Chapter 1000: The Reappearing Demon

When Xia De walked over with a frown, the stranger waved his hand, signaling Xia De to sit down. Only then did Xia De notice that on his right index finger, which had loose skin and was peeling as if soaked in water for too long, he wore a white bone ring in the shape of a skull, and there was a small piece of snake head protruding from the skull's mouth.

"I was waiting for you."

The stranger's eyes lit up. Although his voice was full of exhaustion, his tone was a bit light:

"Sit down quickly, the three of you are all here, so it's convenient for me to talk about things."

He used an exceptionally standard Tobesk accent.

【Be careful.】

"Her" voice came to his ear. Xia De hesitated for a moment, looked at the two princesses, and sat opposite the stranger.

The man tapped the table, staring into Xia De's eyes and saying to him:

"Let me introduce myself, I am Victor Fanni."

His head tilted slightly to one side:

"I know you are investigating me. You checked very quickly, so don't check anymore in the future."

After a slight pause, he added softly:

"Otherwise, I will kill you."

Dorothy and Princess Miss Jia Lin Na both showed displeased expressions. Xia De stared into his pitch-black eyes:

"Oh?"

He used a modal particle.

The man calling himself Victor Fanni nodded:

"I am very good at manipulating people's emotions, usurping power from self-proliferating desires."

He said softly, then sat back down:

"Greed, lust, immortality..."

His eyes were fixed on Xia De:

"But this does not mean that I have a good temper toward humans."

As the last sentence was spoken, the malice in his tone became more and more obvious. The light on the first floor of the bright Three Cats Hotel dimmed suddenly. Dorothy and Princess Miss Jia Lin Na were surprised by this, not believing that he dared to do this in a public place, but then they noticed that only the few people at the table could notice the change in the surrounding environment.

Xia De and Victor Fanni said nothing. As the light around the table became dimmer and dimmer, strands of black mud gushed out from the cracks in the bricks under their feet, and black muddy water dripped from the cracks in the ceiling above their heads, as if the entire hotel was rotting.

Princess Miss Jia Lin Na clearly saw the pitch-black muddy water, and it even dripped into the meat soup on the table of the customer wearing a hat at the next table, splashing the soup, but he remained completely unaware.

A cold wind blew in the warm room, as if the entire environment was changing with Victor Fanni's mood. Some fragmented sounds entered the ears of the three. If one listened carefully, those slippery sounds seemed to be inciting the most primitive desires in the bottom of their hearts, but the tone was very similar to the sound that appeared after Xia De burned the "Victor Box" with holy water in the morning.

The princess of the Southern Kingdom realized that they had provoked some kind of terrifying existence. While her body trembled uncontrollably in that darkness, she looked at the blonde writer miss.

The latter looked okay, turning her head and looking at Xia De with pursed lips. And following her gaze, the space where the young detective was located had already fallen into complete darkness first, as if the black mud pool had completely shrouded the space he was in.

But Xia De was not swallowed by that seductive darkness. The holy silver light, which was not bright but indeed brilliant, radiated from his whole body. Looking at that silver moonlight, Miss Jia Lin Na Anjou felt an instinctive peace of mind, as if she were looking at the fullest silver moon in the night sky with a wine glass in her hand on a midsummer night.

"Truly remarkable, you actually weren't swallowed."

The original standard Delarion language had severe echoes and pronunciation distortions in the darkness. Victor Fanni was still sitting opposite Xia De, but it seemed as if it wasn't him sitting there.

Just a hurried glance, Princess Miss Jia Lin Na saw a twisted, huge, pitch-black shadow in the human outline in a trance. The huge mental impact in an instant caused blood to flow from the corners of her eyes. Closing her eyes and panting heavily, she never dared to open her eyes again. But the act of closing her eyes made her other senses more acute, allowing her to vaguely seem to catch a glimpse of what was lurking in this darkness...

Fear, anger, lust, hunger—all kinds of strange emotions surged into her heart at the same time and then exploded instantly in the bottom of her heart. Princess Miss Jia Lin Na Anjou's eyes, which were slightly emitting red light, opened suddenly, but seeing the silver moonlight on Xia De, those inexplicable emotions gradually calmed down.

She and the blonde writer miss looked at the light on Xia De. This was the only light source in the completely darkened surroundings that could make people feel at ease. Everything in the Three Cats Hotel seemed to have disappeared, but it seemed that only they had disappeared.

A wooden table, four long benches, four "people"—only these objects existed in the darkness.

Black mud surged in the darkness. Miss Jia Lin Na Anjou, who was staring at Xia De, could hear someone lying behind her, whispering in her ear, urging her to realize the desires in her heart.

