OBS Chapter 4153 The Guild Master and the Literary Trap
Chapter 4153 The Guild Master and the Literary Trap
Chapter 4153 The Guild Master and the Literary Trap
“Miss Astley, is this gentleman your date from the charity gala that night?”
Mrs. Connaught asked again with a smile, nodding firmly before Viggo could answer:
"Absolutely. I really envy you. You have the advantage of being young and beautiful. Even though you're 25, you can still attract handsome young men in their early twenties."
"I'm already over thirty; time really flies. When I was your age, although I didn't have your charm, I always had young men trying to chat me up at parties, and even the male servants in my household would secretly glance at me."
Then she blinked and asked Wei Ge:
"Now that you've come to the guild hall, would you be willing to lend me your skin to wear for a while? I swear, I just want to try to make myself as young and beautiful as you, and I'll return the skin to you afterwards."
"You have truly gone completely insane."
Wei Ge wasn't angry; her tone was very calm.
"Even if you are released, you will probably only cause trouble for Arcadia."
“Ordinary people with strong desires are more likely to go crazy in a place like this than others. But she seems to be quite comfortable here. She adapts very well to the [Furniture Guild].
"Shad said," and then a flash of silver moonlight appeared, and Mrs. Connaught's head fell from her shoulder. Wearing leather did not guarantee immortality; blood splattered onto the roof, and she was dead.
“You are all so rude. Killing people indiscriminately in the guild hall is not a good habit. It’s a waste.”
A sweet, cloying voice spoke, and the girl who had been lying on the bed stood up, using her toes, painted with red nail polish, to hook a robe from the floor and drape it over herself.
It snapped its fingers, and the corpse and blood all disappeared:
"Gentlemen, although you are both honored guests of the club, please do not do this a second time."
Wei Ge didn't say anything more and hid behind Xia De. Although Xia De's senses were limited here, he could still sense that the person in front of him was not anything they had encountered before. She wasn't even the leatherworker.
"You are."
“Master of the guild, I have no name, nor do I need one. After all, once I put on a new skin, I am a completely new person, and there is no need to give myself a fixed nickname. However, for the sake of easy communication, you can call me ‘Skin’.”
The young woman spoke casually, which surprised both Xia De and Wei Ge:
"You were deliberately waiting for us to come here?"
Shad's perception of his true name was correct; this was indeed the only way to the location of the scroll. The guild master had clearly seen through Shad's intentions, which was why he was here.
The young woman nodded:
"Since you know her, I wanted to let you two meet her. After all, it's always good to see someone you know. I just didn't expect you to be so resistant to her."
She's a very good person; perhaps after ten thousand years, she could become a leatherworker. The most promising life form the Guild discovered during their trip to Arcadia City was her; the decaying desires and yearnings deep within her heart, though not strong, were exceptionally pure.
But so be it, she's dead. Humans are such creatures; they always manage to surprise me. She was peculiar, but not unique.
She waved to Xia De and Wei Ge:
"Come with me. It seems you have no intention of visiting here anymore. Don't wander around anymore. I'll take you to retrieve the item that the guild hall entrusted to you many years ago. Since the descendants of the Red Stone Duchess have come, I originally wanted to treat you well, but unfortunately you are not like the Red Stone Duchess in appreciating our art."
The wardrobe against the wall automatically slid to the left, revealing a hidden door in the wall. The young woman opened the hidden door and went into the next room. Xia De and Wei Ge exchanged a glance and followed her. The new room had a very simple layout. A kerosene lamp hung from the ceiling, and under the lamp was the only piece of furniture in the room—a table with a small metal box on it.
"These are the things that the lady entrusted to us for safekeeping back then."
Pi said:
"The box is locked, so we don't know what's inside, but I'm sure you have a way to open it. Take it with you, and that will complete the agreement from back then."
This was somewhat different from what Shad had expected; he thought he could see the other curved-necked bottle directly, but doing so was obviously safer.
Of course, to prevent the guild from playing any tricks, Xia De still looked at Wei Ge, who had mentioned having a special connection with her younger sister. Wei Ge walked to the table, placed her hand on the box for a moment, and then said with certainty:
"no problem."
Seeing that she didn't intend to try opening the box there, Shad walked to the table and picked up the small box:
"Then there's no problem, the agreement is perfectly reached, can we leave now?"
He waited for the other party to turn hostile and say something like, "The agreement doesn't include a guarantee of your safe departure," but the young woman, who called herself "Pi," casually asked:
"You killed my previous partner, so are you interested in staying and whipping me a few times?"
