Mystic Dominator

After twisting the direction of the steps several times, after going down at least 10 meters or more.

- The front is suddenly bright.

Ronald was right.

Right below the manor house, a space with an area of ​​at least 100 square meters is located here.

Compared with the black mountain that fills the head with black mist and chooses people to devour them.

Instead, it's closer to the [Demon Realm] that Nassos mentioned earlier.

The walls around the entire basement are full of disgusting tentacles entangled with black viscous liquid mixed with rancid flesh and blood, just like the weird world written by Lovecraft.

Ronald has no doubts.

After being entangled by these tentacles, a terrible tragedy will definitely happen.

But even so, there was something in the basement that was more eye-catching than the wriggling and waving tentacles.

In the center of the basement.

and several human figures lying on the ground.

At the very center of the room, which is also the center of these people, a man in a red robe with an indistinct face fell to the ground, holding a black book in his hand.

—The Magic Book.

At least 80% of the probability.

At first sight of this guy, Ronald confirmed this in his heart.

And at a distance of one meter around the man in red, a kind of gray dust formed a perfect circle on the ground, completely isolating him from the others outside.

There were a total of four people outside, two big and two small.

Ronald has seen three of them—

One is a 'mother' with strange powers, the other is a 'daughter' in a white dress, and the other is a 'boy' who happens to be following behind him!

The other person was an adult man who had never met.

Judging from the previous situation, this should be the 'father' who only communicated with Ronald and the three of them through his voice.

"..."

Looking at everything in front of him, Ronald frowned.

Although the clothes and appearance are the same as those seen on the ground, there are big problems in the details. The pierced shoulder of the 'daughter' is intact, and the head of the 'mother' has no wound at all.

This is completely different from anything I've experienced before.

Not to mention the last 'boy' lying on the ground, who is still following behind him!

Look back.

The boy with a gloomy expression was still firmly at the edge of the range illuminated by the torches at this moment, and the glare in Ronald's eyes hardly changed.

How is this going?

Go and don't tell him, there will be a few more 'new friends' next!

Carefully avoiding the wriggling tentacles around, Ronald moved swiftly to these guys and squatted down to check.

The four bodies are all cardiac arrest, no pulse, dilated pupils, cold body...

They are all dead.

And died for a while.

"..."

In silence, Ronald cast his eyes on the guy who hadn't checked at the end.

The man lying in the center of the basement, holding a magic book, and wearing a red robe.

It seems that to solve this question, we must start with this guy.

"Hey, that's Ronald!"

"I have another question!"

Just as Ronald was about to continue checking, the 'boy' behind him suddenly called out in a bad tone:

"You still have something to tell me."

"Tonight, no one told you about the existence of this basement. How did you find out that there are secrets hidden here?"

"..."

"Ask the enemy's secrets..."

After being stunned for a while, Ronald felt a little speechless. He recalled the cruel words that the 'boy' threw when he left for the first time:

"What can you ordinary people do anyway?"

"Just wait here to die slowly?"

"Based on your intelligence, when you left the living room in a blur for the first time, what was it that gave you the confidence to say this?"

"My goodness......"

"..."

"I'm going to kill you!"

-'Boy' was angry.

Ronald's subtle tone, many times of contempt for his intelligence.

This level of ridicule is obviously beyond the limit of 'boy'.

After completely releasing the pent-up anger in his heart, this guy rushed towards Ronald in an instant.

zizizi—

"Roar!"

In the beginning, it was a normal attack stance.

However, the attack has not yet succeeded. After approaching Ronald at a distance of about one meter, especially after the direct impact of the torch, the 'boy''s skin and flesh immediately made a sound similar to the rapid burning of oil.

In an instant—

From the inside to the outside, the body of the 'boy', which was already in a virtual state, instantly dimmed by at least one-fifth.

Snapped-

Almost like escaping for his life, the 'boy' himself fell away from Ronald.

"Hush...hhhh..."

In the blink of an eye, his expression and body were sluggish.

Except for the fact that his eyes were still fixed on Ronald, this guy completely lost his fierce look.

"Tsk tsk-"

Ronald's mouth made a sound of emotion.

He didn't pay any attention to the 'boy' who was already angry behind him and wanted to die with him immediately.

Crouching down in front of the gray circle surrounding the man in red, he stretched out Nassos' dagger and poked it in.

"..."

Dust didn't respond, the dagger was safe, and there was nothing unusual in his hand.

"Can't you afford a defensive effect to me..."

Muttering in his mouth, Ronald drew out his dagger and stirred up some gray dust in front of him.

Even after leaving the ring as a whole, the dust still has no response.

It is as ordinary as burning paper ashes.

After confirming that there would be no chemical reaction between himself and this thing, Ronald walked in with confidence.

"let me see......"

Just as he was about to stretch out his hand, Ronald suddenly stopped.

A new twist is just around the corner—

The previous distance could not be seen clearly, but after coming to the man in red at close range, he found a black semi-circular film that was almost completely transparent, completely separating the guy from the magic book in his hand. shrouded in.

What is this stuff?

To be on the safe side, Ronald shook the dust off the dagger into his pocket, and then carefully stabbed the tip out.

锵—

In an instant, the dagger in Ronald's hand flew straight out.

At the moment when the blade tip and the membrane made contact, an irresistible force appeared on his wrist, and he couldn't even hold the tightly held dagger!

She turned her head back in astonishment.

Ronald clearly saw the dagger hit the wall, and disappeared into the wriggling black tentacles in a blink of an eye.

"Hahahahaha!"

Arrogant laughter came from behind.

Witnessing everything, the 'boy' who was still lying on the ground sullenly began to laugh wildly.

"see it?"

"This is the power of the top magic book!"

"Without an original script of the same level, you can't even break its defenses!"

"Ronald, you only have one choice if you want to live!"

"Listen to me now, we still have a chance to survive before the [Alienation] ends!"

"..."

"What should I say...?"

Facing the 'boy' with an extremely arrogant attitude, Ronald showed a sympathetic and sad expression on his face.

He looked down at the lightning mark that began to appear faintly on his wrist.

An idea could not help but pop into my mind—

Seeing what he did next, this guy wouldn't be too embarrassed and then just kill himself, right?