Chapter 61: Attack on the Redmond Mansion (1/2)

「Warning: When two or more individuals who have been infected by the monster enter close proximity with each other, thesection of the quest one more time filled Merlin with a sense of dread He interpreted this as the ghost becoressive Its behaviour up until this point felt race period before attacking But noas possible that he'd be attacked i the town that now acted as a safe zone

He checked on Sir Redmond's condition, only to see that the man also see an ear piercing whistle rung out fro the attention of both Merlin and Sir Redmond The two turned to face the ards where the sound seeinate from

Merlin saw that Sir Reds in the ate He also noticed that there was practically a straight road frohts

"Oh no Not again" Sir Redmond mumbled Merlin turned around only to see that the old , and his facial expression indicated that he was terrified

The ear piercing sound returned, followed shortly after by a strong gust of wind that blew through the town The s of theto shatter if they received anysounds could be heard fros down the street started flailing around in the wind

Sir Red towards his desk Before Merlin could ask hiht his eye When he turned around to see what changed, he noticed that the lantern that was hung on the eastern gate was no longer lit

It didn't take hiether as about to happen, he saw several individualshad happened But not even a few seconds later he heard a collective screaht had vanished

Merlin's attention snapped back towards Sir Red to unlock a small chest he had stored away in his desk

More screa that whatever was causing the closer

When Merlin dared to turn towards theonceiht that barely illuminated the scene to vanish hts left, and it see, as they were now running ahile screa towards it with curiosity

Merlin took his shi+eld and gladius out of his inventory and equipped the next, but now that settleer safe zones, he didn't have a chance to just run away

Two hts were destroyed, and Merlin could feel his heart al out of his chest He dared to peer out of theonce more, and now he could see the creature barely illu fros

There it stood in the middle of thein blood A familiar scene that left a bad taste in Merlin's host's head snapped up and it stared directly at him Merlin just stood there in a daze as he stared directly into the vacant sockets where its eyes would have been

"God, I hate that thing" Merlin couldn't help buton edge

"Finally!" Sir Redmond shouted out with desperation as a slanced over at what the oldfor a second He saw that as inside the chest was several vials of gli Merlin was very familiar with, to the point he had been splashed with it moments before his return to the past Holy water, at least a dozen vials of it

This seeainst theon lantern oil showed that he was incredibly paranoid when it cahost, to the point he didn't care what price he had to pay for even a little bit of comfort But it also showed that he was a meticulous individual who always had a backup plan, an annoying trait to have for a corrupt noble, but fortunate when faced against the same enemy

As his attention snapped back towards thetowards the uished

A blood-soaked tendril was thrust towards theMerlin was standing behind Merlin instinctively raised his shi+eld and leapt backwards as theshattered into tiny frag s, and a fourth tendril quickly pierced through the two lanterns closest to that side of the roo thelanced over to see that theout of his back, and he eakly crawling over to the side of the roo the chest with his body like his life depended on it

A loud creaking noise resounded from the tendrils as a silhouette slowly floated up towards the , rather it looked like she was suspended in , it washer tentacles like they were spider legs

Now only a fewtwo lanterns, Merlin could properly see his enemy A pale wo but endless black voids where her eyes should have been