The old mansion was brightly lit, and the environment that was originally invisible to the five fingers could finally be seen clearly. But for Cassius, who was caught in it, it was not a good thing, because many things that were originally hidden in the darkness were revealed due to the appearance of light.

In the huge lobby on the first floor, countless wriggling black shadows were scurrying everywhere on the floor, walls, beams, and ceilings, making Cassius's scalp tingle.

"Ahhh......hh

Cassius, possessed by fear, frantically launched a magical attack on these black shadows, and the freezing air that seeped into the bone marrow hit these black shadows. The floor, beams, ceilings, and walls of the lobby were covered with layers of uneven ice, but instead of being eliminated, these shadows continued to scurry on top of the ice, as if they were having a wild party.

Shadow magic?!

The thought suddenly flashed through Cassius's mind. Having fought the Black Fox, one of the Eight Sages of the Vampire, Cassius is more impressed by the unpopular magic of this genre than the others. If these shadows are truly the product of shadow magic, then the only effective way to deal with them is to destroy the inherent weakness of shadow magic: the light source.

Cassius stretched his left palm forward and aimed it at the fire in the fireplace, but the puck didn't come out of his palm, even though he had recited a full incantation in his mind. Cassius suddenly found that the water elementals around him no longer listened to his movements, or rather, he could no longer sense the water elementals.

The magic in his body has been exhausted again!Cassius realizes a serious consequence.

Since obtaining the "Grip of Endurance", Cassius has always relied on the powerful recovery ability brought by this magical magic wand, and rarely has the dilemma of not being able to connect after running out of mana, so he has also ignored the basic principle of paying attention to the consumption of mana and using it wisely in battle. The formation of this bad habit has made him lose his "endurance grip" now, but he can't remember to use his magic power that is not much physical strength, and now it can be said that Cassius has no cards to play.

Complete one's misery. These dark shadows also seemed to see Cassius's predicament that his magic was exhausted and he could not recover, and suddenly the hundreds of black shadows in the entire hall stopped moving, but shook rapidly, as if mocking Cassius's incompetence.

Faintly, Cassius seemed to hear a myriad of strange laughs. He couldn't get the laughter out of his head, so he could only cover his ears with one hand, cowering in vain.

The mockery lasted for more than a dozen seconds, and all the laughter Cassius heard was gone. But when he opened his eyes again, he saw an even more terrible scene: on the floor, on the beams, on the ceiling, on the walls, hundreds of black shadows, like a school of piranhas swarming towards the bull that had accidentally fallen into the water, besieging Cassius from all sides.

"No, no......"

Cassius, who had lost his combat effectiveness, was no longer able to stop the darkness from approaching him, but he still mustered up the courage that was rapidly fading and made the last resistance: flee!

The second floor, above the stairs, is the only direction in which you can escape. Cassius stumbled up on his hands and feet, even though he didn't know what awaited him on the second floor......

"Uh......"

Alice fell to her knees. The armor of the True Martial Saint Armor at the left foot had been shattered.

And on the other side of her, Sophia's situation was not much better. The thin nightdress was torn into strips, her whole body was scarred, and the hand holding the saber was shaking.

Despite their best efforts, Emilia between them yawned and stretched out in exaggerated movements as if she were completely fine.

"She is able to absorb our attacks and turn them into her own strength. The longer this battle drags on, the worse it will be for us. Alice, we must not give up, if we fight quickly, we will definitely win. Sophia encouraged Alice.

"Good, good......" Although one more word was already a very tired burden for Alice now, she still responded to the encouragement of Her Royal Highness the Princess, straightened up with difficulty, and stood up section by section.

"That's good. I can see that I have the ability to absorb damage and use it for my own use. But when it comes to 'quick fixes', don't make me laugh anymore. Emilia replied lazily, and at the same time, the acidic blood mist that permeated the surroundings, centered on herself, was rapidly condensing.

The black blood mist enveloped Amelia's petite body, and from a distance it looked like a black chrysalis.

