A blue-painted steam cart with a feathered logo on the front of the car crosses the bridge at Crab Bay, from the north shore of York Town to the south bank, and then along the gravel road through the shantytown. After passing through two levels, the steam cart entered a high wall.

Jacques closed the curtain and said, "Have we arrived at Benafort's house? ”

Marianne scrutinized her newly made nails and said absentmindedly, "Oh? no, we're definitely late."

It's still far from Teresa's house, and we've just passed by a security guard in the neighborhood. When the Empire first landed in the New World, it was a settlement jointly built by the owners of the eighteen trading houses that monopolized the trade in the New World, with a total of eighteen manors and more than 100 villas.

Now the best neighborhood in Yorktown. The guards and the high walls, as well as the patrols, kept this place very safe. ”

"Why don't you live in this neighborhood?" asked Jacques.

Marianne took out a bottle of nail polish from her makeup bag and repaired the imperfect parts of her nails: "My grandfather was only a poor boy when he came to the New World, so my family is not an old money like the Eighteen Lines, and there are no high-ranking officials, let alone nobles, so they are not qualified to live here."

Ten years ago, there was a manor house of 18 lines, and due to the poor management of the children and grandchildren, it was about to be sold, and my father had already dredged up the mayor at the time and the rotating head of the management committee of the neighborhood and bought the manor. But there was a nasty guy who had a business conflict with my family, and he mobilized several residents to boycott our house's move-in, saying that it would lower the mood of the whole neighborhood.

In the end, my family did not reach 70% of the votes in favor of the move-in vote organized by the management committee, so it was rejected. ”

"If you want to live in, you have to vote. ”

"yes, that manor had to be sold to a baron from the Northern Regions, the one on the left. ”

Lily pulled the curtains, and the road was lined with beautifully carved walls and dense greenery, and under the shade of the trees, it was impossible to see the inside of the manor.

Twenty minutes later, the steam car stopped in front of a large iron gate, and after some inspection by the security guards, the door was opened to let the car enter the manor.

It was winter, but there were still some unknown trees on the manor with flowers hanging from them, and the evergreen shrubs were neatly trimmed by the gardener.

The steam car went around the circular fountain and stopped under the stairs leading to the main house. Marianne gets out of the car with Fat Orange in her arms, followed by Lily, Emma, and Jacques. Fabian and Natasha felt that they didn't need to play in this kind of mission, and the two went to the city to play, while Alyssa abandoned her mundane affairs and devoted herself to studying the source energy skills taught by Ray.

The waiter who greeted everyone, did not know Marianne, only saw a gorgeously dressed young woman with two female guards in strong suits and a casually dressed attendant walking out of the car together, and for a while he couldn't figure out the identity of the person who came, looking at the woman's pretty face, he had some guesses, and came forward to ask: "May I ask this young lady, are you here ......?"

"We took the task you posted, the haunted one, and did the investigation as agreed. Marianne replied.

The waiter was stunned, didn't he come to find the young master? It doesn't look like a mercenary group introduced by the Transcendent Guild, and it's also late!

How did he know how much friction Miss Marianne would have when she went out, and it was normal to be a little late.

"Mercenary group, you're late, the other teams have already arrived, please come with me quickly. The waiter didn't say a word, he led the way, but muttered in his heart: "It must be the eldest young master who found it, thinking that in the name of the mercenary group, the old master would not find out, hey, where am I going to take them? Is it the eldest young master's courtyard, or is it the banquet hall where the meeting is being held? Who can tell me, it's very urgent!"

The waiter had an idea, took Marianne and the others to the reception room next to the gate, and then ran to the backyard and went to the eldest young master's other courtyard to ask the eldest young master.

In the banquet hall of the main house on the other side, a middle-aged man in a straight black suit, navy blue bow tie and vest, and white shirt stood on a small stage to face more than 40 heavily armed mercenaries in the audience to assign tasks.

"Hello everyone, I'm the butler Lupin, here I will first explain the question of the head of Saadin and the other heads of the group just now.

That's right, the Benafort family did invite eight mercenary groups at the same time to solve the problems we encountered at the same time, in fact, there were nine mercenary groups, but one group never appeared, so I won't wait.

As for why so many people were invited to come together at the same time, it was mainly because of the ghost catching plan jointly formulated by Grandmaster Damon of the Crimson Feather and Grandmaster Lyle of the Transcendent Guild, which required a lot of manpower to intercept that guy.

After a while I'll give everyone a whistle and ask everyone to work in groups of two, and we'll give each group a patrol area.

When any of you come across that filthy guy, blow the whistle and our elite security team of the Benafort family, led by the two grandmasters, will be the first to support you and take out that guy together!

Remember, the Shaper has a chance to resist that creature's erosion, and the Awakened among you must have the protection of the Shaper at all times. Otherwise, both people may be attacked at the same time and the alarm cannot be raised. ”

A strong man said, "The mission briefing you gave didn't say anything about what it was like to invite the other party, how would we know if we met?"

The housekeeper Lupin said: "It's not that we don't want to say clearly, but we really can't say ......."

Under the small stage, a man in his fifties, with a white beard and chain armor, walked up to the stage and said, "Mr. Lupin, let me explain."

Most of you know me, old Damon, Damon Dart.

The 'thing' we are dealing with, I will call it a thing, is an energy body, which is not the same as the 'ghost' that we have often seen in the New World.

Everyone knows that there are no obelisks in the New World, and after the death of transcendents and alien beasts, there will occasionally be some will, but without an obelisk to take them back and reshape, they will form those 'ghosts' that cannot withstand the attack of a source energy technique.

But don't underestimate this thing at Benafort Manor, it's ever-changing, it's going to become what you fear most, sucking your fear and strengthening itself.

That's why we're going to patrol in pairs, maybe you're afraid, but others aren't. So the more people you face, the weaker that thing becomes, because it can only intimidate one person at this point.

But don't take it lightly, on the thirteenth of every month, that thing will appear in the main house, and there will be three victims every time it appears. They were sucked out of their life force by it along with fear in a panic, and had appeared five times so far, taking away fifteen victims.

Moreover, he can only attack the Transcendent, and the Shaper can resist it for tens of seconds, and even attack it, while the Awakened have no power to fight back. That's why we ask for teams of two, and there must be a plasticizer among them.

Because of the speed at which this thing escapes, yes, it slipped out of my hands last month and killed my little apprentice!, so we need everyone to work together to seal off every corner and force it to the point where we have to face the wrath of me or Lyle the Viper. ”

Butler Lupin continued, "Then please come and get your respective posts and maps of the patrol area, and after a while everyone else in the main house will be evacuated, and it will appear after noon."

If I can complete the task today, I will make my own decision here and increase the mercenary fee by 30% for the master's family!

I hope everyone can work together to punish the evil ghosts!"

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