Chapter 73: Chapter 73: Night Falls
Translator: 549690339
“Holy Light Perception”
Silist, as a member of the Holy Church Army, possesses both holy and knight abilities.
With every step, a warm holy light spread from his feet, reaching every corner of the Baker Mansion… The feedback he received was still ‘No one.’
“No one?”
The team following closely behind, Cass, looked on in surprise.
They thought it would be a grand battle, who knew… something was off. Han Dong stared at the empty mansion, where even the interiors, furniture, and decorations had mostly been moved out. Most of the curse marks had been wiped off, losing their intended effect of contamination.
Silist immediately issued orders:
“Hundreds of people can’t just disappear. You two form a team, divide and search this building… Notify me immediately if you find anything. No one is to act on their own.”
“Okay!”
The division of the team was the same as before.
Cass and Sophia, as a team, worked with Silist to carry out a detailed search of the first and second floors of the mansion.
Meanwhile, Han Dong and Koslin formed a team responsible for searching the backyard area.
The backyard, which hadn’t been tended to for many years, had weeds growing higher than their knees.
Apart from a foul-smelling pool, a patch of land covered with enormous curse marks and a pavilion full of Stone Blood Plants, there was nothing noteworthy in the backyard.
The huge curse marks had also been destroyed and no longer possessed contaminating abilities.
The land where the curse marks were located showed traces of a tree. It seemed like there used to be a big tree growing here, but it had disappeared for some unknown reason.
Han Dong went straight to the foul-smelling pool. “Senior Koslin, can you find the outlet of this pool?”
“Yes.”
Koslin, who had cooperated with Han Dong previously, showed a completely different attitude towards him this time.
When Han Dong pointed it out, Koslin swiftly responded, and through the use of a retractable iron rod device, he detected a metal drain at the bottom of the pool and opened it.
“I’ll go down to have a look… Senior Koslin, could you go over to the pavilion and look for some clues?”
“Alright.”
Using the power of the Ghoul Arm to assist him, Han Dong carefully jumped down into the four metres deep pool.
The bottom of the pool was full of moss and some dark plants.
As Han Dong scraped off the moss with his hand, he found a huge curse mark identical to the one on the Bounty Order… Unlike the previously discovered curse marks, this one was fully intact.
“Lucky stroke! Seems like I made the correct guess.”
When the curse mark sensed a living person approaching, it immediately emitted a crimson glow, and countless little eyes sprung out, staring at Han Dong.
With an awkward smile on his face, Han Dong extended his hand and absorbed all these little eyes.
He chose the backyard and located this foul-smelling pool specifically because of what was recorded on the last page of the diary.
The guard who suddenly died was making a search next to the pool when he saw the illusion of eyeballs in the water. This led to subsequent contamination and his sudden death.
Han Dong, who destroyed the curse mark and absorbed the eyeballs, acted as though nothing had happened and went ahead to clean the marks to avoid arousing Silist’s suspicion.
“Han Dong, there’s a faint evil aura leaking out about three steps to your right.”
Suddenly, a voice echoed in Han Dong’s mind… Unexpectedly, Miss Chen Li was also closely monitoring the situation outside.
“Hmm!?”
Fully utilising the power of the Ghoul Hand, Han Dong followed Chen Li’s instruction and forcibly pried open the floor tiles on the ground.
Indeed, he found a hidden switch that could be manually operated.
“Senior Koslin, could you please inform everyone to come here? I have made a discovery!”
Before long, the group who hadn’t found anything in the mansion all arrived in the backyard… Looking at the secret switch that Han Dong had found, Silist simply stated:
“Good job, you can come up now.”
As Han Dong climbed out of the pool,
Silist immediately changed the form of his left hand’s light shield into a whip of light, precisely coiling around the switch at the bottom.
With a hard pull.
Hum!
A hidden gateway beneath the pool opened upwards, corresponding to a pitch-black underground passage.
“Was the secret ritual being conducted underground? This whole incident was indeed premeditated.”
“Sister, should we go down?”
“No… The danger in there might even include mid to high-level contamination traps in the passage itself. If you follow me, you’ll only be a hindrance.
Furthermore, there are still problems within the mansion.
During my initial search of the mansion, I sensed that there might still be some evil entities hidden in it.
I will descend alone to explore and find the sacrificial area.
You all will stay above and cleanse the Baker House… I will contact you if I need help. ”
“Sister, you must be careful.” Fiya was quite worried.
“Don’t worry, the things outside the city walls can’t take my life. Within this Holy City, there’s naturally nothing that can threaten my life.”
After speaking, Silist turned to look at Han Dong, who was wearing the Beak Doctor Costume.
“You were able to quickly discover the hidden switch of this secret passage…
Are you a student majoring in [Divination]?”
“No… I’m majoring in [Plague studies]. I discovered the switch through fungal sensing.”
“Not bad… You guys, all grown men, better take good care of Fiya! If I find out she’s hurt while you are unscathed, don’t blame me for skinning you alive!”
“Certainly!” Cass instantly replied, “Sir Knight, be careful!”
With the end of the conversation.
Silist descended underground alone.
Han Dong and his team returned to the mansion to search and clear out any remaining evil entities.
It was currently dusk.
To ensure safety, Koslin hung portable kerosene lamps in various locations inside the mansion to ensure sufficient light during the mission. The four carried out search all over the mansion in a carpet-like fashion.
Half an hour passed but there was no discovery.
Han Dong also had no clues.
There was no information or clues, the books in the study had all been cleared out, and the only diary they found had been torn at the crucial pages.
Night fell.
The kerosene lamps that were pre-set brightened up the entire mansion.
The four gathered in the study, looking somewhat ‘anxious.’
What Cass worried about at this point was that Silist, who was too strong, cleaned up all the sources of contamination and cultists in the underground area all by himself… And they hadn’t done anything.
At that time, they would directly be deemed as failing and they wouldn’t be able to get any reward.
However, Silist had also stressed that without her instruction, they were not allowed to descend.
. I’ll go and search the other rooms again, there might be some hidden compartments that I have missed.”
Just as Cass walked towards the door of the study,
It seemed like Han Dong received some signal, and he exclaimed in alarm:
“Cass! Watch out!”
Cass had already fully opened the wooden door at this point.
Only to see a woman hidden in a white cloth, her body covered in tree root-like tentacles, floating past the doorway.
Hee hee~
An eerie laughter echoed throughout the mansion.
“Go…. Ghost!”