Finally, Angelica and Han Shuo went to Candice's room. They also talked to Phoebe and learned that Emily had gone on a business trip.
With Candice and Phoebe here, Han Shuo didn't have to worry so much about Angelica's safety and left with the excuse that he had to do something. He returned to his own room to quietly practice another high-level necromancy - summoning hate warriors.
Clarendon's years of knowledge, combined with Han Shuo's own spirited strength, meant that he struggled for several hours before he became well versed in the art of summoning Hate Warriors. Eventually, he was able to summon a hate warrior with a metal club from the other dimension.
This summoning consumed most of Han Shuo's mental energy. As he meditated, he felt his mental strength quickly recover after using the transportation matrix to return to the cemetery of death.
"Evil Master, are you finally going to take me away now that you've come?" As soon as Han Shuo appeared, the Dark Dragon Gilbert began to make a racket in a loud voice.
"That's right, this time I'm really going to take you away from here," Han Shuo smiled as he spoke, seeing that Gilbert looked particularly dejected.
As soon as he heard that he could finally leave the cemetery of death, Gilbert's dejection was instantly replaced by ecstasy as he began a continuous stream of fawning compliments.
"Enough, you should get ready. We'll be leaving soon!" Han Shuo said impatiently as he quickly walked to the place where he was refining the Earth Elite Zombies. He noticed that the earth qi flowing towards the centre seemed to be flowing slower and slower than when he had started. It seemed that the elite earth zombie had absorbed almost all of the earth qi from the Cemetery.
The Yin Demon Cave was on the other side, and its resentful spirits were still fighting over who would swallow the three drops of essence blood that Han Shuo had dropped in earlier. Since his actual strength was comparable to the true demon realm, Han Shuo's magical yuan had changed fundamentally. Not to mention the fact that it had three drops of Han Shuo's essence blood to sustain it, the Yin Demon Cave could actually function for quite a long time. It wasn't like back when he was only refining the original demons and had to infuse them with magical yuan every day.
Seeing that everything looked normal in the Cemetery, Han Shuo didn't linger, but heeded the pleas of Gilbert and brought him out of the Cemetery.
After returning to Elaine's hotel, Han Shuo told Gilbert to stay in his room while he practised magic all night to ensure his best performance.
In the afternoon of the second day, Han Shuo stayed in his room. He also forbade Gilbert to take a single step outside while he spent the entire day mastering the Adept-level Necromancy Magic Corpse Explosion.
Towards evening, Gilbert finally couldn't stand it any longer. He shouted at Han Shuo from inside the room. "What kind of lame place is this? After we left the other place, we've been here all the time! I'm about to get sick from being so suffocated."
The meditating Han Shuo suddenly exhaled and opened his pensive eyes to look at Gilbert. "Very well. We'll leave this place immediately. When we do, you must keep your mouth shut the whole way and do as I say. If you dare to try anything without my permission, I'll leave you in the Cemetery of death forever."
"What is it? What are we doing at night? Haha, esteemed master, don't worry, I'll definitely pull my own weight!" Gilbert immediately became incredibly excited when he heard Han Shuo's words.
At that moment, footsteps sounded from outside as Emily's voice rang out, "Are you inside?"
Han Shuo immediately stood up when he heard it was Emily and opened the door to ask, "How are things? Have you managed to take care of everything?"
The open door revealed Emily's voluptuous body, causing Gilbert's eyes to widen in recognition. He suddenly whistled and said excitedly, "A beauty, she's a great beauty!"
"Shut up!" Han Shuo turned around to glare at Gilbert. Gilbert didn't dare say anything after that, but he continued to look up and down at Emily and looked at Han Shuo with a face full of envy.
"Who is he?" Emily wasn't aware of Gilbert's existence and looked at Han Shuo in surprise when she suddenly saw him appear.
"One of us. There won't be any problem with him. He'll work with us and be able to help us a lot." Han Shuo explained.
