From the transportation matrix to the cupboard, Han Shuo already felt that something was amiss before he even opened the cupboard's door.
First, a faint fragrance entered Han Shuo's nose and mouth. A strong wave of dizziness suddenly assaulted him, and Han Shuo almost fainted in that instant.
It was a good thing that Han Shuo's body was far more resilient than the average person after having been tempered by demonic magic, and the magical yuan had even more miraculous effects. When Han Shuo inhaled that faint fragrance into his abdomen, Han Shuo's body automatically circulated the magical yuan as soon as he felt the dizziness.
The scent that had entered his abdomen was expelled from his body in the blink of an eye under the effect of the magical yuan. The dizziness that had occurred in that instant also disappeared.
At this moment, Han Shuo held his breath and circulated the magical yuan in his body, then inhaled another breath of that fragrance. As soon as the scent entered his mouth, Han Shuo's tenacious nerves had long since prepared themselves for it. The feeling of dizziness appeared for a moment, but under the effects of the magical yuan and Han Shuo's strong willpower, the feeling of drowsiness turned from intense to mild, until it seemed to have no effect at all.
Having reached the true demon realm in demonic magic, Han Shuo's body had been tempered beyond imagination. Even such a strong fragrance couldn't affect Han Shuo's movements.
Not good, I wonder how Emily is?! After his perverted body had adapted to the effects of the fragrance, Han Shuo suddenly thought of Emily in the room and hastily pushed open the cupboard in shock.
Emily, who should have been in the room, had disappeared without a trace. He didn't know where she had gone. There were traces of rummaging in the room, and from the degree of disorder, it seemed that someone had been here.
The transportation matrix that Han Shuo had set up was inside the cupboard, and the top of the magical wand had been covered by Han Shuo's clothes beforehand. Therefore, even if someone came to open the cupboard, they wouldn't be able to discover anything unless they looked carefully.
As soon as he saw that the room had been turned over, and that Emily had disappeared, Han Shuo immediately became nervous. Just as Han Shuo was about to walk out of the room and look for Elaine, he suddenly realized that something was wrong with the entire hotel.
Opening a corner of the window, Han Shuo found that it was already night time. However, looking into the distance, he could see that the houses in the distance were brightly lit, which meant that it was not yet late at night. But in this hotel, all the rooms were shrouded in darkness. Only Belinda's room seemed to have a faint light, and the faint sounds of conversation could be heard.
While Han Shuo was holding his breath and concentrating, he discovered that there was a flying insect the size of a fly in the hotel's courtyard. There were a few dozen of these flying insects, and they scattered and flew around the various rooms of the hotel. Their tails exuded a greyish brown gas. That was the same scent that had almost made Han Shuo fall asleep.
Frowning, Han Shuo was almost certain that the strange changes in the hotel had something to do with Belinda. Silently opening the door, Han Shuo took out the black robes that members of the Dark Mantle wore during their operations and wrapped them around his body. He scuttled up to the roof in the darkness and slowly made his way to Belinda's room.
As he did this, Han Shuo used magical yuan to conceal all of his presence with great familiarity. His heartbeat and breathing also adjusted to a very hard to detect frequency.
"Madam Belinda, all of the guests in this hotel have been gathered in the living room of this room." As soon as he arrived in Belinda's room and pressed his ear to it, Han Shuo heard a low voice coming from below.
"Mm." Belinda responded softly from inside and seemed to be walking towards the living room.
Han Shuo carefully and lightly moved his body. When he arrived at the main hall, he lightly extended a finger and circulated the "Mystical Glacial Spellfire". A small flame rose from his finger and pierced through a wooden structure. He then peered down at the bottom of the hall.
In a living room similar to Han Shuo's room, there were a dozen or so people who'd fainted from the drug. Among them were Emily, whom Han Shuo had been very worried about, Chester, who'd returned from sending Lisa to Lawrence, and the owner of the hotel, Elaine. Even Candice and the other members of the Battlefire mercenary band who'd been protecting Belinda were all unconscious.
