Demiurge watched on with vested interest at the experiments taking place. Clementine had been strapped to a brick wall, a mana tube ran up beside her and was connected to her arm. She had long stop struggling, instead lying slack in her bonds and casting her martial arts upon request. Though this form of magic was new to Demiurge, he seemed to have a simple grasp on it. Out of the spells that Clementine knew, [Invulnerable Fortress] was probably the most interesting. Its ability to block the physical damage from attacks was impressive.

It had its downsides of course as it provided no protection against magical attacks. There was also a cap on how much physical damage it could take before breaking, a limit of which Sebas had broken quite early. It was not an accurate test however, as Sebas's attacks were far beyond the realm of normal. So Demiurge had a few area guardians try. Regular attacks such as punches, kicks and those involving weaponry such as slashing with a sword were blocked without much effort on her part. Magically imbued attacks however, were devastating. The spell only blocked the physical aspect on the attack, that is, the contact of sword on skin or skin on skin. Any magical aftereffects, such as flame or ice still applied. One of Nazarick's healers was on standby, repairing the wounds that Clementine took during the testing.

After moving on to the next spell, Clementine had fallen unconscious. Weak. Thought Demiurge, he had seen others take much worse punishment. He had commanded her to be woken up, but the healer recommend taking a break. She could easily die if testing continued so Demiurge had her sent back to the Frozen Prison until she would be needed again.

"Has Yuri Alpha returned with the other test subject?" Demiurge asked Albedo, drawing her out of her stupor.

"No…" she replied, her eyes never leaving the hordes of undead that clambered around on the floor beneath her.

Demiurge sighed, once again, he was left in charge to take care of everything.

"Find me Sebas, I wish to talk to him about his 'guests'" Demiurge asked the homunculus maid to his right. She bowed and scurried off to find the butler.

Ninya awoke with a gasp as a sharp pain drove up her side. She felt around the lush blankets beneath her to make sure she was awake. After calming down from the sudden shock, she looked around the rather lavish room and was relieved to see that Lukeluther was with her, though his right arm was missing. Ninya didn't remember the room at all as last time she had been awake was back at Lizzie Bareare's store whilst she was healing them. Ninya ran her hands down her body, there didn't seem to be any lingering scars, except for a few bandages wrapped around her midsection that hid a bruise. She tentatively rose her hand to her face, feeling where it had been smashed into the wall. To her surprise, the skin seemed to be completely mended.

With a slight wobble, Ninya managed to get onto her feet. The room was something she had expected to see in some rich hotel in the capital, though she doubted that was the case. Unless Sebas actually was the butler to a rich noble and had her brought there. Whatever the case, Ninya was afraid to touch anything, lest she break it. Lukeluther lay unconscious on a bed to the left of hers, his body sprawled out across it. She flinched, thinking back to the blonde haired woman that had put both of them in here, as well as taken their two friends away. Though she wished to mourn for Dyne and Peter, she could not gather the energy to cry. Her body was still weak, despite it's apparent rapid recovery, whether through the help of magic or medicine she was at least able to walk again.

Though the two beds in the room looked extremely expensive, they were hardly the high-point of the room. A chandelier hung from the ceiling and seemed to be made of some kind of white gem. The light it gave off was just enough for Ninya to see the rest of the room. There were two couches, a dresser and two tables. The couches were made of a red material, soft to the touch and not a speck of dust or dirt. The dresser took a considerable amount of room and was made of a hard wood, no knots or imperfections to be seen. Lastly the two tables, made of glass and completely see through. NInya and Lukeluther's personal effects had been placed on top and seemed to have been cleaned of any blood stains. Two of the holes that Ninya had in her clothing from Clementine's knives were repaired, as were the holes in Lukeluther's.

A knock on the door drew Ninya's attention. She panicked, was she expected to answer the door, or did they think she was still asleep? The door opened almost immediately after and Ninya was relieved to see Sebas enter the room. A second body she was not expecting however entered behind him. Her first guess would have been that he was some kind of high-class noble, but upon inspection she realized he was not human. A lizard-like tail sprouted from his behind and was slowly swaying from side to side.

