Whispering Poems

Chapter 700 Shade's Sin

After crossing the fence gate, it is considered to have officially entered the interior of the relic.

The concentration of whispering elements has an extremely huge difference between inside and outside the fence gate.Naturally, it is not as unbearable as the fishbone pirate ship, but the unique range of influence of the location-type relic still makes Shad feel very uncomfortable.

It wasn't a pounding headache or nausea, and it wasn't whispers that kept harassing him.He felt a kind of desire, and his own messy thoughts were very easy to stand out here.Even, Xia De actually thought of quitting at this moment, and the thought of running away was absolutely impossible for him.

"Oh, I need some concentration."

With his back to the fence gate behind him, Xia De closed his eyes and patted himself on the head a few times.Good memories and thoughts can drive away those distracting thoughts, but the problem is that good memories can also stimulate more bad thoughts.For example, when I think of Mia cat, I think it is better to be cautious and turn my head away, but when I think of Luvia, besides the sweetness of feelings, there is also
As Xia De realized the unusualness of these chaotic thoughts, standing inside the fence gate, he suddenly felt that the surrounding sky became dim.Clouds surrounded this forest glade, and as a black lightning flashed across the sky, a rumbling sound was heard a few seconds later.

The building that originally looked clean and tidy under the autumn sun became gloomy when the light weakened.Large swaths of shadows enveloped the outer walls of the building like crawling monsters, and strange figures appeared at the glass windows.In the courtyard inside the fence, the golden fallen leaves rotted into mud. The tree with the swing in the courtyard also lost all its leaves within two seconds. The trunk and branches seemed to have completely lost their vitality and withered in an instant, like It is a giant gray hand protruding from the depths of the earth.

There was a rustling sound coming from behind, and I turned my head to see the black iron fence door, the black metal was crawling like a snake, interlocking with each other until it completely blocked the door, like a spider web.The common feature of location-type relics is that they can never leave without meeting certain conditions. This has been proved on the [Fishbone Pirate Ship] that Shade has experienced.

The light was dim, and the cold wind with a foul smell was blowing on Shad, and everything around was dilapidated.When the relic fully revealed its inner nature, Xia De finally felt a headache and a strong sense of discomfort.Whispering elements affect any entity and non-entity, this element is the enemy of civilization.

"Although it's uncomfortable, it's still bearable. It seems that my sin is not particularly serious."

Xia De frowned and pressed his head. Now he felt like he was in an alley full of garbage and feces. After breathing ten times, he turned around twenty times.

But in addition to the uncomfortable feeling, he also felt that his strength had increased.All creatures entering the [Sin Mansion] will see their own sins and gain increased power, which can be regarded as the unique "field effect" of this location-type relic.

"The feeling now is no less than wearing those witch jewelry. Do I have so many sins?"

He was very puzzled, but shook his head again:

"Get out of here quickly, I hope Granny Cassandra's information is correct."

Glancing at the broken swing under the dead tree, Xia De walked towards the door of the building that looked like a haunted house, and then reached out and knocked on the black door.It's not a metal door, it's a hardwood door.But the surface of the wood has not been carefully treated, so that the grain of the bark is still clear.

But if you look closely, those distorted lines are clearly languages ​​that can be translated.It's just that when Xia De tried to decipher the words on the door, the severe headache almost made him unable to stand still.

After holding onto the wall for a while, he got better. From this, he understood that the power of the words on this door was no less than that of most of the words he had come into contact with in this world.

Without hearing footsteps, the door in front of her opened silently.The gray-skinned old man with his back on his back appeared inside the door holding a lantern.

He looked at Xia De with drooping eyelids, and Xia De felt a stronger whispering element in the other party.

"Are you a lost traveler?"

The other party spoke Delarion, with an unusually hoarse voice.

"No, I am a guest here for this transaction."

Xia De said according to the information provided by Granny Cassandra.

[Sin Mansion] When it was the third era or the fourth era, it was a mountain mansion belonging to an unknown nobleman.Later, a terrible thing happened here. The limited information in the Witch Council shows that it was the owner of the mansion who studied the knowledge of original sin, so that it caused the fire of sin and burned everything, forming this terrible [Sin Mansion] remains.

Outsiders, once identified as playing lost travelers here, are hunted and imprisoned forever by the mansion itself.Only guests who claim to be traders can enjoy the courtesy.From experience, as long as there is no hostility towards [Sin Mansion] itself, the relics will not easily show ill will to the traders who enter.

"Please come in."

The old man carrying the lantern said in a hoarse voice, let the door open so that Xia De could enter.And Xia De, who entered the hall, noticed that the faint light on the wall of the hall actually came from a gas lamp, and there was even a gas pipe on the wall.

"It was a gift from a guest more than 20 years ago, and we decorated it with his soul."

The old man smiled and led Xia De to the interior of the building.

Outside the window is the terrifying sky with black lightning flashing from time to time, and the dilapidated courtyard is very reminiscent of a horror story.Although there are dim gas lamps in the room as light sources, the atmosphere here is still extremely terrifying.

