A voice came through the door.
Sixus, who was guarding the door, opened it immediately and saw "Mr. Boris" standing outside with his hands in his pockets, and the skin on his face began to peel off like bark.
In just a moment, the image of an old man disappeared and was replaced by an energetic, fair-skinned young face.
"I took advantage of his cunning and greed to set up this trap. I have dealt with him before and know what kind of person he is... He has always been dissatisfied with his lack of power in Metz and wants to climb up, so he will definitely not leak the news."
"So the real Boris and his butler..."
"died."
The young man stepped in, opened his arms, and embraced Jie Li, who burst into tears. While gently stroking her back, he spoke in the coldest tone: "It was done very cleanly, not a single bone was left."
"This disguise is one of the abilities of the Huten wood demon... Of course, I never thought that I would forget who I am. Thanks to you for awakening Jie Li, we can get rid of the curse of forgetfulness."
"If you are sure we are safe now, then I would like to know what the Oblivion Curse is all about."
Hitzfeld said softly.
Forgotten curse.
She immediately remembered the forgotten area that Eugenie had mentioned to her before.
In fact, the reason why she called out Jelly's name directly was also related to what she had heard about the Forgotten Zone.
After all, it’s all “forgotten”.
She had thought that they, too, were mysteriously affected.
"Oh, I thought you could guess that."
The young baron narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Originally, Niang-Polis was considered a marginal figure in Metz. Although his status seemed high, he was not actually involved in the center of power. He was just a waste. The Necromancers would not play with him at all. After obtaining his identity, we can conceal it for a long, long time."
"Then we can use this time to work out how to escape from Metz to Sara... This was our original plan."
"But something unexpected happened." He lowered his voice. "Just when we succeeded, those lunatics locked down the area and cursed everyone indiscriminately."
"Can a curse make you forget your past?" Xia Yibing asked.
"Yes." Eugenie nodded. "I think that's right - they couldn't find us, so they suspected that we might be disguised as someone else. The Forgetting Curse will confuse memories. People affected by the Forgetting Curse will forget what happened recently... As long as they question everyone inside one by one within those three days, they will most likely be able to catch us."
Forgetting what happened recently is equivalent to "forgetting the disguise" for Eugenie.
For example, he played an ordinary town citizen and made up a perfect identity information. But after being affected by the curse, he would forget everything, and if others asked him again, he would directly answer that he was Eugenie Copperfield.
"But you are not affected." Sixus pointed this out with a dark face.
If they were affected, they wouldn't be standing here peacefully.
"It's just a little hypnotic trick." Eugenie was reluctant to say more.
"Luckily for us, after we finished disguising ourselves, I emphasized to Jerry 'who we are'... I engraved her new identity into her mind, and luckily nothing was revealed."
So that's why Jerry, disguised as Butler Reese, emphasized her identity so much when they first met.
"Did they ask you?" Hitzfeld asked again.
"Asked."
"No doubts?"
"Of course there are. They probably noticed something was wrong, like why Niang-Polis was in that place, but they don't have any evidence. They won't easily touch their own people without evidence."
At this point, most of the doubts have been resolved.
I have to say that these two people are really lucky... Although their ability is also a factor, they actually managed to wait until reinforcements arrived, and they even subconsciously knew to ask for help.
It was even a scheme disguised as a conspiracy, seemingly intended to fish for them.
"But... Miss Hitzfeld, we have to be careful."
After a brief celebration, Eugenie gave them a stern warning.
"I don't know how they did it, but I think last night... they will soon find out that those people didn't go back. They might even use that cursed item again!"
"The forgetfulness spell, right?" Xia Yibing suddenly spoke.
Eugenie nodded.
"It doesn't matter."
The woman raised the corners of her mouth.
"They can't hypnotize a machine."
Chapter 31: Encircled
Almost as soon as she finished speaking, several people vaguely heard gunshots echoing in the manor.
Eugenie's expression suddenly changed. He hugged Jerry tightly and quickly walked to the window sill. He pulled open the curtains in front of him, stared at the narrow path outside the window that was submerged in the jungle, and said, "...There must be one of their people among the servants."
Looking back, I found that Hitzfeld and the other two looked calm and were already checking the guns and ammunition.
Given the Undead Party's infiltration capabilities, Hitzfeld was certainly not surprised that they could detect it so quickly.
Oh... maybe it's not "noticed" - none of them have seen Eugenie's face yet, it should be just "suspicion". But for the overbearing Death Spirit Party, this level is enough.
Not to mention the five people who died during the other party's sleepwalking. Their exposure was inevitable.
"I'm sorry." Eugenie was silent for a while, and his will gradually became firm. "Please let me go out by myself later... There's no need to implicate you."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Sixus retorted directly, "Do you think we rushed all the way from Sara just to hear you say 'I don't want to be involved'? Who do you think you are? The King of Sara?"
“…” Eugenie was suddenly speechless.
He admitted that there was a certain amount of self-esteem in those words, but this little girl with purple hair...could she not see how dangerous the current situation was?
The character Niang-Polis, played by himself, left those hints and kept trying to contact them and remind them because he had a fluke mentality about Sarah's reinforcements. He even made up a story about sleepwalking... In fact, he didn't have this habit at all.
This was just a lie he told himself to protect himself, a form of hypnosis. In essence, it was selfish, because he didn't want to die, so he couldn't wait to grasp this straw.
Now that he was saved, he was able to wake up from the curse of oblivion and remember who he was again. But he immediately realized how much risk this would bring to the three of them.
That's the Death Party.
