deceased

Although the invitation to the ball was issued in the name of Gregory, as long as you pay a little attention to the list of invited guests, you will find that the real protagonist of this ball is the necromancer who has recently been rumored in the imperial capital.

Many guests were held back because of this. After all, necromancers are still cruel, evil and dangerous existences in most people's minds. No one can guarantee whether this group of weird people who like to work with corpses will suddenly become interested and turn them into corpses .Just when they were hesitating, they received news that Hayden would attend the ball.

Fighting against the God of Light did not weaken Hayden's prestige among the nobles of the empire, but instead made the nobles who had always met with the God of Light and had disagreements with each other trust him more and rely on him.Since the imperial marshals who made the Pope helpless are all present, what else do they have to worry about?

So the invited nobles canceled their original plans one after another, put on the latest custom-made dresses quickly, and came to Danya's house in a carriage.

Mundra and Rhodes mixed among the endless stream of guests, and slowly came to the magnificent banquet hall.

The banquet hall is busy.

A middle-aged woman with a tall figure and a stern face sat in the very center of the hall, and her fingers kept plucking the strings of the huge harp. The melodious music came from the harp and resounded through the entire hall through the magic circle.

The guests in the hall swayed their bodies to the music and enjoyed the fun of dancing.

Gregory dealt with the guests as the host, tactfully invited all the ladies who were interested in him on the field, and did not let any one feel left out.

Compared with Gregory's scenery, Hayden, who has always been the focus of the banquet, seemed extremely low-key.

He leaned against the door frame of the small lounge next to the banquet hall, with one hand in his trouser pocket and the other holding his wine glass, silently looking in the direction of the door.Several sharp-eyed noble ladies wanted to invite him to dance, but Hansen, who was guarding outside the lounge door, refused first.

As time passed, all the noble ladies on the field received the news that Marshal Hayden would not dance today, and no one came to bump into trouble anymore.Even so, everyone still pays attention to his movements consciously or unconsciously, and even secretly guesses the reason for his abnormality.

Hayden seemed unaware of the gazes surrounding him, until Mundra and Rhodes came in, his eyes fluctuated a bit.

Rhodes is the most sensitive to his gaze.

He secretly glanced at Hayden, immediately lowered his head, and said in a low voice, "Hayden!"

Mundra looked up.

Hayden immediately stood up straight.

The two looked at each other for a few seconds before being blocked by the young men and women on the dance floor.

Rhodes muttered: "In order not to separate my ears a little bit, we'd better stay apart."

As soon as he took a step, he was stopped by Mundella, "I'm hungry."

"...Follow me." Rhodes tried to save his sleeve from his fingers.If Mundella is a young boy who fell into an ambiguous first love, then Hayden is a passionate young man who fell in love—if it wasn’t a passionate young man who fell in love, who would do such a crazy thing to single out the entire God of Light?So in order not to let more crazy things happen to him, he thinks it is better for him and Mundra to keep a moderate distance.

Just as he was thinking, Mundella grabbed his hand again.

"Why are you dragging me again?" Rhode looked nervously in the direction of the lounge, only to find that he was no longer there.

……

Are you ready to act?

Rhode's heart tightened, and then he stuffed a piece of cake in his mouth.

Mundra thrust the cake into his mouth, then turned to eat it himself.

While chewing, Rhode touched his sore front teeth. When he looked up, he saw Hayden appearing again.

"...I hope he didn't see anything just now." He muttered to himself, pulling the cloak that covered half of his face.

Mundra ate his snack with his head down.He has no requirements for food, as long as it can fill his stomach.

Halfway through eating, the person next to me changed.

He looked sideways at Hansen who walked over quietly, and stopped chewing.

Hansen had mixed feelings about him.

For "Monica", he has a good impression of her calmness and quietness, and even once thought that she was very suitable for Hayden.So when she first found out that she was Mundra, her chest was full of cheated anger.After thinking about it calmly, I felt that from the standpoint of Mundra, his concealment was understandable, and since they met, even though he was a necromancer and knew that the empire was looking for him, he hadn't done anything to them.

