OBS Chapter 4123 Vampires in the River
Chapter 4123 Vampires in the River
Chapter 4123 Vampires in the River
“I noticed that the footnote mentions ‘the subject of perfecting the fission of life.’ In that case, Viggo, the fact that your sister was split into four might be related to this subject.”
Xia De began to speak:
"Once we find your sister, we might discover some similarities between her and Lacey and the others. While they certainly won't be exactly the same, they might share some commonalities."
After saying that, he looked at Lacey:
Do we need to be so polite between us?
The princess blinked, then smiled gently. If this weren't someone else's home, she would have even wanted to tie her hair up on the spot. This was what Galina understood from her eyes.
Shade had previously considered the health issues of Lacey and Dorothy. Whether these issues needed to be addressed, and whether leaving them unresolved would cause harm, were all unknowns. Therefore, he was temporarily setting aside these matters.
If we could obtain Hermons's means of achieving "rebirth," then not only Vigo's situation, but perhaps also the problems of Lacey and Dorothy could be solved at the same time. The [Creation Delivery Room] is extremely important to the current situation.
Afterwards, Iluna followed Vigo to the underground palace to perform a human alchemy ritual. Galina had a meeting to attend today, so after kissing Shad goodbye, she returned to Tobesk City.
Lacey didn't leave for the time being, but wanted to see Adelina's new living environment. Adelina was also very happy that her sister cared about her so much.
As for Shade, he also temporarily left Fragrant Mansion. First, he threw out the crystal shoe, took Galina back to Topsk, and then planned to find "Desire" to explain his agreement to the cooperation. "Blessing of Chaos" still couldn't be activated, and he didn't need to wait for Vigo.
This does not mean that Shad has given up on "desire". On the contrary, the mermaid's increasingly strong initiative and aggression have made Shad more and more cautious in dealing with her.
He is much stronger than he was in Coldwater Harbor, and his desires are clearly much stronger than they were two years ago.
Although there are lakes in the parks of Arcadia's Upper City that are suitable for summoning "desire," Shad wouldn't go so far as to call upon an unknown relic in such a densely populated area.
He didn't even go to the large lake from yesterday afternoon, but instead spent some time traveling to the banks of the Serenil River in the southwest of Gray Rock Pass, where he had encountered the false man the previous night.
Perhaps because it rained all day yesterday, the river looks even more turbulent today.
Shad stood on the riverbank, looking around before tossing the long-unused pink perfume bottle into the water. The bottle didn't immediately sink; instead, it sank to the bottom of the river.
This time, however, Xia De did not see the beautiful woman's head appear. Instead, he saw a small bottle of perfume and a silk handkerchief float up together.
"Is it not coming this time?"
Disappointed?
"She" asked with a smile in Shad's ear.
"Of course not, it just feels a little strange."
After picking up the bottle and the handkerchief, Shad discovered that the handkerchief was embroidered with densely packed letters. This unknown language contained a wealth of information; this small handkerchief clearly explained a great deal of information related to the [Leather Goods Guild].
Some of the information overlaps with that provided by the fake people, but there are also many things that the fake people did not mention.
The core of the "House of the Fake Men" is the blood pool room connected by a door, while the core of the "Leather Collection Hall" is its core collection area. This collection area contains numerous precious leather goods crafted and collected by leatherworkers since ancient times.
The hall contains numerous exhibition and collection areas, with the core collection located at the deepest part, a place even [Desire] has never reached. However, it is certain that its former skin is in that area, and the pseudo-people's goal is to devour that area as much as possible.
The "collection" in that core collection area is not just leather goods. "Desire" even reminds Shad that there are also many strange human skin books passed down from ancient times, and much of the knowledge recorded in those human skin books is unknown to him.
"It's practically as if it has 'Go and fight the tanners' written on it."
As Xia De pondered this, he realized that he wouldn't be able to get direct help from "Desire" for his upcoming trip to the [Leather Goods Guild]. Due to the agreement signed years ago, the true form of Desire couldn't directly approach the [Leather Goods Guild], much less directly engage with the "Leather Craftsmen."
However, "Desire" provided the names of ordinary locals, and he could obtain their help unconditionally. If Shad could find and destroy the agreement "Desire" signed with the guild within the [Leatherwork Guild], then the mermaid wouldn't mind entering the guild directly.
"The targets of false people and desires are the core area, but my target doesn't seem to be."
After reading the message on the handkerchief, he burned it.
