Desire's Vessel: My Lewd Reincarnation-Chapter 39: Front Faced Attack

The crowd erupted in wild gossip, with no one being able to understand how Zaja managed to trick Hillary into becoming his servant.

Unbeknownst to the attendees, it was her only way out.

The dancers moved to the rhythm of the drum sounds and the harp playing melodious holy music. The ritual has begun and it was the signal Egil needed to move forward with his grand plan to murder Zaja.

"On my mark..." The scion muttered with a stern look on his face.

Zaja and his servant to be walked onto the direct spot Egil planned them to be and at that moment he raised his hand to the air causing several of the guests to join their hands in a specific and uniform set of mudras.

"Emerge from darkness, darker than darkness, purify that which is impure. Lower the veil."

Suddenly, a dome shaped veil of darkness dropped on the venue, interrupting the dancer girls and the melodious music playing. And while the holy priest tried to understand what was going on, thinking it was a scheduled part of the ceremony, he was shocked to see several members of the guests jump out of their seats, rushing towards Zaja with weapons, guns blazing.

The veil technique was a simple barrier technique almost everyone in the realm could conjure. To lower a veil required minimal Arcane energy and also minimal energy to sustain, however one could add conditions to it, conditions that govern how it would operate or function.

In this case, the veil was designed to prevent Zaja Thornhill and Hillary dos Wagner from leaving, everyone else could easily walk through the threshold with ease.

The guests had their weapons drawn, surrounding Zaja and Hillary. The situation went from zero to a hundred in a matter of seconds, and the rest of the guests who were present had ran in fear, including the dancers and music makers.

All except a few on lookers and the priest remained in the veil with Zaja and his attackers.

The Crimson Deity Vessel smiled under his mask, the reason for the marriage was already fulfilled. He has Hillary under his control with a contract, so this marriage wasn’t really necessary, he tricked Egil to intentionally wreck it so he wouldn’t have to enter a union with the bitch.

Zaja moved his head from left to right and performed a headcount of the attacks. The number came up to twenty, with Egil and the Duke of Damsgard making it twenty two.

"Zaja Thornhill!! I have come for your head and my bride! Take off your mask and lay your hands on the floor so that I can behead you with ease!" Egil said as he drew a sharp sword from it’s sheathing.

Zaja hummed childishly, funny of Egil to think that he would be able to get away with this so easily.

"As you can see, you are greatly out numbered..." Egil declared.

Zaja chuckled and glared at the Prince, "Very wonderful of you to lower a veil, thinking you’ve locked me inside with you..."

"Little do you know that you have been locked inside here with me...".

Zaja immediately performed the same mudra Egil and his subordinates did— a veil lowering mudra and he muttered the incantation easily and just like that a second veil lowered inside the one they were already in.

Zaja’s veil has the condition of not letting anyone leave asides him. Indeed, they were now stuck inside there with him, not the other way around.

"You bastard! That doesn’t change the fact that you are outnumbered and outmatched!" Egil cursed, slashing his sword in the air.

Zaja chuckled again, "You sure about that?"

Boom!

Just then, a red cloud summoning portal opened up beside Zaja and his ever tested and trusted Red Veil Arcane Beasts came out of the portal— Naga.

"I will do you one better," the Vessel grinned with an ominous tone to his voice.

"Come Forth... Egar..."

A massive roar erupted from within the summoning portal, causing everyone within both veils to shudder in shock.

Loud footsteps could be heard as a massive red furred bear stepped out of the portal, it’s eyes were stained white and it had gold sigils all over it’s body.

The bear like creature was another Red Veil Arcane Beasts that Zaja had subdued when he first unlocked his Shadow Sovereign Flame mutation.

The massive beast was unpredictable and disobedient to some extent, that is why Zaja wasn’t one to summon it unless it was completely necessary. Naga on the other hand was a chill and obedient beast and would never carry out an attack without waiting for the go ahead order from its master.

Egar roared again, gnashing it’s salivating jaws at everything it could lay its eyes on. Zaja could feel the beast’s primal urge to go haywire, but upon pushing out a surge of Arcane energy from his body, Egar comported itself and waiting for its command.

"This is your first assignment together since I returned, make sure to do me proud if you want future assignments..." Zaja said, repositioning the chain he used to hold Hillary in place.

The Red Veil Arcane Beasts moved in unison as if reading his thoughts, "Go..."

The beasts charged at Zaja’s attackers and Egil and his henchmen charged forward as well.

"Die!!" Egil couldn’t care less for the Red Veil Arcane Beasts Zaja had just summoned, and with one lunge, bolted towards Zaja, swinging his sword with killing intent.

At the last second, Egar stepped in and took the damage directly to its head and the sword completely shattered as it made impact with the bears hide.

Boom!

The explosion blast of heat slammed into Egil, sending him flying across the air and slamming into the threshold of Zaja’s veil.

The beasts charged at Zaja’s attackers and Egil and his henchmen charged forward as well.

"Die!!" Egil couldn’t care less for the Red Veil Arcane Beasts Zaja had just summoned, and with one lunge, bolted towards Zaja, swinging his sword with killing intent.

At the last second, Egar stepped in and took the damage directly to its head and the sword completely shattered as it made impact with the bears hide.

Boom!

The explosion blast of heat slammed into Egil, sending him flying across the air and slamming into the threshold of Zaja’s veil.