Now that these three emotions converge, even he doesn't know whether he hates Mundra more or appreciates it more.No matter what, since the marshal didn't care about his identity and concealment, and was even willing to risk his life for him, no matter how dissatisfied he was, he could only compromise.

Hansen took out a small wooden box from his pocket.

Mundra recognized it as the one Hayden had used for his finger yesterday.

Hansen opened the wooden box, and there was a pure gold finger cot with a hollow pattern inside. Looking at the pattern carefully, it was a small skull of various shapes. The inner layer of the finger cot was chicken skin, and the leather was very soft.

Mundra put the finger cot on the little finger of his right hand, which was just the right size.Although the little finger can't feel whether the finger cot is comfortable, but from the perspective of visual appreciation, it is very eye-catching and beautiful.

"Thank you," he said.

Hansen said: "You should thank the Marshal."

Mundella touched his fingertips, hesitated for a while, but decided to follow his inner thoughts, wiped his mouth, and walked towards Hayden in the lounge.

Hansen immediately followed him.

Hayden, who rejected the whole ball, has become the focus of everyone, and Mundella, who is favored alone, will definitely follow. He doesn't want any spoiler to appear at this time.

Seeing Mundra approaching, Hayden's eyes lit up slightly. Although his hands were still in his pockets, his upper body subconsciously leaned forward slightly, making a gesture of welcoming him.

Seeing that the distance between the two was getting shorter and shorter, Hayden was considering whether to lift his foot... Mundra suddenly stopped and turned to look at the middle-aged woman playing the harp.

A skeleton suddenly emerged from the ground, lifted the white hand bones and grabbed the middle-aged woman's feet.

"what!"

The first one to scream was not the middle-aged woman, but the noble lady standing not far from the skeleton.She covered her mouth in horror, and her body was tightly huddled in the arms of her partner, as if she would faint at any moment.

The middle-aged woman was the second to scream.Her eyes were fixed on the skeleton, her whole body was as stiff as a sculpture, and one finger was still pinching the strings, as if pinching a life-saving straw.

After the exclamation, there was a burst of arrogant laughter.

Two necromancers stood by the door, looking triumphantly at the panicked expression of the middle-aged woman, and one of them even clapped their hands.

Hansen has already rushed to the center of the dance floor.

Just before he arrived, the skeleton stood up suddenly, took a few steps back, then bowed his head and bowed like a nobleman.

"Hansen." Hayden said.

Hansen stopped abruptly.

Mundra muttered something.More skeletons emerged from the ground, forcing the other guests off the dance floor.They lined up and suddenly started dancing.The dance is the simplest and most exaggerated. There is no music, only the sound of their toe bones beating the ground and upper and lower gums fighting, which is indescribably weird.

The guests stared dumbfounded at this extraordinary skeleton dance and completely forgot to react.

After an unknown amount of time, an uncontrollable chuckle suddenly broke out in the quiet crowd.Immediately, the laughter was like ink smeared on the paper, rippling away little by little, making the whole dance party immersed in laughter.

Someone else laughed and said, "The skeleton just wanted some music to accompany it?"

He was answered with louder laughter.

But the two necromancers standing at the door knew it was not.They summoned the skeleton just to create panic and entertain themselves, but they were suppressed by a stronger spiritual force halfway, and the skeleton was forcibly removed from his spiritual connection.This means that the opponent's mental power is far stronger than his own?

They stared in shock at the little boy standing on the edge of the dance floor.

Such a young age, to have such a powerful force?

Mundra paid no attention to their gaze.He directed the skeletons to dance wholeheartedly, and after the end, he let the skeleton dance troupe bow to all the guests and return to the ground again.

Although their appearance is so terrifying, if you stand in a brightly lit hall and watch with a group of people, you don't feel scared in your heart.So when they left the stage, they all gave applause and encouragement without hesitation.Even the middle-aged woman plucked the strings to see them off.

"here you go."

Mundra looked back.

Hayden stood behind him, smiling at him the way he always did when he was Monica.