Alive?
Raven stepped forward again and tried to communicate with her.
"How are you? Can you talk?"
The only response from Raven was still a short and hoarse "ah, ah".
Seeing the fear in the girl's eyes, Raven raised his hands and stepped back.
"Don't worry, I'm a good person and I won't hurt you."
I don't know if anyone would believe me if I said this after I illegally invaded someone else's house…
But the girl still didn't react, she just looked at Raven in horror.
"Can you understand what I'm saying? Nod if you can."
"?" The girl looked at Raven in confusion and horror.
"Unable to communicate..." Raven pondered for a moment, picked up the spell mirror and looked at the girl.
There is no magical aura on him, just an ordinary person? No magic was cast on him either.
Why can't you understand me? Are you a foreigner? Or are you pretending?
What is she doing here?
I don't have time to think so much, I still have to continue my investigation.
"I'm sorry, little girl. I'm sorry to have made you sleep for a while." Raven walked forward. The girl did not dodge, but the fear in her eyes became more and more intense. Raven hardened his heart and hit the back of the girl's neck with his knife, knocking her unconscious.
I still have to continue investigating and I can't let the girl stay awake to avoid any accidents.
As for what to do after the investigation is over, we will see.
Looking through the guard's room, in addition to some personal items, there were also some weapons, protective gear, medals and other items. Raven also saw the guard's name on the medal.
Gerd Mathiesen, Knight of the Order of the Grand Duchy of Weimar.
"It doesn't look like there's any important information." Raven put everything back in place, took out the magic-suppressing gloves, and hesitated while looking at the bedroom of Councillor Harrington next to him.
If we remove the spell, we will no longer be able to conceal the fact that someone came to investigate today. When Congressman Harrington gets home from get off work, he will notice that his house has been invaded and investigated.
Forget it. I am not so clean anyway and I am not professional. I might as well investigate openly. It will be fine as long as you don't find out now.
What's more, it was seen by an eyewitness, so exposure was inevitable.
Thinking of this, Raven touched the door handle of Senator Harrington's bedroom with his magic-proof gloves.
The magic-suppressing gloves flashed slightly, then dimmed, and a "pop" sound was heard.
Raven used the spell mirror to look again and found that the magical light on the door handle had disappeared.
Putting away the magic-suppressing gloves, Raven swaggered open the bedroom door.
Congressman Harrington's bedroom is very similar to a study, with a wall of bookcases, a desk, and a bed. There is nothing else, not even a wardrobe, only a coat rack behind the door.
"He seems to be very studious..." Raven complained, flipping through the documents on the desk.
There was nothing on the desk except some economic data reports and a half-finished speech. It looked very capable and neatly organized, but Raven always felt that there was something out of harmony in this room.
"Speaking of which, Congressman Harrington actually wrote his own speech. In his previous life, even a section chief would have asked his subordinates to write for him." Raven complained while looking around the room, looking for something incongruous.
Oh, right, size. Raven looked at the bookshelf and his eyes lit up.
I had seen the entire villa from the outside before coming in. The combined size of the two rooms on this wall was smaller than it looked from the outside.
This means... there is a secret room!
Generally speaking, the probability that there is a secret room behind this kind of bookshelf is very high.
Raven carefully examined the bookshelf. Legend has it that the book with the least dust on the shelf would be the mechanism of the secret room.
But maybe it was because Congressman Harrington loved to flip through books, but Raven glanced at the bookshelves and felt that everyone was quite clean.
"This makes it difficult for me..." Raven took out the spell mirror helplessly.
Since conventional tactics don't work, let's just use our brute force to defeat all the opponents.
When looking through a magic peephole, a book was emitting a faint magical glow.
"That's you." Raven grabbed the book by the spine and pulled it out.
With a teeth-grinding friction sound, the bookshelf opened inward like a door, revealing a spiral staircase leading downward.
"Wow, it really exists." Raven walked up the stairs. There was a pull rod on the wall against the bookshelf. He broke the pull rod and the bookshelf closed automatically. From the outside, the book that was pulled out also returned, as if nothing had happened.
Raven walked on the stone steps. The surrounding stones looked very clean, as if they had been built not long ago, and did not have the feeling of being old and covered with moss.
After a while, the spiral staircase reached the bottom. Raven made a simple deduction and concluded that this location should be four or five meters below the hall.
Combined with the middle layer of stone and soil, most of the noise here cannot be transmitted to the ground.
A pungent smell of sulfur came from the bottom of the stairs, and Raven couldn't help but cover his nose.
"What is this Harrington guy...doing in his basement?"
"Swish!" A cold light flashed in Raven's eyes. Raven's pupils suddenly shrank and he quickly took a step back.
