LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 159: Are You Moved?
The pianist rushed toward the female writer as if to attack, but as he lifted his hand glowing with a red light, he suddenly saw something terrifying and his eyes bulged.
The pianist halted abruptly mid-charge, steadying himself with the sofa.
He saw on the second-floor corridor, a fiery red figure that had appeared out of nowhere, staring at them!
Amidst countless twisted and ferociously roaring monsters, a girl with pale, bluish-gray skin drifted in the darkness, her red dress so vivid it seemed as though blood flowed through it.
She stared at the transforming female writer, her mouth split to the roots of her ears, slowly forming a terrifying smile!
The chef, who had been preparing to attack alongside the pianist, was originally standing near the staircase. Holding a kitchen knife, he now charged relentlessly toward the female writer in the middle of the sofa, his expression savage and fierce!
He had already chosen to accept mission failure, so why should he sacrifice himself in vain because of this woman's misfortune!
"Crack!"
As the chef charged forward, the female writer suddenly threw back her head and let out a piercing scream, akin to the wail of a fierce ghost. The villa's doors and windows were struck by an invisible shockwave, instantly shattering, and the darkness outside vied to invade!
The chef, who was closest, was sent flying and tumbled to the ground, immediately surrounded by the Evil Ghosts that pounced on him. Countless pale hands reached out for him.
The pianist took a couple of steps back, glancing at the continually screaming female writer, then at the fiery red figure on the second floor.
He was as if petrified by something, his body rigid, daring not to move recklessly.
At that moment, the teetering villa door finally came crashing down with a thunderous noise. Standing in the darkness outside was a massive creature three to four meters tall, holding a black, enormous axe, with crimson eyes emitting an aura of malevolence and brutality.
The lawyer seemed to be affected by that scream just now; he now clutched his head, a look of agony on his face.
"This is all wrong!" the butler shouted in panic, "It's not an assessment script, so why are there so many Abyss Creatures, and the game has restricted so many of our items!"
[Your deduction value has been deducted by 2500 points.]
When facing different scripts, the game will accordingly restrict the abilities of the players, usually sealing away items or skills that differ too greatly from the power system of the Script World.
For instance, in an ordinary whodunit, it's impossible for powerful transformation skills to appear.
Otherwise, the player could completely cheat using their superpowers.
Listening to the butler's shouts, the pianist's racing heartbeat gradually slowed, his rigid body began to recover, and his pupils turned blood red.
Meanwhile, the enormous creature outside had already stepped inside with its heavy footsteps, lifting its axe as it walked up behind him.
The monster raised its axe high and just as it was about to come down, the pianist swiftly rolled back to the stair entrance. The horizontal swing of the axe created a gust of wind, further ravaging the already chaotic living room.
"Bang!"
The axe struck the floor, shattering the tiles. Enjoy new chapters from empire
The scattered fragments flew onto the female writer but were dissolved by the black mist emanating from her. Her hair flew wildly as she struggled, turning her pitch-black, lifeless eyes toward the butler beside her.
"Hehe~"
"Hehe..."
From the second floor corridor, a girlish laugh was heard; then, the female writer also let out a hoarse, eerie laugh.
...
"So that's how it is."
Xu Shuo stealthily peeked out from the darkness, pensive, "So when players become corrupted, they turn into containers for monsters, and... it seems they also impact other players?"
After the female writer's transformation and that scream, both the lawyer and the butler showed signs of mental breakdown, and their resistance to the surrounding monsters visibly weakened.
Moreover, the chef surrounded by the monsters now seemed to be undergoing a transformation as well, his face covered by a black, sticky substance.
Perhaps this was why those players feared?
If a teammate was contaminated by the monsters, not only would they become an enemy, they might also cause a more powerful psychological attack?
But even so, the lawyer and the butler were still fighting hard, as the stout monster that had entered from outside raised its axe for another attack.
In truth, there was no need for the dancer to step in; the mere presence of the bull-like creature that had entered could easily kill them, and even if left alone with the spreading darkness, they wouldn't last long.
The only solution was to end the game!
The relatively better-off butler attempted to attack the female writer, yet in an instant was entwined by her explosively spreading black hair, directing the dancer's gaze towards him.
Shivering, the butler locked eyes with the pitch-black eyes upstairs, overwhelming terror and despair crawling wildly into his mind!
At that point, Xu Shuo looked toward the pianist standing at the foot of the stairs.
He seemed relatively unaffected, his expression calm even though his eyes were blood red and somewhat eerie, as he began to ascend the staircase.
The twisted monsters around him were ready to pounce, but the pianist suddenly turned and glanced at them, his blood-red pupils flickering ever so slightly.
In the next moment, the creatures stopped their frenzied actions, blatantly ignoring the pianist's presence, showing no interest in the tempting scent of his soul.
[Title 'Demon's Recognition': It has seen you, and believes you are one of its own, so now you have become one of their kind. Be careful, some enthusiastic kin might invite you over to its home for a visit.]