adventurers in the sewers

Miss Liv's fiancé spoke as politely as ever.

But the content of his words sent a chill down Louis's spine.

In his plan, he intends to first create a basic rank-based manual, and then present himself as an ordinary professional.

Before this, he had been trying to conceal his aura, but he was still recognized at a glance.

This is definitely not because I'm bad at concealing my presence, but because there's something wrong with this guy named Eric.

Ronan of the Silver Hunter squad was killed and controlled by the parasite, and it's impossible that the second young master of Hysen Manor was completely unaware of this.

So what about the other two members of the Silver Hunter team?

If nothing unexpected happens, they have already met with misfortune.

Although many thoughts raced through his mind, Louis's expression remained unchanged, and he smiled slightly:

"Mr. Eric has a keen eye; my two teammates and I have indeed only recently switched to this role."

Eric said gently:

"Congratulations to the three of you. I never expected that a professional like you would grace my little manor with your presence at my wedding with Liv. It truly brings glory to my humble estate."

"It is fate that we met. The manor's wine cellar has many fine red wines. Please take a look and choose one at your leisure to celebrate your successful job change."

With that, Eric stepped forward to lead the way:

"Please come this way."

"Louis..."

Dai Na frowned slightly.

Although it's normal for businessmen to curry favor with professionals, the girl's intuition told her that this man named Eric didn't seem as kind as he appeared.

Nora, on the other hand, was quite direct:

"No need, we're just here to congratulate Miss Liv on her wedding, we'll be leaving soon."

She also sensed something amiss with the manor and was prepared to leave, even if it meant giving up a hefty gift of 2 silver coins.

Unfortunately, it wasn't so easy to escape from Haisen Manor.

Eric slowly turned around, the smile on his face gradually fading, and an indescribable chill crept onto his handsome face:

"It is not in line with the hospitality of Hysen Estate to leave guests feeling unsatisfied."

"You lot should stay here and have some time to spare, just like Captain Ryan of the Silver Hunter Squad."

As they spoke, the surrounding waiters also became blank-faced, slowly approaching Louis and his companions like walking corpses.

During the operation, they pulled out gleaming, sharp kitchen knives from under the food carts and tables, seemingly intending to dismember all the meat in front of them.

Although it was still a sunny day, the temperature inside the manor had turned strangely cold, giving people a bone-chilling cold.

The people living in this manor are probably all abnormal.

Only the visiting guests were relatively normal; they became somewhat agitated after sensing the strange atmosphere in the manor.

A richly dressed, arrogant man grabbed a passing waiter and berated him angrily:

"What are you bunch of idiots doing? Where's old Hysen? I've been here for so long, why hasn't he come to greet me...?"

However, before the man could finish speaking, the waiter expressionlessly thrust out a kitchen knife.

The cleaver was plunged to the hilt into the man's neck, rendering him speechless.

*Pfft*

The blade was pulled out, and a large amount of blood gushed from the severed carotid artery, instantly staining the pristine white table and the exquisite pastries, as well as the waiter's indifferent face.

The other guests who witnessed this scene also let out horrified screams.

All the guests ran frantically toward the outside, only to be caught up by waiters one after another, who stabbed each guest in the back with a knife.

The joyous and lively wedding scene was immediately stained with blood.

Louis certainly wanted to help the guests who had suffered, but his team was also in a rather dire situation.

Nearly two-thirds of the manor's servants surrounded them, and Ronan, the level 1 ranger controlled by the parasite, also stood behind Eric.

"Mr. Eric, what exactly did your Heysen Manor do?"

Louis gripped the hilt of his sword and said coldly.

Eric gave a chilling smile, slowly raised his hands, and said in an extremely fanatical tone:

"I have already given everything to the Demon Realm! The demon army will eventually crush the human kingdoms. Instead of resisting, why not pledge allegiance to the Demon King now?"

"The power of the demon realm has blessed me! As long as I continue to sacrifice, I will become an existence even more powerful than a professional!"

As he spoke, streams of suppressed demonic energy surged from his body, and dark purple patterns appeared on his skin.

After a long speech, Eric's expression suddenly darkened:

"Capture them! For demons, professionals are the best sacrifices!"

Upon hearing the order, all the waiters suddenly sped up, moving with speed comparable to that of semi-professionals, and stabbed at Louis and his companions with their knives.

Just then, Nora suddenly pulled her hand out from under her cloak and threw out a string of grenades strung together with small intestines.

The string of grenades lashed out like a whip at several waiters, including Eric, binding them tightly.

Louis immediately activated his Shadow Sword Technique, instantly increasing his speed and blocking Merry, Dana, and Nora as he darted out of the crowd like a ghost.

boom--

A series of explosions rang out behind them, sending plumes of blood and body parts flying into the air, then raining down on the ground.

At least ten waiters were killed in the explosion, and the rest were maimed or injured.

Having escaped the blast radius, Dana looked at the waiters with a heavy heart and murmured:

"These waiters must be controlled by demonic forces. Is there no chance they can recover?"

"I don't know, but if we show mercy now, we'll end up like the Silver Hunters."

Louis said in a deep voice.

He released Merry and Nora, but still held Dinah tightly in his arms.

"Ouch, that hurts!"

Eric emerged from the explosion, his face mangled beyond recognition. A piece of his cheek was missing, the skin on his arms and torso was torn open, and even his throat was slightly leaky, making his voice sound particularly eerie.

Even so, Eric did not die; on the contrary, the purple markings on his body became even more profound.

Louis glanced at the guy and found that although he had received the blessing of the demon realm, he did not seem to have been strengthened in terms of combat power, at least not to the level of a professional.

In other words, there is an even stronger force within the manor, which is why the Silver Hunter team got caught up in it; they must be on guard.

While Louis was pondering, the other waiters turned around unsteadily, dragging their broken or intact bodies as they rushed towards them.

"Nora!"

Louis gave a low shout.

"Um."

The hooded girl nodded slightly and pointed her staff at the group of slaughtered guests behind her.

The corpses have revived! Activate!

The hazy mist seeped into the lifeless corpses, causing them to stagger to their feet.

With a single spell, Nora reaped a full sixteen undead soldiers. These soldiers were equally agile and quickly gathered in front of Nora.

"A necromancer?"

Eric sneered:

"Useless! The corpse soldiers pulled up from the scene are all useless; they're no match for these servants strengthened by demonic energy!"

Nora remained unmoved and calmly said:

"Sorry, times have changed."

She opened her magic pouch, took out one skeletal rifle after another, and threw them to the undead soldiers.

With the high-precision command ability brought by the 'Undead Command' talent, the undead soldiers raised their rifles in unison and aimed them at the charging waiters.

Eric's smile froze slightly.