Chapter 1714

Xia De tried to pick up the black metal scale to check, and the boy who hadn't dared to speak, at this time, supporting Mrs. Myers, said cautiously:

"Perhaps it can determine the direction by observing the height of the left and right sides... just like a compass."

The boy was right; the scale was not in a balanced state. When holding it and rotating it in place, the left end was always in a pressed state, and when the direction pointed by the left end was different, the degree of its pressing was also different.

So Xia De turned a circle in place and found the direction where the scale was pressed the lowest. It pointed to the front left, so the group raised their torches and walked forward for dozens of steps along the path between the stalls, letting the group completely enter between the Black Fog Camp. During this period, the witch let the scale float from Xia De's hand, and let it rotate slowly, to help the group better adjust the direction.

Because of this, after walking no more than dozens of steps, they confirmed that the position pointed by the scale was in the deeper part of the camp, and not on the left hand side of the road ahead.

"Mrs. Myers, can you still hold on?"

Once deep into the camp, it would take more time to get out again, and the oppression and cold in the depths of the camp were also more confusing. So Miss Higgins asked her employer in advance. The latter, although exhausted, still nodded:

"No problem."

The boy Andor Ade was slightly bolder; he continued to support the old woman very consciously, although no one asked him, he also nodded tremblingly.

But at a glance, just within the range that the field of vision could see, the small path at the camp entrance was narrowing. The stalls would become more dense in the depths of the camp, and according to the previous experience, once judged as wanting to buy goods, I'm afraid it wouldn't be possible to leave without paying a price.

Therefore, Xia De and the witch discussed it, and finally decided that the four people would move forward in a single file, with each person placing their hand that wasn't holding a torch on the shoulder of the person in front. The witch Lia Higgins and the scale walked at the front, behind her was the elderly Sarah Myers, then Xia De, and finally the boy Andor Ade.

"Not arranging you at the back is because as long as we don't violate the regulations, the possibility of encountering an attack is very low, so there's no need to specifically let you guard the tail of the team. On the contrary, walking in the middle, you can take care of things in front and behind at the same time."

The witch explained this to Xia De, but anyone could see that she was deliberately wanting to protect Mrs. Myers' safety.

Xia De had no problem with this arrangement; if possible, he would protect everyone. And probably because she wasn't very at ease with Xia De, the young witch also made a promise to Xia De:

"If Mrs. Myers' transaction is completed and we have coins left, all those coins will belong to you."

Xia De still had no opinion, but he didn't think he would have the opportunity to use those coins. Judging from past experience, if he couldn't find the god, neither the boy nor Mrs. Myers would want to complete their transactions.

The best approach now was actually to find a way to get all the coins into his hands, and then use the coins to find the god that might exist, and then after finding the god, help everyone complete their wishes through trading with the god.

But clearly, the witch couldn't easily hand over all the coins, and Xia De hadn't thought about letting his first conflict with a witch of the Fifth Era happen here. Anyway, this was just the first time using this key; he was willing to wait, try his best to familiarize himself with the rules of this camp, and then make plans later.

So the four of them placed their hands on the shoulders of the person in front in turn, and then moved forward silently in the camp shrouded in black fog. Xia De could feel that the old woman in front of him and the boy behind him were both trembling, but no one wanted to give up because of this. It was hard to say whether the actions of the four of them were stranger, or the black shadows that were completely static in the camp were more terrifying.

After going deep into the camp, the path between the stalls indeed became narrower and more rugged. Here, most of the stalls placed three items, one revealed and the other two covered by black fog. But there also existed some stalls where the number of goods far exceeded the average level.

And, the name here was "Black Fog Camp" and not "Black Fog Market," so besides the vendors selling goods, there also existed some black shadows doing other things.

When the torch held by Miss Higgins at the head illuminated the black shadow standing on a rotten wooden stool, maintaining the action of "swallowing a long sword into its mouth with its head up," the originally static black shadow actually pulled the long sword out of its mouth, then swallowed it into its mouth again, then took it out again, repeating the process constantly.

Miss Higgins clearly paused, then continued to walk forward as if she hadn't seen this strange scene. Xia De originally thought something would happen, but didn't expect her to pass in front of it smoothly, and then Mrs. Myers didn't trigger this strange black shadow either. But when it was Xia De's turn, the black shadow's action of constantly swallowing the sword stopped abruptly.

