After the maze was over, Shade once again became the same spiritually deficient state as when he first entered Night Manor. But fortunately, in this strange space, the spiritual recovery speed was even faster than the normal state. Of course, this may also be because the Fifth Era is more suitable for the existence of extraordinary people.
"I seem to feel my strength getting stronger."
Xia De thought to himself.
Because of drinking the elemental wine, the effects of the spell-drawing fire and the spell-calling water are enhanced.
She gave a hint in his ear, and Shade nodded. The witches, old men, and twin girls around him thanked Shade softly. Of course, the girl in the white dress seemed a little shy, so it was the girl in the black dress who thanked Shade on her behalf.
The life ring returned to the soul, and Shade continued to look at the god at the other end of the long table:
"God, please show me the next blood brew."
"Very good, then the fourth type of blood brew is Turin poisonous insects. These damn insects are very annoying. In the distant past, I wiped out all of their individuals in the material world. This bottle of wine is actually a whole swarm of insects."
The fourth bottle of wine popped out of its cork with a pop, and immediately, the smell of alcohol mixed with a foul odor spread throughout the hall. The stench was hard to describe, but it was worse than the smell of garbage and feces that Shade smelled in the alleys of the lower city of Tobysk. However, as the stench rushed into his nose, even Shade, who didn't drink much, could smell an extremely refreshing aroma of wine.
The two smells were fully mixed together, but they could be easily distinguished by the sense of smell. The body was rejecting the stench and wanted to get more wine aroma, but every time you inhale, the two smells rushed in at the same time, and every time you exhale, the two smells were blocked at the same time, which caused the mortals at the table to fall into a strange state where they could not control their breathing.
The strangers of the Sixth Age had never heard of the name of the "Durin Poisonous Worm", but the witch had obviously heard of it. After the blood-sucking god finished introducing himself, she hesitated for a moment and indicated that she wanted to drink with the god.
Because of the blessing of the maze just now and the spell of deciphering it, Shade thought about it and agreed. The old man in armor followed closely and took out another exquisite silver bottle filled with potion, probably a magic potion, he also wanted to drink with the god. As for the twins, they nodded in the end.
"Very good, this is the first time for everyone here to drink together, I am looking forward to your comments on my collection."
So the bottle of blood wine, which was dripping with dark green in the scarlet color, was evenly divided into six cups. Perhaps because there were many people to share this time, the liquid in each cup only covered the bottom of the cup. While the wine bottle automatically filled each goblet with wine, the witch carefully prepared the antidote. The old man was holding the silver bottle that could only take one sip, feeling uneasy. Shade restored the toys in his pocket into a pile of branches at his feet - he had picked them up on Mount Xikar. The city near the mountain had no shortage of wood.
The saint shook the wine glass, and the huge mental pressure pressed on each person in turn as his eyes moved. The body he used was a middle-aged man with a resolute face. And judging from the combination of clothes, the owner of the body should also be a very high noble. According to the information Shade found, when the old god, the vampire Duke Laoel, descended in the form of a saint, he always liked to use the identity of a noble.
Seeing that the others were hesitantly picking up their glasses but not drinking, Xia De took a sip first.
As a tiny amount of alcohol entered his throat, he felt the entire line from his mouth to his stomach become numb. He opened his mouth to speak, but found that his tongue seemed to be swollen:
"How am I now?"
He asked the old man on his left. The gods had given the people of the Fifth Age the ability to understand Shade's words, but because his tongue was swollen, it took the old man some time to understand what Shade meant:
"The lips are purple and there are some blue scars on the face, which are typical symptoms of poisoning."
“It’s a little better than I thought.”
Because at least he was still sober.
Putting down the wine glass temporarily, Shade bent down and picked up two branches from the ground, and pressed his empty left hand to his heart:
"The elves' detoxification technique."
A green light appeared in the palm of his left hand, and then turned into a light spot and entered Xia De's chest. He could clearly feel his tongue swelling down, while the branch in his right hand turned black little by little until it completely turned into burnt charcoal.
"Detoxification techniques are also useful."
Xia De was delighted and took another sip of wine to remove the poison. He could have finished the liquid in one gulp, but it took him two minutes to finish it.
At the same time, everyone else also moved. The witch was different from Shade. She drank the potion she prepared on the spot first, and then immediately drank the blood brew in one gulp.
Pah~
She almost immediately fell on the table, startling the twin girls beside her. After a full ten seconds, the middle-aged witch in a dark blue dress supported herself on the table with her right hand and sat up again:
"It really deserves to be called the most poisonous insect in the Fourth Era."
