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The gargoyle, completely oblivious to the complete wreckage about to befall the unfortunate beast, turns around to reply to Marcia's answer earnestly.
"Well, I'd really rec'mend one o' dem....wot wuz it....pro-say-kos? One dem fancy wines, dem fancy tarts with silver spoons shoved up 'er arses with fizzy bubbles and stuff."

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Lilian administers a vulnerary to their erstwhile savior to heal their wounds.

If by erstwhile savior, you meant 'guy who almost single-handedly carried you through a room full of demons and got taken out only by a cheap shot', if by vulnerary, you meant 'budget defibrillator that was about as effective as praying to Serena for a sunny day' and if by heal, you meant 'accidentally induce carnal fantasies in their mind using your Succubus powers'.

Lilian applies a Vulnerary to Kazuto!
Kazuto is healed for 5 HP!

As Shoes rams the gargoyle with his mighty stick of demon-killing, the dream works its magic.

(Shoes' hooves thunder!)
(Shoes has equine rage!)

Shoes initiates!
Hit Rate: 91 to hit
Hit: 33, hit!
Gargoyle of Wrath D takes 9 damage!

Gargoyle of Wrath D retaliates!
Hit Rate: 68 to hit
Hit: 90, miss!

Shoes strikes again!
Hit Rate: 91 to hit
Hit: 100, miss!

The Succubi are the Demon Race of Lust, the collective daughters (and occasional sons) of Asmodeus Luxuria Zirconia, the Lady of Lust, the Tempter and the Queen of Succubi. Other mages might be able to induce dreams, but the Succubi specialised in the creation of dreams; this burgeoning field of dream creation, dubbed 'oneiromancy' by more modern-minded Revivians, has occasionally been exploited to create the finest of distractions for weary adventurers, or to recreate the so-called video games that Kaisei so dearly wishes they could have made. This last field was, of course, superseded by the rise of the Guild of Trisitia and the creation of the hit game Clash of Legends, but a history lesson into the burgeoning gaming industry of Generia is a matter for another time and another episode.

In the case of Succubi, however, the dreams they create are hardly family friendly. Lilian being Lilian, she hardly realised she was using it; given more time and conscious control, a Succubus can tailor a dream and every single element within it to make it the perfect carnal fantasy for the dreamer. But Lilian wasn't exactly controlling the dream, nor was she even aware she was using it. When not properlly controlled, even by the Succubi, those masters of oneiromancy, a dream can rapidly lose coherence, and even a dream created for erotic purposes can rapidly lose that initial purpose, descending into utter chaos and disintegrating into a puff of wish fulfilment, half-remembered shenanigans and the sort of ass-backwards moon logic that would make the slimiest, most loophole-abusing of lawyers roll their eyes in contempt.

For poor Kazuto Kirishima, this essentially meant that, one half-remembered horrific blur of a dream involving his old girlfriend, Asuna Yuuki (fortunately for him both a symptom of his unfortunate wish and not the same personage as Asuna Ito) and the entire library of Toho's daikaiju films later, he woke up in a complete blur, wide-eyed and very much alert.

"Holy FUCK what the HELL what was that?! What did you do to me?!"

While Lilian blissfully ignores Kazuto's protests to take a gargoyle down, Selene finishes the patching up.

Selene heals Kazuto!
Kazuto is healed for 19 HP!

Selene's allergies kick up!
Selene loses 5 HP!

Lilian initiates!
Hit Rate: 91 to hit
Hit: 75, hit!
Critical: 1, crit!
(Attack is super-effective!)
Gargoyle of Wrath D takes 54 damage!

Gargoyle of Wrath D is defeated!

And the poor gargoyle barely even knew what hit it.

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Meanwhile, 42-1 continues on about his healing duties, completely oblivious to the shenanigans going on in the other room.

42-1 heals Rosencrantz!
Rosencrantz is healed for 17 HP!

Live to Serve activates!
42-1 is healed for 8 HP!

Wide Lens activates!
Jarvis is healed for 5 HP!

