As soon as Chris activated his sense link, he saw Ai at a dead end of a dark alley, Itsuki is pressing her against the wall, she seems to be a bit dazed off, her smooth and delicate face seems to be scratched a bit, while Itsuki looks rather different than his usual Dracula's mode.
Upon knowing Ai's location through his sense link, Chris hastily ran towards a direction without saying anything, Maria and Ben immediately catch up with him.
After running for about a kilometer, Chris finally found that dark alley showed in his sense link, he immediately ran into the alley. As soon as he reached the dead end of the alley, he is both shocked and enraged by the sight. Ai is leaning on the wall in a partial kneeling position, she looks a bit lifeless, both of her eyes look totally soulless, while Itsuki is trying to rip off her clothes.
Seeing this, Chris immediately waved his right hand a bit and teleported Ai away from Itsuki to his side. Chris flipped out a sword from the air with his right hand and pointed the sharp edge of the sword onto Itsuki's neck while holding Ai in his left hand.
"Chris-chan, what happened... Oh dear! Chris-chan, your right eye!" Maria exclaimed in shock as he noticed that Chris's whole right eye had turned red, and started to bleed.
"Maria... Get Ai away from here... At least three meters away from Itsuki..." said Chris, in a slightly shaky voice.
Then, he pushed Ai towards Maria. Maria caught Ai in his arms, he looks worried and confused.
"Just do as he said, I can feel that strong life force corrosion even from this distance." said Ben who just reached the intersection of the dark alley.
"What? But what about Chris-chan? We can't just leave him like this." said Maria, still a bit hesitated, despite Ai is becoming weaker and weaker.
"Tsk..."
Irritated by Maria's stubbornness, Ben forcibly pulled Maria and Ai out of the alley with his telekinesis.
"Seriously, don't you realize how lifeless the lady in your arms is right now?" said Ben with a reprimanding tone as he quickly apply a special healing magic on Ai who looks really pale and lifeless.
"Ah... I'm terribly sorry! I didn't even notice it... How is Ai-chan right now? Is she alright?" Maria asked, sounds rather self-blaming.
Ben sighed without saying anything and continue with the healing while staring in Chris's direction...
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After a short while, Ben carefully walked into the alley as soon as he sensed the life force corrosion had faded.
At the end of the alley, Itsuki is lying unconsciously on the ground, some bloody magic seal can be seen engraved on his torso and limps. Chris is at his side, picking up a pair of black daggers before wrapping them up in a piece of magic resistance leather, his hands are slightly shaky, while his face looks a bit pale, seems to be on the verge of collapsing. Ben quickly reached him and supported him before he collapsed.
"These are the triggers for his rampage... I had temporarily held him down with my own magic, but we still need to find a way to stop this..." said Chris, who seems to be a bit out of breath and having problems organizing his words properly.
Ben frowned a bit before taking out his mini dimension's key and sending all of them including Maria and Ai into his mini dimension...
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Ben's mini dimension.
Chris is resting on a couch with his eyes closed, his right eye had been treated and is covered with a cute chocolate chip cookie-shaped eye patch. Ben is in his mini infirmary, monitoring Ai's condition in detail. Itsuki is inside a special capsule filled with gas that will keep him in an inert state. Maria is sitting quietly on the opposite side of Chris, does not dare to say anything.
A few minutes later, Ben walked away from the infirmary area and seated next to Chris on the couch.
"How is she?" Chris asked without opening his eyes.
"Well, her life force got corroded so badly, if you are a minute late, she might have lost her life, but fortunately, she is an artificial human, her life force can be repaired, thus, she will survive, don't worry." said Ben as he took off his glasses and leaned on the couch with Chris.
"I see... Good to hear that." said Chris.
"So... Care to tell anything about that pair of daggers?" Ben asked, still leaning on the couch without changing his position.
"Well, I believe you have pretty much figured out. It's one of Dracula's belonging. Or to be more precise, it's a pair of ceremonial daggers Dracula used for some special purpose that I can't really figure out. And I am a bit ashamed to tell you that, I have no idea how these daggers actually triggered this deadly form of Itsuki. I can't actually feel any special magic or aura from these daggers, both of them just feel like some ordinary daggers." said Chris.
"Ah... Only if we could find out the source of this pair of daggers, but too bad the shopkeeper is dead." said Ben.
"Ah-ah... Only if we have a necromancer. Hell no! Why are you two behaving and talking like some hopeless old geezer?" Maria exclaimed, finally unable to bear that weird attitude of Chris and Ben.
"Hmm? Necromancer? We indeed don't have one. But we do have an omyoji." said Chris as he finally opened his eyes...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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