Witch’s Night: Chapter 19 Taking Someone for a Ride… in the Void!
Unknowingly, Spencer Manor had been filled with the eyes and ears of Devil’s Minions.
They were just like ordinary people, moving around the manor inside and out, alongside the other servants.
Even if the nobles, chatting and laughing beside them, brushed past them inadvertently, they would never know that these inconspicuous servants were the objects of their fear.
What a chilling scene…
Chris held her breath. Her first thought was to immediately inform Count Spencer of the anomaly in the manor, but after a moment of reflection, she suppressed the urge.
“From now on, no one in the manor can be trusted… except for you and me.” Chris said in a low voice. “Miss Luo Yan, it seems it’s time for us to leave the manor.”
These Devil’s Minions wouldn’t appear in Spencer Manor for no reason. Given that even Luo Yan had sensed the anomaly, this was definitely not a small matter.
The only possible guess was that they were after Luo Yan.
Although Spencer Manor was luxurious, it wasn’t particularly conspicuous in Lannister. It was just a pretty bauble built on a whim by the Spencer family and held no value that would attract Devil’s Minions.
Let alone the fact that these Devil’s Minions were running around the manor, as if searching for something.
No wonder Miss Luo Yan had such an intuition…
Since that was the case, they could only leave.
“I promised Magistrate Norian… However, this seems to be an unforeseen circumstance.” Luo Yan scratched her cheek. “Magistrate Norian will understand, right?”
“…Even if he doesn’t understand, it won’t make a difference. Besides, if Uncle Norian knew about the situation in Spencer Manor, he would make the same decision as me.”
Chris whispered, then quickly changed into her Shadow Guard uniform.
It had to be said that, although the appearance of this night suit, modified by Shadow herself, wasn’t great due to its creator’s sense of aesthetics, its practicality was top-notch.
The material used to make the Shadow Guard uniform was naturally not ordinary cloth. It was made from the Shadow Abyss in the Endless Wasteland, combined with the shadow power infused by Shadow herself, making the wearer seem to blend into the shadows after putting it on.
Not only that, another feature of the Shadow Guard uniform was that the wearer didn’t need to take off their clothes underneath; they just needed to put it on to achieve the effect.
In an instant, a shadow-like figure appeared beside Luo Yan, almost intangible, as if she didn’t exist in this world.
“Miss Luo Yan, are you… still going to maintain your current appearance?”
Chris asked nervously. Actually, seeing Luo Yan in her black-haired young man form, she admitted that this young man was indeed much more handsome than she had imagined.
Judging solely from appearance, Chris even felt a slight flutter in her heart.
But after learning that it was Luo Yan’s disguise, Chris had a vague expectation, looking forward to what Luo Yan would look like after removing the disguise.
“Is it necessary?” Luo Yan tilted her head and asked. “I don’t mind… anyway, it doesn’t consume much energy.”
Because this disguise wasn’t a change in her physical appearance, but rather a change in how others perceived her, Luo Yan didn’t feel anything different. In her opinion, she still looked the same as before.
Still with troublesome and cumbersome long hair…
Luo Yan really wanted to just cut it off, but unfortunately, she couldn’t find hairdressing scissors that could cut her silver hair… or a weapon?
Anyway, in this situation, Luo Yan didn’t care whether she looked like a black-haired young man or not.
“I think… forget it, Miss Luo Yan.” Chris composed herself and looked towards the exit of Spencer Manor. “The most urgent matter is that we have to leave Spencer Manor immediately.”
Given Luo Yan’s identity, it was best to limit her to a controllable range of activity.
But the current Spencer Manor had clearly and silently become a nest of Devil’s Minions. If they stayed any longer… Miss Luo Yan would only become more endangered.
“What about your butler?”
Luo Yan frowned. She didn’t immediately follow Chris, but thought of the mature young woman who always appeared beside Chris.
“Liv? Don’t worry, I left a message for Liv before I left. If I lose contact, she will go to a safe place as quickly as possible.”
Chris waved her hand and said, but her tone was somewhat weak for some reason.
Because what Chris didn’t say was that the purpose of her message… was actually aimed at Luo Yan.
