Leaving the reception room, Subaru and his group headed straight towards the garden of the mansion.
"Moonstar!"
The one who screamed was Subaru who was thrown to the lawn and fell to the ground. His eyes were firmly fixed on Yuexing who was kneeling on one knee in the courtyard with blood dripping from his back.
"Uh--I didn't expect it to hurt..."
Yuexing was panting in pain, with thin iron sticks stuck straight into his back. The iron sticks were about 20 centimeters long, and many of them probably penetrated deep into his internal organs.
Subaru wasn't able to dodge the attack either.
"It hurts... Ugh! Damn it! That guy is just like Yurius, the veil has no effect on her...!"
"No, she was just surrounded by darkness and couldn't see, so she just threw it around. Her intuition is extremely sensitive."
Ram said this to Subaru, whose right shoulder was pierced by an iron stick. She frowned slightly when she saw the injuries of Subaru and Yuexing.
"No one knows how to use healing magic. If you pull out the iron stick rashly, you will bleed to death."
"Don't talk about pulling it out... I don't even have the courage to touch or look at it. Have you killed Elsa...?"
"Although the whole room was blown up, it doesn't feel like killing, so it's best not to be careless."
"You bastard...! I finally bought some time..."
After hearing Ram's answer, Subaru gritted his teeth and felt sad that no one present had the ability to heal.
"Ram... help me pull out the iron pick. Immediately entering the ghost transformation will heal most of the wounds - at most, I will lose my combat effectiveness for a period of time."
"If I didn't tell you, I would have forgotten that you can turn into a ghost... Okay! Just bear with it."
Yuexing took out the towel from Subaru's clothes, bit it in his mouth, and nodded heavily.
"Huh?"
He clenched his hands tightly, biting the object in his mouth, and painful cold sweat continued to flow from the top of his head.
The iron stick stained with blood was thrown to the road by Ram, making a crisp sound.
Ghost horns, one large and one small, emerged from the forehead, and the damaged body was recovering from its injuries at a speed visible to the naked eye, just like the dry land encountering manna.
"Phew - okay, okay, otherwise the situation would have been terrible." Yuexing took a long breath and gently touched the opposite corner of his head.
"What happened to your horn...?"
"It's okay, I accidentally injured myself during the fight before... That's not the point now. Time is limited, so I have to make a decision quickly. I can't maintain my ghost form for too long."
"Yuexing... Rem and Beatrice are still inside——"
Suddenly, the sound of the two people still staying in the mansion was heard, and Subaru's brain began to think rapidly.
The option of escaping disappears at this moment. If you can't leave them alone, leave.
Rem is located in the east building of the mansion, that's for sure. The problem is Beatrice, who often changes her location with the "Gate of Opportunity". At this critical moment, the specificity of the "Gate of Opportunity" becomes the problem.
——Now the priority is to rescue Rem, and we expect Beatrice to deal with it on her own?
Considering the performance of "Opportunity Gate", this is also one of the feasible solutions
In fact, during the war with the Witch Cult a few days ago, Subaru was unable to take Beatrice away. He could only believe in the ability of the "Gate of Opportunity" and left her in the mansion to go to the war.
If the conditions are the same as then, then the possibility of Beatrice being killed is——
No, Elsa is different. The killer's purpose is obviously to massacre the people in the mansion.
In addition to Subaru, Yuexing, Frandelica, Petra, and of course Rem and Beatrice will not be let go.
"————"
So we have to take them all away. No one can be left behind. Those who stay are waiting to die.
Before burning out this useless brain, we must first find a way to save everyone——
"Barrus"
"What!? I'm thinking about how to take Rem and the others away..."
Subaru was thinking hard when he was suddenly called by Ram. His burned brains seemed to be flowing out of his ears. Subaru could only stare at Ram, hoping to come up with some countermeasures to solve this situation.
Waiting for pink lips, granting strategies that can bring the dead back to life——
"——Leave them behind and just a few of us escape from the mansion. This is the best strategy at the moment."
"--ah?"