"Thanks, I owe you one. Wasn't too badly banged up, but you can never be too careful."
XP: 28/100

10-9

"My, my, there's no need to be so hasty, milady. What you feel and what we know are entirely separate."
Emma sighs. It wasn't that long since what had happened, happened, and she had genuine respect for the deceased monarchs, but even so, jumping the gun wasn't going to solve the case of their murders any faster.
"Our investigation alone may be enough to force their hand to begin with. With the country in chaos, the likelihood is any attempt to investigate them will be faced with lethal force."
"Prince Gunvald is right, we should keep our eyes open to all possibilities."

F11, stabbo Footpad

Loot C, canto to 15,8

First Class Level 2.

6, 14, 30, 19, 49, 11, 97, 30

42-1 gains HP, STR, MAG, SKL, LCK, and SPD.

69, 3, -, 17, 68, 63, 38, 24

Asuna gains STR, SKL, and SPD.

7, 15, -, 98, 32, 16, 60, 12

Jenkins gains HP, STR, DEF, and SPD.

49, 1, -, 52, 24, 56, 66, 13

Jarvis gains HP, STR, SKL, and SPD.

8, -, 48, 31, 34, Auto, Auto, 84

Keilee gains HP, DEF, and RES.

16, 23, -, 96, 16, 46, 79, 60

Keith gains HP, STR, DEF, and SPD.

81, 44, -, 75, 63, 27, 38, 42

Lilian gains LCK, RES, and SPD.

Auto, -, -, 37, -, 53, 83, -

Marcia gains HP, SKL, and RES.

20, 59, 1, 60, 48, 10, 36, 20

Rosencrantz gains HP, STR, MAG, SKL, LCK, DEF, RES and SPD.

92, -, 21, 75, 55, 26, 48, 27

Selene gains MAG, LCK, RES, and SPD.

59, -, 11, 18, -, 8, 4, 20

Serena gains HP, MAG, SKL, DEF, RES, and SPD.

45, 30, - 50, 38, 3, 7, 21

Shoes gains HP, STR, SKL, LCK, DEF, RES, and SPD.

70, 27, 31, 18, 31, 21, 20, 50

Vlad gains HP, MAG, SKL, LCK, DEF, RES, and SPD.

48, 33, -, 25, 5, 24, 13, 54

Yliss gains HP, STR, SKL, LCK, DEF, RES, and SPD.

42-1 conducts literal healbotting.

42-1 heals Asuna!
Asuna regains 16 HP!

Vlad appeals to the nascent metal fan within 42-1. That is, if 42-1 had any concept of "fandom" or "music preferences".

Vlad performs 42-1!
42-1 may move again!

With the power of metal surging within 42-1's heart, 42-1.....decides to heal some more. Well, we can't all be vampire pro-wrestlers.

42-1 heals Keith!
Keith regains 16 HP

~Allies' Turn~
Whatever Freya did to Kazuto, it certainly wasn't "make him terrible at swordfighting".

Kazuto initiates!
Hit Rate: 87 to hit
Hit: 34, hit!
Minor Magus of Envy A takes 18 damage!

Minor Magus of Envy A is defeated!

~Enemies' Turn~
"I'm not that easy to beat, boy! Come on, you little SHIT!"
Orobas goes for an uppercut to knock Keith's lights out, rushing at him with surprising speed and strength for a man who looks old even for a demon.

(Vlad's Daunt activates!)
(Jarvis' Charisma activates!)

Orobas initiates!
Hit Rate: 62 to hit
Hit: 3, hit!
Keith takes 8 damage!

Keith retaliates!
Hit Rate: 97 to hit
Hit: 9, hit!
Critical: 4, crit!
Orobas takes 27 damage!

Orobas is defeated!

The uppercut jars Keith a little bit, but not enough, not nearly enough. Vampire physiology being what it is, it wasn't that easy to disrupt a vampire, even if you had demonic strength, and so all the uppercut does to Keith is stagger him for a brief moment. His hand still manages to grab onto Orobas' outstretched arm in the chaos, and Keith's elbow finds its mark, smashing Orobas in the nose, sending a spurt of blood gushing out. Keith attempts to lift Orobas over his shoulder, like all the other wrestling moves he'd used, hoisting him up.

However, that particular manoeuvre had relied on his opponents being a fair bit smaller and less muscular than he was.

Orobas was not more muscular than Keith was, but taller. He was, all in all, far bigger than most of Keith's Japanese opponents.