Although Gilbert was still a young dark dragon, he possessed great destructive abilities when he transformed into his dragon form. If a dark dragon could add to the chaos at a critical moment, it would greatly increase the success of Han Shuo and the others' missions.
Emily had never doubted anything Han Shuo said, so Gilbert's appearance only made her get to know him better. She didn't question Han Shuo's methods.
"The great druid Caspian has not returned yet, and even Angelica is quite worried. Forget about the Battlefire mercenaries this time. Candice and the others don't know our identities and have planned a mission. I just saw that Candice asked the other members of her band to take care of Angelica temporarily, and that Senior Swordsman Davis was quite happy about it. You don't need to worry about Angelica's safety for now. It looked like Emily had heard about the conflict between the two from Phoebe, which was why she was telling Han Shuo this now.
"Alright, since that's the case, let's leave it to them." Han Shuo thought for a moment and opened his mouth to speak.
Since Caspian had not returned yet, it meant that something must have happened. However, Han Shuo wasn't on the best of terms with Caspian, so he wouldn't change his long-standing plans for Caspian.
Middle-aged Bob Ascher had lost two of his sons in the space of a few months. It had come as a great shock to him. As the true master of Valen City, Clark's funeral had to be held with all the pomp and ceremony it deserved.
All sorts of luxurious carriages were parked outside the Ascher mansion, and no one of any importance in Valen City dared to miss such an important occasion. No matter how busy things were at home, they always managed to find the time to come and comfort Bob Ascher's wounded soul.
"So we're here to attend a funeral!" Gilbert stood in a quiet corner next to Han Shuo and Emily as he spoke with disinterest.
"No, we're here to make a mess." Han Shuo chuckled softly and said, "If the mission is successful, I'll reward you, so work hard."
Hearing that they were here to make a mess and that there might be rewards later that night, Gilbert's interest was piqued once again as he laughed heartily. He was about to go in when Han Shuo grabbed his hand again.
"We can't go in through the front door since we're here to make a mess, stupid!" Han Shuo snapped at Gibert and nodded towards Emily. The three of them circled the mansion and came to a high wall where no one else was present.
"Ascher has even set up some magical protection at some key parts of his mansion, but there shouldn't be any problem if we enter through here. Be careful though, I'll go up first to have a look." Emily spoke quietly and used a levitation spell to slowly rise into the air, taking a look around when she reached the top before making a gesture towards Han Shuo.
"Can you still fly?" Han Shuo looked at Gilbert at his side as he prepared to make a move.
Shaking his head, Gilbert replied honestly, "Only if I return to my original form. Otherwise, I won't be able to fly."
"A burden to begin with!" Han Shuo looked at Gilbert disdainfully and grabbed his neck, using the 'Demonic Ninth Heaven Art' to fly into the air and land next to Emily, the three of them descending together.
Han Shuo and Gilbert followed behind Emily as they descended through two corridors and an artificial mountain, appearing in the crowded mansion with bland expressions.
The three of them had changed clothes earlier, and Emily had applied a magical solution to her face, completely changing her appearance. Even Han Shuo hardly recognised her. The three of them were dressed like the rest of the guests at the mansion, so no one gave them any trouble when they appeared in the crowd.
"Wow, so many women! So many beautiful women!" Gilbert was a bit excited as his eyes glanced lustfully in all directions, speaking to Han Shuo in a low voice.
"Watch your image Gilbert!" Han Shuo cursed lowly as his eyes also darted back and forth. He finally located Belinda and Johnny from the Calamity Church and noticed that they had also arrived.
Not too far away, Lawrence had also used a magical solution to change his appearance and waved to Han Shuo when he saw their group arrive.
Emily had arranged for Phoebe and Candice to be elsewhere. They would set things on fire as soon as the Calamity Church made their move, throwing the manor into utter chaos.
Add to that a change of schedule by Lawrence's man, and the manor's defences would certainly be at their weakest at that time. Han Shuo and Emily would then take advantage of the confusion to sneak into Ascher's secret room.