Blaidd's figure faded away, leaving the Tarnished alone in the vast hall.
"He just left?" The player scratched his head and steered the Tarnished around to explore the manor.
The manor's interior was a maze, with all manner of murals lining both sides of its dim corridors.
Strangely, all the figures in the murals had their eyes closed. Some even had chains wound around their eyes.
He had barely gone any distance before danger came one threat after another.
Several slender figures appeared without a sound.
They wore masks, but a thirsty scarlet light gleamed where their eyes were-Black Knife Assassins, though they seemed somewhat different.
Rather than rushing to attack, they concealed themselves among the shadows and columns, flickering in and out of sight.
The moment the player let his guard slip, an assassin suddenly closed in.
A Black Knife Assassin appeared behind the Tarnished, locking an arm around his throat from behind while her other hand drove a Black Knife toward his back with unerring precision-though it could do no damage.
More surprisingly, the instant she performed the execution animation, the assassin raised a hand and removed her mask, revealing a pale face and slightly protruding fangs.
She lowered her head, gently sank her fangs into the Tarnished's neck, and made a sucking motion. The health bar above her head instantly recovered a small segment.
The player: "!"
"Oho! Vampire ladies!" The player's attention immediately shifted from fighting to "admiring."
He simply stopped resisting and let these gorgeous vampire assassins take turns "executing" him.
He wasn't losing health anyway.
Every time he was "bitten," he got a close-up view of their distinctly different faces and those intoxicated-looking scarlet eyes.
"The developers really paid attention to detail. Every face is actually different."
"Worth it, worth it! These cheats were