"Are you surprised that I have cards myself? As I said, I can satisfy all your desires, including playing cards of course."

The woman with her head sticking out of the water said with a smile, still pushing the deck of cards to Shade with one hand, but Shade still didn't see her shoulder.

"Want to come over and check it out? I don't have any special cards."

"No, I don't think so, but I have special cards."

Shade shook his head. He would never take the initiative to approach that pool before winning the card game.

"It doesn't matter, just add your all-things-impermanence card to it, it will be more interesting."

The woman chuckled, and Shade looked at her in surprise. He put his hand into his pocket and put [Origin·Balance] and [Origin·Silver Moon] into the deck. In this way, Shade's 54-card composition

There are eight special rules cards in the deck.

This woman actually knew about the [All Things Impermanence Card], and even knew that he had the All Things Impermanence Card on him. Her danger level was higher than Shade thought.

To this day, the outsider still doesn't know what he is facing. The only thing that is certain is that the other party is a relic, but he knows nothing about the danger level, characteristics or even the most basic appearance.

There is no record in the book snatched from the fish-man. Shade can only vaguely guess that the other party is related to desire. Wealth, strength, body, this woman can stir up the most primitive desires and emotions in people's hearts, but fortunately, Shade

His goal is very clear, but the other party still cannot satisfy his desire to become a god.

The woman asked:

"So, how do you want to play cards?"

She gently stroked the top of the deck with her fingertips. Then, because she only had one hand sticking out of the pool, she simply pulled out the cards from the middle of the deck and placed them on top. After going back and forth a few times, she stopped shuffling the cards.

.

Shade also stopped shuffling the cards with his hands, thought for a moment, sat down holding on to the door frame, put his stack of cards in front of him, and then looked at the beautiful woman's head:

"We play the most basic rules, play three games, win two out of three games. If there is a tie, then the tie does not count."

"OK."

The woman smiled and took the lead in drawing the cards, but instead of using her sleeveless arm to draw the cards, she bit the first card on the top of the pile with her mouth. She shook her head lightly, and with her long wet hair, she

Drops of water splashed out of the pool, and the cards in her mouth flew in front of Shade.

Three of the Moon, of course, the card is not a pattern representing a number, but a special pattern. It is a gorgeous lady's dress worn on the puppet. Even though Shade is a man, he also appreciates the design style, color matching and cuffs of this dress.

and small decorations on the skirt.

Shade also drew a card, Moon 5.

The two sides continued to draw cards. The woman's second card was Star 13, and the face of the card was a ruby ​​placed on a velvet pad in a wooden box. Shade's was Flower 7, which is [Creation·Balance]. Holding this

If the card is busted this round, then he can discard all the cards and start again.

"Oh, everything is impermanent."

The woman sighed softly, and the smile on her face became more and more obvious:

"Your current burst of emotions is very interesting. This card is related to your ultimate desire. I can feel it. This desire is so wonderful."

Shade didn't talk, and then the two of them drew cards again. The woman had a sun 6, which unfortunately broke. Shade had a flower 5, and the three cards totaled 17 points. He won the first round.

Neither party cheated, it was purely a matter of luck. Shade didn't understand why the other party could still smile so happily when he won. It was not a fake smile, but a smile from the bottom of his heart.

"What do you get by playing cards with me?"

He couldn't help but ask.

"I can see through your heart and see your desires."

This answer was as expected. Shade did not start the second round directly, but asked again:

"So what do you think of my desire?"

"You are the greediest person I have ever met."

Because it was a best of three games, if Shade won again, he would really win. When he was drawing cards, he felt that even if he did not have the good luck brought by the two founding cards, this time the woman would still win.

Can't beat him.

As expected, the first card Shade drew was the king.

The woman faced this result with a smile. Although she could try to win the king by drawing 21 points, she gave up directly:

"You win, you can leave."

The iron door opposite the pool opened automatically with a creak, allowing more sea breeze to flow in. The faint sound of waves could be heard, and it was obvious that the door behind was very close to the exit.

"Can you open the door yourself? Are you really imprisoned here? What do you want to do?"

Shade put away his cards and asked with a rather puzzled frown.

"I originally wanted to seduce you to gain a new soul and get myself out of here. But it's enough. I tasted your desire, and that's enough for me."

