Serati cautiously surveyed her surroundings. The basement of the Ranpelt estate was enormous. Its ceiling soared nearly seven meters high, and the space stretched over twenty meters in width.0

Is this really supposed to be a wine cellar? It’s way too big.0

Upon closer inspection, she understood the reason it was so big. The structure had originally been divided into a first and second basement floor. The walls and floors between the levels had been demolished, merging the two into a single massive chamber.1

Where are Alius and Riltaine?0

While she searched for her comrades, Straph struggled to calm himself. He had been momentarily caught off guard, but upon reflection, the situation wasn’t incomprehensible. The strategy itself wasn’t particularly sophisticated. They had simply diverted his attention to the exterior of the estate and used the opportunity to sneak inside.0

He had merely failed to anticipate that a cowardly necromancer would abandon the safety of his zombie horde and plunge into danger himself.0

Fixing his glare on Karnak and his companions, Straph muttered, “You’ve deceived me.”0

“And you fell for it splendidly,” Karnak replied with a mocking smirk, sizing him up and down. “You look exhausted. Spent a lot...0