After choosing to leave, they regretted it.

A violent explosion occurred between the resurrected king and the pink-haired girl. The violent shock wave immediately sent her slender body flying, and it hit the ceiling of the mausoleum heavily.

Then, blood wings like Charlotte's quickly appeared behind her, six in number.

With astonishing momentum, he attacked Alicia who was pinned against the ceiling.

The impact was so strong that cracks quickly spread from the impact site to the surrounding area. In just two seconds, the ceiling collapsed completely, and a huge amount of stone poured down, almost instantly submerging the entire tomb.

"Danger!!!!"

Hecate, who wanted to launch an attack simultaneously, saw that the situation was not good, so he rushed over, picked up Aize in a princess hug, and then dodged away, which prevented him from being smashed into a meat paste.

As for Heidi, who fainted at Aize's feet at the time, there was no time to take care of her.

He could only kick her hard and send her flying to avoid being buried alive.

Because of this, Hecate almost twisted her foot.

"Tsk, what kind of power is this!? It's even more exaggerated than the previous orc chieftain."

Even the knowledgeable Aize was dumbfounded by the power of this casual attack.

At this moment, Villian, who stayed in the workshop, appeared at the entrance of the tunnel, her expression looking extremely embarrassed and anxious, which was rare.

Shouted to Aize:

"Aize, something terrible has happened! The magic power supply to the facility that I just cut off has been taken back!"

"What did you say? Tsk—"

This facility stores a huge amount of magic power extracted from the blood slaves of the royal capital over the past month.

If this part of power is taken back and used for one's own benefit, then the power that this Corpse King possesses at this moment will indeed be strong to an unimaginable level.

Hecate held Aize and stopped beside Villian, letting him fall to the ground.

Before he could even stand still, the witch looked apologetic and nodded repeatedly:

"I'm sorry! It's all because of my lack of ability. I can't take back control of the facility!"

"No, there are many things about ancient rituals that are difficult to understand. Moreover, the magic circuit of this facility is built around that bastard. It's not your fault."

Aize wiped his gray face and comforted himself.

It's like arm wrestling.

No matter how good your skills are, how many clever tricks you use, or how many weird expressions you make to distract the opponent, as long as the opponent's strength is overwhelming, there is nothing you can do.

Therefore, even someone as powerful as the Great Witch would be helpless against a magic power twenty times greater than her own.

This is what is called "big force, flying bricks".

Hecate stepped forward and asked:

"Rather than that, what should we do now?!? I don't quite understand, but if we don't stop that guy, things will get really bad, right?"

At this time, George's body had risen into the air, and a huge amount of mist representing the blood plague poured out from his six wings that were shining with red light, and rushed outside through the ceiling that had just been broken.

At this moment, the Duke Alliance’s army should still be stationed not far outside the mausoleum.

If this group of troops were infected with the blood plague and turned into blood slaves, the situation would be completely out of control.

Just at this moment, Alicia broke free from the ruins and returned to Aize. Charlotte also heard the noise and rushed over from the direction of the workshop.

After a brief thought, Aize gritted his teeth and decided to give it a try.

"Hecate, take all the knights and retreat along the tunnel immediately. The faster the better. No matter what happens here, you are not allowed to look back!"

Under the high concentration of blood plague, the knights are unable to fight normally and will instead become a burden.

But Hecate still had a lot of opinions about this order:

"What about you guys!?"

"We'll hold this guy back here, draw his attention, and cover your retreat. We must not let the blood plague spread!"

"But……"

"I'll give you ten minutes. I can't guarantee what will happen after ten minutes. Hurry!!!"

Hecate meant that she also wanted to stay and participate in this battle.

But she knew deep down that in a duel of this level, without the strength of a hero or a leader, she would not even be qualified to enter.

And I am obviously still far from it.

"...I understand. Be careful!"

After a moment of hesitation, she gritted her teeth and ran towards the workshop as instructed.

After watching him leave, Aize nodded, glanced at the three people who stayed, and said softly:

"I'm sorry, I made this decision without your consent."

"Haha, what are you talking about? Didn't I say it before? Whether it's the God Realm or Hell, wherever Aize goes, I will go there."

"Me too. For Aize, I will do my best!"

"It just so happens that I have a score to settle with that disgusting idiot who's wearing my brother's scent. I have no time for whining and complaining. Why don't you just give me the order now?"

The three of them agreed.

Ai Ze nodded with a faint smile:

"Then I'll leave it to you. Pay attention to my instructions and get started!"

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While Aize and others entered the tunnel, preparations on the ground were also in full swing.

"Hey there, hurry up and move the bow and arrow to the designated position! Hurry up! What are you dawdling for?!"

Constantine stood among the busy guards, directing them to make the best preparations for the possible large-scale defensive battle.