"Although Vigo's mother also signed an agreement with the leatherworker, wasn't the agreement that if she brought that piece of Nicolas Flamel's leather to his door, she could directly reclaim a quarter of her sisters? For the information and knowledge that pseudo-humans and desires can provide, do I really need to get involved in these things?"
This was the question Shad asked himself, and then he realized he had to do it. The tanners at the guild hall were even willing to smuggle the skin of "desire," and Shad seriously doubted whether they would truly honor their agreement with Viggo's mother.
So instead of expecting the other party to honestly hand over "a quarter of the sister", it's better for him to take the initiative.
"Besides, the rewards promised by the fake man and his desires are truly tempting. Information about the Chosen One ritual, methods to heal Vigo, and divine artifacts."
He was thinking to himself that he planned to return to Fragrant Mansion to see if Iluna's "human alchemy" was over. But just as he took out the crystal shoe, he saw the small bat symbol floating downstream on the river.
Xia De realized there was someone in the water:
"Could it be such a coincidence?"
Four chains shot into the river, and soon a man was pulled ashore. This was not Mr. Bernhardt, but a middle-aged vampire whom Shad did not recognize.
The man wasn't dead yet, but he looked close. There was a large hole in his heart, which was missing, and there were gunshot wounds on his forehead. Judging from the silver marks left on the wounds, the bullet was probably not an ordinary one.
Even for a high-ranking vampire, this was a terrible injury. Shad first lit a match with his magic lock and placed it in the man's hand before treating him by the river.
During his treatment, Xia De kept an eye on the river, but no other higher-level vampires were swept downstream.
He quickly stabilized the other person's injuries and used the surrounding soil to mold a heart for them. This was the first time Shad had used "living soil" to create such a vital organ, but fortunately, the effect of this miraculous technique was excellent after being refined.
During the treatment, Shad also found a jar of chicken blood from his personal card as a backup ritual material and poured it on the injured vampire. The other party's skin began to absorb the blood almost the instant it came into contact with it, which proved that the other party was a high-level vampire.
With his heart restored and replenished with external blood, the severely injured high-level vampire quickly opened his eyes. He first heard the rushing sound of the river, and then, under the gloomy sky, he saw the red moonlight greatsword pointing at him.
Shad hadn't forgotten that the local high-level vampires weren't just Mr. Bernhardt and his group. Although he had rescued them, it didn't mean Shad trusted them.
“Swear to your gods that everything you are about to say is the truth, and then tell me your identity information.”
Shad, who had once devoured the divinity of the [God of Vampires], possessed an inexplicable sense of oppression over vampires, a feeling that grew increasingly pronounced as his level increased. The vampire pointed at by the sword clearly felt that pressure; he held his breath and then asked softly:
"Are you Mr. John Watson?"
The fact that he could call out that name meant that he was most likely from Willendale, just like Mr. Bernhardt, but Shad also remembered that there was a mole in that team.
He didn't reply, only nodded slightly, and the vampire let out a sigh of relief. He got up from the ground, first praying devoutly to the [God of Vampires], then informing Shad that he was indeed from Velendale, and finally explaining what had just happened:
"As before, we entered the sewers to hunt 'life variants'. We were already quite adept at dealing with those things, but this time the variants we encountered were a bit different from the ones we had encountered before."
It can not only transform its body from a fixed human form into a lump of flesh, but it can even transform from that lump of flesh into the appearance of other races. In the battle just now, it transformed into a high-level vampire, then into a half-elf, and finally into a dragonborn, all while wielding a weapon.
The three of us suffered a great loss. I don't know what happened to the other two of our kind. Before I lost consciousness, I transformed into a bat and jumped into a culvert in the sewers. I don't know how I ended up here.
The sewer culverts in the outer city are indeed connected to this river, so his explanation is not wrong.
Shad then dispelled the Moonlight Greatsword, but he did not let his guard down:
"Take me to see Bernhardt. Is he in the outer city right now?"
"No, that gentleman should be near the Gray Rock Pass fortress today."
After dispersing everyone in the team to the outer city, the uneasy Mr. Bernhardt recently set up a new secret outpost in Grayrock Pass, far from the city, and only trusted members of the team would know about it.
The outpost appears to be located in the basement of a herbal shop on the edge of the Grayrock Pass fortress, but in reality, there is a secret passage in the basement that connects to the outside world, directly linking to a hidden cave in the mountains outside Grayrock Pass.
The vampire rescued by Shad led him to the hidden cave. To prevent the wild vampires from discovering it, the illusion blocking the cave entrance was created using the properties of the relic, not by the vampires themselves.