The silhouette was blurry—a few black lines merging to form an oval shape, barely resembling a human figure. The person stood in the alley outside the standalone house, tightly pressed against the white wall.0

A passerby? A drunkard? Or perhaps…0

Cassius's eyes snapped open. His dulled senses instantly surged back to life, and the world around him became three-dimensional again.0

Rising swiftly, he walked to the window and opened it. Without turning on the light, he leaned out into the dim night, focusing on the sound he had just heard.0

A cluster of green ornamental trees partially obscured the wall where the human-like figure Cassius had sensed was just behind the base of the wall.0

His gaze sharpened. With one hand pressing lightly on the windowsill, Cassius leapt out of the second-floor window. His landing was silent, as if his feet never touched the ground. The only sound was the cold wind rustling the leaves.1

He moved carefully toward the north wall of the house, the shadows of the trees completely concealing his approach.0

Without hesitation, Cassius quietly scaled the wall.0

His eyes locked onto a pair of red pupils staring back at him. Both froze in place, and that was because…0

The figure before him was none other than the Red Eye-level Shadow Demon that Cassius had imprisoned in the basement before it had escaped. Absurd!0

Did this thing escape? And...0