Ren and Evie immediately teleported back into the basement. The familiar chill of stone and damp air wrapped around them as the world stabilized. Without wasting time, Ren pulled out the map, his eyes tracing the glowing route etched across its surface.
"This way," he said, already moving.
They followed the laid-out path toward the Chapel, their footsteps echoing softly through the underground halls.
"How disappointing," Evie muttered under her breath.
Ren glanced at her and chuckled. "He's just an idiot in love, apparently."
First the eccentric Mad Doctor, and now a love-struck Dracula. The developers really did have a strange sense of humor.
"The most common madness of them all," Evie added with a small giggle.
The two of them talked casually as they moved forward, their pace steady but alert. Along the way, they ran into both players and monsters. None of them posed any real threat. Either the enemies fell quickly, or other players backed off the moment they recognized Ren.
