Red butterflies flew out of the fog, and the butterfly group reunited beside the bonfire that illuminated the black fog. Shade walked out of the phantom of the butterfly group.
But there was no look of expectation on his face. The small camp of Miss Witch Higgins and Mrs. Miles was still beside the campfire. The soul of the boy who was frozen in the air was still in the same place, but it was missing here.
The witch and the old man.
"what happened?"
He searched carefully and found a pressed note under the stone next to the campfire. This should be a message from Miss Higgins, telling Shade that they were going to buy a very important item. If Shade came
No need to look for them.
"But I only have 50 minutes."
He thought to himself, turned around and said to the bonfire:
"Come out, I know you are watching me."
The bonfire that was originally burning quietly suddenly jumped up to a height of at least ten meters. Densely packed coins of all kinds flew out of the flames, forming the devil's face in the fire with a clattering sound. The strange flames appeared in the fire.
The gaps between the coins were fluttering. When the face opened its mouth, Shade smelled the smell of sulfur and even felt the heat licking his eyebrows.
"Invited guest, you are finally back." (Devil's language)
There are traces of fire rippling on the surface of the coin. Although it is indeed in the shape of a human face, it looks even more disgusting than those non-humanoid ones. Compared with the demon in front of him, Shade still admires the stone mirror demon-Goethe's kind.
, a demon in true human form:
"Where are the witch and the old man?"
The devil laughed in the fire:
"Oh, guest, guest, this is a place of fair trade. Don't try to get any information without coins."
Shade got one coin when he first came here, won three coins in the last card game, and spent two more coins when the [Destiny Base] divined his own origin. Therefore, he still has two coins left.
.However, because items from the past cannot be brought to the present, the two coins were given to Miss Higgins for safekeeping when they left. Obviously, Miss Higgins and Mrs. Myers forgot to put the coins in when they left.
Stay here.
Shade frowned slightly:
"When I left last time, didn't I give you a deposit to buy this soul?"
Shade pointed at the boy fixed in the air, and more fire appeared in the coins in the devil's eyes:
"You brought 50 coins?"
"It's 48 coins. I gave you two last time. Okay, I didn't bring enough coins, but I don't want to exchange my own existence with you. I'm not that generous. How about this, I have a
good idea."
Shade looked at it, and the huge face made of coins also looked at Shade.
"I'll make a bet with you. If I win, the boy will be mine. You tell me where the witch and the old man left went. If I lose, I won't want the boy's soul."
The devil looked at him, and the fire in the crack of the coin had turned red:
"Do you need me to remind you? This soul was originally mine, and he sold it to me voluntarily. The reason why I didn't take it away now is because you asked for a trade. It was originally my thing. You lost, why?
The price is just to give my stuff back to me?”
The flames licked Shad's face, but Shad could not move due to his extremely high flame resistance. So, the devil put forward his own idea:
"However, it is an interesting idea to make a bet. If you win, the souls belong to you, and I will tell you where they are going. If I win, I will take away your sins."
"It was fooled!"
Shade whispered in his heart that this was an expected situation, but he remained calm on the surface:
"Sin? What do you want? How much do you want?"
"Gluttony, I want 3 seconds!"
According to the information that Shade got from [Sin Mansion], sins can be divided into "flaws", "ordinary", "perfect" and "treasures". Last fall, only [Gluttony] in Shade reached the treasure level. At that time, [Sin Mansion]
】The condition given by the master to allow Shade to leave is that Shade surrenders himself for 3 moments [Gluttony].
Apart from Shade himself, the only owner of a "treasure"-level sin that he has come into contact with is the head of a thief in the "Eternal Night City" art museum. The other person was sealed in the art museum forever because he tried to steal in Eternal Night City.
, and even tried to trick Shade into taking it out.
"You are too greedy. You want 3 ticks of treasure-level sins as soon as you open your mouth? Do you think I don't understand anything? Is this ugly and dirty soul worth 3 ticks of treasure-level sins?"
In order to appear genuine, Shade rejected the other party's proposal immediately, and besides, the offer itself was unreasonable:
"I just want to save him, not to let you blackmail me. The maximum is 1 moment. If you win, I will give you the treasure [Gluttony] for 1 moment. Moreover, I decide what to bet on. Let's play cards."