The old demon recovers from the initial elbow to the face in time to stop Keith's attempt dead, and wrenches Keith's head into a headlock, pulling Keith's head down using his pure weight. Indeed, Keith finds his hold suddenly quite reversed on him, with Orobas attempting to find the right grip, the right spot to lift Keith up and visit his own medicine upon him.
"Don't you try that Revivian wrestling crap on me, boy! Who the HELL do you think you're trying to pick up, huh?!"
This seems like a pickly situation, except....

(Vlad's Daunt activates!)
(Jarvis' Charisma activates!)
(Asuna is going at the speed of Go Fuck Yourself!)

Lycia initiates!
Hit Rate: 63 to hit
Hit: 64, miss!

Asuna retaliates!
Hit Rate: Irrelevant
Hit: Autohit!
Lycia takes 7 damage!

Lycia is defeated!

Lycia seems to purposely whiff his attack on Asuna; whether it was out of weariness, fear of Asuna, or just plain exhaustion with this whole mess, Asuna can't quite tell. Asuna, having very little mercy, albeit enough not to kill Lycia, obliges and "simply" sends him flying with a single punch, sending the werewolf skittering towards the palace wall. Orobas takes one moment to look away at his injured partner.

"Lycia! You pricks-"

But that moment is all Keith needs.

Landing a kick on Orobas' leg, the vampire manages to break out of Orobas' grasp, smashing another elbow into the old demon's face as he pulls himself back to his feet. This time, with some difficulty, he pulls off the Mountain Hammer, for the first time (that he remembers) in over twenty years.

Not for the first time, Keith has regained the glory he had as the American Wolfhound.

Orobas is sent crashing towards the ground, the air knocked out of him, along with his remaining fight. The old demon grunts, lying prone on the ground as Lycia stumbles up towards him, limping along and wrenching his partner onto his back, spitting out the lockpicks he was holding earlier. The old demon turns to Keith weakly, glaring at him.

"You....haven't seen the last of me.....boy. I'll be....getting my rematch soon enough...."

Lycia shuts him up by limping away with him, towards the castle's exit, offering Jarvis and Asuna an apologetic look as he does so. The other demons with Orobas look at each other, before following suit, leaving with their vanquished boss.

You have a feeling that really isn't the last you'll be seeing of him.

The leading demons of the expedition finally take notice of what's going on.

"...was that...of course. I saw this coming the whole time. Orobas Centimani Lucifea. How typical."
"Lucifea? He was....one of Lucifer's? I had assumed that his true alleigance was with Lord Mammon."
"He insisted on going on this mission hoping to find some vampire. I protested, but Lord Mammon insisted that I bring as many skilled fighters on this mission as possible. How frustrating. I knew of his tendencies already, and only took him against my better judgement."
"....I see. Orobas Centimani Lucifea......how the great fall."
"At the very least, I hope he did something useful before he and his mutt failed to do anything of importance."

Orobas and Lycia are defeated!

x5 Lockpick acquired!
400 rhea acquired!

Meanwhile, the demons in the kitchen realise what, exactly, they're up against, and act accordingly.

Minor Magus of Envy B initiates!
Hit Rate: 91 to hit
Hit: 14, hit!
Kazuto takes 8 damage!

Kazuto cannot retaliate!

Gargoyle of Wrath C initiates!
Hit Rate: 84 to hit
Hit: 20, hit!
Kazuto takes 8 damage!

Kazuto retaliates!
Hit Rate: 72 to hit
Hit: 67, hit!
Gargoyle of Wrath C takes 11 damage!

Kazuto strikes again!
Hit Rate: 72 to hit!
Hit: 20, hit!
Gargoyle of Wrath C takes 11 damage!

Gargoyle of Wrath C is defeated!

(Kazuto dual wields the blades of Fuck Off!)

Gargoyle of Wrath C initiates!
Hit Rate: 84 to hit
Hit: 78, hit!
Kazuto takes 8 damage!

Kazuto is downed!

Kazuto is forced onto his knees, and with him incapacitated, it doesn't look too great for the succubus sisters in the kitchen. At least help seems to be on the way, and he's taken care of many of the demons already in there.

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XP: 11/100

"R-right!"
Karin whips her lance around, preparing to run someone through. At least, that was the idea. Hopefully she didn't have to run someone through, but hey, that hasn't exactly been the norm recently.