Chapter 54.2
A few days after Bash’s departure, the Succubus Nation was enveloped in a somber atmosphere.
The long-lasting rain had ceased. What remained, however, were the remnants of the disturbances, the tarnished succubus pride, and the destroyed Sanctuary.
The sanctuary was an important place for the succubi. For a long time, they had been taught to protect it, and they had obeyed. Although the details of its purpose had not been passed down, there were many succubi who considered it an object of faith.
And that had been lost.
Succubi were a relatively short-sighted species. Therefore, they could forget everything within a few years. But regardless, most of them now looked the same as the day they accepted peace after losing the war.
Especially Curly Kale, the succubus queen, seemed particularly depressed. What the succubi had defended for so many years had been lost in her generation. She had even lost her subordinates, who had been with her for many years, due to her careless instructions. Remorse had made her feel blocked, and her fine wrinkles had increased.
“Haa…” She had let her guard down because the war had ended. They had been too careless. Somewhere in her mind, she thought they couldn’t sink any lower.
She was wrong. She knew that, didn’t she? Defeat attracts defeat. It was because they had lost, because the present was painful, that the only thing they could do was accept it.
She didn’t know the details of why the sanctuary had been destroyed. According to a report from the scouts, who were sent back because the extermination group had not yet returned, it seemed that those who killed the succubi and devastated the sanctuary showed signs of having fought Bash. They didn’t know how the battle ended. However, the only bodies found were those of the succubi guarding the sanctuary, and there were no corpses of Bash or his companions.