniac. It was also a good thing for him to reduce some unnecessary battles.
Lancer's action almost caused a new battle, but it was not without benefits. For example, the sad atmosphere that had just permeated the room was instantly diluted.
Lancer didn't know what Reinhardt was thinking, because his attention was all on the constantly crying Renne in front of him, but fortunately, his helpers had arrived.
"Alu, Tiger, Jack!"
With Lancer's order, the three cats walked up to Renne with a helpless expression.
"I'll go out first and continue dealing with those guys."
Seeing the three cats starting to work, Lancer no longer bothered with them and left the room, after all, he had other things to do.
The awkwardness and wry smile on his face instantly disappeared, replaced by a cold gaze without any emotion.
The reason Lancer cared about 'Renne' was because he knew her experience, and there were countless little girls in front of him who were similar to Renne or even in a worse situation. His work was far from over.
And after Lancer left, the young girl who was surrounded by the three cats finally breathed a sigh of relief, but she was already weak and was almost scared into fainting. But at this moment, a hand rested on her back.
"Be careful."
In the unmanned forest, several armored vehicles were galloping along, splashing up countless mud.
"How much further?"
The middle-aged man with a small mustache was sitting in the co-pilot's seat with a very serious expression, unlike his usual self, and the young man in the driver's seat couldn't help but swallow his saliva and looked at the instrument panel in front of him.
"Ten minutes at most."
"Good."
Cassius just said one word and then crossed his arms without saying anything, as if he was recuperating, while the young man responsible for driving couldn't help but exhale.
There was no doubt that Cassius's expression at this time was a bit serious, but the main reason was because of his former 'achievements'.
Before this man became a bracer, he was a general of Liberl, and at first, no one paid attention to the general of this small country, but in the 'Hundred Days War' a few years ago, the other party wrote an astonishing report with the lives of countless imperial soldiers.
Using Liberl's not-too-large territory for a deep combat strategy, and then using the new airships manufactured by the Zeiss central workshop to launch a surprise attack using their air-to-ground advantage to completely drive the imperial army out of Liberl in one fell swoop.
It sounds simple and seems like anyone could do it, but at such a critical moment, he dared to play with a deep combat strategy and succeeded. Based on this achievement alone, the other party was enough to be crowned with the name of a 'famous general', but what made many people in the Empire and Republic curious was why this general suddenly retired when his reputation was at its peak? There was no doubt that this was an eternal pain in Cassius's heart...
Although the convoy kept making noise due to the engines, the people in the car were all very quiet. But at this moment, Cassius, who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes.
"General Cassius... Your Excellency, what's wrong?"
"I smell blood!"
"What?"
The young driver glanced at the instrument panel. According to the time calculation, it would take at least two or three more minutes to reach the destination. How could the other party smell blood?
There was no doubt that most people could not understand the power of Cassius who had reached the realm of 'reason', and he himself did not seem to have any intention of saying more.
"I'll go ahead."
After speaking, Cassius pushed open the lookout window in the driver's incredible gaze, held onto the edge with both hands, and flipped out directly.
"Bang~!"
As the armored vehicle swayed violently, a figure quickly disappeared from his sight.
At this time, Cassius's expression became even more grim. He wasn't joking when he said he smelled blood. He really did. Although his sense of smell was much better than ordinary people, it was by no means inhuman. The only explanation was that something unexpected was happening in the distance.
'According to the intelligence gathered, the DG cult is a group of lunatics who deny the existence of the goddess. Could it be that they are performing a blood ritual?'
The distance was getting closer and closer, and the smell of blood was getting heavier and heavier. When he saw the outer wall of the base, he sped up again. After climbing over the wall with one hand and landing, he swept his gaze————
'Punctures and cuts? From the wounds, there should only be two people.'
The body cut in half, the broken weapons, the body that was otherwise normal but had its chest, throat, and head cut open...
There was no doubt that these two killers were not only powerful but also ruthless.
Cassius, holding a long staff, unconsciously sped up. The passage almost stained with blood did not slow his pace at all. Stepping over the shattered neon lights, he finally completely entered the den of iniquity known as 'Paradise'.
All the bodies lying on the ground had similar wounds. These people were clearly waiters, and after pushing open a few rooms, the expression on his face was even gloomier, almost dripping with blood, because he saw that in each room, there was at least one unconscious young girl or boy and one adult who had their limbs pierced and were nailed to the wall with ice spears.
He checked a few times and found that the children were all knocked out by some unknown method, and the adults were bled to death. After that, he no longer checked carefully. As expected, the remaining rooms should be similar. He quickened his pace and rushed to the depths of 'Paradise'.
When he crossed a damaged door and moved away from the ambiguous pink and into a cold steel passage, he couldn't help but let out a breath.
Although he had already prepared himself mentally for this when he received the intelligence, when he actually saw these things, the almost uncontrollable anger still made him look a bit scary.
But just as he was walking through a passage——————
'Whoosh~'
The sudden sound of something cutting through the air made him instinctively want to use the long staff in his hand to block, but as soon as he raised his hand, he knew it was too late.
'I can only dodge!'
If he had a sword in his hand, he could definitely counterattack at this moment, but unfortunately, there is no 'if' in this world.
But what surprised him was that after he dodged the attack with a flip, his opponent didn't pursue.
And at this moment——————
"Bracer?"
Before he had time to look at the other person's appearance, the other person's question made him breathe a sigh of relief.
It seemed that he was not from 'Paradise'.