Whispering Poems

Chapter 1760 Greedy Chains and Transactions
Worn bamboo trestles supported the rotting wooden plank on which three objects rested.One of them was a severed finger as thick as Shad's wrist, and the viscous black blood at the base of the severed finger had solidified into ice.The other two items are completely invisible.

Miss Higgins took a few deep breaths, then mustered up her courage and said to the shadow behind the booth:

"Excuse me, do you know?"

Trembling, she took out a note and read out the ancient runes on it:
"Where is the soul-stealing merchant?"

Xia De blinked suspiciously, while the black shadow shook his head slightly, and then pointed to his booth.

The witch thought for a moment, lowered her voice and asked:

"I have to buy your stuff before you can answer my question?"

This time it was a nod.

"I need time to think about it. I don't have much money after all."

As they said that, they had to step back. Even if they had to buy something to ask for directions, they didn't necessarily have to buy it here. They could go to the market to have a look.

But the shadow was not willing to let any of the guests go. While the witch was retreating, dozens of blood-stained black chains flew towards the witch from under the shadow's feet.Fortunately, Miss Higgins did not let down her vigilance, and quickly waved the torch in her hand forward, while a golden light shone in her right hand.The warm light dispelled a little chill, Xia De was quite familiar with this kind of power, it was the power of the sun.

Most of the chains attacking the witch slowed down a lot after being illuminated by the light of the torch, while the rest continued to approach the witch.So the fireball in the witch's right hand covered the surroundings like a bomb exploded, but because of the black mist, it could only extend a short distance to her side.

With those lights, Xia De could clearly see that the black chains were spliced ​​together by chains of runes representing "greed". strength.

"Be careful."

The old Mrs. Miles and the timid boy Andor Ade hurried forward to help, and the two waved the torches in their hands like witches, slowing down the remaining chains.At the same time, Xia De took out the big sword with silver moonlight from the black mist with his free left hand.

Clang~
The big sword slashed on the chain, and at the same time as the silver light flakes and sparks splashed, the two collided and made a scalp-numbing buzz.At the same time, more and more blood-stained chains appeared from all directions, surrounding the four people.Xia De then ordered the four of them to gather together, facing different directions, and the waving torches connected the afterimages of the flames into a line, but that only slowed down a small part of the chains.

"Why can he have so many chains of sin!"

It was like being besieged by a group of snakes, but all of this was silent. Xia De, who is familiar with the characteristics of the [Major Sin Chain], reminded loudly:

"This thing has no offensive power, but once it is entangled, its ability to cast spells and move will be imprisoned. Don't try to break the chain with ordinary methods, but use a destructive force—the Black Moon Symbol—Sidon's Seal."

Xia De reached out and grabbed the chain closest to him. The moment he touched it, the flow of spirit in his body stagnated, but the dark moon mark had already appeared on the chain.

The chains slowly disintegrated into fly ash, and at the same time, the golden shield that exploded pushed all the remaining blood-stained chains outward.

Miss Higgins, the witch, also understood, and kissed her right index finger, and then the life-corroding dust released by the index finger also caused a small part of the chain to rust and rot.

But whether it is Shade's thaumaturgy or the witch's secret technique, the consumption of both powers is quite large, and the recovery of the spirits in this weird place is almost stagnant, so they can't just waste all their power like this.

"The Great Sin Chain!"

The chains protruded from Xia De's sleeve, and while rattling, they mingled with the chains that were temporarily pushed away under the control of the live rope trick.The chains were intertwined with the chains, the six sinful runes were intertwined with countless [greed], Xia De suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart.This is the first time he has confronted [Chain of Great Sin], and the power from the same source gave him a new understanding.

Although Xia De has only one chain, he completely has the upper hand. Although the runes that symbolize the six deadly sins radiate dim light, although it makes his companions very uncomfortable, he can completely suppress the chain with only "greed".

But this is still not enough, Xia De can deal with dozens of chains, but cannot deal with hundreds or thousands.It seemed that endless chains were flying from all directions, even protruding from the soil under the feet, and hanging down from the sky above.

Seeing that there were already chains bound Mrs. Miles' ankles and the boy's neck—of course, the witch didn't care about the latter.Miss Higgins had no choice but to say:
"I'll buy it! I won't leave now, I'll trade with you here, take back your chains."

All the chains that were still wriggling stopped, only Xia De's chain was still rattling.

No one dared to move, the four of them breathed slowly, but the breath was suppressed to prevent their body temperature from losing too quickly.Xia De silently counted twelve numbers in his heart, and the chains retreated extremely slowly to the depths of the black mist invisible to everyone's eyes.Looking at the black shadow behind the booth again, it seems to have kept pointing at the merchandise with its finger, without moving at all.But they all knew that if they dared to retreat now, the blood-stained chains gushing out in an instant would swallow them immediately.

After such twists and turns, even though there was still light from the torch, old Mrs. Miles and the boy were already pale.The witch had to hold the old man to keep her from falling, and hold her hand to keep her warm. Mrs. Miles' strength now was only enough not to let go of the torch in her hand.

"I, let me help her."

