Shade stared blankly at the water, and the beautiful head was completely attached to his back. Countless palms dripping with water grabbed the life ring to stop it from rotating, and the legs restrained his body.

Body.

It was gradually wrapping around him, and its mouth whispered in Shade's right ear:

"People call me [Desire], but you are..."

It moved closer to Shade, wanting to lie down on Shade's back and talk intimately into Shade's ear.

However, he accidentally looked at the pool of water with Shade's eyes. In the picture, the silver-haired woman in the mirror was still blurry to Shade, but the thing that claimed to be "Desire" lying behind Shade actually saw it.

The silver-haired woman in the mirror looked directly outside.

It couldn't see the silver-haired woman's face clearly, but those eyes...

Shade couldn't hear the sound, but it heard it. Those silver eyes stared outside the mirror, outside the water, and at the head behind Shade:

【Only I can speak from this position.】

The ancient language represents the real years. It is as if the wind from the long past has blown to the present. The ancient grammar that has traveled through several eras has made the woman's head recall the past in the language of the ancients that she has not heard for a long time.

A very long past, a past that has long since worn out even its relics.

It was stunned.

Shade suddenly frowned, then turned his head and looked back, staring into the eyes of the head at close range:

"Wait a minute, you said I'm a man and that I'm from the Sixth Age?"

"What?"

The head saw in Shade's eyes the brilliance of wisdom that represented normal thoughts.

"Of course I am a man, but the old gods told me that strictly speaking, this is not the sixth era. Wait, so you don't even know this? Ha, I thought you were so powerful, but I didn't expect that I would be defeated by you.

Frightened."

At this point, Shade, who looked at those eyes, completely woke up. He said seriously to the head behind him:

"And don't, don't talk in my ear."

Only then did he realize that he was entangled by the monster. After a little panic and nausea, he immediately understood what he was going to do.

Behind the back, the brass-colored [Gluttony] and black-iron-colored [Greed] auras almost merged into one. The high-temperature rings spewing steam and rapidly rotating forced those hands to let go of the life rings, and at the same time

, Shade’s right index finger pointed behind him:

"Silver Moon!"

In the narrow dark room, the ultimate holy silver light burst out like the sun, and the legs that locked Shade's body were released little by little.

Plop~

Shade felt a lightness behind his back, then heard the sound of heavy objects falling into the water, and noticed that the splashing water wet his pants. But he did not check the pool again, but took a step forward, from this end of the pool, directly to the

Arrive at the door at the other end.

He wanted to rush out along the opened door, but the voice behind him stopped him. The voice of the head was still sweet, but Shade felt it inexplicably. It was a little less interested, but it still asked like humming:

"You won, don't you want to know how to get that golden stone?"

Shade didn't even move. A series of water droplets flew from behind him, forming dense ancient letters in front of his eyes.

During the "Sea Return" ceremony, the golden pearl will be buried in the heart of the giant mermaid corpse that caused the tsunami. A terrifying spell can separate the pearl from the fish-man's abdominal cavity.

, and now this mantra is right in front of Sha De's eyes.

"That golden pearl contains the power of God, that's why I have been sealed until now. Those fishmen thought I was just a sea monster. But if you dare to touch that thing, the gods will look at you."

Thief......"

She seemed to pause on purpose, and after a few seconds she said:

"But if you can use blasphemous methods to pollute the sea and return the pearl before touching it, the gods will not pay attention to you. After all, for a great man in higher dimensions, he will not be disgusted by a thief."

Shade wanted to speak, but then he heard something flying out of the water, and then landed behind his feet.

Looking back, it turned out to be a small piece of fresh meat with red blood:

"What's the meaning?"

"I said, as long as you look at me, I will give you the answer and a gift. This is a gift."

In the pool, only the woman's head was still above the water. Now that Shade knew what was under the water, he no longer had any illusions about the body.

"What's this?"

The woman lay beside the pool and chuckled, stretching out one of her arms, letting Shade see the bloody wound on it. The perfect skin and flesh were destroyed, but this only increased the charm of that white arm:

"Didn't you already guess it? This is my meat. Eat it and you will gain new strength.

Your enemies are fishmen, but are you sure you can defeat them in the water? You only have the second ring, I think you can't defeat them even on land, right? My flesh and blood can make you perfect

Adapt to the water environment, increase your lifespan, and give you temporary powerful powers. Even... there are other permanent powers."

