Three days after deciding to settle at Reed Manor, everyone was engaged in their own activities.

When Shirley got bored, she would go to the study to read, but she often fell asleep in the middle of a book.

After all, from a vampire's perspective, it’s "nighttime" and time to sleep.

How cute—the lovely Shirley has finally fallen asleep...

Beside her, Luna couldn’t help but sigh.

She gently picked up Shirley, their faces almost touching, and observed her carefully.

Long eyelashes, delicate nose, light pink lips...

She unconsciously stuck out her tongue and licked her lips, at a pace neither fast nor slow, and her eyes almost squinted into slits.

Now, I will enjoy my lovely Majesty Shirley!

With a joyful cry in her heart, Luna carried Shirley to bed...

...

In the adjacent room, Karina, who had eaten and drunk her fill, had also fallen asleep.

Even such an energetic girl could hardly resist the persistent drowsiness during the day.

However, some people were particularly energetic at this moment.

"Shall we go for a walk?" Ivy suggested.

Ivy was one of the blood slaves brought by Shirley.

They were not confined to a specific room and could move freely around the mansion.

“Okay, we haven’t had a good look at the scenery outside.”

Her proposal was quickly approved by everyone, and Delia followed them out of the room.

The distant mountains and forests, and the nearby wild nature, both in terms of terrain and scale, were incomparable to the places they had been before.

However, in terms of comfort, the original location was even better.

Although the mansion lacked good facilities, there were still things like swings.

Thus, the girls began to play in the garden.

...

No one knew that a group of people was quietly approaching Reed Manor at this moment.

There were six of them, led by a swordsman wearing a large cloak, followed by a strong, bald man, a thin man with an ordinary appearance, a handsome young man holding a bow and arrows, a woman dressed in red, and a beautiful girl holding a staff.

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This was the demon hunter team formed by Andrew—Eagle Killer.

"Andrew, why should we care about your useless relative?" asked the bald Zarik.

“There’s no special reason,” Andrew replied. “Since we have a mission to investigate, it doesn’t hurt to take a look.”

“But speaking of which, what is this mission about? Destroying monsters?”

Fanny, an attractive girl, asked.

“The specific situation is still unclear. I heard there was a strange red light and a slight earthquake in the direction of the Black Forest.”

“Red light?”

Oren, a thin man with an ordinary appearance, suddenly said, “I remember not long ago, an expedition team went to dig ruins in the direction of the Black Forest, but then there were no more updates. Did they succeed?”

“Awakening dormant monsters due to digging underground ruins… We’ve encountered this kind of thing once or twice,” said the young Rick with a smile.

As an experienced demon hunter team, they were quite famous and had received numerous orders.

From hunting monsters with clear objectives to exploring the origins of unknown phenomena, the team members had complementary skills and could handle any situation with ease.

At least, that’s what they thought before coming to Reed Manor.

They continued along the road until they could clearly see the outline of Reed Manor, and their pace slowed down.

“Hey, something seems off.” Rick, the archer with the best vision in the group, suddenly narrowed his eyes and said seriously.

As the team’s archer, he not only had excellent vision but also a special skill known as "sharp intuition."

This skill, commonly referred to as a "sixth sense," allowed him to anticipate upcoming danger at certain moments.

Although he didn’t know what kind of danger was ahead, his eyebrows furrowed as if something bad was about to happen, making him very uneasy.

“Is that so? It seems this mission is not as simple as it was thought...” Although he said this, Andrew’s tone remained calm.

“Let’s use detection magic to check the situation first.”

Experience gained from performing various tasks over time told them never to take risks with the unknown.

Being careless anywhere could have fatal consequences.

Rick crouched down, touched the ground with his right hand, and whispered, “Perception Magic—Earth Pulse!”

Two dazzling green magical circles glowed with light.

Within a few kilometers around, any slight vibrations of the ground were captured by Rick, and he used this to analyze the type of creature causing the vibrations.

After a while, Rick frowned and passed the information he had gathered to everyone.

“There aren’t many things that can be detected. Besides some common animals and cattle, the most obvious are the activities of five people who might be humans.”

As for the reason behind the word “might,” everyone knew that, besides beasts, there were also humanoid monsters.

Generally, these humanoid monsters are commonly referred to as aliens.

Even in previous missions, the number of times they encountered actual aliens was small.

After all, unlike ancient times when humans and alien races shared the entire continent, after the conquests or expulsions by the Church of Light, all alien races were expelled from the area of human survival.

To this day, there are hardly any pure-blooded aliens on the continent.

What can be seen are mainly the remaining mixed-blood descendants of humans and aliens.

Their strength is not very strong, but as long as they don’t take the initiative to expose themselves, it’s hard to discover them.

Moreover, it’s very strange that there are only traces of five people’s activities in such a large mansion.

All signs indicate that something big might have happened at Reed Manor.

“Let’s hide carefully and stay vigilant,” Andrew ordered.

At this moment, the beautiful girl Lily, who had been silent before, stepped forward.

She held the staff in her hand, and the magical circle with two white rings quickly enveloped several people.

After the light dissipated, although they were still in place, their bodies became blurry, as if they had entered camouflage mode like chameleons, and obvious traces could only be seen when they moved.

“Spread out, keep your distance, and stay hidden.”

Under Andrew’s swift and precise orders, the group approached Reed Manor in semicircular formations.