The Whispering Verses Chapter 1868: The Gamble with the Devil
Chapter 1868 The Gamble with the Devil
The 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 Old Mrs. Miles was still beside the campfire, and the soul of the boy frozen in the air was still in the same place, but here Only the witch and the old man were missing.
"What's going on?"
He searched carefully and found a pressed note under the stone beside the campfire. This should be a message from Miss Higgins, telling Shade that they are going to buy a very important item. If Shade comes, there is no need to look for them.
"But I only have 50 minutes."
Thinking in his mind, he turned around and said to the bonfire:
"Come out, I know you are watching me."
The bonfire, which was burning quietly, instantly shot 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 were simmering in the gaps between the coins. When the face opened its mouth, Shade smelled the smell of sulfur and even felt the high temperature 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 of demon that appears in a real 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."
Shad 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 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. Apparently Miss Higgins and Mrs. Miles forgot to leave the coin here when they left.
Xia De frowned slightly:
"When I left last time, didn't I give you a deposit to buy this soul?"
Shad 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."
Xia De looked at it, and the huge face made of coins also looked at Xia De.
"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 have gone. If I lose, I don'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 originally belonged to me, 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 lose Why is the price just to return my things to me?"
The flames licked Shade's face, but Shade relied on his extremely high fire resistance to remain motionless. So, the devil put forward his own idea:
"However, it is a very interesting idea to bet. If you win, the souls belong to you, and I will tell you where they went. If I win, I will take your sins."
"It was fooled!"
Xia De 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 the [Sin Mansion], sins can be divided into "flaws", "ordinary", "perfect" and "treasures". Last fall, only [Gluttony] in Shade reached the level of treasures. The condition given by the owner of the [Sin Mansion] at that time to allow Shade to leave was that Shade surrendered his 3 moments of [Gluttony].
Except for 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 forever for trying to steal in the Eternal Night City. It exists in the art gallery and even tries to trick Shade into taking it out.
"You are too greedy. You want 3 moments 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 moments of treasure-level sins?"
In order to appear genuine, Shade immediately rejected the other party’s proposal, and besides, the offer itself was unreasonable:
"I just want to save him, not let you blackmail me. At most 1 moment, if you win, I will give you 1 moment of the treasure [Gluttony]. Moreover, I decide what to bet on, we bet on cards ."
The firelight licked the inside and outside of the giant face of the coin, 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 only give you one chance, we bet on coins, if If you don’t agree, the deal is over.”
In fact, Xia De also prepared other plans to ask the other party to offer coins, but 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. Do I have to watch you play tricks?"
He immediately asked:
"Just like you don't trust me, why do you think I can trust you? I'm fine with the bet, but we're still betting on cards and 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 sentence composed of devil language made Shade desperately suppress the smile on his face. He stared at the eyes with flames in the cracks and said after a while:
"Yes, but I have to add a condition: if I win, you have to tell me where the **** 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."
Xia De 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 gave me a clue. The grammar of Devil's language not only has time pronouns, but also indicates spatial location. The gods are indeed here. Well, let's bet coins and guess heads and tails. The game will be decided. Win or lose."
As he spoke, he flicked the coin and let it fly into the air. The golden coin shone with a strange and dazzling light under the firelight:
"Do you want to check it? If not, we'll start now."
The huge face looked at the coin in Shade'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's not important."
"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 that was frozen in the air fell back to the ground. The soul regained its ability to move. He looked at the face in horror and wanted to hide behind Sha De, but he thought of what he had done, so he did not dare to get close to Sha De.
Shad threw the coin to the boy, and the boy caught it in a hurry, and then realized that Shad was not looking at him.
"Do you guess the sun side or the moon side? Or should I choose?"
Xia De asked, and the demon in the flames let out a weird and gloomy laugh:
"You choose."
"I choose the moon."
"Okay, I choose the sun."
Under their gaze, the boy flipped up the coin in panic. After falling into his hand, he immediately showed the result.
The upward side is the moon.
Xia De was not surprised by the result. Since the doctor said there was no problem, there must be no problem. The giant face of the devil in the fire did not immediately give any opinion. The face that originally had a arrogant expression showed a look of contemplation. The boy holding the coin stood there tremblingly, not knowing what to do at this time.
In a strange place like the "Black Mist Camp", a pure soul is more easily corrupted than a living person protected by a body. Even if the bonfire could protect him, he was now standing in front of a genuine ancient evil spirit.
"Give me back the coin."
Shad said to the boy, and after taking his coin, he swiped it 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 Soul and Shade.
Even if he didn't have any common sense about mysticism, the boy now understood that this was where he belonged. 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 you. I don’t have the power or the knowledge you have, I’m just an ordinary person.”
He stepped into the beach illuminated by the dark moon, and the crack closed.
Shad ignored the boy's last words and looked at the huge face floating above the bonfire. The latter also looked at Shade at this time;
"I understand, you're cheating."
Xia De, who was twisting the coin, was not panicked:
"Please tell me carefully how I cheated."
There is no expression on the demon's face, and the rigid distribution of facial features makes it look 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 is one more week to go.