I Ascend to the Divine Throne through Arcane Means

Although, like Witch Demon McGwire, he lacked self-awareness, he possessed an instinctual and extreme hatred for life.

Once he detected an invader’s presence, he would relentlessly pursue and not rest until his target was dead.

With Lis’s current strength, it was virtually impossible for him to escape.

Therefore, Lis was extremely cautious at this moment, holding his breath, afraid of startling this BOSS.

This led to Lis and Arsen almost brushing past each other without noticing one another.

Of course, even if they had noticed, it would have been useless. The Dark Hall was far too dangerous, and Lis had no chance to save Arsen.

Finally, upon entering another passageway of the Dark Hall, Lis let out a small sigh of relief.

It was indeed too thrilling, feeling completely different from the games in his previous life.

In his previous life, although the game character that Lis controlled also had many thrilling and perilous experiences, even facing legendary foes and Abyss Lords, Lis mostly experienced these as a bystander, as game characters could always be resurrected.

But now things were different. Although the game system had also traveled with him to this world, Lis had a feeling that he might have fully become a member of this world.

That is to say, Lis could no longer resurrect as he had in the games of his former life.

If he died here, it would truly be the end.

Lis did not believe that if he died within the Witch Demon Tomb, there would be any chance of resurrection.

So, this feeling of treading on a knife’s edge made Lis feel exceptionally excited, his adrenaline surging rapidly, making his senses incredibly sharp.

On his way to the Ghost Mansion, Lis encountered numerous monsters, big and small, but the sense of oppression from Headless Knight Larenz was the strongest.

Could it be said that he was worthy of being a Gold Level BOSS?

Merely standing there, his aura was like the Lis of his previous life, a homebody, coming face to face with a ten-meter-tall fierce tiger.

But it wasn’t all for naught. As a Gold Level secret realm, McGwire’s Death Tomb naturally had various treasures.

Relying on his memory, in a secret chamber of the White Bone Evil Temple, Lis found a grey Advanced Magic Gem, the "Death Spirit Gem," and an "Unknown Rib."

The "Unknown Rib," despite its unremarkable name, was a top-tier material for the Death Spirit series.

It could not only strengthen skeleton-class undead monsters but also be used as an offering to attempt to summon high-level undead, such as Bone Dragons, from the Netherworld. For Necromancers, it was quite a precious treasure.

The pity was that each secret realm only contained real treasures during the first clearance. Afterwards, re-entering the same instance through the secret realm crystal would only yield rewards like Experience Points, contribution points, and specialty skills.

Therefore, Lis from the previous life did not obtain these treasures during his clearance, and he only knew of these treasures from the game forums.

However, Lis wasn’t greedy. If he could casually obtain these treasures without the risk to his life, then that was fine, but the most important thing now was to quickly conquer this secret realm.

After passing through the Dark Hall, he would arrive at his destination, the Ghost Mansion.

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Within the maze, a certain passage

Standing not far from the Ghost Mansion, Lis looked helplessly ahead, feeling somewhat worried.

The monsters encountered before could be avoided, but what about the two Blood Servants guarding the entrance to the Ghost Mansion? His frail body couldn’t just force through them.

A dilapidated attic, often seen in horror games, lay before Lis, on an open field. The walls were covered in dust and their original color was indiscernible, and from the black gaping doorway, where only one door remained, one could only see profound darkness, like an abyss hiding endless dangers and horrors.

Yet Lis’s gaze was fixed on the two bats hanging from the top of the doorway. Their pitch-black appearance almost merged with the doorframe.

But Lis dared not overlook these two little creatures. They were the senior Blood Servants, the gatekeepers of the Ghost Mansion, and it was common for the players tackling the secret realm for the first time to get past Headless Knight Larenz successfully, only to fall at the entrance to the Ghost Mansion at the "surprise" of these two Blood Servants.

Although the levels of these two Blood Servants were not considered strong in this tomb, Gold Level strength was still too overwhelming for Lis. It was impossible to enter the Ghost Mansion through normal means.

What a hassle!

In my past life, I steamrolled past this point effortlessly. Who would have thought that I’d re-enter this secret realm at the Bronze Level? Because of that, I never explored whether there were other ways to get inside.

But the hope of clearing this level lies within, and there was no way I could give up now.

Lis touched his nose, troubled. Was there a way to get past these two Blood Servants guarding the door?

Throw something to distract their attention?

No, it wouldn’t work. They might be dormant now, but once awake, with the Blood Servants’ keen sense of smell and speed far surpassing my own, I had no confidence in entering the mansion successfully within such a short time frame.

Climb in through a window on the other side of the attic?

No, that also wouldn’t work. There are vampires in every room of this attic. I’d be delivering myself to them on a silver platter.

Dig a tunnel to get inside?

Not to mention the noise would be too great and might disturb the sleeping Blood Servants and vampires, I didn’t believe that the structure of the Ghost Mansion was something I could damage. This seemingly dilapidated attic was a crucial part of the labyrinth, and McGwire must have put a lot of effort into it.

Fly over and land on the roof?

The result would be the same, as I would still have to crawl through a window in the end. The only difference would be that the vampires, kindly provided by nature, would go from being on the first floor to the second.

Was there no other way?

Lis rummaged through his Space Ring, looking for any items that might be useful.

Suddenly, his searching hands froze, and a rolled-up parchment appeared in his grip.

Oh my, how could I have forgotten about this thing!

A look of joy spread across Lis’s face, as if he had found a new hope.

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[Short Distance Oriented Magic Transmission Array (Basic)]——It records a special Magic Array blueprint. You can use the diagram to learn the recorded Magic Array, or use it as a one-time item.

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With this, I could teleport straight into the Ghost Mansion.

Camus really is a good person!

Apart from the delight, Lis didn’t forget to mentally send Camus a second ’nice guy’ card and to give him a big thumbs up.

Though it would be a shame to use it as a one-time item, Lis did not yet have the ability to comprehend the Magic Transmission Array recorded on it.

If I don’t use it now, a real dead end would confront me.

At such a critical moment, there was no need for hesitation. Lis decisively laid out the parchment on the ground and channeled Magic Power into it.

The yellowed parchment began to emit a faint magical luster as Magic Power started to fill it.

Although this oriented Magic Transmission Array was only for short distances, it was more than enough to bridge the space between Lis and the Ghost Mansion.

Luckily, by using the blueprint directly, there was no need to set a spatial marker at the destination beforehand, or else I really would have had no other options.

Lis set the teleportation target directly at the center of the Ghost Mansion, in the innermost room on the first floor.

As Magic Power saturated the space, the parchment in his hand turned to ash.

Suddenly, Lis’s figure twisted slightly and vanished without a trace in the corridors of the labyrinth.