Ram said this firmly in line with Subaru's eye level, and Subaru's thinking suddenly went blank.
"No, the combat forces available now are Ram and Frandelica. I still need some time to recover, so I can try to rescue."
Frandelica nodded and said:
"I also think they should be rescued. Ram, you have said it before, considering the losses to the camp, rescuing talents is the most appropriate solution - both Beatrice and Rem are necessary."
Frandelica asserted like this, Ram looked surprised, and then looked at Yuexing who was supporting his body.
"Is there any chance of winning?"
"Okay, Subaru goes to find Beatrice. The "Gate of Opportunity" won't have much effect on Subaru, so it's just right to leave it to him. We can just go get Rem out."
"...Can Barus do it alone? Otherwise..."
"——I'll interfere."
Frandelica caressed her chest and said to Ram who was listing her to-do items.
"Sister Frandelica...!?"
Petra exclaimed, this is no wonder, because Frandelica grabbed her bloody maid uniform and tore it roughly.
"——Please don't be so scared that you make a sound."
After giving her advice, Frandelica knelt on the grass and hung Gafiel's necklace around her neck - and then the air became tense.
"--ah"
Without the previous advice, I would have been frightened and screamed.
First, I saw Frandelica's beautiful long golden hair gradually shortening, then golden hairs began to grow on her skin, and her bones deformed and became enlarged while making violent sounds.
With his limbs propped up on the ground, the already eye-catching teeth in his open mouth became sharper and more powerful.
——These all happen within a few seconds, making people doubt their own eyes
"—Is this what is called animal transformation?"
Subaru muttered to himself, and in front of him was a golden beast——Flandelica who had completed her beast transformation.
Its slender body is about two meters long. It is a carnivore of the cat family. From Subaru's knowledge, it is similar to a cheetah or leopard, but it does not have black spots on its body. Overall, its posture is quite graceful.
If the dazzling golden retriever were not stained with blood, it would be a beautiful beast that would make people look at it in ecstasy.
"It's not Beauty and the Beast, it's Beauty Transformed into the Beast... Wow, I really want to take a bath and cuddle together to watch it."
"Please forgive me for refusing to bathe with you."
"——! Hey, you can still talk like this!?"
He originally wanted to hide his surprise with some words, but was rejected by the beast with a low growl. The voice was just like Frandelica before she transformed into a beast, so Subaru was frightened again.
"I am still me, different from my appearance, I am very rational..."
"Flandelica... In this case, I will go with you."
"Yuexing?" Subaru looked at Yuexing who said this with a surprised expression.
"Although I don't know what the odds of winning are, I will try my best, not to mention... you understand, Subaru."
"...Well, I understand, now I can only leave it to you and Frandelica, please."
Entrusting the battlefield to the majestic Frandelica, who stood on the ground with all four limbs, accepted Subaru's request, and the beast looked at Ram and Petra.
"Petra, I'm sorry for scaring you. You didn't scream in fear. You are very powerful."
"Yes...yes, sister, please be careful...!"
"Good boy - Ram, please leave me in the worst case scenario."
"There's no need to remind you, Frandelica is the one. If you're late, Ram won't care."
A brief conversation can give a glimpse of the trust between these two people and Frandelica
Finally, Frandelica looked up at the destroyed reception room that she had just jumped down from. The beast with a pyroxene necklace on its thick neck was gritting its teeth and bending its body like a lion.
"Let's go!——Drink!"
A short low roar sounded, and the next second the beast was stepping on the broken window frame
This speed in the blink of an eye made Subaru stunned, because the appearance just made him feel like a cheetah, the fastest creature on the surface. He didn't expect that Frandelica's Mercedes-Benz could easily surpass such common sense.
Crossing the collapsed wall, the beast roared and rushed into the house. Yuexing also drew his long sword and rushed towards the battlefield. The ghost horn shined with light cyan light in the air.
The effect of the black mist had just lifted, and the sound of fighting was heard again not far away——
"Don't be in a daze! They are buying time, why don't they hurry up and complete their boast of Haikou?"