CAT WARLOCK: This Darklord Feasts Upon Horror-Chapter 145: Psycho Skeleton

Selina and Mater looked around the wine cellar. The undead wasn’t there. But another Rat King was there.

"Three Rat Kings? These Red Keepers must be trying to create some rare undead then." The black cat meowed.

The two of them exited the wine cellar. There was only one last room in this abandoned house that they had not checked. The basement.

Selina pulled the door open. Behind it was a long stairway leading underground.

"Why do all these haunted houses always have such creepy basements?" Selina said.

"It’s probably their preference." The black cat snickered.

The two of them walked down the basement. Selina passed through a small wire.

Mater immediately used Force Dome and Elemental Shield. Each shielded at either side of Selina and him. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

The tripwire ignited a bomb planted on the left side of the stairway. Its sheer pressure and fire engulfed the two of them.

When everything settled down, most of the bottom staircase was blown off, leaving only the space Selina was standing on and above intact.

It blew up on the side of the Elemental Shield. A large dirt shield was hovering in the air. A corner of it was blown off by the explosion.

Luckily, Selina and Mater were fine. The shield had absorbed most of the explosion.

"They really don’t want us to be here, Mr. Mater." Selina said.

The black cat nodded, "Whatever is down there. It is important to them. Be extra careful from here, Selina. There might be more traps below."

Mater opened his mouth and spat out the Dark Grimoire. The black cat jumped on the book and flew over the broken staircase.

Selina poured Chaos to her legs. A dark red shade covered from her shins to her feet. She used Chaos Flesh and jumped across the large gap.

With the previous experience, Selina could use Chaos Flesh much better. It wasn’t comparable to the sheer force when she’s wearing the Abyssal Helmet but she was no longer a noob.

Mater’s vertical pupils expanded as he took in the environment of the basement. Cats had built-in dark vision so it helped him see in the dark very clearly.

Selina landed beside him. She didn’t have dark vision so she took her phone out and turned on the flash light.

The basement was very large. Its size was at least similar to the entire villa above. The basement was built with ancient large cut stones and didn’t have any electrical light.

There were many trip wires on the floor and also many other traps that Mater could spot.

"Wait here. Let me deal with those traps."

The black cat opened its mouth and shot out Nether Spheres. Those spheres triggered the traps hidden in the basement, providing a safe passage through.

Mater did not know how to deactivate those traps. He also didn’t want to slip past them. Too dangerous and a tiny mistake could cost Selina’s life. So he just destroyed everything.

At the same time, in a secret facility not far away from the villa. The triggered trap showed up repeatedly on the monitor.

The first tripwire had noticed the Red Keepers about the intruder. But no one had paid attention to it yet. Now with the countless warnings, they were finally aware.

"Someone is inside Site #34." A Red Hood said. His hands typed continuously on the keyboard.

A Crimson Hood approached him from behind, "Do we know who’s out there?"

The Red Hood shook his head, "Site #34 do not have any cameras. We did not receive any information about a raid. Probably some civilians or freelance bounty hunters."

"Well then. What are you waiting for? Send some people over there! Don’t let them ruin our specimen!"

"Right away, sir!"

It didn’t take Mater long to destroy all the trap. The pair went through the long empty lobby and encountered a thick steel door.

Mater blasted it open with his Nether Spheres. The two walked inside.

They saw a Chaos Ritual on the ground. This ritual was different from Zakharov’s style. It was similar to that Ritual under the Wilsons’s house.

"Huh. We saw something similar like this before." Selina said.

The black cat nodded, "We did. It’s one of our very first bounties. So the Red Keepers were the one behind the death of the Wilsons. Let’s see what they’re trying to make this time."

This Chaos Ritual was drawn by pure white chalk. It had complicated patterns with a corpse in the middle. Chaos was pouring passively inside the corpse and slowly turned it into an undead.

Around the Ritual were many machinery and chemicals lying around. Tubes and electrical wires came from the machines and went inside the dry corpse.

"This isn’t an Embryo. It is not a wraith for sure." Selina said.

"As I said. It’s an undead. An incomplete one. They still need quite a few Chaos to finish it."

Mater flew to the console and put his paw onto it. Chaos flooded inside the machine as the black cat tried to figure out what this ritual was.

"Project Psycho Skeleton #4

Goal: Creating a Skeleton that could hold the Psycho Force.

Ritual Used: Psychic Enhancement. Dead Alliance. Soul Forging,..."

Mater read the information available in the machine.

"They’re trying to create a skeleton with the power of a Psychic. They did succeed a few times in the past." The black cat meowed.

"I was prepared to fight an undead. But they didn’t even finish it. How disappointing." Selina sighed. There was madness behind her gaze.

She shared a wicked smile.

"Yes. These Red Keepers are still very amateurish in their approach to Chaos Ritual. But if you want, I can complete it."

"You can?!" Selina blurted in joy.

"Of course. This thing should be around level 3 or 4 when it wakes up. It is very weak for me. But it should be a good punching bag for you to practice."

"I am ready." Selina tied her hair behind her back and started stretching.

"Alrighty then. A new undead is coming up."

Mater pointed his paw at the corpse. Chaos flooded out of his body and went inside it.

Immediately, alerts popped up in the Red Keepers secret facility.

"What is going on?" The Crimson Hood returned.

"There is a huge amount of unknown NES invading the Project #4, sir!" The Red Hood said.

"Is it being destroyed?"

"No, sir. The unknown NES seems to be finishing up the skeleton."

"What is even going on? Can you interfere with the process?"

"We’ve lost control over the mainframe of that site a while ago..."

"I see. Tell those Red Hoods to hurry up and check what is going on."

"Yes, sir!"