As Miss Anat walked through the garden, she realized that there was no more noise in the manor, not even the sound of insects chirping on a summer night. As she got closer to the mansion, she saw the guests who were attending the outdoor banquet lying on the ground, sleeping, but they were not in danger for the time being.
It looks like wearing a mask is no longer necessary.
Shade used the Blood Echo to observe again and found that everyone had blood-colored lines on their bodies, but he and Miss Anat did not. This world is really very dangerous for ordinary people.
"Although the ceremony has not yet fully begun, its power has already begun to affect the surroundings. This is beyond the expectations of the Association and the Orthodox Church, but it is also good. If we fight, we don't have to avoid ordinary people."
Miss Anat explained.
The closer you get to the mansion, the more you can smell the sweet smell in the air. When you actually get to the outskirts of the mansion, you can even see that the vines that originally clung to the wall have grown blood-red weird flowers. Miss Anat even picked two of them and claimed that they were rare extraordinary materials.
While Shade hid behind the hedges to "think about life" and wait for things to end, the mansion was not at peace. Although Mrs. Lasoya of "Mercury Blood" was accidentally trapped by the doctor and others, and the man in the burgundy suit was looking for "revenge" from Shade, in addition to this organization, the followers of the evil god Blood Feast Lord also entered Lakeview Manor. Moreover, the cultists were actually responsible for the main part of the ceremony of the evil god's advent, and "Mercury Blood" was just providing assistance.
One side desires the things of the evil god, while the other side desires the evil god to come. It can be said that each side gets what it needs.
The ring warlocks of the Orthodox Church were the first to come into contact with the cultists, who triggered the ritual prematurely when they saw that things were not going well.
Dr. Schneider, on the other hand, took a step ahead and contacted Mrs. Lazoya directly. After all, he only knew that this guy of unknown gender was a member of Mercury Blood.
Because of this accident, Dr. Schneider now met Mrs. Lazoya in the banquet hall on the third floor of the mansion, while the Orthodox Church team was fighting the cultists on the lower floors. Later, Father Augustus and Miss Louisa were forced to stay on the third floor because they wanted to find a doctor.
Miss Annat left the mansion not to escape the battle, but because she had a clerical-level relic in her hand that required two ring sorcerers to use.
"We are going to use this relic to defeat Lady Lazoya?"
While walking hurriedly, Xia De asked the female fortune teller about the plan.
"Of course not. We need to use this relic to determine the nodes of the evil god's descent ceremony and destroy those main nodes. Otherwise, once the evil god descends, we will not be able to escape even if we defeat many people. The appearance of the Lord of the Blood Feast will destroy the entire Tobesk. Every time this evil god appears, he will definitely launch a blood feast and devour at least an entire city."
Miss Annat seemed to be quite familiar with the structure of the Lake View Manor. She led Shad into the building through the kitchen vegetable entrance at the back of the mansion. Then she used the small staircase used by the servants, avoiding the unknown first and second floors, and went directly to the third floor.
Coming from the staircase to the corridor, in the increasingly thick blood mist, the magnificent passage seemed to be decorated with gold, but in fact it was just the elegant gas lampshades on the wall that deliberately scattered such light. The red carpet stretched from one end of the corridor to the other, and the walls were hung with exquisite and expensive portraits.
The doors are all made of yellow solid wood, which, together with the smooth floor tiles and the tiled corridor walls, demonstrate the owner's wealth.
It was extremely quiet here, as if no one was there. Xia De instinctively felt the danger. In the silence on the third floor, it seemed that there was an indescribable thing in the dark watching the people in the light. This feeling of danger was even more terrifying than the man in the burgundy suit.
Even though the Lord of the Blood Feast has not appeared yet, the power has already unconsciously affected mortals.
"The evil god's descent ceremony is held on the third floor, so the manor owner, Little Clown, who was bewitched by the evil cultists, drove away everyone on the third floor in advance. Now the church's ring sorcerers are downstairs, and the five major orthodox churches in the Tobesk Archdiocese all have ring sorcerers above the tenth ring. Although they don't know that the ceremony has been started in advance, according to past practice, they will arrive within fifteen minutes."
The city of Tobesk is the capital of the Kingdom of Draerion, one of the largest human kingdoms. It is a veritable archdiocese, and even has a thirteen-ring sorcerer stationed here. He is Sari Pirot, the "Iron Right Hand" under the command of the Goddess of Creation, an old man in his fifties.
"So how long will it take for the ritual to take effect?"
Shad asked.
"Seven minutes."
"Um?"
He blinked, suspecting he had heard it wrong, but Miss Annat confirmed that he had heard it right:
"Yes, our luck is very bad. We are the only ones who can stop the ritual now. But fortunately, Mercury Blood and the cultists are all tied up, so no one will stop our actions. We are safe."
She noticed that Shade had stopped:
"Are you scared, Detective?"
Shade shook his head:
"I just wonder why we become the saviors? Rationally speaking, this is the mission of the church."
Miss Annat's purple eyes showed a smile, she did not show the slightest fear:
"They were entangled by a premeditated plot, and the other party did not expect that there was still an academic ring sorcerer. Detective, we live in this city, in this world, and are originally part of it. Some things can be avoided, but some things cannot be avoided. The evil god summoned by the ritual did not rely on humans to appear in the form of a saint, but the real body... This is a disaster, no one can escape."
"I know. Since I've followed you here, I won't run away."
The fortune teller smiled softly:
"If it wasn't something of this magnitude, we would have to flee, but we really can't get away this time. But don't worry, we are just doing the best we can, and those with bad luck have been pushed to the front. Now we are the only ones who can move freely. Although it sounds dangerous, it is actually very safe. The Ring Warlock Team of the Orthodox Church bears the most dangerous missions."
She stomped her foot with the heels of her high heels that had been knocked off, signaling the people fighting downstairs.
Xia De looked at her feet. Because he was wearing a mask, this action was particularly obvious, so he was slapped by the embarrassed woman.
In the fashion of this era, ladies could even cut their evening gowns to show a small part of their backs, but showing their legs was something only prostitutes would do. And staring at ladies' feet was naturally quite impolite.