The firelight licked the inside and outside of the coin's giant face, and it also made a condition:
"One moment is fine, but we don't bet on cards. Since you understand sin so well, then I can never trust you, just like a devil won't trust his own kind. I will only give you one chance, and we will bet coins. If you don't agree,
, forget this deal."
In fact, Xia De also prepared other plans to ask the other party to offer coins. He did not expect that the other party would be so cooperative with him:
"You yourself are a coin. Now you are betting on coins. Am I going to watch you play tricks?"
He immediately asked:
"Just like you don't believe me, why do you think I can trust you? I have no problem with the bet, but we still bet on cards. I can let you check my deck."
"Outside guest, the more you say this, the less I can play cards with you. If you have coins on you, we can use your coins to bet."
The sentences composed of demonic language made Shade desperately suppress the smile on his face. He stared at the eyes with flames in the cracks, and after a while he said:
"Yes, but I have to add a condition: if I win, you have to tell me where the god of wealth is."
"This is impossible. If you want to meet the great one in the camp, you need to find a way yourself. This is the basic rule here."
Shade smiled and took out the handful of gold coins given by the doctor from his pocket. In fact, they were all gold-plated, and then twisted the specially made one:
"What you said itself gave me a clue. The grammar of Devil's language not only has time pronouns, but also indicates spatial location. God is indeed here. Well, let's bet coins and guess heads and tails. The outcome of the game will be determined.
"
As he spoke, he flicked the coin and let it fly into the air. Under the firelight, the golden coin shone with a strange and dazzling light:
"Do you want to check it? If not, we'll start now."
The huge face looked at the coin in Xia De's hand, and after a moment of hesitation, he did not raise any questions:
"This is a currency I have never seen before, but it looks quite ancient. Is it a product of the Third Age?"
"It does not matter."
"Okay, let's start now, but it's not you and me who will toss the coin. To be fair, let him do it."
After the devil's words fell, the boy's soul, which was frozen in the air, fell back to the ground. The soul regained its ability to move. He looked at the face in horror, wanting to hide behind Shade, but then he thought of what he had done.
Things happened, so he didn't dare to get close to Sha De.
Shade threw the coin to the boy, and the boy caught it in a hurry, then realized that Shade was not looking at him.
"Do you guess the sun side or the moon side? Or should I choose?"
Shade asked, and the demon in the flames let out a weird and gloomy laugh:
"It's up to you to choose."
"I choose the moon."
"Well, I choose the sun."
Under their gaze, the boy tossed the coin in his hand in panic. After it fell into his palm, he immediately showed the result.
On the upward side is the moon.
Shade was not surprised by the result. Since the doctor said there was no problem, there must be no problem. The giant demon face in the fire did not immediately give any opinion. The face that originally had a arrogant expression,
He showed a thoughtful look. The boy holding the coin stood there tremblingly, not knowing what to do at this time.
A simple soul in a weird place like "Black Mist Camp" is more easily corrupted than a living person protected by a body. Even if the bonfire can protect him, he is standing in front of a real ancient evil spirit at this moment.
"Give me back the coin."
Shade said to the boy. After taking his coin, he slashed into the air. As unstable cracks appeared in the air, the light of the dark moon penetrated the cracks and shone on the faces of the soul and Shade.
superior.
Even without any common sense of occultism, the boy understood at this moment that this is where he belongs. He bowed and wanted to thank Shade, but Shade stopped him:
"I rescued you not because I think you are pitiful, but because as a human being, I cannot watch my soul fall into the hands of the devil. Leave now, you don't need to thank me."
The boy still pursed his lips and bowed to Shade, but before crossing the crack, he still trembled and left his last words:
"But sir, what can I do? I'm not you, I'm just an ordinary person. I know I shouldn't do anything to that Miss Higgins, but... what can I do? I don't have your power.
I don’t have your knowledge, I’m just an ordinary person.”
He stepped into the beach illuminated by the dark moon, and the crack closed.
Shade ignored the boy's last words, but looked at the huge face floating above the bonfire. The latter also looked at Shade at this time;
"I understand, you are cheating."
Shade, who was twisting the coin, was not panicked:
"Please tell me carefully how I cheated."
There is no expression on the devil's face, and the rigid distribution of facial features makes it look even more terrifying than when it laughs wildly:
"There is a strange power. I can't be sure what it is, but that power is specifically aimed at me. Yes, I can feel it."
PS: 13/20. There will be more updates in one week.