Apart from these people that Han Shuo was familiar with, there was also the great druid Caspian and the female elf Angelica. Han Shuo had met these two last time in the Dark Forest. He'd met the two separately then, but now that he saw them together, Han Shuo realized that the two were on the same side.
The remaining guests didn't have any special characters and were likely here to do business in Valen City. They didn't attract Han Shuo's attention.
The three people who'd been tailing Belinda were now standing there with respectful expressions, as if they were subordinates awaiting Belinda's orders. This surprised Han Shuo. He hadn't thought that these three people would be Belinda's people.
Belinda's slender eyebrows were furrowed tightly when she arrived in the living room. She swept a glance at the people below and said softly, "I sensed activity from the number seventeen bone staff when I arrived at the hotel. I'd personally refined that staff and awarded it to Clarendon as a reward.
However, when I followed my senses to the hallway, the presence of the staff suddenly disappeared. It looks like someone must've suddenly stored it in a space ring. None of the guests have left the hotel since I've entered, so I can be sure that the staff is in one of their space rings. "
"My Lord, what should we do?" The eldest of the three brothers who were standing there respectfully asked Belinda.
Belinda's sapphire eyes scanned the people on the ground and then pointed at Emily. "The white bone staff should be on her."
The only ones on the ground who had space rings were Emily, Candice, Caspian, and Angelica. Candice had been with them the entire time, so it was naturally impossible for her to have the staff. When Han Shuo hadn't entered the cemetery of death, the great druid and Angelica hadn't appeared in the hotel yet. In Belinda's eyes, Emily was the only one with the white bone staff.
The one who had asked the question walked to Emily's side after Belinda's words and took off Emily's space ring, handing it to Belinda respectfully.
Belinda took Emily's space ring and closed her eyes to feel it, saying, "She's set up a magical boundary inside. Tie her up first and then wake her up."
"My Lord, what about the others?" It was still the eldest of the three brothers who asked.
Waving her hand, Belinda said casually, "Same old rules. Those who have no value are to be dealt with immediately."
Han Shuo immediately grew nervous when he heard these words. Apart from Emily, there were three familiar faces in the hall below: Candice, Angelica, and Caspian. Caspian had no connection to Han Shuo, but Candice and the little elf Angelica had some connection to Han Shuo. Han Shuo couldn't just watch the two girls be killed like this.
"Don't you think your methods are a bit overboard?" Caspian, who should've been unconscious, suddenly spoke before Han Shuo could make a move.
Caspian rose from his lying position as he spoke and shielded the little elf Angelica behind him.
Han Shuo had been about to immediately make a move, but he immediately stopped when he saw this sudden change. He continued to lie on the roof and observe the activity below.
"Eh? You're still able to remain conscious even under the effects of my powerful knockout powder. It looks like the great druids do have some miraculous powers." Belinda exclaimed softly in surprise and said calmly.
"I don't care who you are, but your methods greatly disgust me. As long as you let everyone here go, I won't hold it against you for the harm you've done to us earlier and will let you leave." Caspian looked at Belinda with some displeasure and snorted.
"Fereeca, you three brothers can take a look at just what miraculous powers a great druid of the Druidic Order has. Kill him for me!" Belinda didn't waste any words when she heard Caspian's words and immediately waved her hand, indicating for the three brothers to kill Caspian.
Fereeca and his brothers looked at each other under Belinda's orders, dark killing intent appearing on their faces. They each took out three longswords and surrounded Caspian.
"Since you won't listen to my advice, then don't blame me." Caspian glared angrily at the three and took out a strange staff that looked like an old tree root from his space ring, planning to deal with the three.
At this moment, the flying bugs that were the size of flies all over the small inn seemed to be driven by some sort of power as they all gathered towards Belinda's room.
At the same time, the lush branches of a large tree beside the room were also drawn by some sort of power as the twisted branches slithered into the room like snakes.
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