We were currently running through the hallways of the mansion. Fortunately, I've managed to remember the general layout of the building, so navigating through the corridors wasn't that huge of a deal.

Basically, everything went completely smoothly until we've reached the main hall. It was full of people moving around. They were preparing this place for some sort of special event. Was the ritual, which Vladislav mentioned, supposed to happen here?

"I-I can't breathe." I heard Phase. She was breathing very fast with each consecutive breath becoming quicker and more shallow.

Oh shit! I forgot that by default invisibility cloak also cuts off the air. It's a side effect of its sound isolation property. In the game people usually, carry o2 masks with them, so I never encountered this kind of situation before. Also because of my race, I don't have any oxygen in my storage, and I doubt deuterium or tritium will be of any use.

I have to do something before she suffocates, but removing the cloak in such busy place wouldn't be a good idea. Since the removal produces a sound similar to popping a balloon, It would instantly attract everyone's attention. I had to think of something real quick, after all, I didn't want Phase to die, nor I wanted to draw the attention of some unknown powerhouses.

I'd really like to use a wormhole right now, but without a psi beacon, guiding me, the exit can appear up to 100km (~62 Miles) from the desired location.

Screw it! I will just remove the sound isolation from the cloaking field. It will make some noise, but nobody will be able to see us. With a bit of maneuvering, we'll be able to safely exit the mansion.

"When you hear a bang don't panic, it's only a side effect of my ability. It will make it easier for you to breathe, but it will also remove the sound isolation from my invisibility cloak."

"S-Sound Is-solation?" She asked while struggling for the air.

"Yes, sound isolation. Just remember to not make any noises from now on, ok? Since You don't have, much time you'll have to be satisfied with this answer for now" I answered.

"Y-Yes." She replied.

"Ok, now be quiet," I said and waved my hand. It wasn't necessary, but I liked making exaggerated movements while using my powers.

A loud bang traveled across the hall, and with it, everyone who was currently in the room turned their heads towards us. They were looking for the source of the sudden noise. Fortunately for us, they couldn't see us, so they just stood there with a surprise painted on their faces.

Finally, after few seconds someone has decided to check the source of that noise. A young woman in maid outfit approached us clearly not knowing what to do.

"Uhm... There is nothing here." the girl said.

I was about to get past the maid when she suddenly stumbled and fell toward us. The time has literally slowed for me as the girl neared the edge of the invisibility cloak, and once she touches it, it will collapse.

I could dash away from her, but only if I left Phase behind or risk having her arm ripped off. Well then let's go with the flow then. If I can't use stealth, I will use force instead. Albeit I will still try to pin the blame on you Phase.

Dispelling the cloak, I pushed the girl away from us. I didn't use much force, just enough for her to regain the balance.

"Aaahhh!" The maid screamed although I'm not sure if she screamed because she saw us or because she was falling.

As expected, everyone was currently looking at us, most of the people emanated hostility, I could feel that they are readying themselves to pounce on us at any moment.

For an onlooker, it might look intimidating, but for me, it was a pitiful sight. Plenty of broken souls forced to serve under some sort of a vampire family. A genuinely sad view.

Somehow I knew I could help them, fix their minds, even despite the fact that I never tried mending minds before. But why should I do it? I owed nothing to them and helping them now, could only be detrimental to me. I'm not some kind of a hero to help everyone I meet.

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Some of the servants tried to stealthily leave the room. They were probably trying to report our escape, unfortunately for them, I won't let this happen.

Without making any moves, I locked the surrounding space, freezing everybody inside the room. It was a weak skill which was mostly used to break the opponent's flow. It wasn't that hard to free yourself from its influence, even a mid-level player could easily break the lock, but the people inside this room didn't even reach the low-level standard.

Since [Space Lock] was an AoE skill Phase was frozen by it as well, but in her case, she was able to break the lock herself in a few seconds.

"What's goin..." Phase tried asking, but I interrupted her by putting a finger to my lips indicating that she should stay silent.

