Moving Forward in the Mist

Characteristics.

　　Prison reformed shelters, like Han Dong, have no fear of contamination.

　　When dealing with these 'degenerates', there is no need to worry about contamination at all.

　　Thus, Togo's 'Bronze Skin and Bones' was perfectly fine against these gardeners, and the lava ability was just enough to incinerate the flesh and prevent regeneration.

　　The only pity is that by defeating these low-level 'Fallen', Togo can't gain growth experience points.

　　In order for Togo to grow in battle, he had to defeat an individual stronger than him.

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　　As she walked towards the mansion, Celeste was still amazed at Han Dong's rapid progress.

　　"Counting these two servants, Nicholas' own strength is already able to reach the level of the lowest grade knight, No wonder Mr. Black and White thinks so highly of him.

　　Moreover, the trait of not being afraid of pollution is crucial.

　　In the future, he might be able to become the 'first investigator' in the Knights, greatly reducing casualties when out exploring.

　　It's just a pity that there's no way to dig him up to the Holy Knights, but it's safest for a trait like him to follow Mr. Black and White and stay in the Plague Knights."

　　Not long after.

　　Han Dong was already standing in front of the door of the east building.

　　Intending to continue to use the hidden secret passage in the master bedroom room to go to the [Creation Room].

　　Creak~.

　　Just as he pushed open the door, Han Dong was suddenly stunned.

　　The scene that came into view was not the impression of the Martini family mansion at all.

　　Instead, it was the [Misty Promenade]

　　The main door was facing a deep corridor that seemed to correspond to a complex fork in the road at the end.

　　The corridor corresponded to two doors every three meters apart, and it was impossible to tell that Alex was working on his 'final creation' in that room.

　　"This is, a labyrinth?"

　　At that moment, the raven that stopped at the shoulder spoke, "Being able to create overlapping spaces, it itself can also be transformed internally according to the maker's wishes.

　　When the [Gardener] was killed by you, the guy behind the scenes already knew that you had found him and temporarily transformed the mansion into a complex and giant labyrinth area in order to delay till the completion of the final 'creation'.

　　A strand of Viscount Alex's spirit body should be locked up in one of the rooms.

　　Find it as soon as possible."

　　"Okay!"

　　"Open your eyes.

　　The near-cheat little magic eye opened.

　　For a time, a fluid-like mist came into view.

　　Han Dong could visually see the flow of the mist, and although there was a small amount of mist spilling out under each door, the main source was still deep in the corridor.

　　Following the 'mainstream' should be enough to reach the source of the mist's creation, and Alex's spirit body should be there.

　　Only...

　　This mist that circulated between the passageways would sometimes construct a white tentacle that would make close contact with the individual.

　　Even Celeste who was wearing goggles, equipped with holy light armor and multiple buffs applied.

　　When entangled in the white tentacle, the entire person would immediately freeze.

　　As Mr. Black and White warned, the "Goggles" were useless.

　　Mental thinking was directly affected.

　　For a while, some light-colored lines were created around Celeste's eyes.

　　As for her own consciousness, it was drawn to a magnificently decorated theater, where she was 'forced to watch' a bizarre stage play.

　　As the body is fixed to a chair, her eyes are forcibly held open by a device.

　　The eyes are forcibly propped open by the device.

　　Celeste can't take her eyes off of it, and can only watch the bizarre stage play with great impact.

　　Some sort of contamination was directly generated within her brain.

　　" Sister Vino!"

　　At the critical moment, the tentacle was severed by a claw.

　　Han Dong's shout pulled her out of her horrifying illusion.

　　"'Contact intracranial contamination'! , It's a higher form of contamination that I cannot resist."

　　Upon awakening, Celeste was busy drinking a glass of holy water, forgetting as much as she could about the horrific drama associated with the scene in her memory.

　　In order to resist this intracranial contamination, sound defensive measures had to be built into the brain.

　　And Celeste's current inability to perfect this step was the flaw in her abilities.

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　　"Are you unaffected?" Celeste asked in surprise.

　　"Well, it should be fine."

　　Han Dong said, reaching out and pulling a white tentacle that was growing directly beneath his feet, completely unaffected and even pulling it out by the roots.

　　Although he knew of Han Dong's trait, this scene still blinded Celeste.

　　Such an almost bugged ability that no one would not want to have, the deadliest thing against creatures outside the city was the pollution problem.

　　Han Dong asked with concern, "Sister Vino, you can't resist this kind of pollution?"

　　"Who says I can't resist, I'm just, I'm not very good at cranial defense."

　　"How about this then."

　　At that moment, Han Dong took the initiative to extend his right palm.

　　Showing to hold hands.

　　This would completely avoid the possibility of the two getting separated.

　　Moreover, once Celeste was contaminated from her cranium again, Han Dong would be able to find out at once.

　　Celeste stared at the young man whose height was not much different from hers and who was as thin as a bone.

　　Biting her lower lip, she slowly passed the palm of her hand.

　　This could be different from the last time at the Exchange.

　　This passive form of hand-holding made Celeste uncomfortable, and a faint blush came to her cheeks.

　　"How, how did you manage to stay out of the contamination?"

　　"While performing the ghoul incident with Cass, I found myself not seemingly affected by the contamination, for what reason, I'm not sure myself."

　　"This time, thank you."

　　"Well, leave the resisting of the contamination to me.

　　During the journey through the labyrinth, if we encounter any trouble, I'll still need Sister Vino to solve it."

　　Han Dong purposely said this to 'balance' the functional nature of the two.

　　"Of course."

　　Under the effect of the Little Devil's Eye.

　　Han Dong went against the direction of the fog flow and quickly traveled through the labyrinth area.

　　During that time, Celeste had been mentally contaminated multiple times, all of which were promptly brought back to reality by Han Dong.

　　One time was fine, but many times this made Celeste slowly develop a strange 'sense of dependence', Han Dong, in her eyes, had already left the category of trainee knights.

　　Along the way, she would occasionally encounter fallen servants who suddenly emerged from the side door.

　　The Holy Flame Chain Shackle continuously pumped and killed the target quickly.

　　Just like that, the two of them arrived at the last passage of the labyrinth as fast as they could.

　　There was no longer a fork in the road at the end, but an open door.

　　The source of the mists was located right inside this door, Viscount Alex should be inside it.

　　Passing through the door,

　　Once again, they came to the familiar [Creation Room].

　　Mr. Black and White was right, a strand of Viscount Alex's spirit body was trapped here, working day and night on his work.

　　The Martini family's remaining servants were all gathered here, inside and out on three levels to ensure that Viscount Alex's final creation was unaffected.

　　"I have finished writing! Finally finished writing."

　　As if crawling out of the abyss with that kind of joy, Alex wore an expression of relief, unable to move on the tabletop.

　　The creation of a unique work of fiction was complete.

　　At the same time, the white tentacles between the ground squirmed and polymerized.

　　A yellow-robed mysterious person who could be seen by the naked eye, slightly different from last night, coalesced, and made a special trip to inspect the work.

　　Gah~~ (Crow caws)

　　Mr. Black and White reveals himself.