My Cell Prison
Chapter 1037 - Chapter 1037 Chapter 136 Sinister Shadow

Chapter 1037: Chapter 136: Sinister Shadow Chapter 1037: Chapter 136: Sinister Shadow Guest room.

Like a phantom, the black flame burned vigorously in the fireplace.

On his forehead, Han Dong had the Demon Eye, having long adapted to a life in darkness, and was now fervently writing at the matching desk and chair.

A letter was swiftly composed.

He stood and approached the bathroom door, politely knocking on the glass.

“Mary… could you deliver this letter to the proprietor for me?”

Creak~

The bathroom door opened.

Mary, her body gleaming with moisture, appeared halfway through the door.

“Deliver it to the proprietor here?”

“Hm?”

The moment Mary took the letter, it was whisked away by a miniature spatial transfer and disappeared from sight.

In such unrestricted, short-distance spatial transmissions, it was as simple as breathing for Maritzis.

“What did you write to the proprietor?”

“The proprietor of this hotel is probably of the ‘Mature Body’ grade, stronger than any of the residents we’ve come across on our journey, and he’s older, having likely lived in London City for a long time. His gaze differs from that of the crowds in the streets eager to leave London City.

Considering he provided us with a map, he can be trusted.

I want to see if the proprietor is hiring. If it’s suitable, we could stay and work here.”

“Do as you please; after all, I am just adventuring with you. By the way, do you want to come in for a bath? Nicole and I can make room for you, squeezing in a spot.”

“It is better to have one person stay in the room… I’ve shown my wealth on the first floor, and some drunkard may have set eyes on us.”

“What’s there to fear? I, the Lord, can swallow those trashy things in one bite. Even if there’s trouble, you can just reveal your identity… Hurry up and take a bath, let Nicole give you a back scrub with her tentacles. Those suction cups are just the right softness, so comfortable.”

“You two go ahead.”

“Tch… How boring.”

Han Dong went to the window alone, gazing out at London City enshrouded in darkness.

“On the streets near the city gates, half the people have ‘urgency,’ ‘worry,’ even ‘fear’ in their eyes, desperately wanting to leave this city where they were born and raised.

What exactly are they scared of?

This is a King-Level city dominated by the [Lower-class Old King – Mother], isn’t it? If there is any danger, Mother should be able to handle it… And since the ‘Participant Event’ is over, any other Demon threats would be limited to outside the city.

Could it be that [Mother] issued some decree that oppresses the lower-class Demons, or is it something else?

Also, for no apparent reason, ever since arriving in London City, I’ve felt very uneasy… It’s not the discomfort of being in a Demon city-state, after all, I could easily adapt in Toad City.

The unease here is as if something is lurking in the depths of the darkness, constantly watching me.”

Demon Eye – Pupil Seal

Fully focusing on vision.

Grey, slender tentacles emerged from his eye sockets and wove a hexagonal seal between the pupils.

Suddenly, his visual capabilities rose yet another level.

Han Dong could even see clearly the flow of darkness emitted by the street lamps, spreading out in ripples all around,

as well as the rats almost as big as wild dogs, crawling through the alleys, their fur like earthworms,

and even those disguising as common people, suppressing their aura, patrolling the streets of London,

As his gaze shifted, his peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of something…

“What is that?”

In an extremely narrow alleyway, so tight that even larger rats could hardly squeeze through,

Han Dong caught a glimpse of a spiral arm, grotesquely distorted, its surface also giving off a metallic luster.

Moreover, as Han Dong fixed his gaze on this alleyway, the sense of unease in his heart intensified.

Creak creak~

Tentacles brimming with starlight grew around his shins.

Just as Han Dong was leaning on the windowsill with one hand, ready to go over and check things out.

Drip…

A moist and soft object suddenly pressed against his back,

and the dripping wet hair also draped over Han Dong’s shoulder,

a slender tongue reached into Han Dong’s ear, tickling the area while asking in a low voice,

“What are you doing? I called you to take a bath, but you didn’t come… Now you stand here admiring the view, is this vast expanse of darkness really more interesting than Lord Maritzis?”

Stimulated by Mary like this.

In the blink of an eye, the strange shadows in the alley had disappeared, and the uneasiness also slowly faded away.

“Mary, take me there.”

Han Dong extended his finger toward the alley; his words were unusually firm.

Drip~

With a drop of clear water falling at the entrance of the alley, both of them instantly appeared there.

However, the alley in front of them was less than twenty centimeters wide.

Han Dong couldn’t squeeze into it with his slender frame… And indeed, the dark aura contained here was more intense than that on the streets.

But, the eerie shadow glimpsed earlier had vanished without a trace.

Through the Demon Eye, deep in the alley, aside from dirty water and mutated insects, nothing else existed.

“Did you see anything? Why can’t Lord Mary sense anything?”

Mary’s head gently rested on Han Dong’s shoulder, her round eyes full of puzzlement.

“Just now, I accidentally caught a glimpse of a strange dark entity,

and even with the Demon Eye set to the highest ‘gear’, I could only glimpse a small part of its features.

Deep, spiral arms and the metallic luster of skin, Mary, do you know what species of Dark Denizen this might be?”

“There’s too little information.

Still, spiral fingers are quite rare.

Asking the locals here might yield some knowledge… Why are you so concerned? Perhaps it was just a high-ranking Demon that happened to pass by.

After all, with such a significant occurrence in London City, deploying some ‘Ancestor Bodies’ to covertly patrol the streets is quite normal.”

“Just intuition, let’s go back.”

Before Han Dong went to sleep,

he particularly instructed Count Blackwater to keep watch in ‘Bloodhound stance’.

Under normal circumstances, the Count would surely have complained a bit… but this time, he obediently separated into a horrific bloodhound covered in sharp-toothed maws, lurking around the room.

Occasionally, an eyeball would protrude from its mouth to survey the situation outside the window.

After all, as a coexisting consciousness within, the Count had also seen the shadow.

Even the Count, who had reached ‘Ancestor Body’ status and touched the Door of Truth, felt the same uneasiness.

Into dreams.

Perhaps under the guidance of the Toad Ancestor, having touched the depths of the “Dreamlands”… resulted in establishing a connection with the Dream world, where Han Dong’s consciousness could still travel to the “Dreamlands” even while asleep here.

Han Dong directly found a secluded spot in the Dreamlands to enter a dream within a dream… Compared to regular sleep, it was twice as efficient.

The next morning.

When Han Dong returned from the Dreamlands, he appeared energetic and revitalized.

Knock knock knock!

However, a series of urgent knocks on the door made Han Dong frown.

And without waiting for Han Dong to answer the door, a force of dark power directly burst through.

Han Dong quickly transmitted a message to Maritzis, who was sleeping in the bathroom, signaling her to stay calm and let him handle it.

The ones who broke through the door, forcing entry, were a group of ‘London Detectives’.

Clad in black turtleneck coats that shrouded their entire bodies, adorned with the “Mother of Night” emblem on their chests, and two candles positioned on their left and right shoulders.

“Multiple pieces of evidence suggest that you and your companion murdered the manager of the Black Water Hotel–Gognome Blackwater last night, please come with us.”

“What?”