After pulling out the long sword with force and bringing up a splash of blood, Art slashed the opponent's white and tender neck with his sword diagonally, and the blood gurgled out like spring water.

Seeing the opponent's unbalanced body, Art raised his foot and kicked the "maid" hard in the abdomen, kicking the opponent away.

Boom——

That graceful body was kicked away like garbage, its back hit the wall, and then it slowly sat on the ground.

The pretty face that had been filled with anger and sadness just now was now mixed with pain, unbelievable doubts and fear of death.

This was the first time that Art saw such a complicated expression at such a close distance.

However, he did not have time to sigh.

He turned around, picked up the top hat on the ground, and placed two crow servants inside that had become sluggish after casting several spells.

Then, he walked quickly without looking back.

As he walked, he quickly opened the panel.

【Level UP】

[Night Wizard lv4]

[Get skill point 1]

After killing the two attackers, his experience gauge jumped from 89% to 1%. In other words, the two men just now gave him an average of 6% of experience points. In other words, the man and the woman just now gave him an average of 6% experience.

The two attackers are at least around level 7.

If it weren't for his rich combat experience and the help of two crow servants, he might have ended up here.

There was not much time to sigh. His eyes swept over the various skills that could be learned before, and then took a look at the skills that the Night Wizard lv4 could learn——

[Shadow Technique: Form a darkness, affecting the vision of all beings within the range, affected by the strength of psychic energy. 】

[Eroding Black Shadow: Forming a black shadow, the subject will suffer continuous dark attribute damage. 】

[Shadow Activation: Activates a shadow, the strength is affected by the caster's psychic strength. 】

What I need now is something that can give me an advantage in battle without consuming too many spells.

He wants to learn every skill, but skill points are completely insufficient unless - enough skill points are obtained.

That's right, the reason why Art stayed in the castle was to try to get skill points from Viscount Rosa. Although he had already obtained the blood of the nobles through Yiwei, he couldn't get it yet.

If his conjecture is correct, within an hour and a half, there will be no overwhelming danger within the castle.

Originally he had no intention of doing this, at least not in the short term, but the situation was critical and he had to adopt this idea which he considered to be a bad idea. Only he could get enough noble blood within half an hour.

Only then can you have a chance to forcefully break through the guards outside and escape from the castle.

In the castle, you can kill the infiltrators through a single point of breakthrough, but facing a few agile professionals with average strength, the chance of survival is much smaller.

His eyes quickly scanned the three skills——

Shadow activation, looking at the description, is supposed to attract attention as a distraction and deflection to non-combat situations? He can accomplish this effect through the crow servant and eliminate it.

Corroding Shadow, a continuous damage skill, is indeed a good skill if you take into account the pain effect caused by continuous damage.

The shady technique, which blocks the enemy's vision, should be a soft control skill of the interference type, while his ghost fear requires the opponent's eye contact to be effective. Although it can be controlled separately when facing multiple enemies, there is no doubt that

, the two skills are in conflict...

Finally, his gaze rested on the eroding black shadow.

[Available skill point 1]→[0]

[Eroding Black Shadow lv1]

Huhuhu——

The blue energy group shattered in the spiritual sea and reunited next to the rune sequence of Ghostly Fear, forming five stable inscriptions. The subtle connection held these five inscriptions together.

Just like when he learned Ghost Fear, Art immediately understood how to use the spell he had just learned.

So...it's time to move on...

After switching his main profession to Crow Mage, he raised his feet.

...

A footman was standing in front of a corridor, his eyes scanning both sides from time to time.

In a corner not far from him, a corpse had its eyes widened, its neck resting on its shoulders at a twisted angle, and gurgling blood left its shoulders and dripped to the ground.

At this moment, a rough and hoarse voice sounded from the other side of the corridor, from the other side of the T-intersection:

"Yeah - yeah -"

"Huh!?" The manservant frowned slightly, walked over, and the right hand close to his thigh showed his alertness.

When he walked to a position about ten meters away from the sound, he finally saw the situation clearly. In the corner, a crow with slightly red feathers was tearing at something?

He narrowed his eyes slightly and tilted his head at a slight angle——

It was a body lying face down on the ground.

"Which idiot didn't hide the body well?" This thought came to his mind.

Thinking about it, he took a step forward and prepared to hide the body.

Although the invasion has been successful, if there is no guarantee, some unexpected person will come out of the banquet hall. If he is discovered, it will still cause trouble.

Thinking about the punishment he would receive later, his face turned pale.

However, when he took steps forward, a thought came to his mind - the figure lying on the ground looked familiar... Where was the person guarding this position!?

call--

A gust of wind came, and although the manservant was aware of the wind, he was still unable to dodge the long-awaited attack.

Bang--

Click——

The heavy black iron cane hit him hard on the back of the head, and with the crisp sound of his skull shattering, the body of the male servant fell to the ground.

Before he fell to the ground, he only saw a figure also wearing the uniform of a male servant. The young face with indifferent eyes made him only have one thought in his mind:

"Who is this?"

The attacker was naturally Art. He waved slightly, and the crow, which looked a little sluggish, flapped its wings and flew to the center of the T-intersection, observing the corner of the corridor on the right.

"It's really uncomfortable."

Tugging at his hem, Art complained in a low voice.

The attire worn by the servants is not the kind of deacon's uniform that can be seen in the cafe in the previous life. The kind of deacon's attire that is similar to a suit and a tuxedo is not the attire of the servants at present. The servant's attire is still a blouse similar to a robe.

Compared with a tuxedo, although this kind of clothing is convenient for movement, it is a bit cumbersome.

When swinging the weapon, the movement is easily deformed slightly due to the fluttering blouse.

But there is no way, compared with wearing a tuxedo and hat, the servant's clothes are less likely to attract attention.

The cane was switched to his left hand, a short sword appeared in his hand, and was stabbed into the opponent's neck.

And the slightly increased experience slot also showed that the other party's identity was not a servant in the Viscount's castle, but an infiltrator.

Servants in the count's castle will be modified to avoid death from their master's psychic radiation, but this will not be the case for levels below the earl - their psychic radiation has not yet reached the point where it can kill ordinary people.

In this case, it is easy to tell whether a guy with a level above lv is a real servant - although it does not make any sense.

Regardless of whether they are dead or not.

Putting away his dagger, Art walked along the corridor guarded by the disguised infiltrator - his walking posture looked the same as the guy lying on the ground just now.

Where is Viscount Rosa's laboratory?

Although he walked slowly and leisurely, he was more urgent than anyone else.

If he doesn't want to die, he'd better move faster.

When Art reached the end of the corridor, he also found a staircase——

Next to the two guys who looked like they were guards.

Although they looked like guards, Art was certain that these two guys were definitely not guards.

As for the reason?

The body hidden in a corner not far from him is evidence.

Although it is difficult to find it from Yate's angle, it can be seen clearly from the position of the two guards station.

Art, who saw the corpse through the crow's perspective, became more and more sure of one thing——

This castle has been completely penetrated.

How long did Viscount Blue Rose take to prepare?

Although he has not met the Viscount of Blue Rose, he also knows that to achieve this point, it is not only possible to have a strong infiltrator force, but also needs to have a certain understanding of the castle before invading.

Only a certain degree of penetration is enough.
To be continued...