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Chapter 1306

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"So that's it, we are very honored to be able to entertain you, the snow is indeed too heavy. Please come in, the family members are dining, please follow me, the master will be very happy that you can dine together."

Saying this, the corpse butler and the maid led Xia De towards the corridor on the left of the first floor. And so far, the undead maid, like the butler, had a heavy whisper element, undead power, the curse of the earth's madness, and the feeling of demon corruption. With such complex powers mixed together, even Xia De could not distinguish which one was the relic body just by looking with his eyes.

But at least Xia De understood the nature of the "Crazy Earth" encountered this time, which was still different from the past. This time, it was to make the scenery within the range of the "Crazy Earth" a complete whole, making any living creature entering the scene forget the existence of the outside world, only thinking that this area was the whole world, and then turning into dust in the curse, causing the range of the curse to expand continuously.

This special distorted nature was simply the perfect match for this kind of relic. It was just unknown whether the appearance of the relic induced the distortion of the land, or whether the distortion of the land attracted this kind of special relic.

The entire mansion was dilapidated, the red carpet stained with blood was integrated with dust, and every step on the broken floor made Xia De worry that the ground would collapse. It was still morning in normal time, but because of the influence of the relic, it was always night here. The gas lamp glass shades in the mansion, almost completely covered by dust, could only illuminate a small part of the area under the lamp in the dim corridor.

When following the old butler inward, Xia De felt as if he was walking through the darkness. That dim light was like a bait to trap prey, constantly waiting for him ahead.

The smell of decay, the stench of rotting corpses, and the smell of feces became more serious as they got closer to the dining room. And in the process of walking through the corridor, Xia De also noticed that there were many undead servants in this house, and most of them were corpses and ghosts.

In fact, this was the normal situation. Before the entire Watson family died, they were also a well-known wealthy merchant family in the local area. Maintaining such a large family manor naturally required enough servants and maids. It was the Ossenfort Manor that was abnormal.

Because the area of the house was not particularly large, the dining room did not have the function of a banquet hall, but was just a place for the family to eat, connected to the kitchen. Only the upper half of the wooden door outside the dining room was still connected to the deformed door frame by iron sheets, and the door itself was covered with black blood stains.

Xia De did not dare to activate 【Echo of Blood】 in this environment; he was worried that he would be blinded by the red light everywhere.

After the old butler knocked on the door, a voice of an old man came from inside the dining room. After getting permission, the butler and the maid led Xia De in.

At this time, Xia De had already held his breath completely, because the stench here was even more terrifying than in the 【Worm Cave】.

There were two steps down at the entrance of the dining room, which was a semi-underground room. The area of the entire dining room was not particularly large, there were no windows, there was a fireplace on the wall facing the door, an old wooden cabinet with bowls and plates on the left, with three heads covered in maggots placed on top of the cabinet, and a door leading to the kitchen on the right.

There was a wooden long table in the center of the room, but it was called a long table, and there were five people sitting around it, and only the seat at one end was empty.

Sitting at the end of the table was an old corpse whose clothes were still intact. The skin exposed outside was completely cyan. Because the skin and flesh were really loose, the whole body was full of wrinkles, as if wearing clothes that did not fit. At the same time, he was also the one who looked most severely corrupted by demon power so far. His body had four arms, one on the left and three on the right, his whole body was emitting a sulfur smell, and there were a full eight eyes on his face.

Xia De didn't have to guess, the old butler introduced his identity. This was the master of the manor, old Watson, the father of Hela Ossenfort.

And among the other four sitting opposite each other at the table, there was an old ghost woman with a pale green transparent spirit body, who was the mistress of the manor, Hela Ossenfort's mother, huddled on a stool, with a rat tail, looking like a monster of a child, who was old Watson's son, Hela Ossenfort's brother, who should have been 29 years old before he died; extremely obese, when sitting on a stool, the overflowing fat almost covered the back of the chair, the whole body was pink

like a cannibal monster, which was the younger brother of the manor master old Watson, that is, Hela Ossenfort's uncle; as for the last transparent soul covering his face and crying, it was a banshee, one of the special undead races, who was the youngest daughter of the family, Hela Ossenfort's younger sister.

Besides that, there was a ghost dog lying on the ground, and this thing was chewing on a piece of human hand bone.