Ninya wanted to say something, but the overwhelming aura that the lizard-man was giving off was enough to force her to take a seat on the couch. Sebas seemed to be standing slightly behind, signifying that he was of a lesser standing. Confirming Ninya's thoughts, the lizard man was the first one to speak.

"Welcome to Nazarick" he said. Though she was not asked, or expected to bow, Ninya felt compelled to, almost like she had no other choice. Demiurge smiled, it was always easy to manipulate humans.

"I am told you possess strong magical capabilities?" He said, taking a seat on the couch across from her. Sebas remained at his side, his eyes avoiding hers. Ninya nodded, flinching internally at the small grin that appeared on his face.

"Excellent, you may prove some worth to the cause. You shall be staying here from now on" he said, standing up abruptly. Ninya lowered her head again, waiting until he had exited the room. As the last of his tail disappeared out of view she let out the breath she had been holding in, Sebas also seemed to be relieved.

"I am sorry for worrying you" he said, genuine sincerity in his voice. Ninya blushed and shook her head.

"It's fine Sebas-sama, your superior is very scary." She said, fiddling with the hem of her clothing.

"He's filling in for my superior right now, so to speak." Said Sebas. Though Touch-Me-sama was his true superior, the lack of him, Momonga and even Albedo led to Demiurge giving the orders. Ninya wanted to ask more questions about the lizard man, but was struggling to formulate a question that wouldn't offend him.

"Is that man… human?" She asked, though it was evident he wasn't. Sebas shook his head and looked to the empty doorway.

"He's what you would called a demon, more specifically an imp."

Ninya's eyes widened in shock. The idea of demi-humans was nothing new, goblins, ogres that kind of thing. She had even heard the tales of lizard men living out in the swamp lands. But demons were a thing of myth, mostly used to scare children into behaving by their mothers. The fact that she had seen a live one made her feel light-headed.

She looked up at Sebas, the man who had saved her life. Perhaps she shouldn't have been surprised, for such an amazing man to exist there were surely other things she had yet to see. Taking into consideration that Sebas's superior was not human, she doubted Sebas was even human as well. The strength he had showed was beyond the realm of heroes. Taking a chance, she asked him.

"Are you human Sebas?"

Sebas was slightly taken aback by the comment, though the conclusion that Sebas was not human was easy to reach, he had not expected Ninya to be so blunt in her questioning.

He knelt down on the floor in front of her and held up one of his hands to her face. She jumped back a little as red plating began to cover his hand, the texture was rough and jagged, nothing like human skin.

"I am Draconian." He said, nodding as Ninya reached her hands out to touch. She seemed fascinated by his hand and was running her fingers lightly over the scales. The Draconian race was widely known across the land, though Ninya had never seen one in person. Their country was located in the middle of demi-human lands, not a place for humans to be.

"You don't seem scared?" Sebas asked, after mentioning that Demiurge was a demon, Ninya was visibly scared. However, at the mention that Sebas was a dragon, she was more interested than anything else.

"I've never seen anyone of the Draconian race before, only heard of them." She said.

"There's others?" Sebas asked but immediately regretted it. Ninya looked up from his hands to his face, her eyebrows furrowed.

"Are you not from there?"

Sebas shook his head, he hadn't even heard of the Draconian kingdom until now.

"It's apparently a wonderful place, the queen that rules is said to be only a child, but a ruthless leader" Ninya seemed excited as she talked about all of it. Sebas was relieved, though the physical damage done to her could be healed, the emotional damage of having lost two of her close friends would remain.

Before anyone could utter a word of warning Kiel's sword swung down on the defenceless maid's back, slicing a path through her clothing and into the skin. Though Kiel was adamantly against attacking, let alone killing, women, he did not feel a need to hold back. Kiel, however, was not able to finish his swing. The path he had cut through the maid's back was mending itself back together faster than Kiel could cut, stopping his blade just above her right hip. With the sword still lodged in her hip Solution came to a halt, turning around slowly and grinning like she had won a prize. Kiel's sword was yanked from his hand, sinking deeper into her skin before the hilt disappeared.

