Perhaps it was because Sister Defulin had already dealt with all the enemies on this side of the corridor in advance, so although the burning corridor caused some obstacles to Shad's walking, Shad continued to walk and did not encounter any more enemies.
The wine cellar is in the basement, and the door leading to the basement is locked. On the black iron door, there are strange pictures of giant beasts eating people and humans sharing the giant beasts.
When Xia De reached out to use the key to open the door, the pattern on the door actually twisted and turned into a huge human face:
"Give me all your gluttony and I'll let you pass."
The buzzing sound along with the vibration of the iron gate formed an unclear sound.
"Total gluttony? No, that won't do."
Xia De shook his head and reached out to touch the door, but a huge force pushed him directly backwards.
"Don't give me the sin, and you won't be able to get through."
The face became ferocious.
"All that gluttony is too much, change the conditions."
"Delicious food, as long as it satisfies me."
Xia De thought for a moment, reached into his pocket, and took out a small pendant from a wine bottle. After restoring the pendant, he found that it contained fruit wine made from a spell brewed with blood wine.
"Would drinks be okay?"
He shook the container in his hand, and the hideous human face opened its mouth, but inside the empty mouth was not the stairs leading to the basement, but darkness where no face could be seen.
Xia De, who is proficient in the power of space, can feel that there is another space behind it.
Then he threw the bottle in his hand in, and the crack closed. The ugly and twisted face on the door sighed:
"Oh, this is really good, very tasteful fruit wine."
There were sounds of springs, pistons, and gears working inside the iron door, and steam gushed out from the crack of the door, and the door was opened. That's how Shade saw that the thickness of the door was about the same as that of three red bricks.
"You go ahead."
The face on the door hummed, and its ferocious expression relaxed, even becoming a little cute:
"However, there are guests of the owner in the wine cellar now, so you'd better be careful."
"Thanks."
Shade said softly, stepping into the basement.
The entire Sin Mansion has now been steamed and gasified, so although the light is not very strong, there are indeed gas lamps on the walls of the underground wine cellar.
The wine cellar here is very similar to the wine cellar in the basement of Aurora's mansion, except that it is divided into two floors. The upper floor uses wine barrels to store wine, and each barrel has a faucet, which can be used at any time to check the fermentation status of the red wine. The lower floor is a row of shelves, on which are displayed bottles of wine that are obviously very expensive.
The two floors are roughly rectangular, with a patio in the center of the upper floor, where you can lie on the fence to see the lower floor. The two floors are connected by copper elevators at the four corners. The elevators here are very unscientific, because even if you don't see a miniaturized steam engine, you can still raise and lower the elevator by stepping on the button in the center of the elevator.
The aroma of wine was so strong that one sip seemed to make him drunk, and it also stimulated his desire to overeat. His stomach was rumbling, but Shade remembered that he had eaten a lot in the morning:
"I'll go out and talk to Sister Defulin later. I can treat her to a meal... The restaurant where the priest treated us last time was pretty good. I wonder if the nun would appreciate the fruit wine I 'brewed.'"
Thinking about all sorts of things in his mind, Xia De walked down the stairs at the door and officially entered the wine cellar.
But what he noticed first was not the wine barrels, but the blue halo that was constantly shaking on the ceiling above the patio.
"Um?"
Then I heard the gurgling sound of water coming from the lower level of the wine cellar under the patio, and then I realized that the halo on the ceiling was the ripples of water in the pool below.
However, looking at the area of those halos, the pool on the lower level is actually as big as the entire patio. Moreover, to form such a halo, there must be a light source under the water.
"Did the Sin Mansion actually build a swimming pool in the wine cellar? Did the red wine spill into the pool? What kind of sin is this... a waste of food?"
Although he was very curious, Shad did not go near the upper fence to observe what was in the lower pool. He was worried about seeing something he shouldn't see.
He turned around and looked for the elevator in the southeast. The trader just now only told him the approximate location of the secret passage, and Xia De still had to find the specific location by himself.
Stranger, you feel the "whisper".
"I know. I am inside the relic now. There are whispering elements everywhere."
Xia De answered in his heart, lighting up the surroundings with the moonlight on his fingertips, and wondering what the iron stick placed next to the wine barrel was used for.
Then, he heard "her" gentle laughter:
No, what it means is that you feel a more powerful whispering element.
"More powerful than the Sin Mansion itself?"
He frowned slightly and looked around.
Yes, and you have come across this characteristic whispering element before. This can be considered as, your old friend.
