The mottled corridor was filled with a smell that was worse than the outside world. Cheese began to wonder if he had taken the wrong path and entered some kind of gas chamber used to torture prisoners. As if in response to his doubts, the walls were painted with

Guidance prompts such as please move forward are written in various languages, as if they are afraid of intruders.

Choose to look back. This kind of design that puts pressure on people while encouraging people to move forward reveals the bad taste of the builder here, just like the slave owner in the quarry telling his slaves to just move one more basket of stones.

Rest, but one basket after another is another basket, but he always says it sincerely.

Just when the mage was considering whether to break through these partitions, the peculiar smell around him suddenly disappeared without warning. Cheese was stunned for a moment, and then tried to take two steps back. As expected, the smell in his nose came again.

There was a disgusting smell, but when he moved a position, the smell disappeared. He

He raised his head and saw some holes at the top of the corridor. When he stretched out his hand and put it under the holes, he could feel a weak but fast flow of air. It seemed that this was a ventilation device, and the driving power was probably a water wheel.

From this point of view, the peculiar smell in the corridor before was more likely to be intentional.

Fancy, and arrogant. This is Cheese's evaluation of the person who set up this mechanism. Even if it has to screen its own customers, this tavern called Youhe has done something too irritating. The person who established this passage

People simply regard the entrant as some kind of existence inferior to themselves, and use this method to play tricks on them.

Get them. This is not the way humans do things, because few people are really arrogant to this extent. People's arrogance is often very superficial. Their arrogance is precisely based on knowing that they are physically the same as the other person.

Act on the basis of overreaching behavior, rather than trying to play with the target from a psychological level.

After disgust comes curiosity. The mage has to admit that this approach is somewhat similar to that of the gray robes. The arrogance of the master here who is unwilling to communicate is exactly the same as that of Cheese and his fellow disciples. A wise man never bothers to explain his actions to a fool.

He seemed to have said this to Elsa, and now just thinking about it made his face heat up. Now, in his opinion, those words were really embarrassing.

Suppressing his thoughts, Cheese continued to move forward in the corridor that no longer had the strange smell. Perhaps because of habit, he began to construct in his mind the path he had walked and the hidden grids and structures he could observe to deduce the building.

A real structure. Because there is no doubt that this is set up at the entrance of a tavern.

This kind of facility will definitely squeeze the original volume of the house, and it is too luxurious for a building built on an artificial platform with precious space. The mage does not believe that people who can build a tavern in such a place would be so extravagant.

This design must have other purposes, such as hindering the invasion of foreign enemies?

As I was thinking about it, a smell different from the previous stench began to appear in the air. It was a faint sweet smell, like the scented candles lit by the nobles in the living room. I made claw-like hands and lifted them from the air.

With a gentle scoop, the invisible smell was trapped in the palm of my hand and turned into a small ball of lavender dust. The cheese touched my nose.

He got closer and smelled it, and then shook his head slightly. He smelled the incapacitating smell of herbs in these spices. The dose was not large, and it would only make people mistake it for a reaction caused by tension or relaxation. But in the battle of life and death, this

A small influence is enough to reverse the result. This careful look does not match the arrogance just now.

The second half of the road is much easier than the first half. The difference between the two is like two completely different sides of a coin. One side is arrogant and unreasonable, while the other side is cautious. As the corridor goes deeper, the surrounding walls are no longer shoddy.

It is a wooden board, but a black stone material that is not that hard.

Cheese knows that the hardness of this kind of stone is not ideal, but its naturally porous structure gives it good sound insulation capabilities, making it the best choice for building secret rooms or torture chambers. The walls are glowing with precious metals.

The silver decorative pattern also gives people the illusion of being in a luxurious castle.

At the end of the corridor, there is a large wooden bar, but it is different from the open and closed furniture style in the dwarf tavern. Whether it is the rounded and curled edges of the tabletop or the silver partitions on the wine cabinet that are reminiscent of tree branches, they all have

An exotic and distinctive style. At first, Cheese couldn't remember which ethnic group this decorative style originated from, until he saw the figure behind the bar.

The straight gray dress is decorated with the same silver grass and wood pattern on the cuffs and waist, the white shirt and the fluttering lace decoration on the skirt. The man does not look like a bartender, but more like a prince going to the ball. It’s just that

The dance that this prince is going to attend is bound to be a bit dangerous, because his dark red eyes have revealed his identity as a vampire, and he is also a vampire transformed from an elf.

"Even among the first-time guests, you took the longest time. What did you see from my corridor?" The long silver-gray hair was tied into a ponytail and hung on the shoulders. The elf's age is already obvious.

It was difficult to recognize from the face, let alone an elf that had been transformed into a vampire. As he asked, he seemed to be mixing something. Judging from the technique, he had been doing this for a while.

"Contradiction. Ordinary people may think that the things you put on the outside are disguises, and the closer you go inside, the closer you are to your true thoughts, but I think it's the opposite. No matter how gentle the vampires appear, they are still existences that feed on intelligent creatures.

, unless you can overcome your blood addiction." Cheese walked to the bar. Opposite the bar was a wooden door, but that door could not be opened at will.

"Good knowledge, sir." The vampire's expression did not change after his appearance was exposed. He didn't seem to mind being commented like this at all, "But I want to remind you that no vampire can overcome blood addiction."

"You have more say on this point." Cheese nodded and did not argue with the other party. But he did see a vampire who could survive without drinking blood, the vampire who raised him. An Lina drank blood

It's all out of taste considerations, just like people would choose delicious food, all out of taste enjoyment and has nothing to do with satiety. But this doesn't need to be said.

"Okay, you have some sense, some courage, and some knowledge. If you meet our hospitality standards, you can come in after drinking this glass of wine. I'll buy this one." The vampire mixed the drink and put it on the counter.

The mage picked up the wine glass and smelled it, "This glass is free, but how much should I pay for that glass when it comes out?"

A bright smile appeared on the bartender's face. He stretched out his hand and took the glass from Cheese's hand and drank it in one gulp. "I have used thirty kinds of spices to cover up its smell, and you can still smell it."

Come out, okay, you're a good customer. But don't worry, this is just insurance in case someone causes trouble."

There is a chronic poison in that glass of wine. It is not fatal, but it can cause excruciating pain. Pretend to give the customer the wine mixed with the poison for free, and then ask for a high price to provide the antidote when leaving. This is a trick.

As long as you can see through the first point, you can naturally think of everything. As for the poison, it is naturally ineffective against vampires.

"You are too suspicious. Business here must be bad."
Chapter completed!