Shade has heard the rumor that eating mermaid flesh can lead to immortality many times in this world. However, the mermaid race itself cannot live forever, and eating their flesh certainly cannot give them any special powers.

The relic in the pool that calls itself "Desire" does indeed look like a mermaid...a very weird mermaid. Eating its flesh is equivalent to eating part of the relic.

This kind of thing sounds quite crazy, but Shade didn't hesitate.

After waking up from the true reflection of [Desire], although he did not gain the power to reveal himself, the stranger felt that he had never been more determined. He truly understood himself and his own heart, which was more powerful than any other.

All are precious.

The woman in the ear chuckled, and the woman in the pool also chuckled. The piece of meat at the foot was quickly turning black and smelly, and everything was decided by Shade.

He endured his nausea and bent down to pick up the fresh piece of meat. This sticky mass was probably more disgusting than the most disgusting thing he had ever eaten, which was the frog stuff.

"How about it?"

I asked in my heart.

[A pure polymer of elements and spirits, eating it will definitely affect your mental state.]

"How is it affected?"

【Can't give you the answer.】

"Also, I saw it in the pool just now..."

Only this thought carries with it some shameful connotations.

[Outlander, I don’t mind anything, including your suspicion of me.]

"What choice will your greed make you make? Or, will your courage let you try?"

The head of [Desire] looked at Shade with a smile by the pool. Normal girls would be able to see the smooth shoulders if they lay by the pool. But with this thing, you can only see the head:

"Do you need me to swear to the ancient gods again that there is no harm this time?"

Shade weighed the piece of meat and answered in a serious tone:

"There is no need to swear, but can courage and recklessness really be distinguished? No, in my opinion, the difference between the two lies only in the final result, not in the current situation based on which the judgment is made.

.”

With a slight stroke of his finger, the moonlight between his fingers peeled off a small piece of thin meat. His control was pretty good, and the thin piece of flesh was even completely transparent, but it could still allow Shade to see as thin as

Hair muscle texture.

He carefully put the thing into his mouth, and the fishy smell immediately spread to the entire mouth. Shade didn't dare to chew it to feel the taste, but swallowed it directly into his stomach.

The abundant spirit spreads to every corner of the body, and that wonderful feeling of power is more effective than the soup on the Bones Pirate Ship.

"Can we make further judgment?"

[There is no poison or curse. It can indeed temporarily provide you with the power of dark desires. But if you eat all the meat in your hands, even if you are now in the state of divine afterglow, at least within a month, your various

Desires will be magnified.】

The woman in the pool did not urge Shade. Shade stood there and thought about it, closed his eyes, and stuffed all the pieces of meat in his hand into his mouth.

"Ugh~"

He swallowed it directly through his throat, and then a strong feeling of vomiting made him tremble and kneel down on the ground. He supported the ground with one hand and covered his chest with one hand. This feeling of vomiting was not only because of the bad taste, but also because of the

After all the pieces of meat were swallowed, along with the rapid accumulation of spiritual energy in the body, the body seemed to absorb something from those pieces of meat.

The muscles all over his body tightened, the blood vessels stood out, and there seemed to be small worms squirming under the skin. The dark lines were centered on the stomach and spread towards the body, as if Shade's whole body was covered with black rune chains.

In addition to the abnormality in his body, Shade felt like the world was spinning at this moment, as if he had fallen into a bottomless abyss of darkness. While falling, various abnormal scenes and crazy illusions that made him afraid and obsessed with him were displayed one by one in front of him.

in front of.

The brain is completely unable to perceive the real reality, and the endless emptiness and crazy desire are urging him to get what he wants.

But the benefits of eating this piece of meat were also revealed at the same time. The life ring that had just been taken back by Shade automatically appeared behind him. However, as the black iron-colored spiritual light gradually became richer, no new spiritual runes were produced.

[Gluttony] and [Greed] are faintly overlapped at this moment. The two-color aura of the two is not strong, but has a simple and heavy feeling.

As Shade kept retching while holding on to the ground, her voice appeared in her ears, and her murmuring voice still contained a smile:

[In the pool of desire, you saw me. Don’t be afraid of dark desires, sin is also a part of you. What you swallow is the flesh and blood of desire, and what you get is the power you have never discovered. 】
To be continued...