The boy who mustered up his courage said to the young witch in the cold and fear. The latter frowned, but did not hesitate:
"Take good care of this lady, protecting her is protecting you."

She asked the boy to support Mrs. Miles behind Shad and her, and gave them a glowing yellow stone, as if it could provide warmth.Afterwards, she softly apologized to Xia De for what happened just now, after all, she was the one who got the group into danger.But Xia De cared more about time than danger.

Although he cared about those chains with only [Greedy] runes, he also knew that this was not a good opportunity to explore, so he asked the black shadow for the witch:
"What do you have here? We can only see one item."

The black shadow still did not speak, maintaining a still movement, and the black mist covering the item finally dissipated.Beside the thick severed finger were coils of bloody rope and clotted blood in dirty glass tubes.

The rope is a relic, and as for the other two items, they should all be powerful extraordinary materials.

"What are these?"

Xia De continued to ask, but did not get an answer. The black shadows in this camp may not have the ability to speak at all.So the witch asked again, but also did not get an answer.

The light of the four torches illuminated the uncertain faces of the crowd, and the light of the fire was obviously weaker than when they first set off.

Miss Higgins frowned and thought for a while, then breathed out into her palm, and then said to Shad again:

"I'm afraid this camp will not explain the purpose and function of the product. We can only pick one at random, which is no different from gambling luck."

"Are you carrying enough currency? Judging from the situation just now, if you don't bring enough currency, it won't let us leave without paying. I'm afraid it will charge us for other things."

Miss Higgins pursed her lips and nodded:

"Before departure, His Majesty gave me and Madam a sum of money, and I have 23 coins with me."

"I have 6 here."

The silver-haired old woman leaning on the boy continued to say, seeing Xia De looking at her, she smiled very hard:
"It's up to you, young man."

The boy who kept silent all this time also said tremblingly afterwards:

"I have 7 coins here. My coins were sold to me along with the map by the witch who gave me the way to enter here."

"Then the remaining question is simple - what is the cheapest thing here?"

It's silly to judge the value of an item by its appearance, but sometimes it has to be done.There are three items, fingers, rope and blood. Although the rope is the only relic, it cannot be considered to be the most expensive; although the finger is the only item that shows its appearance in advance, it cannot be inferred that it must be the cheapest.

The two ordinary people had no chance to speak at this time, and it was still up to Xia De and the witch Miss Higgins to make up their minds.

"I don't have the ability to estimate, nor do I have the power to appraise treasures."

Xia De spoke first, and the red-haired witch said hesitantly:
"Because it involves transactions, I have learned the secrets of identification before entering here. I will try it."

She rolled up her right sleeve to reveal her white wrist, then grabbed her right wrist with her left hand, and opened her right palm to aim at three objects in turn.

"Oh!"

She made a gesture of holding her breath, and at the same time her eyes widened suddenly.But within two or three seconds, he let out a muffled snort, and black blood flowed from his mouth and nose.She let go of that breath, and fell backwards trembling all over, but fortunately, Xia De held her up in time.

"Cough, cough, cough."

After a violent cough, she spat out the dirty blood on the ground, and quickly eroded the low weeds under her feet.

"it's okay no problem."

She covered her chest and waved her hands, but she didn't seem to be okay no matter what:

"I was attacked, as if this camp was attacking me. It seems that without permission, you can't touch and inspect goods that don't belong to you."

"Give."

Xia De handed over a bottle of No. [-] holy water, and the witch drank it hoarsely before expressing her gratitude, but her face was still very ugly:
"What should I do now? I have no choice."

"As you said just now, you can only gamble on luck. The currency is your own, and you decide."

The two looked at the three items together, and after looking at each other, the red-haired witch pointed to the bottle of blood:

"I want this."

The black mist that was almost stationary flowed, and the black mist condensed on the wooden board between the commodity and the four of Xia De, forming a balance in the state of cloud and mist.

The black shadow finally moved, picked up the bottle of blood and put it on the left end of the balance. The balance tilted to the left, and then it made a gesture of please.This action is easy to understand, so Miss Higgins took out the leather bag from her skirt pocket, and with trembling palms, she placed the coins with her own face on the right side of the balance one by one.Although I still don't know if this bottle of blood is the cheapest here, but fortunately, only 4 coins were put in, and the balance reached a state of balance.

At that moment, the balance that was originally in a state of dense fog actually solidified into black metal.Under the light of the torches in everyone's hands, the scale reflected the metallic luster, the color was deep and extraordinarily thick, Xia De took a fancy to it at a glance:

"Speaking of which, Iluna's birthday present."

The four coins were taken away by the black shadow, and then it pushed the balance with blood on one end to everyone, and then changed back to the motionless posture at the beginning.

Miss Higgins carefully collected the bottle of blood from one end of the balance, but she didn't know what the blood was, so she put it in the satchel she carried first.

Seeing that the black shadow had no objection, he touched the dark scale, and Xia De also touched it.There are engraved patterns of shells, coins and olive branches on the surface of the balance, which is extremely cold and heavy.Both Shad and the Witch can confirm that this is just an ordinary item.

The witch asked softly:

"Now the shadow is not moving again. Do you think this balance is a clue to guide us to find the next merchant?"

(End of this chapter)