Chapter 67: The One Who Stalks in the Darkness

Chapter 67: The One Who Stalks in the Darkness

Zeth and Sasha continue through the underground area of the Mansion. They open a door and enter a 12-foot-wide hallway with wall decorations and furniture in it, laid out with soft red carpet on the floor. It’s a much nicer area than the dark dungeon aesthetic of the prison area. There are two doors on each side of the hallway leading to different rooms as well as a door at the end of the hallway. But something is off. The place is too clean and quiet, like no one has been through here in a long time.

Zeth rubs his chin for a moment. “It looks like we have to choose a door.”

“Might as well go through the door at the end of the hallway,” Sasha suggests. “The other four doors likely just lead to dead-end side rooms.”

As they walk toward the door at the end of the hallway, a shadowy figure quickly hides behind a leather couch along the wall, stalking them.

Reaching the door at the end of the hall, Zeth and Sasha check it but it won’t budge.

“It’s locked,” Zeth says with a sigh.

“Why not just destroy it?” Sasha asks.

“The whole mansion appears to have magic properties. It would regenerate in a second. Watch.”

Zeth shoots the door with a weak Star Shine Blast, blasting a small hole in it that regenerates instantly.

“See? It’s not worth wasting the magic energy it would take to permanently destroy it.”

“Then I assume one of the four rooms this hallway is connected to has the key,” Sasha says.

“Probably.”

They enter one of the side rooms, and they still don’t notice the shadowy figure stalking them.

The room they enter is medium-sized and square-shaped. The furniture and decorations are the same as the hallway.

“Hopefully it’s in here,” Zeth says.

They search every inch of the room and eventually find a safe behind a nightstand.

Sasha examines it closely. “A safe? Maybe it’s in here.”

She reaches for its handle, but Zeth grabs her arm to stop her. “It could also be a trap, so don’t stand in front of it when it’s opened.”

They step to the side and then open it. A smiling clown doll falls out of it. Nothing else appears to be in the safe.

Sasha raises an eyebrow. “This certainly is not a key.”

Zeth grits his teeth. “Damn Daykona. She is messing with us using this garbage. Come on, let’s search a different room.”

As they leave the room, the clown doll’s eyes blink, and its smile turns to a frown.

They go into a different room. This room is designed the exact same as the last room. After searching the room, they find another safe. They step to the side and open it. A magical flamethrower shoots fire out of it.

They both stumble back as the fire continues to shoot out. “Close it!” Zeth shouts in urgency.

Sasha quickly pushes on the door to close the safe, ending the flames.

“That fire would have left nasty burns,” she states.

Zeth takes a deep breath. “No kidding. Let’s get out of here and check another room. I’m already getting tired of this place.”

They check the third room and once again find a safe in it. The pattern is clear. All of the rooms have the exact same design. They step aside and open the safe. The room becomes completely pitch black as a result.

Zeth shouts, “Damn it! I can’t see! Sasha, don’t move!”

Sasha does not reply.

“Sasha? Sasha!?!”

He closes the safe, and the room lights back up again. Sasha is not there. His heart pounds with the sudden realization that Sasha is gone without a trace.

“Damn it! Sasha!! Where is she?!”

The door to the room slams open. In comes the clown doll, which was only a foot tall before but is now six feet tall. It has a deranged face and is making twisted sounds filled with murderous intent.

Zeth’s eyes open wide in shock. “The clown doll? Oh no… Oh goddess…”

Sasha has gone missing and now Zeth is faced with the monstrous clown doll!!

Chapter 67 END

To be Continued in Chapter 68: Zeth vs The Clown Doll