"O-oh, it's a raid! Attack, attack!"
"You dare commit such insolence, knowing this is the Wallenstein Marquis household?!"
"Hey, isn't that bearded guy the 'War God'?!"
"What, you know him?"
"Yeah, he's the most dangerous guy in the Adventurer's Guild—the one who tore apart countless monsters with his bare hands and kept disappearing, saying 'I'm off to find someone stronger than me'!"
"Why is someone like that HERE?! There aren't any strong people here! Ahh, don't look at me, blaah—"
The Wallenstein soldiers, crushed under the attacker's killing intent, realized death was inescapable and lost control of both ends.
"............Kill. Everything."
The former Grand Master had attacked the Wallenstein household as Alan's servant.
Alan stood behind him, but the size difference was so vast that almost no one noticed he was even there.
"Don't destroy the buildings, Bristles."
"............Grrrrr..."
The Wallenstein family had sicced the Grand Master on his servants, so this time he'd sic Bristles on them.
Now they were even.
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"My Lord, we're under attack!! The 'War God' has broken in!!"
"Preposterous!! If it were the 'War God,' he'd have gone to capture Alan alive! You must be mistaken."
The instant Marquis Wallenstein raised his objection, the door was smashed in.
The subordinate who'd come to report was caught in the blast and sent flying.
"Let's face reality, my Lord."
"............Kill."
"Th-the 'War God'—why?! Is that Alan beside him?! You traitor!! Didn't you say you'd do it for free?!"
"I didn't betray you for money. He just switched sides because he lost to me. Well then, goodbye. Do it."
"W-wait, listen to me!! Tell me how to cure my son!!"
"I don't know. Go, Bristles—Face-Break Punch!"
And with that, Bristles' right straight connected, and from the neck up, the Marquis simply burst and ceased to exist.
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Meanwhile, at Duke Ghees' estate.
"That should do it, Bruce."
"Yes. I am now the head of the Wallenstein household. From this moment forward, I swear my loyalty to Lord Ghees."
The eldest son of the Wallenstein family—Bruce.
His father had become so consumed with doting on his younger brother Kirsch that he'd gradually stopped handling his duties.
If left unchecked, the Marquis household would fall before long.
Thinking this, Bruce had been scheming to somehow force his father into retirement—only to learn, without his knowledge, that his brother had picked a fight with someone terrifying and been reduced to a vegetable.
Total ruin was staring them in the face.
The Wallenstein family hadn't belonged to Duke Ghees' faction, but Bruce knew there'd been a directive: "Don't provoke Alan."
His only path to survival now was to defect to Duke Ghees' faction and have him vouch for them.
He could afford to hesitate no more.
After Enrique had already begged the Duke for help, Bruce had also requested an audience.
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Skills: [Reverse], [Divine Eye], [Sword God], [Phantom Thief Gentleman], [Dark Magic], [Rock-Iron Magic], [Holy Magic], [Spacetime Magic], [Scorching Magic], [Freezing Ice Magic], [Magic Hand], [Seduction], [Pain Dulling], [Complete Status Abnormality Resistance], [Flame Spirit's Protection], [Phantom Demon], [Swift Wind Thunder], [Dark Spirit's Protection], [Monstrous Strength Chaos God], [Thunder God Sword], [Fortune's Favor], [Clear Sky Storm Magic], [Humility], [Heaven's Gate], [Ninja Master], [Eloquence], [Seeker of Truth], [Whispers of the Abyss], [Super Intuition], [Spear God], [Fist God]
Rank: Orichalcon