The group wisely didn't choose to accelerate and leave, but also stopped their footsteps. Xia De and the witch stood in front of Mrs. Myers and the boy Andor Ade.

The black shadow lowered the hand holding the black fog longsword, then jumped down from the wobbly stool. It pointed at Xia De with its other hand, and then pointed at the boy behind Xia De.

While the group was puzzled and nervous, it pulled a dilapidated, blood-stained brown cloth bag from behind the stool. After shaking it a few times, the sound of things colliding in the bag echoed in this silent camp in the black fog.

The black shadow pointed at Xia De and the boy again, then tore open the binding of the bag, opened a small mouth, and aimed it at Xia De.

Of course, it didn't want to suck Xia De into the bag, but just stayed like that without moving.

Although the four people had guesses about the intention of its action, they still didn't dare to believe it: "It wants to give you gifts?"

The witch's body trembled slightly, and the torchlight illuminated her somewhat pale face. She endured the horror, and asked the strange man beside her in a low voice:

"But that's not right, even if the magician performing magic in the camp wants to give others gifts, why only give them to men? If it only gave them to children, I could still understand."

She said this, and Xia De understood; he was probably judged as a "child" again.

The boy hid behind Xia De and didn't dare to reach out. Xia De stared at the bag, and suddenly moved a step to the side away from the crowd.

Immediately, everyone heard the sound of chains in the black fog. As expected, the blood-stained pitch-black chains appeared from the fog again, but this time the chains didn't have 【Greed】; the language runes forming the chains were 【Suicide】.

Xia De hurriedly returned to his original position, confirmed that the chains retreated into the black fog, and then reached his hand into the bag. This was completely different from touching the 【God's Gift Box】; the extreme cold rushed toward Xia De's whole body along his right hand, making him shiver solidly. If the Primal Fire wasn't still burning in his body, he doubted he could even persist for five seconds.

There was far more than one thing in the bag; touching it was amazing whispering elements and chaotic spirits. Xia De originally wanted "She" to help see what was most valuable, but before asking, a kind of attraction derived from instinct had already made him touch the thing he wanted. It wasn't Xia De choosing a gift, but the gift choosing him:

"What is this?"

He didn't hesitate, and directly took out the cold metal block he touched.

That was a small black metal cube, and its deep color was very similar to that black scale. On the six sides of the cube, all were engraved with "Greed" runes, and as Xia De watched, the metal actually melted in his hand; he couldn't even shake it off.

【Outsider, your "Greed" sin has increased.】

【Your sorcery—Seven Deadly Sins Chains has been affected, please wait... Sorcery upgraded, you can manifest two chains at the same time.】

In the clattering sound, the 【Seven Deadly Sins Chains】 probed from both left and right sleeves at the same time. The metal that originally seemed to be able to absorb light was now even deeper and colder under the light of the torch. Xia De had just realized when clashing with those numerous "Greed" chains that he might also be able to increase the number of 【Seven Deadly Sins Chains】, but didn't expect that before he could do anything, this key sorcery would be upgraded.

For the "Seven Deadly Sins Chains" without attack power, the most important thing to exert the imprisonment effect is how to grab the opponent, and the increase in quantity brings an immeasurable improvement.

"However, God of Wealth... Greed... is it a bit wrong?" No one else said anything to Xia De, and even the witch didn't express an opinion.

"Next is you, don't keep your hand in the bag for too long, at most one second."

Xia De said to the boy behind him. The boy was just an ordinary person; he was worried that he would be too affected.

So the boy also tremblingly reached his hand into the bag. He pulled out a small dagger covered with frost in the next second, and there were black gems decorated on the scabbard and hilt. Because of the cold, the metal even stuck to his skin; Xia De cast a spell to let him recover.

This item was also a relic, or a derivative of a relic. Putting it on the boy was of course very dangerous, but when Xia De suggested that the dagger be temporarily kept by him or the witch, the clattering sound rang out again around them.

"I don't want it anymore, put your chains away."

After giving gifts to the two "children," the black shadow boarded the stool again to continue its magic performance. The group learned more rules about this camp. Besides vendors, other black shadows existed here, but whether encountering them was a blessing or a curse depended on themselves.