The "mermaid" entered the water, and the cold water splashed, soaking the entire front half of Shade's body standing on the ice. He heard a silver bell-like laughter, a laughter full of emotion and tenderness.
The demon on the shore took a step back, but felt that he couldn't go any further. Shade also wanted to retreat, but resisted the urge and stood there.
He reached out and wiped the water off his face, and heard the woman's laughter, which made his blood boil, getting closer and closer under the water.
Crash~
Ripples appeared on the dark water, and Shade's eyes looked down at his feet without any control. The head of a woman with beautiful long black hair had already poked out from the floating ice illuminated by the fire.
The water droplets fell along the skin as white as milk. The facial features seemed to be a mixture of the advantages of all the beautiful girls that Shade knew. The purple eyes, which were almost the same as Luvia's, looked at him with a smile that made Shade's scalp tingle and his soul tremble.
It was as if she saw directly into Shad's soul.
A strand of black hair, along with her lower lip, was bitten lightly by her white teeth. Her voice was a little hoarse and lazy, but so intoxicating:
"Long time no see, interesting soul."
At this moment, Xia De still swallowed subconsciously. Even though it was not the first time he saw Desire, he still felt like it was the first time and had no resistance to her extraordinary charm.
All he could do now was to confirm with his peripheral vision that the demon on the shore had not left.
The night was still dark, and the firelight from the forest on the shore flickered on the water and the floating ice, and also flickered on the woman's face. The burning night and the beautiful woman should not appear in the same picture, but when desire appeared, the burning forest gave her a more cruel beauty.
She paid no attention to the demon on the shore, but looked up at Shade with deep affection:
"Very good, I see your arrogance. Very good, really very good."
The sound was very light, like a small brush brushing across the skin, or like Mia gently scratching the back of the hand. Something huge was shaking under the ice and water, and Shade heard the sound of a tail hitting the water from an unknown location on the river:
"Hello."
After all, this time, it was Xia De who took the initiative to summon, so he suppressed his restlessness, discomfort and inexplicable panic, and opened his mouth to greet him.
The woman's head in the water smiled even more brilliantly, and that smile seemed to brighten up the snowy, moonless night:
"I told you that you would summon me with that perfume bottle. Oh, I smell it, yes, you smell good..."
The pretty little nose that was wet twitched a few times, and Xia De felt his heart beating violently a few times.
"This is the smell of a female dragon. A very beautiful female dragon."
Xia De nodded subconsciously, and at this moment, a white right arm stretched out from under the water on the right side of the woman's head.
The index finger of the right hand was extended, the other four fingers were bent, and then the index finger lightly touched the side of her cheek:
"Interesting soul, what's the matter with you looking for me this time?"
Finally, Xia De looked towards the other side. Ripples appeared on the water surface. The beautiful head and arm also turned behind him. However, they did not rotate together with the head as the center, but each of them rotated 180 degrees with its own center as the center.
"oh?"
A seductive chuckle sounded, and since Desire was no longer looking at Shad, Shad felt a little relieved.
"Miss."
The demon on the shore also adjusted his state at this time and bowed respectfully in greeting.
“So it’s you.”
Facing the devil, Desire's tone became a little calmer.
"Ma'am, this is between me and him."
“Please shut your mouth.”
She said very gently, then turned her head and hands again to look at Xia De:
"What do you want me to do for you?"
Biting lips again:
"You can ask me for anything, yes, anything."
Xia De subconsciously wanted to retreat, but immediately realized that he was on the ice:
"If I ask you to help me, what will it cost?"
With a smile in his purple eyes, he gently placed his right hand on the edge of the ice where Shade was, and then suddenly arched his head upwards, almost allowing Shade to see whether there was a neck under his head:
"If you want me to destroy him, all you have to do is kiss me. Yes, a very passionate kiss. I will put in the most passion and let you know what a kiss is."
The pink tongue was bitten by the upper and lower teeth, with only the tip of the tongue showing. Subconsciously, Xia De's eyes looked at the red lips. While his heart was beating violently, he quickly chanted "My Mia~" in his heart to calm himself down.