On the contrary, the light of the dilapidated glass-covered lantern held by the old man was slightly stronger. Xia De, who was following him, looked at the crack-like traces on the wall, and tried to ask:
"Excuse me, is your lamp for sale?"

When this lamp is taken to the outside world, it can be regarded as a relic in itself.

"Sell, three complete souls, or bear the sin of killing for a moment for me."

The old man said in a hoarse voice, then suddenly stopped and looked back at Xia De:
"Guest, don't worry too much. The trader will have everything you want. I can see that you have plenty of sins."

The two came to the deepest part of the hall, from here they could choose to go to the left and right corridors, or go to the second floor through the stairs.But the old man stopped again:
"Guest, according to the rules, you must verify the amount of your sins before trading."

"no problem."

Xia De nodded, followed the old man to the corridor on the right, and entered the first room on the left.This room is very empty, and there is only a gas lamp with a weak light in the deepest part of the room.

Under the gas lamp was a table, and behind the table sat a man with a blank face and a quill in his hand.He was dressed like an old-fashioned aristocrat, but the red coat was not well-made, and one couldn't help but wonder if his family had already fallen into ruin.

The old man stood at the door and beckoned Xia De to go over, so Xia De stepped over the threshold, feeling even more uncomfortable than before.

Walking through the dark room to the table, the man holding the quill spoke in an extremely dull voice:

"Press your palms on the paper."

There was only one edge on the table that looked like burnt parchment, and Shad pressed his hand over it.A few seconds later, the man behind the table grabbed the quill and was about to stab Xia De's wrist, but Xia De quickly dodged it.

The other party glared at Xia De, took the parchment back, pierced his wrist with a quill, and then wrote on the parchment with a bloody pen.After finishing writing, he threw the piece of paper to Xia De, without any intention of communicating with Xia De.

And on the parchment, the "financial power" owned by Xia De is described in distorted words like earthworms:
[Complete soul (powerful, flawless, holy, balanced, dark)]

[Gluttony (treasure) 10.5 ticks]

[Greedy (perfect) 9.9 ticks]

[Lie (Normal) 8.9 ticks]

[Promiscuous (Normal) 2.6 ticks]

[seyu (normal) 1.3 ticks]

[Bloodthirsty (flaw) 0.7 ticks]

[Profane (flaw) 0.6 ticks]

[Infidelity (flaw) 0.1 tick]

【Chain of Great Sin】

"Hiss, I have more sins than I thought."

The eye rests on the middle two lines, then looks towards the end:
"The chains of great crimes count?"

Xia De was a little surprised, and several other items were recorded in Granny Cassandra's information.

Everyone has a soul, and those descriptors describe the characteristics of the soul.Among them, [Powerful] and [Flawless] represent the quality of Xia De's soul, and [Balance] and [Darkness] represent the characteristics of the soul. This is probably related to Xia De's participation in the ceremony of the chosen one and the fulfillment of the ceremony requirements.

However, [Holy] was beyond Xia De's expectations, because it is said that only the most devout believers can obtain such a description when they have done good deeds in their lives.

"Maybe my 'life' is too short, and the number of ants I have trampled to death is less than other people. Moreover, although I am not a good person in the standard sense, I have done not many bad things."

He thought to himself, and the sins listed after the description of the soul were only to extract those more obvious characteristics, rather than listing all of them.A normal person can't list more than 10 sins, otherwise that person will need to go to a mental sanatorium or prison to rest.

"Engraved" is the evaluation of the quantity of sins here, and "flaw", "ordinary", "perfect" and "treasure" are the evaluation of quality.

Although Xia De has both "Gluttony" and "Greedy" spirit runes, after all, the former is drawn from the divinity of the [Lord of the Blood Feast], and has been drawn twice, so the former's highest quality "treasure" is also highly rated. normal.

"Besides gluttony and greed, there is nothing to do with lies. Seyu is something that normal people with physical and mental health will have. Bloodthirsty is just flaws, don't worry about it, and blasphemy is also understandable. Infidelity probably means that I have completed the task of delivering information for the enemy country for money. .”

Xia De made a summary of his "medical examination report". The parchment in his hand should be regarded as everyone's deepest secret. After leaving here, he will not tell anyone the result.

【The only thing you didn't analyze is "promiscuous love". 】

There was a murmur in his ears, Xia De pursed his lips, his eyelids drooped slightly:

"This is indeed my sin."

She just chuckled and didn't comment further.

So Shade took the parchment back to the corridor covered with red carpet and gold wallpaper, and showed it to the old man with the lantern.

The latter looked at the parchment with the faint light, and his gray face, like a mummy, finally showed emotion:

"Great food at 10.3? How do you maintain your current body shape?"

He was extremely surprised.

"It's 10.5 ticks, I can understand this kind of writing."

Xia De reminded that the latter did not show any embarrassment, he stuffed the parchment back into Xia De's hand, and then suddenly approached.He raised up the lantern in his haggard right hand, and carefully looked at the young man holding the sword in front of him with his cloudy eyes at a very close distance:
"Understand? Are you a scholar of original sin?"

(End of this chapter)