"You sold him the Blood Grail?"
"Of course not. He didn't provide enough sins. The vampire was not satisfied, so I fought him."
The dark and thin humanoid laughed, as if there was a mouthful of phlegm stuck in his throat.
As for the outcome of the fight, there is naturally no need to say more.
"You didn't kill him? Oh, you don't look like such a kind person."
"Why should I kill him? Life is worthless in this place. The vampire took on new sins so that I would let him go. I even told him the method of using the least sin or the Holy Grail. Oh, guest, here, the transaction of sins can make almost any wish come true."
The transaction of the Sin Mansion can be to give up one's own sins, or to bear new sins. This can certainly achieve a theoretical "balance of income and expenditure", but multiple transactions are very likely to lead to the ending of "meeting the owner of the Sin Mansion" or "getting lost", so if you can stay rational, the correct thing to do is to leave directly.
"Wait a minute, you guys started fighting... The first shock in the mansion couldn't have been caused by..."
Xia De narrowed his eyes slightly, and the dark and thin creature once again let out an uncomfortable laugh from his throat:
"Yes, it was because of us. He fought with the traders here, causing hostility inside the mansion towards all guests."
Xia De immediately gritted his teeth and turned to look towards the door:
"So that's how it is! No wonder he ran so fast! I knew it wasn't caused by me... But if Armand Bernhardt is here, then who was the one who set off the fire on the first floor and seriously injured the man with black hair on his face?"
No matter who was blasting the flames on the first floor, Xia De didn't plan to leave the room immediately. Since he had met a trader, he might as well make some deals.
When he expressed this wish, the dark and thin creature immediately said in an exaggerated tone:
"I guess you must be a more generous guest than the vampire just now."
"Don't praise me, do you have this?"
Xia De took out the pirate's blood money from his pocket, and the creature in front of him nodded immediately:
"Blood money, of course, but how much do you want, sir?"
"How many do you have?"
"There is one in the mansion's treasury, and I also have one in my personal collection. If you want it, I can give you a very favorable price... How about you take on 1.1 minutes of perfect laziness for me?"
Although it sounds like a small number, the "perfect" level of sin is enough to change the character of an ordinary person. Even for a ring warlock, bearing so many sins will definitely affect his own soul. Although there is a chance of obtaining spiritual runes, "sin" is a serious source of pollution. Even if the soul is strong enough, it cannot easily introduce such a level of filth.
"Although those two blood coins are relics, your request is too high. Can you ask for less? I think 0.1 is fine."
Shade tried to bargain, but the creature standing by the window shook his head and didn't even bother to bargain.
"How about exchanging laziness for gluttony? I'm even willing to take on a little more."
Shade's gluttony comes from the evil god, the Lord of the Blood Feast. No amount of sin is a problem for him.
But the creature at the window still shook its head.
"Should you give me a chance to bargain?"
This time, the skinny, dark-skinned guy with big ears finally spoke, looking at Xia De with cloudy eyes:
"If you agree to this deal, I can give you this lamp."
He pointed to the kerosene lamp on the bamboo pole. Its shape looked very similar to the one in the hand of the old man who led Xia De in, but it was more simple and rustic.
"The flame in the lamp cannot give you, but this lamp can gather fire, and even the strongest flame cannot destroy it."
In other words, the function of this lamp is just to collect flames, and when converted into a relic level, it should be the lowest poet level.
"No, no, no, what do I need this lamp for? How about this? I will take on 1.1 minutes of laziness for you, and you give me two coins... Also, tell me how to leave the Sin Mansion under the current circumstances."
I thought the other party still disagreed, but unexpectedly it hesitated for a moment and nodded:
"Can."
"Um?"
Now Xia De was confused, but the dark and thin guy stared at him with big scary eyes:
"You want to go back on your word?"
"No, we can trade now."
You can't lie when dealing in the Sin Mansion, which is probably the only advantage of this damn place.
First, Shade handed the parchment that recorded his sins to the other party. After both parties confirmed it, the trader wrote the words "1.1 minutes of laziness·perfection" on it with a pen.
Almost at the same time, Shade felt something strange about himself. The whispering element was abnormally increasing, and at the same time, it was as if someone reached out and touched his internal organs directly. It felt like he was stepping on excrement in an alley, and he showed a disgusted expression on his face, but this change did give him strength.