All the supplies stored in the warehouse, as long as they could be used, were moved to the defense line.

Whether guards, knights, adventurers or militia, as long as they can move, they will all be sent into combat positions.

In accordance with the arrangements made by Aize before he left, they opened up a large amount of material reserves and used the food to hire a large number of young and middle-aged people who were still able to work to strengthen the defense line or transport supplies.

In short, everything that was left in the capital was mobilized to the maximum extent possible to survive what might be the darkest time before dawn.

Seeing everything slowly falling into place, Constantine breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he turned his head and looked behind him:

"Captain Elena, are you okay? If you're feeling unwell, please go and rest."

"...Huh? Ah!? No no, I'm fine!"

Elena, who had been staring at the direction of the palace like a statue, finally came to her senses after being asked this question and hurriedly adjusted her expression.

"I'm just... uh, worried about the princess. She even lost her holy shield..."

"Even the Holy Shield?"

"No, nothing!"

Elena saw with her own eyes that the Holy Shield no longer responded to Heidi.

A similar situation happened to Aize not long ago when he was unable to draw his holy sword.

This can basically be considered a symbol of losing the protection of the hero.

In this situation, it is very doubtful how much of the defense and combat effectiveness that Her Royal Highness is so proud of can be preserved. It is definitely not a wise move to still insist on participating in the battle.

Elena desperately objected at the risk of disobeying orders, but her own princess had never been one to listen to advice.

After a lot of arguing without any results, she still participated in the action. How could Elena feel at ease?

"How the people above act is their business. We have no right to interfere. All we can do is complete our own work."

Constantine said this with a cold expression on his face.

When it comes to his boss's penchant for taking risks, he has much more experience than Elena, and he's even used to it.

That's why I'm so calm.

In response to this, Elena could only sigh softly:

"That's what I say, but..."

"Captain, look!"

There was a sudden cry of surprise from the guard on duty.

The two looked up and found that a black cloud-like object suddenly appeared in the dark sky, and spread to the surroundings at an extremely fast speed. In an instant, it completely blocked out the sunlight.

The strange darkness, deeper than the night, engulfed the entire safe zone in the blink of an eye. Everyone fell into silence, and at this moment even the air seemed to freeze.

This situation lasted for about half a minute.

After everyone's brains reacted and they finally realized what had happened, an uncontrollable commotion ensued.

Without exception, the children fell into unprecedented panic, standing there stupidly, crying and screaming. The adults soon joined in, running around like headless flies.

The safe zone, which had just been in good order, suddenly turned into a scene as if the end of the world had come.

Even the guards and adventurers who had experienced days of fierce fighting were frightened and unable to move.

Of course, they can't blame them.

The unexpected situation was beyond imagination, and even the usually calm Constantine opened his eyes wide, not knowing how to react for a moment.

Looking at the darkness before her that seemed to devour everything, a memory deep in Elena's heart was awakened, and she muttered to herself:

"Is this...eternal night?"

"Eternal night?"

"Hmm... Last time, during the demon invasion five years ago, the same phenomenon occurred before the kingdom's army finally collapsed due to the blood plague."

"This is...Eternal Night."

The final form of the blood plague will form a barrier in the infected area that completely blocks the sunlight, completely separating it from the human world and turning it into the territory of the vampires.

Although Constantine had heard about it from Aize, this was the first time he saw it with his own eyes.

But why did it become like this?

Theoretically, the formation of eternal night is a gradual process in which sunlight is continuously weakened, and it should not appear suddenly like this.

Did something happen to Aize?

For those who stayed in the safe zone, none of this mattered anymore.

Because in today's capital, the disappearance of sunlight means a terrible fact.

The monster is about to be released.

The roars of the blood slaves, which had not been heard for a day, came from the other side of the defense wall in a pattern that was so uniform that it was terrifying to think about it.

The migrant workers who were reinforcing the wall were almost immediately scared out of their wits. They dropped the materials and tools in their hands and ran screaming into the depths of the safe zone.

Constantine reacted quickly and jumped onto the wall against the crowd, shouting orders to the guards who were still standing there in shock:

"Everyone, light the torches, quick!"

"Yes... yes! Light the torch!"

“Light the torches!”

“Light the torches!”

……

With the help of relay messages, the order spread quickly from one place within the wall.

After a short delay, spots of light appeared one after another, turning into a light belt surrounding the safe zone, and the light ball of illumination magic also extended high into the sky.

It became the only thing that could bring peace of mind in this suffocating darkness.

Unfortunately, this sense of security only lasted for less than two seconds.

"Captain, look, they're coming! They're coming!!!"

The torches illuminated the wall and the razed quarantine area outside the wall.

It also illuminated the border between the isolation zone and the infected area, where there were piles of blood slaves.