"Thud!"
This was the sound of a dagger piercing into a human body.
The sound wasn't loud, especially when surrounded by numerous noisy arguments.
It could be said that it completely failed to reach the ears of those around.
However, though the sound didn't spread, the scene of that noble House of Lords member being killed was clearly reflected in the eyes of everyone present.
The crowd froze for an instant, then erupted into even more clamorous chaos.
"Murder!"
"You bastard, you dare kill His Lordship the Earl..."
"Stop pushing me!"
In the middle of the tiered seating, the crowd descended into complete disorder.
Some wanted to run outside, some wanted to push forward, and most just stood in place in bewildered confusion.
However, the chaotic scene only lasted for a very short time before becoming even more chaotic.
From Duke Negan's perspective, it was as if the crowd had suddenly gone mad!
Panic, hatred, anger, survival instinct... countless intense emotions surged across everyone's faces.
They argued, they cursed, their eyes turned red, they attacked each other.
Fists, folders, pens and paper... everyone became like beasts who had lost their reason, beginning to indiscriminately attack those beside them.
Guards standing nearby rushed over, trying to maintain order, but were quickly assimilated by this atmosphere and began slaughtering each other.
"Bang!"
Before long, even gunfire rang out, and more and more people lost their reason.
"Silence!"
Duke Negan frowned and shouted loudly.
At this point, he'd be too foolish if he still hadn't noticed something was wrong.
His angry shout echoed throughout Westminster Hall.
Though not particularly loud, it seemed to carry an unquestionable force, reaching everyone's ears clearly and heavily.
The people stirred, stopping as if bound by invisible rules.
But soon, they began moving again. Not only that, their attention all focused on Duke Negan as they began to converge on him.
The tide of people was like ocean waves, surging and seemingly endless.
Duke Negan's bodyguards immediately rushed forward, blocking in front of him.
However, when facing the swarm of people flooding toward them, they seemed helpless, unable to strike with lethal force.
Because among these people were a large number of members of parliament with noble status, not people they could casually harm.
Otherwise, after the fact, the related accountability would make them suffer greatly.
Even Duke Negan was unwilling to create so many enemies within the noble circles!
Fortunately, at this moment, Duke Negan's blonde secretary stepped forward and took action.
He wore white gloves and had a slender build that looked somewhat frail. But his actions genuinely changed the situation.
The blonde secretary extended his left palm forward, suddenly clenched it tight, and twisted his wrist.
"Boom!"
The tide of people suddenly collapsed, and chaos became the master here.
The people caught in madness no longer pursued Negan to attack him but instead fell into complete disarray.
Some attacked each other, some stood in place in a daze, some ran elsewhere... in short, complete chaos!
"Your Grace, please evacuate with us immediately."
Taking this opportunity, the blonde secretary said to Duke Negan.
"Alright."
Faced with this situation, Duke Negan naturally had no objections.
A crowd of bodyguards surrounded him, protecting him in the very center, and evacuated toward the outside of Westminster Hall.
The face of a certain Beyonder positioned toward the rear of the group showed obvious tension.
Suddenly, his face contorted, and without warning he raised his revolver, aiming at Duke Negan's back.
"Bang!"
Gunfire suddenly rang out, the bullet aimed precisely at Negan's heart.
The tall and stout Duke Negan let out a muffled grunt.
His back instantly erupted in bright red blood flowers, and his whole body pitched forward.
The chaotic crowd hadn't harmed him, yet he had been attacked by his own guard.
"Your Grace!"
The guards cried out in alarm, subduing that bodyguard while the rest rushed to support Duke Negan.
"Cough, cough..."
Duke Negan gasped with difficulty, his life force seeming to rapidly drain away.
However, just at the moment he was about to die, his eyes regained their luster, and with everyone's help he stood up.
He took out a strange doll from his jacket pocket. The doll's upper body was already tattered and torn.
Duke Negan hadn't died because of this.
As a great noble, it was only natural that he had life-saving measures!
At the same time, on the second floor.
"This is bad! We need to get down there quickly. Kons! Kons?"
Seeing the chaotic scene below, Levi turned to call his team member.
But the other party didn't respond. When he turned his head, he discovered that the young man had long since disappeared.
What he didn't know was that the demon Noss was sitting somewhere on the second floor, watching the people below with amused eyes.
"Look, Kons, the so-called nobles are just ordinary people who can be easily manipulated by us," Noss said to the original body in his mind.
"Only by becoming a higher-sequence Beyonder can you shed these defects and gradually approach divinity.
As long as you're willing to make a deal and sacrifice your soul to me..."
"I'm going to kill you!"
The response he received was Kons's angry and hateful cursing in his mind.
"Still unwilling to agree? How regrettable."
Noss shrugged, then leaped down from the second floor.
"Whoosh!"
During his descent, his body surface began to be covered by pitch-black liquid.
That viscous, dark liquid seemed saturated with humanity's most extreme and intense emotions and desires.
Even a single glance would shake a person's spirit!
"Splat."
The demon Noss's figure dropped onto the platform, landing before the crowd protecting Duke Negan.
He wore an amused expression, with the chaotic and maddened crowd as his backdrop. Intense desires materialized into his form.
He was the demon walking among mortals.
"Demigod!"
For the first time, unease appeared on the blonde secretary's calm face, his voice high-pitched and terrified.
Among Duke Negan's guards, his own level was the highest, but he was only Sequence 5.
Facing a demigod, there was absolutely no possibility of victory!
"Who are you? Who sent you to assassinate me?"
Anger and fear burned in Duke Negan's eyes. He had no idea who was so obsessed with killing him!
"Heh heh..."
The demon Noss naturally wouldn't respond but only chuckled lightly and extended a finger.
"Death!"
He shouted out a filthy curse with a voice like decaying vocal cords.
However, the blonde secretary suddenly rushed forward, blocking this strike for the duke. With the determination to face death, he stood between the two.
The two quickly engaged in battle, and the secretary was clearly no match.
Seeing this scene, Duke Negan removed the ornament hanging from his neck... it was a deep blue, thumb-sized conch shell.
This conch shell came from the Storm Church and was a tool given to him after the last assassination attempt.
As long as he blew it, the "Spellsinger of God" Ace Snake would rush to the scene at the fastest speed!
He took a deep breath, then blew into the conch with all his might!
"Whoosh!"
The sound of tides immediately rippled out from the conch shell, flying toward the direction of St. Wind Cathedral.
However, just as it was about to fly out of Westminster Hall, the demon suddenly pointed at the sound of the tide.
"Whoosh..."
And so, the tide that was originally flying toward St. Wind Cathedral turned around in a different direction, flying back dizzy and confused to Duke Negan's side.
The rules of space had been modified by invisible force, causing his call for help to completely lose its effect!