Chapter 64 - Aftermath

The third son of Marquis Pearce, Zach Pearce, monsterized and attacked Prince Arthur alongside some other students!

That was the only thing at the top of the search lists of all news channels, websites, apps and social media.

It showed how serious Zach's monsterization was, and to top it off, he attacked the prince. Most of the Devildom's nobles knew how much the devilian royal family doted on its newest addition, Arthur.

Especially his mother Cattleya, they all felt pity for the House of Pearce and all its vassal houses at this.

However before that pity, was disdain.

It has been over ten thousand years since the ban on monsterization magic was created. Very few people dared to go against a ban that Diablo personally put in place.

As such, over the past ten millennia, most of the people who practiced monsterization magic did so in secret or found some other alternative.

For the nobles who valued their statuses more than anyone else, they did not dare touch it for fear that they would lose their status upon being found out.

In the current society, no secret was truly a secret.

However this time a noble was caught dabbling in monsterization magic, to top it off it was a Marquis.

One of the highest ranked nobles of the Devildom.

Though there were tens of thousands of nobles in the Devildom, the number of nobles who possessed the rank of Marquis were less than a thousand.

In a Devildom whose territory spanned an entire universe, covering billions of galaxies. There were only less than a thousand nobles with the rank of Marquis.

This showed how few they were.

The nobles at this rank were the true high ranked nobles as the only other nobles that existed above then were the dukes and the grand dukes which were the main entities of the pantheon.

And yet one of these few elite nobles, from a house with nearly a hundred thousand years of history, was openly breaking a rule set by the king of the Devildom.

The Marquis of Pearce lost all the prestige it had built up since its inception overnight.

Some other Marquisates even went as far as to send official petitions to the royal family for the House of Pearce to be stripped their rank and status as nobles.

They felt that the noble status that came with the rank of Marquis had been besmirched by the house of Pearce and believed it would only be redeemed if the bad eggs were thrown away.

In this case, it would be the House of Pearce in its entirety.

Another note of concern was the attack itself, there were hundreds who witnessed Zach personally attack Arthur and the students with him, he also went ahead to summon hundreds to thousands of monsters, ranging from inferior stage master realm to the superior stage grandmaster realm.

Zach himself was also confirmed by many eye witness reports to have achieved the peak of the grandmaster realm on his monsterization.

A few even remarked that it was possible for him to have achieved the legendary realm if he was given time.

The monsters that were summoned, were all promptly dispatched by the combination of the students led by Grand Duke Eryrth's daughter, Layla and the guards led by the head of security In the second year dormitory the attack took place.

It was said that Layla showed great leadership skills that made even the third and fourth year students that arrived later on, listen to her commands in dispatching the monsters.

Words of praise were said from every one of the participants of the battle.

A few first year students even testified that she personally took action to protect them from stray magic attacks while helping them evacuate the scene due to the fact that they were far too weak to help.

In the end, Layla who was already admired by many, gained more fans and admirers. Her popularity increased exponentially overnight.

Finally, the crux of the matter.

The monsterized devil, Zach Pearce.

Zach himself was said to have been severely wounded by Prince Arthur, before being promptly finished by one who was presumed to be his guard.

There were many doubts at this as it was unheard of for a master realm who could not use energy to severely wound a superior stage grandmaster, however there were various eye witness reports and video evidence that showed this was true.

"He punched the guy through buildings, with just one hand!" A student said.

"I was stunned you know, one moment he was pulling his fist back, the next Zach was flying in the air." Stated another.

"The kicks! Those Kicks! He somehow made the monsterized dude cough out blood repeatedly with just kicks."

There were various statements like this from the students who had witnessed Arthur battling with Zach.

Beside each of the dormitory buildings, there were small estates, comparable in size to small towns situated there.

These were for the students who did not wish to stay in the dormitories with other students and wished to live alone in private.

These lodgings were made for the sake of these students and were very expensive. Each and every one of the buildings were made of some of the best energy resistant materials that could withstand the strength of a superior stage grandmaster realm existence's punch.

Yet, the estate that was situated beside the dorms where the attack took place, was completely reduced to rubble.

The sight of multiple magic attacks of various elements, ether, aura, prana and many other energies could be seen from afar.

A few students who caught the fight on camera, uploaded videos that showed Arthur dodging most of these attacks with moves that looked like he was dancing.

It was even reported that Zach possessed the ability to turn invisible for a moment of time, yet Arthur was somehow able to pinpoint his location every time.

"Even though he used artifacts, can you use the same artifacts and beat a superior grandmaster, while being a master realm unable to use energy?"

"All those who said Prince Arthur didn't fight him off, I got video evidence here!"

Many students took offense against those who claimed Arthur did not defeat Zach, and provided multiple pieces of evidence to shut them up.

The final attack that was said to have been seen from kilometres away however, was stated to be the work of the guard who was at least a Demigod realm existence.

Prince Arthur was healed of all injuries, however he had remained unconscious for the following three days after the event.

Finally, the last issue of concern.

The wounded.

Luckily, the incident ended with no fatalities of any sort.

All students who were in the area at the start of the attack were accounted for, this was confirmed multiple times.

However, a few students were said to have lost their limbs when a quintet of superior stage grandmaster realm wolf like monsters were summoned.

These monsters were promptly killed upon the arrival of the legendary realm guards.

Although the students who lost their limbs, had them regenerated at the hands of the Demigod realm nurse in the closest infirmary, it did not change the fact that they once lost them.

Of these injured students, most of them were children of the Devildom's nobles and one of them was the grandson of Duchess Jostron.

A descendant of one of the main entities of the pantheon was injured.

It was said that the Duchess was enraged upon hearing this and almost started a war with the House of Pearce if not for the timely intervention of King Diablo who called a meeting with all the dukes and grand dukes.

Duchess Jostron was known far and wide for her excessive love towards her descendants despite having many of them.

It was said that she took time to care for each and every one of them for a long time after their births. Some even said that she cared for them more than their actual mothers did.

If Diablo did not intervene, the House of Pearce might have not lived to see the light of day ever again.

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In the royal castle, there were various conference halls and situation rooms in which the main entities of the pantheon held meetings in depending on the severity of the situation.

Today, the lowest ranked of these rooms was filled as the dukes and grand dukes arrived on scene in response to the summons from Diablo.

The room was decorated lavishly with furniture of the best quality, made out of the hides of deity realm beasts.

The tables were made of wood gotten from a special realm in the burning realms where the essence of the law of wood was abundant.

It was strong enough to act as a shield to block a full powered attack from a superior stage demigod. The rest of the room had various artifacts that worked with various energy types for air conditioning.

The beings meant to use the room were powerful high tier deity realm existences and possessed bodies powerful enough to resist most kinds of temperature as such extra care was put in to make them comfortable.

"It's unlike his majesty to delay like this."