The Knight Goddess 2: Prophecy

Chapter 217: Entrust

The group wasted no time in formulating their strategy. They created a special barrier within the guest room so they can exchange conversation in secret.

Azazel takes out a single handwritten map and spreads it on the floor.

“It’s a map I sketched in secret. Take a look at this. There is a huge spacious
area that is located really deep down in the castle. The basement is deep, but there are four main floors. The Tepes-faction performs their main ritual that is related to the Vampires on the lowest floor which happens to be a ritual area."

He points to a certain area on the map.

"Since that magic-circle activated with this castle as the center point, I have no doubt that they are performing the ritual to extract the Holy Grail on the lowest floor of this castle.”

“And the Khaos Brigade will be down there too, right?”

Xenovia says that and Azazel nods in agreement.

“The higher-ups who were involved with the coup d’état and their royal
guards must be there right now. And the place we are heading towards would be there as well.”

Kiba then starts to put marks on the map.

“I got a fair grasp of the range that the soldiers here work at during the past
two days in this castle. I think I can prepare a route to go down the basement without encountering that many soldiers. Either way, the ones that we would be encountering are the strong foes that will be at the basement whether we like it or not.”

“Our plan is to stop the Holy Grail from being extracted. I might be saying a cruel thing, but in the worst case scenario, we will still capture Marius even if the Holy Grail has already been extracted."

Azazel declared and the members nodded at this.

"The other Vampires besides Marius with a high post, try to keep them alive as much as possible. So the point is, you can eliminate the terrorists without any mercy. I will allow it. If you are put in a dangerous situation of being attacked by an Evil Dragon, then escaping with Valerie and the Holy Grail is an option too. Don’t push yourself to defeat it. I won’t go as far as to ask you to defeat an Evil Dragon.”

Gasper stands up and speaks in high spirits.

“I-I’m going to bring back Valerie!”

Everyone sees that and puts on a good smile.

"Of course!"
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The group walks down the stairs towards the basement. They can hear the powerful noises of the battle happening outside and the earthquake-like shock due from the battle echoes even from inside.

After walking down the stairs for a while, they exit out onto the first floor and reached an open space. It’s big enough that it will be alright even if the group unleashes their powers.

In the space, there are lines of shadows belonging to a group of people. There are so many Vampire soldiers clad in armor that they can easily fill half of the floor. Every one of them has a weapon in their hands and their red eyes are glowing so intensely that it looks dangerous.

"There are more than a hundred of them. They are Vampires that were formerly human. Even though their traits as Vampires are weak compared to the pure-bloods, their physical ability is so extraordinary that a mere human cannot stand against them." Rias said with squinted eyes.

“Now then, who wants to take them on? Since there will be strong foes below this floor, I don’t want to waste unnecessary strength here.” Azazel says while creating a spear of light in his hand.