Castle Fraught with Danger

Just as Bai Zhi stepped out of the room and into the corridor, he suddenly felt everything go black. The illusion in front of him twisted and turned into Spiral, pulling him into it.

A moment later, when he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a corridor. Bright sunlight streamed into the castle through the windows, and dust motes could be faintly seen rising and falling in the air.

"... Have they already come in?"

After moving his body slightly and not feeling anything unusual, Bai Zhi turned his head and looked back at the room he had just stepped out of.

--What appeared before him was a room with the door tightly closed.

"Wait a minute, if the location I entered is calculated based on the direction I see, then that means..."

After a slight pause, Bai Zhi turned to look to the side and saw two Maid with tense expressions, holding brooms and standing at him in a wary posture.

When he looked over, one of the Maid, in her nervousness, dropped her broom to the ground.

"Who are you? How did you get in front of us?!"

Slightly annoyed, he glanced at his companion beside him, and a Maid with long brown hair spoke up to warn him.

"This is inside the castle. If I just give a shout, a large number of guards will come. There are no unfamiliar faces here before. What is your purpose in suddenly coming here?"

"To be honest, I'm actually a magician. I came all this way because I heard that Princess Anna's Birthday Banquet was coming up soon."

With a slight smile, Bai Zhi bowed slightly to the two Maid in front of him, and his pure white magical costume instantly appeared on his body as he bowed.

"Beautiful lady, I meant no harm."

"Magician?"

Perhaps his move truly intimidated her, or perhaps it was due to the trust built upon his high Charisma, but after hearing his words, the Maid's expression clearly softened considerably, and she put down the broom in her hand.

"But the castle is..."

"Don't worry, I will report to the castle Master later."

With Perfect, gentle smile on his face, Bai Zhi walked up to the two Maid and bent down to pick up the broom that had fallen to the ground.

"As a qualified magician, I will offer Princess Anna a free gift at her Birthday Banquet tonight..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Bai Zhi's voice abruptly froze.

Just as he was about to raise his head, the two Maid in front of him began to explode from their heads, revealing their white brains in the center. At the same time, the split parts turned into lines of flesh and blood, which shot towards him like lightning.

At such close range, coupled with that lightning speed, no one could react in time.

In an instant, Bai Zhi's body was pierced by those fleshy lines. After his body was pierced, those fleshy lines that passed through him instantly split into countless small snakes as thick as Chopsticks.

In just a few short seconds, his body was completely devoured by those Greed fleshy snakes.

After all this was done, the lines of flesh and blood automatically returned to the headless Maid's head and then quickly reassembled.

To be honest, this terrifying and horrifying scene is somewhat similar to Parasite Beast scenario, except that the white brain exposed after the flesh and blood are gone adds a touch of the bizarre and grotesque.

"Ah... Masked Man, you died such a terrible death..."

A dozen meters away, Bai Zhi, who was invisible, looked at the scene in front of him and yawned without any sympathy.

"Speaking of which, the so-called Magic Mask Equipment effect is actually just removing the Equipment directly? I was actually thinking of trying out Psychokinesis..."

Looking at the Magicians Formalwear that had already returned to his Inventory, Bai Zhi's expression became slightly subtle for a moment.

To be fair, the item he obtained from the amusement park Dungeon was a pleasant surprise; in terms of Survival Ability, it far surpassed the Holy Spirit Pendant.

Unfortunately, this Special item has extremely strict limitations. It can only be worn for five minutes and has a cooldown period of nearly an hour; otherwise, it would be considered top-tier.

However, it's just a Rare Level item, so there's no need to be too demanding.

"The teleportation distance is approximately 10 to 15 meters, after which the invisibility lasts for half a minute..."

After memorizing the data he had obtained from his experiments, Bai Zhi looked at the two Maid in front of him.

After his Masked Decoy was devoured, the two Maid returned to their original state and continued cleaning, as if nothing had ever happened with the books.

No, it's not that nothing happened, because the two Maid showed considerable distress at the large pool of blood on the ground in front of them. The mask created by the magic dress was Perfect; otherwise, Bai Zhi wouldn't have said that this prop had brought him a pleasant surprise.

After discussing it, one of the Maid ran downstairs to get a bucket, leaving only one Maid behind to continue cleaning.

"Judging from those two Maid, this castle is practically fraught with danger. No wonder the Colorful Black Society failed here..."

With his arms crossed and leaning against the wall, Bai Zhi looked thoughtful.

Before his invisibility expired, he Shadow Meld and hid in an Empty Room nearby.

Previously, he had only intended to act as an insurance agent, testing the Special Effect of the Magicians Formalwear while also taking a look at the danger Level within the castle... and then the two Maid gave him quite a surprise.

In a close-quarters attack, if you don't have decent Protective Gear, you're guaranteed to be taken out in one fell swoop.

If the Maid scattered throughout the castle possess such terrifying killing power, then what about the guards or butlers on a higher level? Or perhaps the Head Maid or something similar...?

"The strange occurrences within the castle have been happening for some time, but Anna's Birthday Banquet was the period when Anomaly stories suddenly erupted... We need to be more careful from now on."

Bai Zhi reached up and pressed his temples, his brows furrowing slightly.

He has a strong Survival Ability, so he's not too worried about himself. If he can't win, he can always escape. But what about Steel Bones and Dead Zero?

"So we don't know which point in time they've entered... day or night?"