[Holy Spell: Spiritual Barrier].

A protective barrier spell highly efficient against demons. However, it was of low quality. It wouldn’t manage to block an executive of the Witch Cult.

If he was boasting with confidence due to this spell, Shin Dong-il’s plan was bound to fail.

Woohyuk clicked his tongue when a maid rushed into the office.

“Mi, Milord! It’s an emergency!”

“What happened?”

“The guards outside the mansion are fighting against each other!”

“...What?”

Count Oswald nervously looked out the window.

The sun had already set.

It was difficult to differentiate the silhouettes in the dark.

“Just leave them be, Sir. It may be a trap.”

“Hm… I understand.”

Count Oswald nodded at Shin Dong-il’s words. He coughed and gave the maid an order.

“Go outside and check what’s happening. And tell the guards inside the mansion not to step outside.”

“Yes? Yes…”

The maid exited the office as white as a sheet.

Woohyuk made a troubled look as he watched the maid.

‘Did she change her plan?’

According to the information he had gathered, this kind of event had never happened before.

The only strategy she had used until now was manipulating the shadows.

The shadow killer had always attacked the targeted nobles without...