Chapter 58 - IVY GROVE MANOR (III) (2/2)

When he walked towards the bed, he noticed that the effect of the Invisibility Cloak disappeared.  Since he needed to wait for another five minutes before its effect returned, he might as well stay in this room for a bit.

He stood beside the bed and pulled back the quilt covering it.  If he had a weak stomach, he'd definitely hurl all the things he ate.  If that was even possible in VR.  If he had a weak psychology, he'd definitely be terrified by now.  Because on the bed was a decaying human body.  There was almost no flesh left, only bones and some rotting meat.  There were even maggots crawling on the eyesockets.

Even if he had a strong mental fortitude, Luo Yan still had to step back a bit.  But not before covering the dead body once again.  What the hell?  Weren't those game designers gone a little bit overboard with this?  This could definitely leave a pyschological shadow to some people.

He turned around and tried to breathe using his mouth.  That decaying corpse over there was definitely Mr. Sutton - the supposedly owner of this manor.  [Mr. Sutton's Corpse] was displayed on top of its head, after all.

He sighed.  Earlier, he felt like he was playing a detective game.  Now, it felt like he suddenly switched to a horror game.

Luo Yan waited for five minutes inside the room.  Once the effect of the cloak returned, he immediately went outside and walked downstairs.  As he did, he noticed the acc.u.mulated dust.  Even the flowers in the vases were already withered.  He first looked for the rooms of the servants.

Usually, in houses like this one, the servants' quarters were located somewhere the guests would not easily see.  So, Luo Yan went to the very back of the house.  He walked to a corridor where there were six rooms - three rooms on both sides.

Luo Yan checked the first two rooms from his right.  Both were empty.  In the third room, he immediately smelled the same rotting smell.  This time he didn't have to open the cover on the bed because the corpse was already lying on the floor.  [Coachman's Corpse] was displayed on top of its head.  He didn't bother to enter and just proceeded to the opposite room.

The same rotting smell, the corpse on the bed.  [Head Maid's Corpse] was displayed on top of its head.  On the last two rooms, he found the corpse of the Cook and the Butler.

When Luo Yan went out of the last room, he fell into a deep thought.  The corpses identities were readily given.  Which was probably a big clue.  Considering that he didn't find the corpse of Miss Jewel and another maid, besides the one which the villagers kept seeing, he could only arrive at one conclusion.

The dead people who lived in this manor were either men or older women.  The younger girls, such as Miss Jewel and that other maid, were taken somewhere.  Just like those missing girls in the village.  And since the place of the task was this Ivy Grove Manor, then those girls were definitely taken somewhere here.

His train of thought was broken when he suddenly heard footsteps.  Luo Yan walked towards it.  Hearing those footsteps as the only sound in this silent and dark manor was almost eerily creepy.  When he reached the source, he saw a girl wearing a maid's uniform.  The girl's face was dull and almost lifeless.  There wasn't even any light in her eyes.

This was probably that maid the villagers kept on seeing these past two months.

When the maid walked, Luo Yan immediately followed.