Infiltrating

"The player has not met the requirements for the quest. Reach level 500"

The system accepted that he had discovered the information by reading a non-library book, but there was another problem.

The level was too low to accept the next quest.

So, there was only one alternative left.

Level up to level 500.

"Old man, I appreciate your help. About the party, how long will it last? I don't know if I'll be able to visit many mansions during this time."

"Here are the suspect lists. Just go to one of those mansions to see if they're working for the Ancient God's Sect."

"Okay. I'll do it"

…

On the day of the party…

The moon was already at the highest point in the sky and surrounded by bright stars.

The scene was beautiful and elegant to behold.

The Kingdom Capital was already festive with NPCs and players partying everywhere.

In the royal palace, nobles gather to talk, dance, and eat.

While the party was going on…

Wang Cai was trying to break into the nobles' mansions in Plavin City.

The first mansion belonged to one of the suspects.

(Berny Clarillic, a member of one of the southern noble families of the Agoria Kingdom. In my past life, this guy was one of the nobles killed on suspicion of treason. But there was no way to know why the kingdom didn't announce it... ) Wang Cai was already inside the mansion's territory and running all over the place.

But the way he ran was a little strange as if he was dodging something.

Both eyes were bright as gems.

This was the Eye of Truth passive skill, it allows Wang Cai to see hidden things like traps.

What he saw were lines at several different locations in the mansion's territory, but Wang Cai wouldn't even want to take the risk of trying to find out what it was.

The mansion was closed and no openings were left open.

The lights out make the place a bit spooky like a ghost mansion.

No butlers or servants were working in the mansion, just the guards pacing around.

Wang Cai ran around but found no possible entrance.

So he could only open windows stealthily to get in or use some other method.

Looking around and not seeing anyone, he went to the nearest window to check if there were traps or not, much to his sadness, there really were traps.

In the window, there was some kind of alarm, which when opened from the outside, would be activated.

(This kind of alarm is not common in the nobles' mansion. There is something wrong with this mansion.) Wang Cai was sure of that.

But there was no way to get in without setting off the alarms.

So he could only go somewhere else.

The butlers' and maids' mansion was at the back of the mansion, but there were lights on there. The two sides were divided.

As he got closer, he heard the sounds of people talking, but the conversation was just casual conversation between work friends, no big deal.

Walking a little further, Wang Cai felt something.

(Ancient God's Sect!!!!! Does this mansion have anything to do with the sect? Are these the traitors?) Following the tracks carefully, he reached the center of the garden, but there was nothing there.

With no way to continue the search, he left, but he already knew a clue.

In the same way, as he entered, he left the mansion area.

No soldier noticed him.

Under the light of the moon and stars, Wang Cai was like a shadow flying when using Shadow Steps.

The next mansion was a little far away, but it didn't take long to travel a few miles.

In this place, there weren't so many traps and no protection on the windows, so he managed to get in without being noticed.

"..." Some strange sounds can be heard in one of the rooms.

Looking through the opening, Wang Cai saw an erotic scene.

A handsome young man penetrates a beautiful young woman. Clothes were thrown all over the place, but it was possible to see a maid's uniform on the floor and the clothes of nobles.

Wang Cai ignored the duo and walked around the mansion to look for clues.

The most logical place would be the library, private places like the rooms and bedrooms of the owners of the mansion.

On the second floor, he looked at the secret documents and other things locked in the safe. It wasn't hard to be a Rogue.

But none of that had anything to do with what he was investigating. Then he put it back in place.

In the other rooms, it was the same.

Nothing related to the disappearances and the Ancient God's Sect.

Finishing with that mansion, he ran to another one.

Wang Cai's break-in and espionage work lasted about five hours, almost the entire night.

In the last mansion…

Wang Cai ran at great speed to visit the last mansion marked on the paper.

The instant he stepped there, the strange power was already felt by him.

(The energies in this place are stronger than the other two. So they must be hidden and gathered somewhere around here. But where is the entrance?) He didn't know where to start.

The system did not alert him about having found something because it was necessary to go to the place to see it.

Not having much time to think about it, he broke into the mansion to see if there were any clues.

To his surprise, there really was one.

Wang Cai found another player walking around the mansion looking for something. But he was hooded and it was not possible to see the name.

No other living beings stayed in the mansion, it looked like it was just him.

"..." Unaware that he was being followed, the player stealthily walked through the halls of the mansion before returning to the basement.

Pressing some hidden locations, a door was opened and a dark corridor was shown.

The player looked behind and to the sides to make sure he wasn't being followed and walked down the hall.

After a few moments, the two reached a torch-lit room.

There were two players and several hooded NPCs, some NPCs were lying on top of the magic circle drawn on the floor.

The instant Wang Cai looked at this scene, the system rang.

ding… ding…