Lichtenstein Castle, third-floor hallway.

Lan Qi and Hyperion stood in front of the master bedroom that originally belonged to the castle owner and gently knocked twice on the door.

"Lan Qi?"

"It's me."

Lan Qi then turned the lock and pushed open the bedroom door.

A slightly dazzling, flickering light instantly pierced the dim environment of the corridor through the crack in the door.

Lan Qi led Hyperion into the room.

The walls of this spacious room, resembling the castle's heart, were covered with countless carvings and decorative details, like an open history book. The rich colors and delicate lines made one want to explore the stories behind them involuntarily.

A grand and passionate fire burned in the marble fireplace, and the dark brown floor-to-ceiling curtains in the distance covered the night outside the window, giving the entire room a sense of secrecy, as if some unspeakable ritual was taking place.

And by the four-poster bed in the center of the room were those three familiar figures.

The three now-versatile clerics were wearing masks and concentrating on modifying a dried corpse.

"If all the soft tissues of the prey have been dehydrated and dried, including the internal organs, we need to use a little more force to decompose it. Yes, just use force. Don't be afraid of damaging the prey."

Frey, who was standing next to them, was still instructing the three clerics.

"Stop...stop it...!"

The withered, thin corpse surrounded in the middle had pale skin, like ancient parchment with clear textures.

Contrary to common sense, the corpse was still struggling in pain. It was terrifying!

The instruments in the hands of the three clerics moved on the corpse again and again.

Sometimes gently, sometimes violently.

Each time, it elicited a faint and shrill cry from Count Palokas.

It was a high-frequency sound mixed with the sound of the scalpel cutting through the hard skin.

"Well, there's no bloody smell."

Lan Qi said in surprise.

"...Have you ever wondered why?"

Hyperion finally couldn't remain silent and looked up at Lan Qi beside her.

The two of them first found Frey, who was still using his hunter profession skills to guide the clerics.

According to Lan Qi's training plan, after this course, these three clerics would return to the real world. They could dissect people and animals, mastering the skills in one step.

After observing for a while, waiting until everyone who was busy temporarily stopped their work and looked at him, Lan Qi opened his mouth and asked:

"Everyone, is the werewolf among you?"

If the werewolf wasn't here, he could go to the cast iron room on the fourth floor and ask the young master of the Chamber of Commerce and the guard siblings.

"It's me."

Frey quickly nodded in response and then looked at Lan Qi.

He knew Lan Qi was looking for him for something.

"Frey, you don't really have the ability of a werewolf, do you?"

Lan Qi looked Frey up and down with some curiosity and asked.

He had heard Hyperion say on the way here that even in the Shadow World information panel in her perspective, there was no separate identity prompt stating that she was the [Witch].

But according to the information in the sealed magic book found in the castle, as a half-demon, she was indeed the witch in this Shadow World.

It was just that the demonic features were completely concealed perfectly with the [Transformation Art: Human] she obtained last time. Only those who entered with her and the two Rebirth Cultists who knew her information in advance knew the fact that she was a half-demon.

Since the [Witch]'s identity wasn't additionally granted by the Shadow World but was innate, then the [Werewolf] was likely the same.

"Yes, I flipped through the ancient books in the library and saw records about the werewolf race. I finally know why I get a slight enhancement at night."

Frey had finally figured out something that had puzzled him for a long time in the real world.

Although he wasn't a werewolf, his bloodline probably had a slight reversion to his ancestors. Even in the real world, he would become stronger due to moonlight, gaining an all-attribute enhancement and higher regeneration.

"I originally had black hair when I was a child, but it turned gray-white as my rank increased. It was from that time that I awakened more and more characteristics similar to the so-called werewolves."

Frey explained to Lan Qi and Hyperion.

In a way, he was now a half-werewolf.

However, he already had powerful regeneration abilities before awakening the werewolf traits.

If it was at night, he was confident that he wouldn't lose in a one-on-one fight against any blood clan of the same rank.

After chatting briefly, Lan Qi asked Frey:

"Frey, sorry to bother you, but can you come with me for a while?"

"No problem."

……

Frey briefly told the three clerics the key points of the subsequent dissection steps and left the bedroom with Lan Qi and Hyperion.

The three of them walked out of the room together, and the sound of their footsteps once again broke the silence of the third-floor corridor, echoing in the cold stone walls and hallways.

"What do you need my help with?"

"I received the latest information that a blood clan viscount is also sealed under the wine cellar in this castle. We need the blood of a witch and a werewolf as materials to lift the seal. We have to go and save him."

Lan Qi looked eager to save lives.

Frey nodded.

He understood when he heard this. There was no need to say more. Lan Qi had a pair of talking eyes that Frey could read.

"Frey, before entering the Shadow World, we were still saying that the academic visit team from the Yarolan Kingdom would add a lot of workload to the president. According to the estimate, they should arrive at the Iterit Academy in the next two days and then start a two-week academic visit. The Shadow World will end in four more days. When we get out, we can help the president well."

The three of them walked slowly down the stairs, chatting as they walked. Each footstep was as heavy as a drumbeat.

The dark stairs were like a portal to the unknown, and each candle seemed like a warm hand, extending help to the three of them, dispelling the shadows.

They were usually this leisurely when carrying out student council missions in the old liberal arts building of the Iterit Academy.

"Definitely."

"Moreover, there will be a hidden elite Rebirth Cultist in the team from the Yarolan Kingdom. The goal is to kill Hyperion and destroy the trust between the two countries. This is a serious malicious event that no one else has realized yet, and in order to protect the safety of the informant, we can't report it to the kingdom for the time being. We have to create an accident and catch the criminal."

Lan Qi continued to speak righteously, with a sense of responsibility like a school principal.

Hearing Lan Qi's words, Hyperion was stunned.

She always felt that Lan Qi's words sounded very familiar...

Hyperion remembered that the information revealed by the priestess Stisella was that a very dangerous guy wanted to create an accident to kill her on campus.

It turned out that the other party seemed to be running towards Lan Qi this time.

Lan Qi thought the same way.

So now it was just a competition to see whose accident was more accidental?!

(End of this chapter)