"If you fantasize that you still have a chance, then I will give you the deepest despair!"

The voice came from the black chrysalis of the blood mist, and the old noise, which had belonged to the old woman, gradually began to change, and by the time she said it was finally a young woman's voice.

The black blood mist dissipated, and the little girl who was originally wrapped in it was gone, replaced by a young girl who looked to be in her 20s and had a good figure. If it weren't for the obviously shortened floral skirt on his body, and the rusty kitchen knife that was screwed in his hand, it would be difficult to think that the two of them were the same person.

The first floor is dangerous, but the second floor is not much better.

First he lost his right hand, then his left foot, then his wand, and finally he lost his magic power. Cassius was no different from a powerless child, he had no means of defending himself against the enemy, and could only scurry around on the second floor like a headless fly.

Corridor, bedroom, bathhouse, study, utility room...... However, no matter where he escaped, the illusions and ghosts that were indistinguishable from the real and the false were always with him.

Eventually, Cassius, who had fled into the dining room, gave up on the run.

Cassius, with his back to the wall, sat on the shiny glass floor of the dining room. In front of him was an oval-shaped high-end dining table 6 or 7 meters long, around which seven people in fine clothes were seated. Of the seven men, there were three adults, one boy and two girls, and four children of different ages, two men and two women. Probably they are the owners of this old mansion.

I saw that on the plates in front of these people, there were half of the corpses of the baby, and in addition to them, there were also some smaller human internal organs that could be seen to be taken from the larger children, and they were also held on small plates like snacks, and filled the entire table. And this family of seven is eating with knives and forks and other utensils.

But when Cassius took a second look, the family of seven, along with the "food" they were eating, was all gone, leaving only empty tables, chairs, and cutlery.

"Cut! Cassius didn't panic any longer, he just smiled helplessly back.

If it had been a few minutes ago, he would have run away desperately, but now, he was tired. And Cassius finally understands that he is nothing more than a pitiful toy in a game of cat and mouse. He was tired of it from the bottom of his heart. Besides, even if Cassius wanted to continue to escape, there was nothing he could do, because the last drop of his magic had been completely drained, and even the ice used to hold his left foot in place could not be maintained.

Inexplicable pessimism filled his mind. Cassius gave up pointless resistance and passively awaited his fate. His eyes narrowed into a line, and in his daze, he saw at the table a dirty, tattered rag doll, sitting on a plate, looking at Cassius.

"Come on. If you want to kill or chop, you can do whatever you want. ”

Cassius closed his tired eyes.

The battle of the three women ended in an overwhelming situation.

Obviously, Emilia, who has real strength, is hundreds of times stronger than her previous child form, and no one can beat her at all.

Sophia was choked by her neck with one hand and held it high.

Looking at Sophia's increasingly uncomfortable and distorted expression due to lack of oxygen, Emilia smiled, "I can't stand it, how can the Lich King be interested in garbage like you?"

At this time, Emilia noticed that Sophia's right hand was still tightly gripping the saber. "Boring. Emilia said wearily, "At this time, you are holding a knife, have you never thought that you will be truly liberated if you give up?"

"Let go, let go...... Princess......"

Most of Alice's armor had been shattered, and she had multiple fractures all over her body, but she still gritted her teeth and moved to Amelia's side, reaching out and grabbing the latter's ankle with a trembling hand.

"Get out of here!" Emilia kicked Alice in the head.

The sound of bones shattering was accompanied by Alice's heart-rending screams, her skull being kicked and shattered, and blood gushing out of her mouth, but she still clung to Amelia's ankles.

"How can it be!"

Alice's tenacity angered Amilia, and the crazy woman kicked Alice in the head, chest, and back again and again......

"Stop, stop......" Sophia, who was choked by the throat, struggled to squeeze out these words.

Immediately after that, there was a "bang", Sophia's hand let go, and the saber that she had been holding tightly fell to the ground.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Emilia smirked dryly, "Do you finally know what to give up?"