The Wizard Cult's Remnants

Honestly, if the roles were reversed, this scene would look like a scene from a horror movie.

The problem is that the culprit that caused all this is very different from the ghosts in horror movies. Even with its Mask Face split in two, it still has a slight smile on its face.

People around gasped, but no one dared to say anything, or perhaps they didn't want to. The fear of the assassins in the market had been with them for a long time, and if it could be resolved today, it would be the best thing ever.

Blood gradually stained the ground red. The Mask Face's body convulsed on the ground, split in two. A knife fell with a clang, its blade still covered in dried blood.

Even so, the Mask Face did not die. Calodi behind him did not know whether this was due to the Mask Face's excessively strong vitality at night, or whether the person who did it was intentional.

He could only widen his eyes slightly, staring incredulously at the so-called Yuri's back, his opinion of Yuri completely shattered.

This is definitely not an ordinary person.

In other words, everything he showed in the hotel during the day was fake. How could someone with such terrifying abilities be as restrained and surprised as he was in the hotel during the day?

"Who are you?!" The Mask Face felt extreme pain. He lost all feeling below his waist, but right where he was torn, his flesh was still trembling and blood was gushing out.

"From now on, for every extra word you utter, I'll cut you down one more time, until I suddenly lose my patience and kill you outright." Yu Xing's words confirmed Calodi's suspicion that he could control the Mask Face's life.

"... Ha..." The Mask Face gasped painfully. He began to think about what nonsense was, and then he remembered the only thing that "Yuri" had said that interested him.

Why did he kill Daisy?

After figuring out his answer, the Mask Face twitched and said, "Because... it's all Daisy's fault that I can never leave that hotel... Only by killing her can the curse be lifted!"

"You mean, the curse originated from Daisy, and everyone can leave the hotel if Daisy is killed?" Yu Xing changed his wording, Mask Face nodded with difficulty.

"Are you aware of this?" Yu Xing turned to look at Calodi.

"I don't know." That was all Calodi could say, then frowned, suppressing his shock and various thoughts, and focused on the question. "There's never been anything to prove it, at least I haven't obtained any relevant evidence."

At this point, he began to have doubts. The Mask Face had been subdued and no longer possessed his previous mysterious and intimidating aura. So he directly asked the Mask Face, "Where did you get that conclusion?"

The Mask Face stared at him, and seemed to let out an angry, cold laugh from his throat.

"You too, you are part of the curse, you will die too!"

Now, Calodi's doubts dissipated somewhat, replaced by anger. He had never heard such a claim before, and he was sure that everyone in the hotel abhorred such a curse, including himself. Yet now the Mask Face was saying that he was part of the curse, something he himself had never experienced. This offended him.

"Let's assume that for now." Yu Xing sought confirmation from Calodi, not to incite them to argue. He crouched down, getting close to the upper body hidden behind the mask lying on the ground. "Who told you that?"

The Mask Face remained silent.

Yu Xing chuckled lightly, "Are all serial killers as resilient as you? You can even forget your fear so easily. Did I give you the right not to answer?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Mask Face's head suddenly tilted to the side, the flesh on his neck snapped off like at the waist, and his head rolled off with a thud.

The head rolled out of the robe and stopped at Yu Xing's feet. Yu Xing reached out and picked it up, only to be met with a delayed scream from the Mask Face.

He could sense that the serial killer probably felt no pain; even being cut in half wouldn't hurt. But ultimately, the closer one gets to death, the more afraid of death one becomes.

The Mask Face wasn't afraid of pain, but he was afraid of death. Now, watching helplessly as his neck separated from his body, fear once again overwhelmed all his reason.

"It's a wizard!" he screamed.

"It was the wizard who told me! It was the wizard who helped me get rid of the murder charge and prevented those idiots from capturing me. And it was the wizard who told me where the curse originated after I accidentally entered the hotel!"

The Mask Face panicked and ran away without thinking, while Yu Xing, listening to his tone, suddenly became very interested in the expression under the mask.

He reached out, touched the Mask Face's mask, and slowly removed it.

A very young face appeared, with fair skin, bright blue eyes, and stubble on his chin.

Now, his young face was filled with fear. His pupils were dilated, his nostrils bulged, and cold sweat seeped out from his pores. His eyes were fixed on Yu Xing, as if he were filled with resentment, or as if he was afraid that Yu Xing would not believe him.

"A wizard..." Yu Xing wasn't too surprised to hear this familiar name.

He already knew how much trouble the Wizard Cult could cause; those things could travel between different worlds using the power of the Ghost Tree, making even time meaningless.

"Yes, it's the wizard! He told me the curse originates from Daisy, and Calodi is a despicable accomplice. As long as those two are alive, no one can escape the curse; they'll just be stuck in the hotel day after day until Daisy gets tired of it and decides to find a new resident." The Mask Face twisted in disbelief. "I'm not reconciled!"

"I evaded the police, why should I die in a tiny hotel?!"

The implication is that he was indignant at his own misdeeds and his downfall in a place full of unexpected events; in other words, he did not feel that his past sins were wrong.

Yu Xing seemed lost in thought, muttering to herself, "The fact that you were able to bypass Daisy and come to the market was also thanks to the wizards. You're just a pawn they planted in the market. The Wizard Cult has always championed chaos; those things want you to kill Daisy and Calodi so that no one can control the true source of the curse, and the inn will become a terrifying cursed place, drawing even more people into it."

Although he had destroyed the Underground City of the Wizard Cult, and even killed all the remaining wizards when he went there a second time, there must still be remnants of the wizards in various worlds.

Because when he was in the Underground City, many wizards were out on missions. At least the wizards who left from the attic of Angel's house did not return. So it is conceivable that although the lair was destroyed, the Wizard Cult was not completely wiped out.

It wouldn't be surprising if a wizard appeared in the hotel's cursed world.

Yu Xing's mutterings startled Calodi, who asked from behind, "What do you mean by this? Who is the real source of the curse? Did you know something before coming to the inn?"