Yes, in terms of strength, the Undead Party is definitely not as strong as the Eclipse Church, and is even inferior to some branch factions of the Anti-Sunflower.
But this isn't Sarah either...
The power of these villains is almost all over the country, to the extent that even agents like him from the Third Intelligence Agency have to avoid them. In his opinion, within the borders of Talignan, the Death Party is much more difficult to deal with than the Eclipse Church.
"Don't think too much, Mr. Copperfield." Xia Yibing gripped the Ur rifle tightly and pulled the bolt. "Aisun told me about you. You are very capable, so you should have guessed why we are here."
Eugenie's expression relaxed, and a hint of understanding appeared on his face.
At this time, Hitzfeld gave him a fatal blow: "You can say such words yourself, but you have to think about it...at least you have to say it again for Jerry."
Now the young man was completely speechless.
She was right, it didn't matter to him, but he couldn't give up Jerry.
"Then let's do it together!" He risked his life and took out his pocket watch to take a look. "The gunshots just now should have come from the entrance of the manor. They didn't have time to line up at the roadblock on the small road, and the other roads were too rugged. They should have come running."
"So there's still a little time...Jerry and I need to change clothes first."
The two men were now wearing clothes that belonged to Niang-Polis and Butler Reese, which were either too small or too big, and were not suitable for times when they needed to engage in strenuous activities.
There was no way to block his view at this moment, so the three of them could only turn their heads away. Hitzfeld took advantage of this gap to run to the bed and pulled down the quilt with a slight fragrance.
Sixus watched the whole process and guessed what she was going to do when he saw her start to tie the quilt with curtain strips.
"Let me do it." She went to take over. "You need to tie a few more... Imaar, go get the pillows too."
So... when the Copperfields changed their clothes, what they saw was a row of quilts and quilt covers tied with strips of cloth and pillows standing upright by the window.
The idea is to create a dummy to attract fire...but will anyone fall for this plan?
"Wow!"
As soon as he thought of this, the sealed glass shattered directly, and a pillow was torn apart as if it had suffered a severe impact, and the feathers inside flew all over the room.
Xia Yibing was already prepared. She leaned against the edge of the windowsill, with a section of the barrel of the Ur rifle extending diagonally out, just capturing the shooter.
She leaned slightly to the left as the gun's instructions had indicated, aimed, and put her finger directly on the trigger.
"boom!"
After all, there was no chance to practice, and the first shot went astray.
"boom!"
But she quickly fired another shot, and saw through the gap that a large piece of flesh and blood flew out of the target's shoulder. Only then did she smile with satisfaction.
I haven't fought like this in a long time...
I really miss the feeling of making blood with my own hands.
There was a chaotic curse coming from downstairs, and it sounded like it was still about a hundred meters away from the window. They were doing this trick to delay time, so they kicked open the door and rushed out, asking Eugenie if there was a back door in the house.
The back door is quite far from here.
"Walk straight through the corridor to the end, go downstairs, and then return from the first-floor corridor to the bedroom near the living room..." Jie Li said with a look of reminiscence on her face.
"Why is it so troublesome?" Xia Yibing glared at her.
"You have to get the key first!" Jerry almost cried, "The key is mine...in Reese's room!"
"Can't you just knock the lock off with a gun?" Hitzfeld asked.
"It's a big lock that's thicker than a hiking boot..." Eugenie began to gesture to her.
"Okay, okay Mr. Copperfield, stop talking!"
Xia Yibing quickly interrupted him, then stared at the girl under the strange looks from him and Jie Li.
"If it's just hiking boots, I can give it a try." Hitzfeld nodded slightly.
"Then go!"
Xia Yibing rushed out first.
Sixus followed closely behind, holding Jerry in one hand and holding a shotgun in the other.
Eugenie took Jerry's other hand and held it close to her.
Hitzfeld was hanging at the end holding a Boruni modified pistol.
The corridor is quiet.
Apart from the faint sounds of curses and gunfire coming from outside, the only sound here was the creaking of the carpet under their feet. They could even hear their own breathing and heartbeats.
Jerry opened her mouth and was about to say something when she suddenly saw the door closest to her open inwards and a servant holding a pistol slowly raised it.
! ! ! ——
She wanted to scream, to alert others, but she couldn't make any sound.
She swore that she had really tried her best, but her throat seemed to be hoarse, as if the mute button was pressed, and she couldn't make a single sound.
Just when she thought she was about to make a big mistake, a shadow suddenly rushed out from her blind spot.
"Bang!" As the shadow hit the servant, a loud explosion was heard nearby.
Dense bullets flew over Yuzheni's head, most of them missed the target, but the tail of the bullet barrage still grazed the man's face, almost blowing his skull off.
“……0_0” Eugenie lay on the ground and felt his body go limp.
This purple-haired little girl... He has never seen anyone use a spray gun like this?
"Trust me." Sixus clamped the bolt with his chin and reloaded the gun. He looked down at him with great pride. "You will never find someone who understands trolls so well."
After successively dealing with several undercover servants who were lurking and looking to cause trouble, the team quickly went down to the first floor.
The back door was at the end of the corridor on the first floor - there was a thick, solid iron gate locked with a thick chain.
The connection point was indeed as Eugenie had said, a large lock thicker than a hiking boot.
Before landing, Hitzfeld had quietly taken the white whale out of her chest. When everyone else looked at her, she raised it and aimed at the lock ring.
"clang!"
The violent collision completely covered up the sound of the gunshot, and Eugenie was shocked to see a gap in the lock!
"Bang!"