As for the stench, it came entirely from the family's meal. Xia De did not want to use his eyes to distinguish or use language to describe the things piled on the table. Simply put, rotting animal corpses were the things that looked most like food among them. And the human corpses that had been rotting for an unknown amount of time, the obvious diluted feces, and other things that Xia De did not want to guess at all were the true sources of that stench.

Just after one look, Xia De regretted so much that he had actually eaten breakfast this morning. The feeling of churning in his stomach became more and more intense, and he could only desperately imagine the scene of Mia running around in front of him, trying to use some things that made him happy to suppress the discomfort.

This was not discomfort caused by whisper elements or demon power, but purely an instinctive reaction of the human body. From some aspects, unless the human body was abandoned, this was even harder to curb than supernatural curses.

"What a distinguished guest, welcome, Emperor's special envoy. Please forgive our poor hospitality, may I invite you to dine with us?"

Because of that ring, Xia De received very friendly treatment. And although the old corpse who spoke was polite in wording, the voice was still "purr purr," quite difficult to distinguish.

"Of course, sorry for the intrusion, this is also my honor. Please call me Mr. Watson, the ruler of Weiton gave me a special task."

He sat down with a forced smile. Fortunately, the plates on the table were not very full, and there was no "food" on the table in front of the originally empty seat.

"Mr. Watson, what do you like to eat?"

The mistress of the manor, the soul of that fallen lady, asked, her voice having an indescribable sense of strangeness.

So all the monsters at the table looked at Xia De with their "food" in their hands, and Xia De's smile was almost frozen.

【If you eat this food, you are very likely to obtain spirit runes such as "Plague," "Filth," or "Feces."】

"She" reminded him softly.

"Don't joke around now!"

Xia De said in his heart, and organized his wording very quickly:

"My master, Miss Violet, does not allow me to eat other people's food casually outside, to prevent me from delaying the journey. However, please allow me to invite everyone to drink together, as a thank you for allowing me to rest here temporarily."

As he spoke, he reached into the inside of his coat and took out a bottle of red wine. Fortunately, no one cared where the wine bottle came from, and the ghost maid on the side also poured wine for everyone.

Xia De used the cup he carried with him, and then drank a sip impatiently. He, who had never liked drinking, felt for the first time that alcohol was so delicious.

The old corpse suggested that everyone toast together, and after putting down the cup, the cannibal monster with fat all over his body, old Watson's younger brother, asked again:

"Oh, special envoy, the suitcase you are carrying gives me a very uncomfortable feeling, may I ask what that is?"

Xia De's face remained unchanged:

"That is an important item that my master, Emperor Violet, asked me to send to the Seksais Higher Medical Academy... I think, even local aristocrats like you should know what that academy means."

The old corpse still spoke in a "purr purr" voice:

"Of course, that is one of the greatest witch academies, and I once planned to send my two daughters there to study."

Ordinary person old Watson absolutely could not know about the "Seksais Higher Medical Academy." This should be the life common sense of the Fifth Era instilled by the relic.

Xia De then looked at the crying banshee and followed his words to ask:

"You have two daughters? I only saw this beautiful little princess, has your other daughter already married?"

The undead banshee who was praised by Xia De was still

covering her face and sobbing low, while Hela Ossenfort's brother, the small-bodied monster with a rat tail, replied:

"Yes, I have another younger sister, she married a hateful guy on the other side of the city."

These people seemed not to remember how they died, but when talking about Hela's marriage, everyone became gloomy. The temperature in the room dropped slightly, and in the dim underground dining room, the light became even darker.

Because of the alchemical items from Priest Ao Gu Si, it was not difficult for Xia De to solve these things, but Xia De still remembered why he came here.

He held the wine glass and held his breath, pretending to be interested and said:

"Hateful guy? Yes, the family members of a girl who is getting married are always very hateful of the man who abducted their girl. You have reason to hate him."

"But that guy is not just generally hateful, he is simply damned!"

The monster with fat all over his body used the kitchen knife he was eating with to slash fiercely on the table. All the food on the table was shaking, making the stench even more obvious.

"Since he is so damned, why let that girl get married? Is he very rich?"

Xia De asked again, but this time he did not get an answer. Except for the banshee covering her face and crying, the other four looked at him together with 27 eyes:

"Money? Every copper coin of his is stained with the blood of the innocent. We would want his money?"

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