The magic cards I made are absolutely flawless!

Dekan said, "Remember the story we saw? This mansion was supposed to have werewolves, witches, and vampires, but where are the vampires?"

Hearing Dekan's words, Lilith felt a chill run down her spine.

079 Decanian Reasoning Method

"You mean, when all six corners of the array are lit up with red light, vampires might appear?"

"Remove 'possibly,' and if two more of us die, we'll be facing Viscount Augustine the vampire."

Upon closer inspection, the base beneath the piano appears to be a large coffin embedded in the ground.

It must be the hiding place of the "Viscount Augustine the Vampire".

"What exactly caused the death of the mansion's owner?"

Lilith still asked, puzzled.

"It looks like suicide no matter how you look at it."

Generally speaking, scenes that resemble suicide are unlikely to actually be suicides.

But to be honest.

As a highly experienced industry professional, Dekan felt this was suicide.

In this kind of world, murder doesn't need to be so elaborate.

"Then why did he commit suicide?"

"Perhaps he was controlled by a vampire and wanted to sacrifice us, but in the end he regained a sliver of reason and, in his struggle, stabbed himself."

When Dekan reached this conclusion, the long-dormant quest prompts finally began to update.

Viscount Augustine, severely wounded after being attacked by the Church, sealed himself in a magical coffin on his deathbed.

He enslaved the remnants of a witch and a werewolf, and cursed the mansion, causing it to continuously erode the mansion's owner's mind and force him to offer sacrifices. If the owner offers the souls of six level-three or higher powerhouses within three days, Viscount Augustine will be resurrected.

Years later, the owner of the mansion invited a group of friends to his residence.

[The plan is to offer sacrifices to Viscount Augustine.]

However, the mansion's owner retained a sliver of consciousness; he was aware of the consequences of his actions, and in a brief moment of regaining self-awareness, he chose suicide.

[And thus, it became the first sacrificial offering.]

However, two people have already been corrupted by the manor's curse, gaining the powers of a werewolf and a witch, and are about to unleash Viscount Augustine.

The core storyline is now complete.

[Information unlocked. The Rebel Challenger's mission is: Summon the sixth-tier vampire, Viscount Augustine. After the mission's time limit expires, Viscount Augustine will be teleported to random coordinates in the Challenger's original world.]

"You really deduced correctly?"

Lilith was utterly shocked.

She was still struggling with how to solve the murder case of the mansion's owner, but she didn't expect it to be so simple.

"It was all my young lady who reminded me."

Dekan stepped back behind Cornelia and said with a smile.

Actually, Dekan's performance this time was mainly due to luck.

If he had just finished stating this argument and the task prompt hadn't updated, he would have prepared to come up with another hypothesis.

Keep guessing until you get it right.

After all, the first third of the information was given directly by the Shadow World.

Only one-third of the intelligence can be obtained through investigation and research.

So the remaining 1/3 will most likely be solved through reasoning.

If the reasoning is correct, the Shadow World should update the hints.

Moreover, he already knew the conclusion that "killing six people will cause vampires to appear."

If you have the conclusion in mind, you can fill in the process step by step. You can always try a few more times and you'll eventually get it right.

Cornelia maintained her calm, poker face, as if she were hiding her achievements and fame.

This time, Lilith gazed at Cornelia for a long time before letting out a relieved smile.

She was finally completely impressed by Cornelia's wisdom.

As expected, the Shadow World never makes a mistake in choosing the detective's identity.

At first, Lilith even felt that she was smarter than Cornelia, but now she only felt ashamed.

"So, what should we do next?"

Lilith respectfully sought advice from Cornelia.

Cornelia remained silent.

she does not know.

All she knew was that they were going hunting later.

"My lady's idea is to proceed according to the original plan. Let's first investigate the circumstances surrounding the deaths of the three kingdom knights."

Dekan explained Cornelia's meaning in a very serious manner.

The reason he's not in a hurry to find the werewolf is—

This venue is terrible.

What if we fail to control the enemy and push them to the brink?

If the enemy makes a sacrifice and the death toll reaches 6, the vampire will appear in the living room on the spot.

Although Dekan could use a suicide attack combined with a lock-on-health strategy to make the vampire faint from the pain.

However, vampires may not necessarily target Dekan first.

He couldn't protect the safety of others.

Therefore, we need to lure the enemy to a better position first.

Everyone nodded and headed towards the bedroom.

Everyone knows that the only way for the regular challenger to win is during the day today.

Otherwise, by nightfall, they would almost certainly lose.

So this time everyone revealed their room number.

Lilith and the guards are 201 and 202.

The twin sisters are 101 and 102.

Last night, Dekan and Cornelia were the first to go to the bedroom.

Next are the twin sisters.

Then came Lilith and her guards, and finally the three kingdom knights, whose room numbers were undoubtedly the remaining 103 to 105.

Lilith's guards first attacked the door to room 103, but failed to budge it.

This shows that the blessing on the door was not destroyed.

However, just as everyone was preparing to go to the next room, Cornelia frowned and sniffed.

She gradually lay down on the stall, then went to the crack of door 103, sniffing the scent more intently.

"It smells bloody."

Cornelia said with certainty.

"That's impossible! The room wasn't broken into, so how could the people inside have been murdered!"

Lilith looked puzzled.

The prisoner could not enter through the window, because the window, like the wall, was indestructible and could not be broken in from the outside.

Next, we tested the doors of rooms 104 and 105, and the result was the same.

The blessing on the door was intact, and there was still a bloody smell coming from inside. There were also traces of bloodstains on the carpet in the hallway that had been cleaned up.

The three royal knights must have been murdered in those three rooms.

The three of them live separately...

Lilith bit her lip, her expression conflicted.

That's not hard to explain.

Even if two fourth-tier knights lived together, they probably wouldn't be able to withstand an attack from a sixth-tier werewolf.

Therefore, living separately should be chosen to increase the number of distractions.

Even if misfortune strikes, they can leave behind more information for their companions.

But the question is, why would three people be killed in different rooms on the same night?

Isn't the witch's blessing only able to open two rooms?

The strangest thing is that the blessing on the door was not broken at all.

Things have become complicated again.

A locked-room murder case that will decide the outcome is now at hand.

If the reasoning is successful, it will be a victory for the regular challenger.

If the reasoning fails, the entire team could be wiped out.

But Decan doesn't need reasoning.

If you want to know the truth, wouldn't it be much more efficient to just arrest the murderer and interrogate him than to deduce the truth?

080 Cornelia's favorite sitcom

"Let's go to the second floor and investigate."