Two contradictory emotions appeared in Xia De's heart at the same time. The more direct impact was that the influence of the Sin Mansion on him was strengthened again. Originally just a slight headache, now it was even stronger than the pain in his wrist when he broke his bone just now. This building was accepting him, and when this acceptance reached a certain limit, he would officially become part of the relic.
"I don't feel any personality problems for now, but it's a pity that I can't use Dark Dungeon to see the shadow under the trapdoor..."
He thought to himself, and spread out his palm, allowing the trader to put two blood coins in his palm.
"How to leave?"
"Now the normal method is no longer an option, but there are still two abnormal methods."
He grinned, revealing his burnt yellow teeth, and held out two stubby black fingers:
"First, go to the third floor and confess your sins to the owner of the mansion, then you can leave. Second, go to the underground wine cellar. There is a secret passage in the wine cellar, but it is not an easy way to go. The sinful souls are guarding the road and will not allow you to leave easily."
It paused:
"Also, the host recently entertained a distinguished guest for wine tasting in the wine cellar. If you don't want to die soon, don't pay attention to any other people in the wine cellar."
Xia De frowned. Although he got the two coins, the two ways to leave didn't sound very reliable. In the end, fearing the power of the owner of the mansion, Xia De decided to leave through the basement. After all, facing anything is safer than facing the owner of a location-type relic.
He did not waste any more time. He left the room and went straight to the first floor via the stairs. During this time, he did not run into the man with the black hair on his face who had thrown the kitchen knife just now.
After arriving at the first floor, the corridor was more distorted than the two floors above. Moreover, the carpets, walls, and oil paintings and lamps were all burnt. There was a burnt smell in the air, and the residual heat from the fire had not completely dissipated. It was as if a gas explosion had really occurred here just now. Even though the location-type relics themselves were not easily changed by external forces, they were still greatly affected:
"There should be guests on the first floor other than Armand Bernhardt and me, and they are stronger than all of us combined."
To reach the entrance to the underground wine cellar, one must go around the corridor at the front of the mansion to the corridor at the back.
He looked up at the charred ceiling, but was not too curious. Instead, he walked quickly along the corridor. The fire that had just occurred on the first floor was truly shocking. There were even embers left in the cracks of the wall. The flickering sparks proved that the fire that burned all this was definitely not a normal flame.
"Could it be a relic-level flame..."
The heavy footsteps coming from the front interrupted Shad's thoughts. At the corner of the corridor, the tall humanoid creature with a face full of black hair and two sharp blades in his hands appeared again.
Moreover, not only did his injuries completely heal, but even black lines like rune chains appeared on his skin. This appearance was very similar to the appearance of Shade when he devoured the flesh and blood of desire under the Aurora mansion. This also represented the power of sin.
"Wouldn't it be even more difficult for me to defeat you this way?"
Xia De turned around and wanted to run, but the kitchen knife, which had turned pitch black, had already flown towards him.
"Space Stabilization Aura - Raglai's Jump!"
The power to stabilize space and the power to transcend space were used almost at the same time. Xia De's body teleported less than half a meter to the right, causing the terrible kitchen knife to fly past his scalp.
"I am not without sinful power!"
The monster in the distance reached out his hand, and the kitchen knife embedded in the floor behind Shade flew back again. But when the knife passed by Shade, Shade held the sword with both hands and knocked the knife down with a clang.
As the opponent tried to summon the knife again, Xia De took a deep breath and made the life ring behind him fully manifest. This was the most powerful combat state:
"Chains of Sin!"
A dark chain that seemed to absorb light spread out from the sleeves, and with a rustling sound, it wrapped around the trembling kitchen knife. As the kitchen knife was called back into the enemy's hand, the chain wrapped around the handle also extended in front of the opponent.
The chain was as nimble as a tentacle, wrapping around the opponent's right wrist from the hilt. Before the other hand tried to tear the chain off, the chain had already wrapped around the hairy arm.
"it works!"
The spirit in his body was flowing rapidly, which meant that the imprisonment had taken effect. Although he only wrapped around one of the opponent's arms, the enemy's strength was obviously weakening.
The two sides used the chain to wrestle with each other, and the sin runes on the chain representing greed and gluttony continued to tremble under the two forces.
Shade wanted the chain to wrap around the other person's whole body, while the man with a face covered with black hair obviously wanted to pull Shade over and then stab him.
"Right now—moonlight!"
Chapter 703: Enemy Encountered Again