"Not interested."
Wei Ge spoke directly, and the young woman nodded regretfully:
"Alright then, you can go back the way you came. After leaving this room, you can return to the original banquet hall on the third floor, then take the elevator back to the first floor, and you can return to the outside of the building after opening the door."
She clearly had no intention of seeing the two of them off. Wei Ge glanced at Xia De again, then took Xia De's free left hand and they turned and left the room together.
The room was indeed outside the banquet hall, and the elevator was located on the wall opposite the banquet hall.
Inside the banquet hall, men and women dressed in leather continued to revel in their pleasures. Wei Ge had a lot to say, such as "Is it really over?", "Should we continue exploring?", "The leather club didn't actually play any tricks?", and "Could there be a trap downstairs?", but she instinctively sensed that something was wrong.
As she walked through the banquet hall with Shad, she glanced again at the box he was carrying. She was certain she could feel a part of her "sister" inside; that feeling, originating from the depths of her soul, was undeniable, yet she still felt as if she had been tricked.
"Yes, we were fooled."
This was Xia De's thought. He didn't know what methods the [Furry Guild] had used, but he was certain that they wouldn't fulfill the agreement so easily. After all, they dared to covet even the furry goods of [Desire]. Last night, the leatherworker, who wasn't even at the guild, dared to directly attack Xia De and Wei Ge. How could the guild owner possibly hand over the goods so easily?
The reason he didn't point it out publicly wasn't because Shad didn't want a direct confrontation with the guild master, but because he was certain the other party wasn't the real person, and drawing his sword earlier would have been pointless. So he went outside to meet up with Iluna and the others. Now that he knew the inside story and had his true name as a guide, the revelation phase was over, and the battle could begin.
Of course, leaving despite knowing he had been tricked was also to confirm an idea—whether Peggy Flamel had been keeping an eye on this place all along.
If Shad and Viggo really left like that, Peggy Flamel had no idea that Shad would boldly try to take this opportunity to destroy the [Leatherworks Guild]—his recent tour had solidified his resolve. Therefore, from the female alchemist's perspective, leaving meant that the quarter of "Aurora Flamel" would never be found again, and she absolutely could not allow such a flaw to occur in the "Perfect Child" project.
Therefore, Shad is currently waiting for Peggy Flamel to appear. Of course, if she doesn't make a move, Shad will have to join forces with Iluna, Sister Daphne, and the others.
Of course, Xia De didn't tell Wei Ge any of this, but Wei Ge, trusting Xia De completely, remained silent despite suspecting she had been tricked. They pushed through the crowd, getting closer and closer to the elevator, but still no one around them spoke to them or offered any guidance.
Just as Shad was about to go downstairs, the two suddenly stopped because the floor beneath their feet was shaking, and then—
Boom!
A deafening roar, like a steam bomb exploding nearby, came from the depths of the third floor of the hall. The massive fluctuation of the Miracle Element almost completely suppressed the Sage-level relic itself for a second, but only for a second, and the Whisper Element regained the upper hand.
The surrounding space seemed to twist, followed by a series of explosions and impacts that filled the entire space.
"Someone has made a move at the [Leather Goods Guild]! Was it Mr. Delong or another church ring sorcerer?"
This was Xia De and Wei Ge's first reaction, but before they could do anything, the indoor lights suddenly dimmed, and all the sounds ceased at that moment.
"moonlight!"
Immediately afterward, the silver moonlight pierced through the darkness, but when they looked around again, the empty banquet hall was deserted except for Xia De and Wei Ge, as if the bustling activity of the previous moment had been nothing but an illusion.
With a loud bang, the metal box was ripped open by Shad, and the familiar curved-necked bottle fell out. Wei Ge caught it, glanced at it, and then laughed out of extreme anger:
"Well, you actually dared to do this!"
The bottle was indeed left by Peggy Flamel, and the red liquid inside was real. The problem was that the solution in that bottle only filled half its volume; the other half was empty. The flask in the Fragrant Mansion, however, contained a full bottle's worth of solution—
"The Leather Goods Guild! How dare you do this!"
"A word game? I'm starting to have my doubts. Is the [Leatherworks Guild] a relic or a demon? I thought only demons were good at manipulating contracts. Hmm?"
The perception of the demon appeared abruptly at that moment, and then vanished just as abruptly, but the feeling of everything withering away that accompanied it at that instant was definitely not Shad's illusion:
"That demon made its move here too!"