Sophia Demiurge

Chapter 109: Herald

In the dead of the night, the killing spree of Eleanor continued, and unlike Liyab, the normal devils and vampires were given some respite as they were killed quickly and with haste, however, normally, the splattering of their flesh and blood is something one should never be heard if they are not in the main vicinity, despite that, a certain man in the palace can hear all the sounds that the mass murder was creating, and for this reason, he is unconsciously shivered.

_Captain Hebi has been tricked! We should have never moved out! No wonder we received a punishment notification without us even doing anything..._

Such a conclusion was made by a man with a muscular build, within his overly bulging muscles are veins that seem to pop out at any moment, he doesn't have a hair despite his young age (for devils), he wears nothing on his top and only a trouser and a pair of shoes on his bottom, he is known as the strongest of the vice captains, Herald, however, this so-called strongest in the middle high echelon of the Valentine Military is currently trembling as he made every dots connect that led to all of his comrades fall.

Liyab was tortured and screamed until his breath was finally severed (which is unknown to him), Mico, the puppeteer woman was punched by the strongest soldier of Sophia, and the most baffling one, Flou has yet to appear, and as embarrassing as it may be, because he is deemed as the strongest, he was also trained a leader by their master and Captain and the only reasonable move to do at this situation is to escape and get the hell out of this place, that will mean they will forfeit their mission, but it is better than dying.

_However, the most reasonable is not always the right thing to do, if I were to escape right now, I would be treated as a rogue and all nations will be hot in their pursuit... Even Valentine will surely hunt me to death..._

The most rational member of the vice captains, Herald had such a vexing conjecture as he realized that he, no, the whole team that was sent in Gjallarhorn had fallen into a carefully laid trap, and all of the remaining devils and vampires could do is try to fight to survive after Hebi and Sophia's fight concluded, and alas, that includes Herald.

"Hmm... What do we have here...?"

As Herald was lamenting the ingenuity of such a simple yet intricate trap, he heard a voice, and alongside that voice was a person in his line of sight... well, it is hard to tell if he is a person for the man has a lot of stitches on his face as well as bunny ears instead that of a human, however, instead of having "bunny teeth", his mouth was elongated and have sharp, long teeth, just like that of an alligator, however, from his neck down, he has the same proportion as Herald, maybe a little smaller, but the point is, the mere sight of the amalgamation of different random animals makes his eyes hurt, this made Herald subconsciously question the man.

"What are you?"

The man in front of Herald, Philo squinted his eyes.

"Am I that unsightly? Well, my evolution is purely based on my desire to serve Lady Sophia, though recently I have learned how to retract these huge jaws to properly kiss my wife... and I am not a 'what', my name is Philo, how about you?"

Herald, even though can hear the rather raspy way of speaking by the man named Philo can feel his casualness as if he was just an acquaintance that initiated an idle chat, this irked him somehow, but Herald ultimately chose to suppress it.

"I am Herald... Hm?"

Just as he was about to fully introduce himself, he realized that the man named Philo was leaning somewhat backward, as if he was defending the room on his back.

_Just what is in his back..._

Herald tilted his head a little to see what was on his back, and as he saw the room that was hidden from the huge stature of Philo, he had a baffling feeling that it was something not important, that such a room could simply be ignored and if not for his experience, he wouldn't have remembered what Hebi have said when the mission was just assigned.