Looking away from the oil painting, he came to the stairs on the first floor, and finally heard the sound of talking upstairs. Not one person, but a group of people, it seems that the guests at the banquet are all upstairs.
Xia De walked up a few steps, looked up at the corner of the stairs, and found that there were five or six guards guarding the stairs, and two of them were ring magicians.
So he took off the mask and turned it into a toy, put it in his pocket, and then used [Moon Shadow's Illusion] to let those strange silver mist flow upwards. The silver mist of the illusion is invisible until it works, and Shade manipulates them to form a fog wall at the stairs. Then he stomped on the ground and made a sound, and the moment the guards took the initiative to pass through the fog wall, his body disappeared and appeared behind the guards.
He lowered his head and played with his Rhodes card, walking towards the crowd, no one noticed Xia De's arrival.
The second floor is very lively, the aroma of food mixed with the smell of perfume makes people feel happy, the band in the corner is still playing soft dance music, and the mermaid-shaped gas lamps on the surrounding walls make the whole banquet place look bright.
People looked panicked, but social activities were normal, whether they were decent gentlemen or ladies in fashionable dresses.
Xia De tidied up his clothes, entered the crowd, and then easily inquired about what happened here, and deduced what happened in the first half of the night.
At around ten o'clock a few hours ago, the Aurora manor was attacked by the marlins just like Sophia's mansion. But unlike the unity inside Sophia's mansion, spies from the Scarlet Esoteric Cult disguised as guests had already been mixed into this banquet, which led to the attackers successfully breaking into the mansion and blocking the way in and out with relics.
Fortunately, under the resistance of the ring magicians of the Church of Nature, the princess' guards, the guards hired by the Aurora family, and the bodyguards of a few guests, the gun battle lasted for nearly 20 minutes, and the manor had the upper hand.
The ugly enemy who is now attacking the manor occupies the basement and wine cellar of the manor, while the guests of the banquet are active on the second floor and above. After discovering that no one could leave the manor, the ring warlocks of the Church of Nature found the owner of the manor, and Miss Aurora announced that they had contacted the police. Now it is dangerous down below, so please wait on the second floor.
So the panicked people gathered together, and the ugly enemies in the basement didn't try to come up to attack humans.
"That's why there is no one on the first floor. The bloodstains I saw were left over from the battle in the first half of the night. It seems that the ceremony was held in the wine cellar. Seeing that the cultists couldn't beat it, they gave up slaughtering the guests of the manor."
After understanding the whole story and finding out that although there were deaths, but there was no princess among the dead, Xia De was slightly relieved.
He didn't see Mr. Darkness on the second floor, nor did he see Rezia. It was later learned that not all the guests were here, and some distinguished guests were resting on the third floor.
The stairs from the second floor to the third floor have more guard handles, and the protection of the third floor is much stricter than that of the second floor. And getting closer and closer to the Great Witch, Xia De is unwilling to use power at will. Fortunately, not long after, he saw Leizia's maid coming down from the stairs, preparing to go to the kitchen to serve hot tea for Her Highness the Princess.
Xia De followed her into the corridor, and when he patted the maid on the shoulder, she almost screamed in fright.
"Oh, Shad!"
In the lounge on the third floor, Leiziya was lying on the small sofa, resting under a blanket with her eyes closed. Hearing the footsteps entering the door did not sound like his own maid, he sat up and opened his eyes to see Xia De:
"Oh God, I'm not dreaming."
Saying that, the red-haired girl didn't care that there was her own maid in the room, she walked forward quickly, hugged Xia De, but let go immediately.
She didn't give Xia De a chance to speak, she looked him up and down, and then asked a little strangely:
"What did you do to my maid? Why is she looking at you like that."
The maid said in a low voice, and Rezia didn't care, she grabbed Shade's arm, very happy to see him:
"Xia De, why are you here? Am I really dreaming?"
She held Xia De's arm and refused to let go, with a surprised expression on her face.
"I'm a little worried about you."
As he spoke, he explained what happened in Sophia's mansion in the first half of the night, and showed the corpse he had turned into a doll. And what happened in this manor is similar to what Xia De heard on the second floor.
It's just that ordinary people lack a part of the content. The murlocs originally didn't want to "coexist peacefully" with the humans upstairs. However, the church's ring warlock team went downstairs again two hours ago and had a face-to-face fight with the cultists. No one took advantage of it, which is why the current stalemate has formed.
"There is still an hour and a half before sunrise~www.mtlnovel.com~ then the red ocean will appear. And the church will break through here, probably at about the same time."
Xia De summed up the current situation, but he was not nervous at all, after all, he confirmed that the great witch was still in the house.
"Will you be with me?"
Rezia asked in a low voice.
"Won't."
"Um?"
"Oh, I mean, I thought I'd take a look down there."
Xia De pointed to the downstairs. Since the mansion is an important ceremony node, the underground murlocs must have the ceremony materials in their hands. He suspected that the information on the "Golden Pearl" was also in the hands of the murlocs. It's certainly risky, but definitely worth it. Before the night was over, [Moon Shadow's Illusion] could still be used, so he wanted to go to the basement to have a look as much as possible.
"Don't take any chances. With that line, I'll be all right."
Rezia seemed to have misunderstood what Xia De meant. Xia De wanted to explain, but he didn't know how to speak. Confirming that the witch is here, he already believes that Her Royal Highness will never have any problems.
If she came to the banquet held by the Aurora family and had an accident, the big witch should be the one who would suffer the most.
Even without those curse-resistant relics, Xi Wei Aurora would never let Rezia Cavendish die here. Even if the influence of the royal family is not considered, Miss Galina, who is also a member of the Witch Council, must also be considered.
"Except for the murlocs, I heard some news by accident on the way here just now. One of them was killed by a demon...huh?"
Xia De was startled suddenly, and then he clutched his chest violently.
The badge heated up rapidly, and the heat even made him feel a little pain. The Great Witch is approaching here.
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