She also had a lisp when she spoke, but her complexion was normal. Obviously, this witch who lived in the Fifth Age had a much stronger body resistance to poison than Shade.
After the witch, it was the twin girls. They had no preparations and even clinked their glasses before drinking the wine. And they drank the whole liquid in one gulp, just like the witch. They held hands, groaned a few times with painful expressions, and then returned to normal.
Xia De was shocked, and the witch sitting next to the girl even asked:
"If we can all get out of this alive, would you be interested in becoming my student?"
Finally, the only one left was the white-haired old man. Perhaps the amount of potion in the silver bottle in his hand was too little, so he did not drink a sip of blood brew and then a sip of potion. Instead, he frowned, drank the blood brew, and immediately drank the potion in the silver bottle in his hand.
But it was obvious that his potion was not as powerful as the witch's, and his body was even worse than the witch's. Therefore, even though he drank the deciphered potion in time, he still immediately pinched his throat, and it seemed that there was a purple gas under his skin rushing to his entire head, and a strange "uh~uh~" sound came out of his mouth. If it weren't for the maze protection that Shade had just given him, he would most likely have died on the spot.
"The elves' detoxification technique."
Because the old man was on his left, Shade reached out and grabbed his hand, then used a spell to help him. This was very effective, and the purple gas on the old man's face slowly faded away. Although his face still showed that he was in pain, at least his life was no longer in danger:
"Thanks."
Because of his swollen tongue, Shad could barely make out the word.
Xia De shook his head to indicate that it was nothing, but the old man thought about it, reached into the pocket hanging around his waist, and handed Xia De a ring.
Xia De widened his eyes slightly and saw that the ring band was brass-colored, and the ring face was a rectangle made of simple black iron, slightly convex around the edges, and the pattern inside the rectangle was also slightly convex.
This is both a ring and a seal. It is an ancient metal seal ring, and the seal pattern is very familiar to Xia De:
"Demon Hunting Seal?"
He also had an identical ring, and he did not expect to encounter a second one in the Fifth Age. But he could not bring extraordinary items from the Fifth Age into his own time, so he shook his head and refused. The negative property of this relic was only to attract demons, which was not a big deal for Shad. If he had encountered it in the Sixth Age, he would not mind having a second one.
The fourth bottle of blood brew was finished. So far, Shade and the witch had drunk it twice each, while the girls and the gray-haired old man had drunk it once. But the old man could only drink it twice because of the permission of the blood-sucking god, so except for the girls, the other three could just choose one of the remaining six bottles of blood brew.
Even Shad had been given a chance to be exempted because he had brought the blood of the Augustus priest that contained the power of the "Angel of Death". Therefore, for him, there was actually nothing to worry about for the second use of this key in the year 3014 of the Fifth Era.
It seems that according to your theory, anyone who thinks like this will not have a good ending.
She whispered softly in Shade's ear, followed by a soft laugh.
"Don't curse me."
Shade responded.
"The fifth kind of blood brew comes from the demons of the Third Age. That was a really interesting era. The demons even dared to make deals with the gods. So, I stuffed the individual known as the 'Blood Demon' into a bottle, added some mint and raspberries, and then placed it in the warp closest to the sun for a full 3,000 years to produce the fifth bottle of wine. Therefore, this bottle of wine is not only delicious but also will never run out. In fact, because it is too close to the sun, the temperature is very high."
The saint continued to speak, and as His words fell, the cork popped open automatically.
The hot air rushed towards the ceiling, which had turned blood red at some point, and then rushed towards the entire room along the ceiling. Blood mist gushed out, and the teeth hanging from the crystal chandelier quickly turned yellow. The heat wave rolled in, and the scorching feeling even made the twin girls scream in surprise.
Even, Shad heard a demonic voice begging for mercy coming out of the bottle, but it was obvious that the god ignored it.
He took a deep breath, sucked all the blood mist into his lungs, and then revealed an intoxicated expression, not wasting a single bit:
"Does anyone want to try it? Drinking this bottle of wine can not only gain power related to blood, but also allow you to touch the power of the sun, which is the power of the ancient god..."
He paused and didn't say anything else, while Shade and the witch just shook their heads.
"Cherish your soul and stay away from the devil."
Xia De said in a low voice. The middle-aged witch looked at him unexpectedly and responded in a low voice:
"Sir, a great man I know also said this."
"Ms. Mana Felianna?"
"Yes, you know her, too?"
"If you can get out alive and remember me, you can go find Miss Feliana and tell her that I appeared. She is a very generous person and will probably give you a gift."
Shade whispered, it seems that 12 years after the last meeting in the year 3002 of the Fifth Era, Miss Feliana has become very famous.