As Shade followed Miss Annette through the garden, he realized the manor had fallen completely silent. Even the insects of a summer night had stopped chirping. As they drew closer to the mansion, they saw the guests from the outdoor banquet lying unconscious on the ground. For the moment, however, none of them were in mortal danger.
It seemed there was no longer any need to wear masks.
Shade used Blood Echo to observe them again and discovered crimson patterns clinging to every person, while neither he nor Miss Annette bore any. This world was truly dangerous for ordinary people.
"Although the ritual has not fully begun, its power has already started affecting the surrounding area. That caught both the Association and the Orthodox Church off guard, but it works in our favor. If fighting breaks out, we won't need to worry about the ordinary people."
Miss Annette explained.
The closer they came to the mansion, the more strongly they could smell the sweet, fishy scent in the air. When they reached the outskirts of the mansion itself, they even saw that the vines climbing the walls had grown eerie blood-red flowers. Miss Annette casually picked two of them, claiming that they were rare Extraordinary Materials.
While Shade hid behind a hedge to "contemplate life" and wait for everything to end, the mansion itself was far from peaceful. Although Lassoya of Blood of Mercury had unexpectedly been trapped by Doctor Schneider and the others, and the man in a burgundy suit was searching for Shade to "take revenge," believers of the evil god Lord of the Blood Feast had also entered Lake View Manor. Moreover, the ritual to summon the evil god was primarily handled by the cultists. Blood of Mercury merely provided assistance.
One side desired the evil god's