There are 15 minutes left before the banquet starts.

The four of them gathered in the room for a short discussion meeting, sharing the hidden clues they had glimpsed since entering the city and some of their own inferences.

The festival is necessarily a conspiracy, but what is the real purpose of the conspiracy?

It is impossible for a demon to be stupid enough to receive humans because of their own interests and hobbies, and even take the initiative to back down in siege warfare...... After all, a "medium-sized title deed" is not a small thing, it symbolizes the status of a lord and the trust and gift of the "old king".

On the surface, this lord may want to find out the secrets of the expeditionary force through Han Dong and his party, and then use "mind control" to let the four return to the army and create a riot from within.

However, it is all based on the premise of 'control'.

If Han Dong and his party are not controlled...... What else will this lord do? Reveal your true nature, directly attack the four people, and exercise forcible control?

In other words, his purpose in the first place was not to control the four of them to obtain military information.

Rather, it involves something deeper, something that cannot be deduced from existing intelligence.

There are only so many 'inferences' in general.

If you want to understand, you must go deep into the palace, into the core of the city of other demons.

At the end of the discussion, Charles Knight added:

"The city seems to be trying to 'disguise' something as much as possible...... It's like the puppets I make, no matter how close they are to real people, there are still subtle differences and a more or less sense of disobedience.

The "Siege Campaign" does not allow the whole army to be dispatched.

The campaign must be based on the [World Rules], that is, the number of troops to be launched cannot exceed the size of the city.

If we can't find something buried deep in this city, even if the siege battle can be won, our army will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, which will seriously affect the rest of the expedition.

Three days.

While making sure that the spirits are not invaded, find out as much as possible the secrets of the city. ”

"Okay."

……

【Banquet Hall】

A ceiling candle lamp composed of one hundred and eight small statues illuminates the huge hall, and the lower end corresponds to a marble dining table more than ten meters long.

Twenty-one cutlery was arranged.

A chef wearing a white pig mask is slowly bringing appetizers to the table.

Artists who have passed the artistic examination or who have been directly invited will enjoy the highest level of banquet in Perugia here, and have the privilege of dining at the same table as the lord.

Han Dong and his entourage found a position far away from the host's seat and took a seat.

Wino's mask was specially modified by Han Dong and covered with a layer of tentacle mucosa...... It can not only be further camouflaged, but also completely obscured the field of vision, avoiding visual pollution.

More than half of the guests at the rest of the banquet were not Perugia.

Rather, they are members of a tribe, village, or organization.

They are all inclined to the spiritual system, and they have heard that the Lord of Perugia is an atavistic demon with unique spiritual attainments, and they are trying to come here to find a way to improve their spiritual abilities, or to see some ideas about 'atavism' in advance by visiting artworks.

Most of the people sitting here are "alien demons", and most of them are newborns.

There are also two evil people who have outstanding talents in the arts, and they have passed the benchmark assessment and have been given the opportunity to participate in the feast.

It's banquet time.

The candlelight instantly transforms into a grayish-white color.

Before the lord could be seen, his voice was the first to arrive.

It is as if the sound from the deep space of the universe is combined with the scream from the bottom of the abyss, and the two overlap, producing an ethereal sound.

The language used is also an Esperanto that can be understood by any kind of alien demon, plus an Italian language learned locally, which is easy for the four special humans to understand.

"Thank you to all the distinguished guests who have attained great attainments in the arts for coming to our mansion."

Listening to the strange overlapping sounds,

The VIPs looked at the upper part of the steps of the banquet hall,

The thick door engraved with the "Sun Emblem" and the "Moon Seal" was pushed open by two strong servants.

【Perugia City】Lord of the Medium Deed,

A high-level being that can leave a psychological shadow on the Scarlet Earl,

Han Dong has never seen the "atavistic body" head-on,

is slowly appearing in a levitating way,

The first thing that catches your eye is the 'multicolored robe' draped over the lord...... His face and most of his body were obscured in it, making it impossible to directly peek into the true state of this atavistic body.

'Four arms and four legs' and 'caged bird' are the core characteristics of this lord.

Four Arms:

Two of the arms are crossed in front of the chest,

The other two arms take the pose of the lobby painting "Feeling the Truth", stretching out to the left and right respectively, as if holding the sun and the moon in the palm of their hands.

Quadruped:

Two of the feet protrude from the middle of the robe, showing a 'sitting position',

The other two feet naturally protrude from the lower end of the robe, taking on a 'floating stance'.

Caged Bird:

The top of the head, obscured by a hood, bears two curved horns.

A thin wire is attached between the horns and is used to suspend special metal birdcages...... A live sparrow is living in a birdcage.

……

Although the multicolored robe obscured the lord's figure.

But such a gesture is shocking enough, and the "caged bird" tied to its long horns is also thought-provoking, revealing a certain control of this lord.

At the same time, there is one more point.

Two of the lord's legs protrude from between the robes and take on a sitting position...... So much so that the holy robe was slightly stretched apart by these two legs, and the original structure of its body could be faintly seen.

But.

Even the demons who participated in the banquet had an attitude of ignoring insolence, and no one dared to look directly at the lord's 'body'.

Only Han Dong, who was sitting at the back, was secretly using the peeping ability of the Demon Eye to try to spy on the secrets under the holy robe.

Through the darkness, unravel the essence......

Squeak squeak~~

It was obviously snooping with his eyes, but what came was a crisp rat call.

Han Dong had no choice but to choke his mouth with his palm, enabling "crazy laughter", but without laughing.

Disperse the rat swarm in the head, and a terrifying scene is successfully spied on.

As a result of such a prying eye, a drop of blood fell against the center of the eyebrows...... The low-level Little Demon Eye suffered more serious visual damage after spying on a high-level existence.

"This is the ...... of atavism Posture? ”

The minced stars,

Inscription made of rat's eye,

The abyss of corpses,

Just when Han Dong was deeply uncomfortable when he recalled this picture, a soft finger quietly landed on his back.

"Massage & Massage"

** Dissipate with mental discomfort.

At this time, the masked Demps was looking at him, and the voice immediately came to his mind:

"How dare you, you dare to directly snoop into the true state of Nicholas...... 'atavistic body'."