Chapter 404

Moving his gaze away from the oil painting and coming to the stairs on the first floor, he finally heard the sound of people talking upstairs. Not one person, but a group of people. It seems that the guests attending the banquet are all upstairs.

Xia De walked up a few steps, poked his head out at the corner of the stairs and looked up, and found that there were five or six guards watching at the entrance of the stairs, two of whom were even Ringed Shushi.

So he took off his mask and turned it into a toy and put it in his pocket, and then used 【Moon Shadow Illusion】, letting those strange silver mists flow upward. The silver mist of the illusion is invisible before it takes effect. Xia De manipulated them to form a fog wall at the entrance of the stairs. Then he stepped on the ground to make a sound, and at the moment the guards took the initiative to pass through the fog wall, his body disappeared and appeared behind the guards.

Keeping his head down and playing with his Rod cards, he walked toward the crowd, and no one noticed Xia De's arrival.

The second floor was very lively. The aroma of food mixed with the smell of perfume made people feel happy. The band in the corner was still playing soft dance music, and the mermaid-shaped gas lamps on the surrounding walls made the entire banquet venue look bright.

Although people looked a bit terrified, whether they were decent gentlemen or ladies in fashionable skirts, they could still carry out social activities normally.

Xia De tidied up his clothes, entered the crowd, and then very easily found out what happened here, and inferred what happened in the first half of the night.

Around ten o'clock a few hours ago, the Afuluola manor also encountered an attack by armed mermen like the Sophia Mansion. But unlike the unity inside the Sophia Mansion, spies from the Scarlet Secret Sect disguised as guests had long been mixed into this banquet, which led to the attackers successfully breaking into the mansion and using relics to block the roads in and out.

Fortunately, under the resistance of the Ringed Warlocks of the Church of Nature, the princess's guard, the guards hired by the Afuluola family, and the bodyguards of a few guests, the gunfight that lasted for nearly twenty minutes was won by the manor side.

Now the ugly enemies attacking the manor occupied the basement and wine cellar of the manor, while the guests of the banquet were active on the second floor and above. After finding that no one could leave the manor, the Ringed Warlocks of the Church of Nature found the owner of the manor, and Miss Afuluola announced that she had contacted the police, and now it was very dangerous below, so please wait on the second floor.

So the terrified people gathered together, and the ugly enemies in the basement didn't try to come up to attack the humans again.

"So there was no one on the first floor, and the bloodstains I saw were left by the battle in the first half of the night. It seems that the ritual node is in the wine cellar, and the evil sect members gave up slaughtering the guests of the manor after seeing they couldn't win."

Understanding the origin of the matter, and hearing that although there were deaths, there was no princess among the dead, Xia De finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't see Mr. Dac Nisi on the second floor, nor did he see Lei Qianya. Later, he learned that not all guests were here, and some noble guests were resting on the third floor.

The stairs from the second floor to the third floor were guarded by more guards, and the protection of the third floor was also much stricter than that of the second floor. And getting closer and closer to the great witch, Xia De didn't want to use his power at will anymore. Fortunately, not long after, he saw Lei Qianya's maid coming down from upstairs, preparing to serve hot tea to the princess.

Xia De followed behind her into the corridor, and when he patted the maid on the shoulder, he almost scared the maid into screaming.

"Oh, Xia De!"

In the lounge on the third floor, Lei Qianya was originally lying on a small sofa, covered with a blanket and resting with her eyes closed. Hearing the footsteps entering the door didn't sound like her maid, she sat up, opened her eyes, and saw Xia De at once:

"Oh, God, I'm not dreaming, am I?"

As she said this, the red-haired girl didn't care that her personal maid was still in the room, walked up quickly, hugged Xia De, but let go immediately.

She didn't give Xia De a chance to speak, her eyes looked him up and down, and then she asked somewhat strangely:

"What did you do to my maid? Why is she looking at you with this kind of look."

"Your Highness, nothing."

The maid said in a low voice, and Lei Qianya didn't care what happened just now. She grabbed Xia De's arm and was very happy to see him:

"Xia De, why are you here? I'm really not dreaming, am I?"

She pulled Xia De's arm and wouldn't let go, with a surprised expression on her face.

"A bit worried about you."

As he said this, he explained what happened at the Sophia Mansion in the first half of the night and showed the corpse he had turned into a toy. And what happened in this manor was about the same as what Xia De heard on the second floor.

Ordinary people knew less about a part of the content. The mermen originally didn't want to "live in peace" with the humans upstairs. But the Ringed Shushi team of the church came downstairs two hours ago and had a head-on contact with the evil sect members. Neither side took much advantage, so the current stalemate was formed.

"There is still an hour and a half until sunrise, and the red ocean will appear by then. And the church breaking through here will probably be at about the same time."

Xia De summarized the current status, but he was not nervous at all. After all, he confirmed that the great witch was still in the mansion.

"Will you be with me?"

Lei Qianya asked in a low voice.

"No."

"Hmm?"

"Oh, I mean, I want to go down and take a look."

Xia De pointed downstairs. Since the mansion is an important ritual node, the mermen below must have ritual data. He suspected that the data of the "golden pearl" was also in the hands of the mermen. This is of course risky, but absolutely worth it. Taking advantage of the fact that the night had not ended and 【Moon Shadow Illusion】 could still be used, he wanted to go to the basement to take a look as much as possible.

"No need to take risks, with that fishing line, I won't have any problems."

Lei Qianya seemed to misunderstand Xia De's meaning. Xia De wanted to explain, but didn't know how to speak. Confirming that the witch was here, he already believed that the princess would absolutely not have any problems.

If she came to attend the banquet held by the Afuluola family and then something happened, the one who should be most troubled should be that great witch.

Even without those relics that resist curses, Xiwei Afuluola would not let Lei Qianya Cavendish die here no matter what. Even without considering the influence of the royal family, she had to consider Miss Miss Jia Lin Na, who is also a member of the Witch Council.

"Besides mermen, I accidentally heard some news on the way here just now, there is a demon... hmm?"

Xia De was startled, and then covered his chest violently.

The badge heated up rapidly, and the heat even made him feel a slight pain. The great witch was approaching here.