Xia De, whose body was glowing, had a normal expression. Confirming that his companions were temporarily safe, he looked at the guy opposite who was gradually stripping off his human form. While enduring the mental pollution, he nodded slightly, as if confirming something:

"We also have no intention of being against you. Since this is the case, why don't you give me a Victor Box and let me copy some coins, and we'll be even, how about that?"

Princess Miss Jia Lin Na knew this was "surrendering" to the other party, but she understood this behavior. The thing they had provoked this time was not a monster that humans could easily come into contact with.

"Of course, that's good."

Victor Fanni was clearly sitting at the table, but the overlapping voices came from the distant darkness.

A pair of human hands appeared beside Xia De, holding the wooden "Victor Box." The darkness swallowed the space behind those hands, as if a severed hand was floating in the air.

Xia De held the box in front of him, took out the 【Coin of Wisdom】 from his pocket, and put it in. After closing the box and opening it again, there was still only one coin in the box:

"Look, the things you make don't work at all. I really thought your creation could copy relics at will."

Xia De mocked in a relaxed tone. The man sitting opposite him, with half of his body merged with the darkness, said in a low voice:

"Wisdom is a power that even desire cannot copy."

"You know wisdom very well?"

Xia De smiled again:

"Answer me one question, and I can also leave as if nothing happened—why did the Wisdom Angel stay behind?"

That hand wearing the white bone ring stretched toward Xia De like a long snake, and a layer of creepy scales covered the soft arm. But after a brilliant silver moonlight flashed, that hand was forced to retreat, and along with Victor Fanni, disappeared into the darkness around the table.

"I said why it was a bit familiar... so it was a demon."

"Demon?"

Even though there was a vague guess in her heart, Princess Miss Jia Lin Na was still extremely surprised when she really heard this answer.

"Don't worry, the other party is not strong."

Xia De said. This demon was at least much weaker than the Pus of Man.

The surging darkness was not just surging around. Although the darkness was still just darkness, with the disappearance of Victor Fanni, it seemed that something had changed fundamentally.

Princess Miss Jia Lin Na and Dorothy's destiny rings appeared at the same time behind them. The princess was Level 4, and Dorothy was Level 5. The burning of the parchment caused the sleeping princess holding the spindle and the match girl holding the basket to appear, and the small doll thrown out turned into "Killer Jack," whom Xia De had seen once.

Three summoned creatures called by the elements of enlightenment circled the table, trying to dispel the things coming from the darkness. Instinctive fear made the spiritual light flickering on the ladies' destiny rings tremble, and the invisible tentacles stretching out from the viscous darkness gradually surrounded them.

"Moonlight Greatsword!"

The greatsword emitting holy moonlight became a brand-new light source. That gorgeous greatsword made the princess unable to help but look sideways, but Xia De did not use this sword to attack the enemy in the darkness, but stood up holding the sword. He raised his head and looked forward.

"Don't look up."

Xia De warned softly. He squinted his eyes and saw the indescribable, huge, strange figure in the darkness wriggling above the three, which he couldn't even see in full, stretching out its "hand" toward them from a high place.

Whether that organ could be defined as a "hand" was very hard to say, but whether it was Xia De, Dorothy, or Princess Miss Jia Lin Na, the image of the three being grabbed by that giant object and then completely disappearing from this world flashed through their minds.

"Don't worry, I involved you in this matter, so I will naturally protect your safety. I'm really sorry, I didn't expect it to be a demon..."

Xia De expressed his apology softly. Due to looking directly at the huge demon figure in the darkness, Xia De's normal eyes also shed bloody tears.

As the "hand" descending from the sky gradually lowered, the rotation of the girls' destiny rings became sluggish.

Xia De took a deep breath, pulled the "Witch Detection" badge from his neck, and aimed it at the wriggling darkness:

"Praise the Angel, praise Death."

He said softly.

Because of fear, she couldn't help but tremble a little, Princess Miss Jia Lin Na Anjou felt the scorching light at this moment. And after the senses perceived the strange temperature, soft white light appeared in her vision.

She looked up in surprise and saw a huge figure with wings flash past above Xia De's head. At the same time, the white, holy light like the sun emitted by the badge he held high completely dispelled the surrounding darkness in an instant, as if to melt that huge and terrifying black figure. ===== CHAPTER 1001 =====

"Praise the Angel, praise Death."

He said softly.

Margaret Anjou, who had been trembling with fear, actually felt a scorching light at this moment. And only after her senses perceived the strange temperature did a soft white light appear in her vision.

She looked up in surprise and saw a huge figure with wings flash past above Xia De's head. At the same time, the holy white light, like the sun, emitted by the badge he held high, instantly banished the surrounding darkness, as if it were going to melt that huge, terrifying black figure.