Chapter 21: The Evil Sacrifice

At the door of the room on the second floor, the maid knocked and announced: "Miss Iber, Miss Stewart and Mage Nazan have arrived.

Please ask them to come in," came Iber's voice from inside.

The maid pushed open the door and led them into the room.

The living room was inside, and the bedroom was even further in, but Christine suddenly felt the fluctuations of magic, which immediately triggered the 'Mage Armour' on the magic ring on her left hand, and she immediately flew out of the room.

But it was already too late. A huge spider web covered her, Nazan the mage and the maid. It was a second level spell called 'Spiderweb'.

This spell can create many layers of tough, sticky silk threads. These threads are similar to spider silk, but much thicker and stronger. They will entangle living creatures within range.

They can't be removed, and the best way to get rid of them is to set them on fire. But Christine's hands were tangled in the web, so she couldn't even cast the spell. Not to mention the mage Nazan, who had no experience at all and was completely at a loss, not even as clueless as the maid who screamed.

At that moment, Christine saw the situation in the bedroom and could only describe it as horrifying.

A magic circle had been drawn on the floor in blood, and judging by the symbols on it, it was demonic in style. In the centre of the circle was a stone altar the size of a sink with a carved wooden emblem on it. Christine knew that this was the symbol of a certain Lord of the Abyss, and that the other party could be regarded as a weak god of divine power who could not bestow divine arts.

On the bed in the bedroom lay Yibel's fiancé. Bloodstains on his body indicated the source of the blood used in the magic circle on the floor.

In front of the altar lay the bodies of two young girls and three maids. From their state of death, it was obvious that they had been used in an evil sacrifice, commonly known as a blood sacrifice.

Standing next to the altar was the creature that had used the 'spider web technique' to attack Christine and the others, a demon.

A demon is a person who has been transformed by demonic energy. Depending on the energy, the body changes in different places.

The demon in front of them had obviously received succubus energy. It had two small demon horns on its head, long blonde hair, a charming expression on its beautiful face, and was completely naked. Behind her was a demon tail.

At this time, the other party was holding an equally naked young girl in his arms, and the young girl's face showed a look of ecstasy. Obviously, the succubus' charms were not limited to men.

Don't waste your energy, it's useless!

The demon holding the girl's waist walked over.

'Yibel?' Christine asked doubtfully, the demon's voice was the same as Yibel's.

'Of course it's me, Christine, do you think I'm worthy of you now? As she spoke, Yibel stuck out her tongue and licked her lips seductively.

By this time, the mage Nazan was already attracted to her appearance, and the maid was even worse, her eyes beginning to look a little unfocused.

Ibel, have you gone mad? You can't possibly escape the evil sacrifices being performed in the city of Rennes.

It wasn't difficult for Christine to break free with her current strength, but she also needed some preparation, so she used words to buy time.

Ibel laughed out loud, 'Am I mad? Of course I'm crazy. I'm a second-level mage, but they still forced me to marry a loser. Now that the loser is dead, their plan has failed.

Christine obediently showed a shocked expression and said, 'Then you shouldn't be like this, right?

The battle against demons in the main world has never ceased, so evil sacrifices are naturally extremely secretive. Unless a detection spell is used, the altar will ensure that not a single breath escapes.

However, the Mage Tower of the Mage Guild monitors the entire city of Raine, and Ibel's aura as a demon cannot be hidden. So she has drawn a cloaking field on the floor, and as long as she does not leave that room for a certain amount of time, she will not be detected.

But the problem is that although she has become a demon through an evil sacrifice and her strength has increased to the equivalent of a fourth-order practitioner, there are several tenth-order bishops in the major churches of Raine City, and there are nearly a hundred practitioners above the fifth order. If the Cloaking Array fails, the result is death.

Yibel said indifferently, "That trash will definitely die. It's not easy with so many guards around Count Raine. With only my father and you left, I had to choose one, and in the end I chose to let you die with me.

'You're mad!

'Christine, I know you look down on me because of my beauty and status, but many people like me.

Yibel looked at the young girl in her arms and asked, 'Edra, do you like me?

'Of course, of course I like you.

The young girl looked at Yibel with deep affection.

'How much do you like me?

Yibel kissed the young girl on the mouth.

I am ready to die for you,' the young girl said.

replied the young girl, who was enjoying the 'energy-sucking kiss'.

Then die!

Poof!

Yibel's demonic tail pierced the girl's lower body.

Plop, the girl's body was thrown onto the altar of evil by Yibel, but she still had a satisfied smile on her face as she died.

Christine, I will make you happy before you die, just like she did! Yibel walked over.

With a whoosh, a flame shot out of Christine's right hand, instantly burning through the cobwebs that had wrapped around her.

This was the first level spell 'Burning Hands'. After Christine had been promoted to the fifth rank of mage, her speciality was 'instant spell casting', which allowed her to use two spell slots to cast spells up to the third rank.

The preparations she had just made consisted of adjusting the angle of the jet of flame so that it would just cook the spider's web without burning her.

At the same time, a blinding flash of lightning erupted from Christine's raised left hand, consuming two zero-level spell slots to instantly cast the zero-level spell 'Flash'.

The sudden flash blinded everyone, including Iber, and they could see nothing.

Strangle!

A dagger emerged from Christine's right wrist (see Assassin's Creed).

Swoosh!

The dagger, made of various magical metals including mithril, instantly sliced through Iber's neck with the strength of a fourth-level warrior.

Pop!

Blood spurted from the severed head, spraying Nazan the mage and the maid with it, while Christine managed to dodge it.

Plop, Iber's head and the headless corpse fell to the ground at the same time.

The person was dead, but the altar of evil was still there. So Christine picked up a chair and smashed it hard. She didn't dare smash the altar for fear that something would go wrong, but she smashed a piece of the floor with the magic circle painted on it.

The missing function of the magic circle naturally rendered it ineffective, and the evil aura in the room was exposed.

Christine then cast a level 0 spell, Magic Trick, to remove the bloodstains on the sleeve sword and the Nazan mage, and then dragged the other party out of the room.

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.