"Clang!" The iron spear pierced through the place where Raven had just stood, and stabbed into the wall behind Raven, making a hole of moderate size, followed by a violent roar.
There are enemies!
Raven quickly touched himself and his heart sank.
In order to facilitate infiltration and exploration, he did not bring the sword and shield that he was proficient in. Now he only had a dagger and a pistol.
Pulling out his pistol and loading it with bullets, the enemy who was attacking Raven also appeared on the narrow stairs.
This is a horrible creature, its body is red, like a skinned ape, its limbs are extremely thin, and disgusting mucus flows out, which has corroded the surrounding stone walls into pits. It is more than two meters tall, holding a spear, and has a chilling smile on the corner of its mouth, as if it has set its sights on a prey.
Raven's heart was filled with alarm bells. This was a terrifying creature that only existed in legends and epic stories!
A demon that is extremely good at assassination, stealth and raids!
Harrington Friedman was raising a demon in his basement!
Raven's heart was chilled, he took out his pistol and fired a shot at the forehead of the violent demon. With a bang, the bullet hit the violent demon and was corroded by the acidic mucus on the violent demon's body, turning black and turning into a ball of rotten black water that fell to the ground.
The ammunition is not effective... Raven immediately took out a dagger and confronted the terror on the stairs.
The Terror was observing Raven's movements patiently, pressing forward step by step. Raven was standing on the spiral staircase, his vision blocked by the middle wall pillar, and he could not see the Terror completely, which became a huge disadvantage for Raven.
We can't be complacent, we must quickly break this situation...
In fact, this battle venue is actually beneficial to Raven. The Terror Demon using a spear has difficulty performing in such an environment. Instead, Raven's dagger is more suitable for fighting in a confined space like a staircase.
After thinking for a while, Raven took out the strength mutagen and drank it in one gulp.
In such a closed environment, it is difficult to take advantage of one's speed. Instead, more strength can play a more direct role.
A red heat quickly flowed from his stomach to his whole body. Raven felt a powerful force flowing through his limbs and bones. The only drawback was that his brain was also affected by the heat, making his thinking slow.
When the Terror Demon saw Raven drink a strange potion it didn't know about, it took the opportunity to thrust out its spear and start attacking. At this time, Raven shouted angrily, dodged the spear, and chopped the dagger heavily at the connection between the spear head and the spear shaft.
"Clang!" The sound of violent metal clashing was heard, and a gap was left on Raven's dagger, but the tip of the violent demon's spear was cut off by Raven with one blow.
The situation on the battlefield quickly reversed.
Seeing its weapon destroyed, the Terror of Terror screamed and rushed towards Raven. Raven did not dodge and kicked the Terror of Terror. The Terror of Terror was kicked in the chest, and its 60-kilogram body was kicked by Raven and flew against the wall with a snap. However, Raven also paid a price. His boots were completely corroded by the acidic mucus on the Terror of Terror, burning the soles of his feet.
It seems that I can't fight this guy with my bare hands... Raven felt a chill in his heart and picked up the chopped spear head on the ground.
This spearhead is made of fine iron and is much better than his ordinary dagger.
Switching the dagger to his left hand and holding the spear in his right hand, Raven chased after it barefoot and stabbed the spear fiercely into the demon's brain.
As soon as the Terror was kicked against the wall, he immediately noticed that the situation was not right. After adjusting his posture, Raven had already pounced on him. The Terror had to avoid the most dangerous part of the head and use his shoulders to withstand the attack.
The powerful blow was so strong that the spear head pierced through the shoulder of the violent demon and nailed the violent demon to the wall.
The effect of this power mutagen was too strong. Raven was slightly shocked by his own great strength. He had never expected that he could penetrate a demon's shoulder and stab into the stone wall at the same time with his full strength. However, Raven was also corroded by the splashing mucus, leaving several holes in his clothes.
The shoulder of the Terror Demon was pierced, but the demon who was unaware of the pain did not fear the fight at all. Instead, his injured body made him even more bloodthirsty. He raised his claws and grabbed Raven's eyes.
Raven took a step back to avoid the attack and raised his dagger to throw it at the terrifying demon like a flying knife.
Under Raven's tremendous force, the curled dagger magically pierced through the brain of the terrifying demon. The terrifying demon, which had been ferocious just now, suddenly became quiet, its limbs twitched, and it hung on the wall motionless.
"Huh..." Raven let out a long breath and sat down on the stone steps.
The battle just now was quick and brief, but extremely dangerous. I was caught off guard and caught up with the terrifying demon. I was just a step away from being killed on the spot.
Fortunately, there are power mutagens.
What secrets does Councilman Harrington hide? Is there a demon guarding him? Collaborating with the demon is a taboo for all mankind!