The cat doll was now on the inside of his chest, which seemed to give him strength and courage directly:
"No, no, I don't ask for that much."
Xia De quickly shook his head. He suspected that if he dared to kiss the other person, he would never be able to get rid of the other person. Besides, he had already prepared a way to deal with the demon. What he needed now was to create a battle situation that was favorable to him:
"I want to be with it."
He pointed to the demon on the other side:
"I want to make a bet with it, play a game. Yes, a fair game. Since it didn't agree just now, I can only ask you to help me make it agree. If I win, I want ownership of Oxenfurt's soul. If I lose, I will not leave Oxenfurt Manor tonight."
The conditions proposed by Xia De were still the same as before, and this time, the demon on the shore, with his back to the fire, agreed without hesitation:
"no problem."
"So I was asked to be the referee."
The woman next to the ice said with a smile. She licked her lips and used her right hand to lift the wet black hair beside her ear. The sound of water dripping was so loud that the skin near the water surface felt the coldness of the ice water, so it had a reddish color that was different from the fair skin.
"So, do you know what I want from you?"
She raised her right hand slightly, with her palm facing up, which completely lifted the arm above the elbow out of the water. Her bare white arm had extremely well-proportioned lines, and her skin seemed to have a soft glow. Under the firelight on the shore, it even showed a strange brilliance that almost made Shade bend over and take a bite.
He felt that he had no control over his mind at all, because the stranger found that he was uncontrollably imagining what the dimples of such beautiful arms looked like.
"Yes, I know what you want."
Although there was no hint, Xia De understood. Although he felt a little regretful, he still took out the small note about desire that he had just received from the devil from his pocket.
The note flew lightly into the woman's palm, and she held it in her palm and reentered the water, as if the white arm was a wriggling flesh-colored white snake:
"You really know what I want."
She chuckled and praised Xia De. The hum from her throat while speaking made Xia De feel that the night was getting hotter and hotter.
"Women with secrets are the most charming. So, from now on, please don't pry into my affairs so easily."
Although she spoke with a smile, Xia De clearly felt threatened by these words.
"Goethe, you set the rules of the game. You are very good at it."
The head in the lake turned around and spoke to the demon by the lake.
The latter stared at Xia De intently, but it could be seen that although it was angry, it had no intention of killing Xia De immediately:
"Yes, I am good at playing interesting games with mortals."
The devil raised a finger:
"The rules are simple: the range of activities is limited to the Burning Forest and Oxenfurt Manor. I will pull this place into my domain and use snow, trees, fire, and stones to create a maze. Some animals will be lucky enough to be selected and put into my domain. Then I will be reflected in the appearance of any animal and wait for you in the depths of the maze. You have to get out of the maze and catch me within an hour, but you can only identify me once."
"As a fair game rule, Goethe cannot change the layout at the beginning of the game, and the animal form cannot hide or escape beyond the animal instinct. As for the interesting soul, you cannot eliminate suspicion by murdering other animals, nor can you fly in the maze. But other than that, you are allowed to use any means."
The woman in the lake said gently, and Shade nodded. This rule does seem fair. Goethe, the stone mirror demon, is good at using the stone mirror of his body to reflect various images. But if there is no limit on the means, Shade, as a fifth-ring warlock, has his own way to find out the unique animals.
As for whether the two sides will use skills beyond the rules, it depends on their respective abilities.
"Want me to give you some tips?"
Amid the sound of splashing water, the beautiful woman's head smiled and asked:
"For a price, I can give you some hints about the answer, which is very important to you. For example, do you want to eat some more of my meat? Or how about a kiss on the back of my hand? This is not considered cheating in the game, because I am the referee."
The demon on the shore said nothing. Shade shook his head hastily, while Desire complained to himself in a tone that made people feel pity:
"It seems that my charm still cannot impress you. Well, after your game is over, remember to come to the lake to say goodbye to me. I know that you want to get something else from me."
She blinked at Shade, her beautiful purple eyes really looked like Luvia's:
"The game begins when Goethe's demonic domain is constructed. After the game begins, until the end, you are not allowed to directly harm each other in any way."
She stuck to the word "directly", paused, and then announced:
"Well, let's get started."