The word "old friend" immediately reminded Shad of Luvia's divination before setting out.
Yes, her divination was accurate.
"Wait, I originally thought that the so-called 'old friends' referred to Grace and Helen. Am I wrong? The old friends are actually..."
There was a sound of water splashing from the lower level, as if someone was swimming in the pool.
Xia De opened his mouth slightly and turned towards the patio with unusually slow movements.
His pupils shrank slightly as he saw the halo of light reflected on the ceiling above the patio becoming increasingly chaotic.
In the blue light, a shadow gradually grew larger and clearer. As the seductive laughter came from the lower level, Shade felt as if his blood was ignited.
The shadow was not in the shape of a human at all. In the chaotic and disordered light and shadow, one could clearly see a mermaid with a human body and a fish tail.
He heard laughter, but it was not the familiar laughter beside his ear, but the laughter coming from the pool below. The laughter was like the sound of a clear wind chime, refreshing the heart, and like a cold drink in the hot summer, which made people feel refreshed. Even the severe headache caused by the Sin Mansion was relieved a lot.
But this did not make Xia De happy, instead, he immediately had goose bumps on his arms. The gluttony that was magnified by the smell of wine was indeed suppressed, but another extreme emotion surged up.
He realized who the so-called "old friend" was, and he would never forget that laughter.
A hoarse voice came from below the skylight. Although "it" and Xia De did not look directly at each other, Xia De could feel that the other party was looking at him through the ground:
"See, I told you we'd meet again."
He retreated subconsciously, but then realized that retreating would not allow him to escape. He took a deep breath, suppressed his violent heartbeat, and calmed his body. Then he slowly walked to the edge of the patio and looked down at the square pool at the fence.
Those beautiful, seductive purple eyes, like Luvia's eyes, just met Shad's gaze.
The gurgling sound of the water seemed to indicate that this was a pool of living water, and the inexplicable light made the underwater part completely invisible. All Shade could see was a woman's head looking up in the pool. It was difficult to describe the woman's appearance with specific words, because even the most beautiful witch Shade had ever seen could not compare to this face.
"Indescribable" usually refers to those strange sights that are beyond the scope of human description, and this face has reached the level of "indescribable" due to its excessive beauty. He fully believes that no matter how different the aesthetics of all things in the world are, there will be no creature that will not be fascinated by this face the first moment it sees it.
It raised its head in the pool, and the face that could enchant even the most determined ascetic looked up at Shade. Its white arms stretched out from under the pool, inviting him:
"Interesting soul, please come closer.
"Desire..."
The object in the pool was the Level 0 Relic Desire that Shade encountered under the Aurora Mansion in Coldwater Harbor. Two months later, without any preparation, Shade encountered it again:
"Can Midhill Castle be any more outrageous..."
He stood above, looking at that face, listening to the invitation from the hoarse voice. Even after going through so much, when he saw her again, the primitive desire that rose in Xia De's heart was still close to being out of control. Compared with the desire, the negative emotions evoked by the Sin Mansion were not worth mentioning at all.
The secret passage was on the lower level, so Xia De couldn't escape even if he wanted to. Moreover, Xia De had no doubt that the other party had the power to wipe out the entire Sin Mansion in an instant. You know, the entire life and death narrow space plus the three death passages can be fully rated as level 0.
Along with the sound of splashing water, she sang, using the language of the Fifth Epoch, with her hoarse voice, the love story between the expeditionary soldier and the waiting girl:
"My beloved,
When I stood at the intersection covered with rosemary,
Please don't forget me..."
This is a call for Shad to go down.
Taking a deep breath to adjust his rapid breathing, Xia De went from the upper level of the wine cellar to the lower level through the elevator on the wall, and then walked through the densely packed wine storage shelves to the open space in the middle of the shelves. Above the open space was a patio, and in the open space was the square swimming pool.
In the pool was a head of a woman whose beauty was beyond human imagination. She sang the last verse of the poem and "swam" from the center of the pool to the edge. Just like last time, the head emerged from the water, but the smooth shoulders were not visible. Then, a white arm stretched out from the right side. The milky skin color and delicate skin texture even made Xia De want to rush up and take a bite.
"Are you so afraid of me?"
She smiled and asked Xia De, who was standing ten meters away from the pool. The stranger shook his head:
"You are just too charming."
A smile appeared on her pretty face, and her voice was so sweet:
"Look, when the little boy becomes a real man, even his speech becomes nicer. I really don't know which girl is so lucky."
Chapter 705: Meet the Mermaid Again