If, because of Luo Yan, she lost contact, Liv would go directly to her mother, Tina, for help.
Chris was a Saint candidate, yes, but Saint candidates were evaluated based on their character, talent, willpower, and a series of other comprehensive abilities, but not their current strength.
Although Tina had narrowly missed the selection, her strength was undoubtedly powerful. At only fifty-eight years old, she was considered a strong figure among “Peril” level ability users.
Anyway, the situation wasn’t much different now, and it was too late for Chris to call Liv over.
To escape this quagmire of Spencer Manor, they had to avoid wasting any time; any delay could easily lead to accidents.
As for the other nobles attending the banquet… they could only pray for their own safety. Chris didn’t dare to inform them.
Devil’s Minions could only be identified one by one. Who could guarantee that there weren’t Devil’s Minions hidden among these nobles?
Having made up her mind, Luo Yan didn’t hesitate. She immediately grabbed Chris’s small hand, startling her.
“Ah!”
Chris subconsciously tried to pull her hand back, but Luo Yan gripped it even tighter.
“Hold on tight,” Luo Yan whispered. “If we want to leave here quickly and avoid being discovered by these cultists, we can go through the Void.”
After One’s sacrifice in the Yan City war, Luo Yan had mastered another demonic power, “End,” which had the ability to traverse the Void.
But actually, the essence of “End” was to tear space. Luo Yan’s Void Traversal was entirely her own ability. She had a very high adaptability to the Void and could sense the nodes within it… although there were occasional deviations.
One, who also possessed the power of “End,” couldn’t do this. One could at most perform short-distance Void jumps based on herself, and couldn’t fully enter the Void, nor could she bring others along.
Luo Yan couldn’t be sure whether these cultists had set up domains or barriers around Spencer Manor. The safest way to leave was through Void Traversal.
“Vo-, Void?”
Chris was stunned, just like Lin Cheng and Rhine’s reaction when they heard Luo Yan’s words; her first reaction was complete bewilderment.
Who would have thought that Void Traversal could be done with another person!
However, Luo Yan didn’t give Chris time to think. A spatial rift silently opened, and the terrifying aura of the Endless Void rushed towards them.
“Holy shit, you’re really doing it!”
Chris cursed in an extremely unladylike manner, then, with the instinctive fear of the Void that all living beings possessed, she was dragged into the Void by Luo Yan.
In less than a breath, the spatial rift closed, and everything returned to normal.
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Restricted Zone Seven.
Two aged figures stood facing each other in mid-air, seemingly in a standoff.
But the actual situation… was not like that.
Granny Zoya was no match for Bishop Hamid Surian. Even though both were at “Destruction” level, there were still differences within that level.
However, at least Granny Zoya wasn’t completely defenseless. She had the “Ember Formation” supporting her, and for some reason, Hamid hadn’t attacked with his full strength.
But even so, Granny Zoya’s defeat was only a matter of time. The barrier she maintained quickly shattered under the aftershocks of the battle.
Fortunately, Lannister had made preparations before the barrier shattered. A super spiritual energy shield, powered by the “Ember Formation” as its core, enveloped the area around Restricted Zone Seven.
And Granny Zoya’s purpose in maintaining the barrier had been to buy time until the spiritual energy shield was deployed.
After summoning the avatar of the “Sovereign of Terror,” the aged Hamid gradually regained his youthful appearance.
His messy gray hair was once again dyed a dazzling gold, his aged face rejuvenated, returning to his appearance hundreds of years ago, overlapping with the Hamid Surian in Granny Zoya’s memory.
Of course, nothing romantic had happened between Hamid and Zoya back then. If there were a story between a top student and a straggler, that would be truly unbelievable…
After hundreds of years, seeing the Hamid Surian from her memory again, Granny Zoya only felt a sense of nostalgia.
Nostalgia aside, she still had to stop him. Granny Zoya knew very well that she couldn’t let Hamid enter Lannister under any circumstances.
The consequences of a malicious “Destruction” level ability user entering a mega-city would be catastrophic, causing damage no less than a small-scale “Destruction” level Calamity.