"Oh dear." She said, reaching a hand inside of herself and pulling out the sword.

"Were you looking for this?" She asked, sticking the bottom of the sword into the dirt and resting her hands on the hilt. The rest of the maids had already stopped, turning back so that they stood in line with Solution. Though Yuri Alpha regretted having to kill them, it could not be allowed for one to harm a creation of the Supreme Beings without paying for it with their life.

Kiel backed up slowly, almost tripping over Brita who was still kneeling on the ground.

"Draw your bow" he whispered to her, sliding a knife out of his belt and holding it close. Brita remained unmoving, her eyes still staring blankly ahead. Kiel clicked his tongue, perhaps if she could at least run she might survive. As bad as the situation was, Kiel did not feel bad for condemning his group to death. At least the rest of his group would become aware of their death and word might get out if Rose or Brita could survive.

"Rose, take Brita and run"

Rose looked away from the maids, and glared at Kiel. She was not one to run from a fight.

"Do it. You're the fastest, someone needs to alert the rest" he hissed. He wasn't going to take no for an answer. Before he could shout at her to leave she kicked into action, grabbing Brita underneath the arm and dragging her back the way they had came. The smallest of the maids raised one of her silver weapons as if to strike at the women running away. Kiel threw his dagger towards her, though it was his only weapon left it was worth giving Rose those few extra seconds to escape. The maid with red hair in ponytails batted it away with her staff, giving a fake sigh with her other hand. Kiel looked back to the two other members of his group, Julian and Evert. Though they remained, Kiel could tell they were scared. The swords they held in their hands were shaking, a single strike would easily knock them to the ground.

"You guys could run as well. Four of you running, there's a good chance at least one of you will make it back." Though Kiel was willing to take on the maids, he doubted he could hold them long for himself. Even if all four of the group were running there wasn't a very good chance of them surviving if the maids tracked them down immediately.

"No way Kiel, you're sticking around and so are we" said Julian.

"We gotta' give Rose and Brita a chance to escape, eh?" Added Evert, his sword resting on his shoulder. The three of them stepped up, with Kiel facing down against the two maids on the right, Julian in the middle and Evert on the left. Kiel couldn't help but shudder at the look the blonde maid was giving him, like a predator stalking its prey.

Kiel awaited his fate, with no weapon available to him he could only hope to at least delay his death to increase the distance between them and Rose. To his surprise the blonde threw the sword she had taken from him back. He caught it in one hand and lowered it to the ground.

"It's not going to do me any good, is it?" He asked, a part of the blade seemed to be corroded by some kind of acid. Solution smiled and shook her head, slowly walking towards him. The black haired maid at her side waited patiently behind, she was in no mood to disturb her sisters feast.

Kiel decided to walk up as well, maybe he could catch her with another surprise attack? No, that wouldn't work. He would merely lose his sword again. Perhaps attacking a different area this time might work. The head? Too obvious. Kiel kept his sword lowered, striking for the legs would at least disable his opponent, that is, if it even worked in the first place.

The distance between them was rapidly closing so Kiel broke into a sprint, swinging his sword towards her mid-section and quickly bringing it down towards her feet as she moved to block it. Unfortunately for Kiel, the sword broke on impact, pieces of metal clattered against the floor harmlessly and Solution brought her hand down, clasping around his neck. He struggled to remove himself from her grip but it was useless. She was extremely strong.

"Have you ever seen someone eaten alive?" She asked, her eyes boring down on his. He was unable to say anything and held onto her hand with both of his. The stench of burning flesh assaulted Kiel's nose as some kind of yellowish orb emerged from Solution's chest. To Kiel's horror, the orb looked up revealing the melted flesh of a human face, two empty eyes staring at him. The hole where it's mouth had been let out a scream, its last dying sound.