"They can see and hear everything, so you should keep your voice down," I whispered to her.

"I understand, but what's going on? First I can't see a thing, then I almost get suffocated, and now everything seems frozen in time." She whispered back.

"Simply put it's the ability of mine, but we have no time to waste. We've got to leave the mansion before the servants unfreeze." I explained.

"Let's go then." She said before approaching the door leading outside.

"Hnng!" Phase pushed the door, but it didn't even budge.

Clap. Clap. Clap.

A slow clap resounded throughout the hall. When I turned around, I saw the familiar face of the man whose name was apparently Vladislav. He was standing there with his creepy smile.

"Well done Phase. I've never thought that you'd be able to escape the cell. I must say I have underestimated you. To think that you can even freeze people in time. How did you get that power?" He was slowly approaching us.

"It wasn't me though." Phase answered.

"Lies, lies, lies. Who else could do this? Are you telling me that this girl without even an ounce of magic could do all of this? She has so little magic that I don't even feel compelled to drink her blood." The man replied.

"But it was her." Phase argued.

"Oh, please do you take me for a fool? Fine, if you don't want to talk, then I shall make you do so." The blood flew out of Vlad's palm and formed a sword in his hand.

"Come on!" He yelled while readying himself in a stance.

I'm done! I'm not going to prolong this anymore. My cover is already halfway blown and letting Phase fight in my stead will probably not work. I hate it, but I'll just have to memory wipe everyone after I'm done with Vlad.

"Don't fight him Phase, we'll be leaving soon. I'm already tired of this." I said with an irritated voice.

Without further ado, I pushed at the doors, steadily applying more force until the doors have finally yielded. I wanted to annoy Vladislav a bit, to make him think we're ignoring him.

To my surprise, Vlad has almost dropped his sword from the shock. "Impossible. The door was reinforced with a magic formation. A mere human should not be able to breach it." He exclaimed.

"What can I say, I just work out regularly, and besides I'm not a human," I replied nonchalantly.

"So, it was you after all..." He replied, shocked even more.

"Originally I didn't want to attract too much attention. But since you saw us, it doesn't matter now. I'll just erase any obstacle, so you'd better not stand in my way." I exclaimed.

"I don't know who you truly are and how strong are you, but I know that I can't afford to let you go now."

A strange red aura started seeping out of his body, along with it his muscles begun growing. And with Vlad's muscles, his appearance also changed he was now looking more like an athlete in his prime than a middle-aged man.

"Ready yourself!" Vlad shouted. His muscles bulged, and the man rushed at me with his sword ready to slash at any time. Maybe in my previous life, I would feel threatened by him, but currently, I only felt emptiness.

"Useless," I said and slammed him to the ground with a force of 25Gs.

"Urghhh! How!? Why is a human child so powerful?" The vampire was barely able to speak under my gravity field.

"Didn't I tell you before that I'm not human," I explained.

"Gah. Release me! You said you don't want to attract attention. Killing me now will only make you stand out even more. How about we make a deal instead?" He tried to bargain with me.

"Sorry, It's too late for negotiations, and I'm already fed up with this whole situation. But don't worry, I won't kill you. What I'm going to do will be more unpleasant." It won't, but scaring him a bit won't hurt us.

I waved my hand lifted him from the ground, bringing him closer to my face. While watching his miserable face, I put my finger on Vlad's forehead and entered his mindscape.

Ugh, I hate this feeling. Luckily, this time I didn't dive too far into memories, all I did was removing last 10 minutes from Vladislav's memories. Though erasing them was more tiring than the hunter's ones. Probably because of Vlad's higher willpower.

After I was done with Vlad, I repeated procedure with the every servant, who saw us earlier. Their minds were already broken, so it wasn't that much of a hassle.

The whole process of memory wiping took me no longer than a minute. Nevertheless, I grabbed Phase and left the mansion wasting no time. After all that effort I wouldn't want anyone to see me.