As the pinnacle of the mystery system, the power of the “Sovereign of Terror” was related to causality and was extremely difficult to deal with.
If Hamid’s desire to attack hadn’t been so weak, it would have been very difficult for Granny Zoya to stop him as easily as she was doing now, simply by burning some spiritual energy.
The black-haired Hamid hovered in mid-air, slightly raising his head as if looking into the distance.
Mental power and the power of causality collided around them, invisible ripples spreading through Restricted Zone Seven, forming a true forbidden zone for living beings.
“Zoya,” Hamid’s gray-white eyes lowered slightly, and he said softly, “Long time no see, you’ve aged.”
“At least I can still move.”
“After the peak of prosperity, comes gradual decline… The body slowly becomes disobedient, and things that were once easy now require a thousand, ten thousand times more effort… We, are walking towards the abyss of death, welcoming our destined demise.”
Although Hamid’s appearance was now much younger, his voice was still raspy. “We are like this, humanity is like this, this season of civilization is also like this… Struggling on the path of decline will only lead to more serious consequences.”
“I don’t understand.”
Granny Zoya curled her lip. These cultists always liked to speak in riddles, it seemed even Hamid was no exception.
No, Hamid seemed to be the most cryptic among these cryptic people, and he was even a leader.
“You don’t understand because you haven’t seen the truth, the truth about the Lord… and the Gods.”
Hamid looked at Granny Zoya and slowly extended his hand,
“Come, closer, I’ll show you… the truth of this world. Then, Zoya, you will understand everything.”
Granny Zoya moved away with disgust and waved her hand,
“No thanks. Although I really want to see the ‘Witch of Envy’ and glimpse the scenery at the pinnacle of the mystery system, I’m not stupid.”
Witnessing the true form of a Primordial Demon was taboo. This was the first warning from the War of the Witch of Absolute Death hundreds of years ago, and Granny Zoya naturally remembered it clearly.
Like Hamid, after witnessing the true form of a Demon, his temperament had changed almost overnight, and he conspired to kill many Saint candidates who had been his classmates for many years.
Even now, Granny Zoya couldn’t be sure whether the current Hamid was still the Hamid she knew, nor could she be sure whether she would become like Hamid after encountering the true form of a Demon.
“…Your thinking is still wrong, Zoya. Power is meaningless; everything is on the path of destruction.”
Hamid shook his head in disappointment. But at this moment, he suddenly looked towards a certain direction.
As if a faint blue light soared into the sky and then vanished in an instant, so brief that it was almost imperceptible to the naked eye.
But in this blink of an eye, Hamid sensed the long-lost… aura of the Gods, although it was only an extremely faint trace.
“It seems we weren’t wrong. She has indeed seen the Gods with her own eyes.” An unconcealable joy appeared on Hamid’s face. “The slumbering Gods are about to return, and our mission of these long years… is finally coming to an end!”
“Who? Miss Luo Yan?”
Doubt surfaced in Granny Zoya’s heart, but then she became alert.
However, Hamid didn’t try his best to break through her blockade as Granny Zoya had expected, he even stopped attacking and just stayed where he was.
“Stop, Zoya, your injuries are serious.” Hamid said softly. “I can sense your thirst for knowledge and yearning for the Gods. When you witness the truth, we will become fellow travelers.”
“…Wishful thinking.”
Although Granny Zoya was still putting up a brave front, she was indeed seriously injured in this invisible confrontation.
Facing a “Destruction” level Devil’s Apostle with a demonic avatar, Granny Zoya, the straggler, was still a bit outmatched.
“Very well, let’s wait for her arrival together, to bring us the oracle bestowed by the Gods.”
Hamid said softly, as if reciting some kind of rhythmic poem,
“She will follow the guidance of fate, as if listening to the divine words from the heavens above, humming softly as she walks towards her destination, no one can stop her steps.”
“She will carry all the malice of the world, walk the path paved with countless corpses, wander the land of suffering, and the end of her journey is the end of civilization.”
“Because she is the eyes through which the Gods peek into the world, she is… the Eye of Malice.”
At this moment, Granny Zoya felt a chill run down her spine.
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