Chapitre 855: The Lich's Invitation            

[Filler Chapter]

[Leonel, Isolde, Roz, Avaris, Lethargia]

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Atop a forlorn hill in what was once an idyllic valley, Ven Faust Manor lies in a state of suspended decay.

Its paint was peeling, wood rotten, metal rusted, and windows faded, but the mansion was far from abandoned.

Here Niccoli Ven Faust "lives" with the undead abominations fashioned from the remains of his former family.

Its haunted corridors were stalked by vengeful ghosts of ages past. Coupled with the now undead members of the Ven Faust line, Niccoli had fashioned a necromantic effigy of day-today life, with zombie servants, family "dinners," spectral dance parties, and other activities that would seem wholesome in almost any other context.

While the manor may appear ancient and decrepit, this was merely an aesthetic choice by Niccoli as a final act of spite against his hated family.