"Such a shame, he didn't last very long." She said, pulling Kiel towards her bosom. Kiel looked over in desperation to see if his allies were coming to help, alas the two men had already fallen. Julian was riddled with holes, smoke rising from the silver weapon held by the short maid with the long scarf. Evert had taken one of Yuri Alpha's fists to the stomach and died on impact, his internal organs rupturing. With no one left to help him Kiel began to bash on her chest and arm with his fists but found they also became stuck in her, his feet following shortly. She began to slowly absorb him, the sadistic grin never leaving her face.

As all but his head was inside of her she let go of his neck, letting him cry out in horror before he sunk beneath the surface.

"Did you have to do it so slowly?" Asked Yuri Alpha, using the dead adventurer's clothing in front of her to clean off the blood from her gauntlets and leaving the rest of him for Entoma, whom promptly set upon devouring him.

"Go find the girls" Yuri commanded, looking over at Shizu and Lupusregina. The two maids nodded and leapt off in their direction. Yuri gestured for Narberal to follow, leaving just Entoma, Solution and Yuri to clean up. The bandit, Brain, that Yuri had been carried from the encampment was beginning to stir on the ground where she had dropped him.

Rose had heard the scream that Kiel had let out before it was cut short. The maids were most likely after them now, making it all the more urgent that they run. Brita was slowing her down, Rose knew that. But she couldn't just leave the poor girl there to die.

"You need to run with me Brita or we're going to die!" She shouted, still dragging her friend. Brita was still out of it, since running away from the fight she had yet to say a word or even look at Rose.

"Kiel is dead, and if you don't focus, we'll be next" she hissed, stopping just short of the forest edge to look around. Surely the rest of the party should've been waiting nearby.

"You wouldn't be running from us, now would you?" A voice called out. Rose froze, it wasn't one of their group. Lupusregina ended her stealth, her nose just about touching Roses's. The archer leapt back, falling over something that was lying on the ground. She peered forward, realizing that it was the body of their leader, Munji. Looking around Rose realized that the rest of the adventurer group was here, their corpses lying around her in the field. She looked up at Lupusregina in anger and threw herself at her. Lupus sidestepped the tackle and stabbed the end of her staff into Rose's left leg, pinning her to the ground. Brita could only look on from the sidelines, unaware as the other two maids approached her.

"Need a little help?" Lupusregina chuckled, removing the staff and twirling it around so that the end was facing up. She ran her tongue up and down, coating her lips with blood. She didn't seem to be very pleased with her results and spat the blood back out onto Rose.

"I don't know how Entoma and Solution stomach the taste, it's horrible." She said, carelessly swinging the staff around and causing it to stab into Rose again, this time breaking through her ribcage and narrowly missing her heart.

"Sorry" she said, the smile dropping from her face for a moment as she healed Rose, the staff still buried in her chest. The skin mended around it and the broken ribs healed back. When the spell was complete and Rose could breathe again Lupusregina ripped the staff out, re-breaking the bones and ripping the skin open again. The scream Rose let out broke Brita out of her stupor.

"Just kill her already. Ants should be crushed quickly and carelessly." Said Narberal, resting the sharp blade of her staff at Brita's neck. Lupusregina rose the staff above her head and swung down, the blunt circle came rushing down onto Rose, smashing her face into the ground.

"No!" Brita shouted, pushing off the ground and trying to grasp Lupusregina. She cried out in pain as Narberal stabbed her in the shoulder to stop her from moving.

"Shut up and die you pathetic human" she spat, preparing to electrically charge her staff in order to fry Brita.

"Watch out!" Shizu shouted, raising her weapon and a firing a bullet off into the distance, Narberal looked up from the snivelling girl in front of her at the bright flash of light.

"Demiurge!" Albedo screamed, alerting the imp who had been delivering Cocytus and Aura their new orders.

"Yes Albedo-sama?" He asked, worried at the distress in her voice. Keeping her stable was his second priority, after finding Momonga-sama of course.

"Narberal Gamma" she screamed, shoving the list of guardians into his face. Demiurge scanned the holo-screen until he came across her name, which was flashing red. He pressed his finger down on her name, prompting a box to pop up on the screen. Demiurge froze, reading the message aloud.

"Narberal Gamma has rebelled"