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[True beastman leader, Dark Lion Simba, point of view]

That fool of a grasshopper. To think that he would just barge in into the training hall operated by the orphanage. Seems like I was wrong to believe Agnes and Angela, to let them be modified as to increase their power. Those underlings of mine aren't Motra, who can withstand the side effects of modifications with ease. Their mental function have deteriorated, not as much as Zin the half giant, but at least to the point that they have the nerve to disobey my order

"Boss! The princess had started to search for us"

"Even the adventure guild started to do the same"

"I can't contact the dark guild of Estel. According to information broker, their previous location was raided by adventures, Valkyrie and a mysterious group of vampires"

As expected. Princess Diana of Estel do take fast action as to ensuring the safety of those ten heroes. The adventure guild master is also worthy of such praises. As for the mysterious vampire, could it be, the vampire that fought Motra the other day have something to do with the vampires that attack the dark guild. Valkyrie is under the command of Princess Diana, so one could assume that they are at least connected. There is also the fact that a powerful monster, Mahsuri is staying with them and seems to care deeply for the ten heroes, at least enough to save them from any sort of danger. Not to mention, three powerful adventures from outside are currently staying in Estel by the request of guild master and Princess Diana herself. The siblings S rank adventures Kucin and Anjin as well as the A rank adventure, the elemental arrow, Naoto. Last but not least, Paladin beloved by God of War, Aries is also here and her twin daughters are also the ten heroes. We might bite more than we can chew...

"That damn grasshopper"

"But we can't just stand here and not avenge him"

"True! We could just launch an all out attack!"

"We just need to get the Avery! Nothing else matter!"

"Right! Worst come to worst, we could use "that thing" Saintess Angela and Agnes gave us"

"We have nothing to loss! Once we get the Avery, everything will follow accordingly!"

"What do you say! Boss!"

These fools

"Boss...?"

~Loud Roar~

It has been a while since I roar this loud. When was the last time... Maybe it was the time when Sachmis, Singa and I was on the run from her family as well as the dark guild people chasing after us

"It seems that you are no longer respecting me as your leader" [Simba]

"Of course no!"

"You're the pride of our group"

"We would never do anything funny against you"

They really have change ever since Angela modified them. There are still fears, but give them more time, and they will start to rebel. If that indeed happens, then they are nothing more than parasitic pawns, no longer someone that I could consider allies nor friends

"If it is direct assault you want, then you would have it!" [Simba]

"HOORAY"

"BUT! You must obey every order strictly! UNDERSTOOD!" [Simba]

"YES BOSS"

It's a shame that I have to dispose of them. Agnes, Angela and Motra, all of you are next on my list

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[Beastman Kingdom, Sachmis house]

[Female paladin point of view]

"I'll start with the obvious fact. It's my brother that so wanted the royal throne of the Beastman Kingdom, so much so that he planned the coup. Naturally, most of us would disagree with such idiotic statement, until..." [Old lion]

currently, we are still listening to the old lion, who we believe to be the biological grandfather of Singa. To summarize, we are hoping to know the circumstances which lead to the death of Singa's mother, Sachmis and shed some truth of what is happening. It is out of simple curiosity but there might be an unexpected answer that we could find

"Until the previous demon king started to secretly involved as well" [Old lion]

"!" [Other]

"Impossible! How!? I never knew about this!" [Druser]

"But it is. One could even say that this is the hidden prelude, a prologue to the succession war of the demon kingdom that almost ravaged the entire Achalasia" [Old lion]

~Gulp~

The prelude to the entire succession war, and now, I am replacing the very same person that is said to have a pivotal role in stopping it...

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[Little bit earlier]

[Bladel point of view]

"Night slash" [Bladel]

"Gaah!"

We are currently cleansing up the stain in our society. The dark guild. Those despicable people that will do anything so long as they're being paid handsomely are seriously the worse.

Trying to assassinate Princess Diana as their clients, the first queen requested so, mimicking the case of infamous serial killer dwarf during the debutante party preparation. Kidnapping and enslaving commoners so that they could sell it to willing buyers. Capturing exotic monster and bringing it inside the countries through the ancient tunnel. They are nothing but scum!

"Retreat! Don't let them get any of you!" [Dark guild leader]

"I don't think so!" [Anjin]

With his sword being imbued with hot flame, he slashes multiple dark guild members at once while Kucin blocking their escape path

"Take this!"

"And this as well!"

~Clang~

""Damn you!!""

"Hehe, you can't beat us from this faraway" [Female elf adventure]

"Focus. It's not over yet" [Naoto]

Try as they might, we have them in a pinch. Any futile attempt will be quickly neutralise by archer standing by, some equipped with the pistol Ash gave

"What with this restraint!"

"The vampire! This is the vampiric blood restraint"

"Tchh! Should have just killed them long ago instead of trying to sell them, and now, they're with that princess!"

"And for that, we are grateful to her" [Vampire guard A]

"This is just like the bloody saint attacking us!"

As we keep on pressing them, we also intentionally set a path for them to escape, that way they would escape to the next dark guild location, and we would quickly follow suit, raiding and destroying that location as well. As thing looks like it will be under control here, I take my leave and follow those who manages to "escape"

As expected, they're all going to a single location. An abandoned field with some dried up well as the entrance, Jacks and I as well as few of us started to launch an attack when

"Surprise surprise" [Traitorous prince]

That's the traitor prince of the demon kingdom! What is he doing here

"Now then, if you would be so kind as to help me tame these beasts of mine, I'll be more than happy to pay, until then, bye-bye" [Traitorous prince]

"Wait!" [Jacks]

As he says that, he releases multiple towering boa. It is still immature so it isn't exactly an A rank threat, but

"Something off... This is just like back then, during the orphanage's incident" [Jacks]

"Agree, but we can't let these monsters escape, and we don't have enough manpower to pursuit other as well, so we should beat this thing right here and now!" [Bladel]

"Understood!" [Other]

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And at the Estel's dungeon entrance, another incident happened. One where the barely surviving guard describing a dwarf with scars on both side his eyes with a knife directly attach to the amputated arms. Fear struck the citizen as the rumour serial killer dwarf, return to Estel, for an unknown reason