"So you're saying that when all six corners of the magic array light up red, the vampire might appear?"
"Drop the 'might.' If two more people die, we'll have to face Viscount Augustine the Vampire."
Looking closely at the pedestal beneath the piano, it seemed to be a large coffin embedded in the floor.
It was probably the hiding place of that "Viscount Augustine the Vampire."
"What exactly caused the mansion's owner to die?"
Lilith asked, still puzzled.
"Looks like suicide to me."
Generally speaking, scenes that looked like suicides weren't really suicides.
But honestly—
As someone with plenty of experience in the field, Dekan thought this was suicide.
In a world like this, there was no need to make a murder so elaborate.
"Then why would he kill himself?"
"Maybe the vampire controlled him and made him try to sacrifice us, but he regained a sliver of his senses at the last moment and stabbed himself while struggling."
As Dekan voiced this conclusion, the mission prompt, which had been stalled for a long time, finally began to update.
[After being hunted down by the church, Viscount Augustine was severely injured. On the brink of death, he sealed himself inside a magic coffin.] [He enslaved the lingering souls of a witch and a werewolf, then placed a curse on the mansion. The curse would steadily erode the mansion owner's mind and make him offer up sacrifices. If six souls belonging to powerful individuals of the third tier or higher were offered within three days, Viscount Augustine would be resurrected.] [Many years later, the mansion owner invited a group of friends to stay at the mansion one day.] [He planned to offer them as sacrifices to Viscount Augustine.]
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