"You...can leave too?"

Shade subconsciously took a step back:

"It still takes a little time, but the seals of those smelly fish people are no longer effective. Speaking of which, even they don't know what I am."

"So what exactly are you?"

"You can come and see for yourself."

The woman's deck of cards turned into a puddle of water, and her hand was withdrawn into the pool, leaving only her head looking at Shade at the edge of the pool.

"No, sorry, my curiosity is not that serious."

The length of the pool is about six or seven meters, and the limit distance of [Raglai's Jump] is ten meters. As long as the distance is calculated, he can move directly to the other side of the pool and rush out, trying to avoid getting too close to the woman.

"I feel that you are regretting and that you are afraid. No, even if you don't show up, the seal will be ineffective. They don't know my power, they just happen to use the power of God to imprison me. If that thing stays here all the time

, I definitely can’t leave, but that golden pearl has returned to the old temple in the abyss of the sea..."

The woman said softly, looking at Shade's face with her beautiful eyes:

"You, want to know how to get it?"

Shade's whole face was trembling. He tried hard to restrain himself from saying "want". The woman accurately discovered his desire this time.

"I still want to be one with you, but it is also interesting to let you go to the end of your desire step by step and watch your desire become stronger. Promise me a request, and I will tell you how to get the pearl.

I can also give you a gift. Of course, you can also leave directly."

"What request?"

Shade asked in a low voice. He knew that he shouldn't ask at all and should leave directly at this moment.

"Get closer to the pool, look at me carefully, and then tell me what exactly you see."

Shade knew completely that now was not the time to let the darkness of greed occupy his heart. He should treat the woman's words as air and leave directly. But when it was his turn to face the current situation, his feet showed no intention of moving at all.

"Look~"

The head that looked like a work of art chuckled:

"No one has desires. And I am [desire]."

The voice in her ear said nothing. She would not interfere with Shade's own thoughts. Shade also weighed the current situation repeatedly in his heart. In the end, he did not leave, but took a step forward.

There is still a drop of divinity in his body, so he must take this opportunity no matter what. A few weeks ago, he even dared to face the gods in the blood feast for a drop of divinity. At this time, it was just a relic, and he had no shortage of things to face.

Courage is just thinking about whether it is necessary.

"Courage, arrogance, caution, greed, desire, fear, hesitation, determination. Your emotions now are really too rich."

The thing in the pool smiled and retracted its head under the water. Without the charming woman's voice, the dark room once again regained a moment of silence.

The water in the pool gurgled, and blue and white light shone from the bottom of the pool.

In the sound of whistles and bells, the life ring behind Shade slowly emerged. In his heart, "she" was ready to ignite divinity at any time, and the stranger took a step forward again.

At this moment, he actually heard the sound of his own heartbeat. You know, even after meeting Miss Feliana for the first time, when he rushed to the charity dinner in the blood mist, he was never so nervous.

"So, who is that woman?"

The answer was revealed immediately, because Shade took another step and he clearly saw the appearance of the entire pool.

Unlike the illusion that the pool leads to a bottomless abyss, the depth and length of the pool are about the same. The water quality is relatively clear, allowing Shade to directly see the flat ground at the bottom of the water.

He saw the beautiful woman's head, hands, and feet. But what he saw was not a human being. What he saw was a ball of flesh, a head made up of dozens of hands and dozens of feet.

A huge piece of meat.

It completely violates human aesthetics, completely violates the laws of nature, and completely violates the most basic rules.

If we were to say specifically what it looked like, it could barely be regarded as a mermaid. The upper body of a human and the lower body of a fish. However, the upper body was made up of hands that were constantly shaking, and the lower body was made up of densely packed legs.

After just one glance, Shade almost fell into the water due to the strong dizziness.

He covered his forehead and shook his body a few times. Even if he closed his eyes, the image of the "mermaid" that could induce the most primitive fear was still shaking in front of his eyes.

There is no spring at all under the pool, and the gurgling sound is the head exhaling upwards.

The beautiful face looked at Shade under the water, and the strange hands and feet slapped the water body. She was not sorry that he did not fall:

"Please look at me carefully, what exactly do you see?"
To be continued...