22:05.

Just then, He Yu was going through all the monster data he hadn't absorbed yet, thinking about how to find an excuse to get Beelzebub to send them to him as dinner, when Fujimoto Ayara came to visit.

He didn't call, he just came straight over, then threw a damn new-looking invitation on the table and said, "There's a belated birthday party, and those people say they absolutely have to go."

He stared at the thing speechlessly; the way the Japanese soldier was putting on an act meant that the invitation couldn't be easily refused.

He Yu thought for a moment and asked, "The kind of party where you have to take your clothes off to attend?"

“It’s his mother’s birthday party!” Fujimoto Ayara said. “A girl named Lilith is said to be the true mistress of Jerusalem.”

According to him, Father Andre hadn't seen the little brat in a long time, and since there were still quite a few people alive in the city, they might as well hold the birthday celebration that had been missed in previous years.

He Yu had never even seen what he looked like. It was said that this man was incredibly powerful, having killed Bamke dozens of times in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre as easily as slaughtering a pig. If anything were to happen in Jerusalem, he was the kind of person who kept his word and had a big enough fist.

The banquet was quite safe, after all, it was Lilith's nineteenth birthday party, and those two idiots doted on her, giving her everything of the highest standard. As for these outsiders, the theater actors favored by the audience, they had clearly become part of the elite elite's privileged status.

Picking up the invitation, I noticed a pupae symbol printed on it in some unknown material, burning quietly in one corner. According to Fujimoto Ayara, this thing would burn along with the entire paper the next day, without any open flame, and wouldn't ignite anything except for a musky scent.

The invitations, however, were formal and polite, with a uniform format and were distributed in bulk, making them unreasonably expensive.

He Yu picked up the invitation and examined it for a long time before saying, "Do we absolutely have to go?"

“I was dragged here directly from Shinjo by that guy. Do you know what I was doing at that time?” Fujimoto Ayara stared at him, as if she had experienced something unforgettable.

Lilith's banquet hall is in a separate castle, and He Yu thinks that these idiots will eventually build another layer on top, filling the entire place.

They were late because Fujimoto Ayara remembered that he hadn't dealt with one of his lackeys. That guy had a grudge against Bamk, and Beelzebub had brought him in such a rush that he had forgotten about him. As a result, when he returned to New City, a new group of mutated creatures had appeared in the neighborhood. According to the data, those monsters didn't eat meat and were herbivores. However, everything that came to Weeks's genetic research lab turned into a carnivore.

According to Beelzebub, that good-for-nothing named Weeks used to be an operative, but he turned against them quickly. Judging from their expressions, they weren't afraid of him causing any more trouble.

Quill was trapped on a rooftop, which delayed him for more than an hour. When he returned, he was in a sorry state and complained to Fujimoto Ayara that he should kill the mutated creatures before Weeks found him, rather than guarding against them.

The indigenous people outside the banquet all had guns, and some even carried siege weapons. They didn't seem to be there to attend a party; they looked like they were there to destroy the world.

“Honestly, I thought we were the only living people in this city,” Fujimoto Ayara said. “But it doesn’t matter. It’s like we’re trying to put out a fire with a bucket of water. You guys aren’t really planning to stay here forever, are you?”

"Isn't it good to slack off a little when you're working? There are so many people, you can't kill them all even if you keep killing them."

As they spoke, they were sitting in a carriage, and could see the cloud-like cluster of buildings in the distance.

By now, He Yu has been to quite a few mansions. If it were when he first joined Eoubs, he would have thought that his dream was to own a giant castle. But now, he doesn't think he would be more comfortable living here than at home.

Compared to their expectations of luxury, the banquet was held in a very ordinary house. They really thought it was a castle hall. The layout and details were very comfortable, and most of the materials were marble and pure wood, unlike what Fujimoto Ayara had seen in the new city, which was made of a few building boards and garbage cement. However, this kind of comfort and location would be unimaginably expensive in Jerusalem.

When they arrived, the birthday party had already started.

Although the invitation looked serious, it actually led to a vulgar, lavish party and a tasteless revelry.

Everyone was dancing, drinking, eating, or killing poor bastards dressed as prisoners for fun; they were indulging in complete debauchery in this revelry.

Beelzebub said that Lilith decided to let the residents do as they pleased without interfering, which is why it turned out this way. It seems she has learned a lot from outsiders—high-ranking people generally don't like to hold these meaningless banquets, but she said she suddenly liked it, saying she "wanted to make Jerusalem a little more lively."

In He Yu's opinion, that bastard named Lilith clearly didn't care about his birthday party at all.

When you're too lazy to care about anything, things turn out like this: a complete mess, utterly chaotic.

Although it was rather dull, exorbitantly priced consumables were still scattered everywhere. Diamonds and agates were specially inlaid on the walls, and Lilith's name was engraved on the handicrafts. If you could take those things with you, they would definitely fetch an unbelievable price at the auction house.

Now they are being confiscated everywhere, and every now and then a few are being trampled on.

The decorative fabrics were all handmade, the walls featured a fireplace and decorations inlaid with wood panels, and the food looked incredibly tempting, as if it had been carefully selected.

He Yu casually picked up a pastry, and then discovered that it was absolutely delicious, so he took everything off the porcelain plate.

Fujimoto Ayara also expressed her approval of the food at the banquet, and took a few plates herself. The two of them tacitly decided that their priority at the moment was to have a good meal and fill their stomachs.

This is simply the perfect party of all, where you can spend other people's money without being criticized, and all guests are guaranteed to be completely satisfied.

He thought, this is what a mission should be like. Even if all his teammates die, it doesn't matter. In the end, there only needs to be one winner. He guessed that the others thought the same way, so he indulged himself without any guilt.

However, as far as "filling their stomachs" was concerned, the hall was too noisy. Not long after they went in, some people started discussing whether to hold a sacrifice on the spot. So they decided to find a quieter place first to discuss how to kill that bastard Bamk.

The result was hilarious. Every time he opened a door, someone was either killing someone or doing something absurd that was perfectly suited to the atmosphere. He Yu turned around and came to a corner balcony, opened the door, and this time it was finally settled.

Although it was in a well-lit area, the room was still dark. Once inside, he found it to be a mess, covered in blood, like the remains of a massacre. Then he saw the girl.

The person sat cross-legged on a blood-stained carpet with their back to them. Like many silly girls, there were all sorts of dolls and toys around them, making them look extremely foolish.

"You've arrived."