Chapter 189: [Another Face]

Following the chamberlain to find the maid Tifa, while passing through the long and quiet corridor, Xia De first considered how much Mia the carpet under his feet was worth, and then found that after seeing the King, he did not have the idea of "I can replace him" like the protagonist in the stories he had read in the past.

Not only because, compared with occultism and those supernatural powers, secular power really didn't count for much. But also because the study of Ring Mages was too time-consuming, and the King just now was still working at eight o'clock in the evening, and even eight o'clock was not the end.

The other party's miserable hairline could well explain the hardship of the King's profession.

It was not easy to come to a different world. The Outsider wanted to see more of this magnificent and mysterious world, rather than spending his life at a desk.

After joining the maid Tifa, the two left Yodel Palace. But they did not immediately return to St. Deran Square, but took a carriage to get the relic promised by the Duchess.

By the way, the maid would also hand over the promised "Bai Shi Crystal" to Xia De.

In the carriage, Xia De took back his own items. And he also mentioned the conversation with Larrus III, especially the last sentence. Miss Tifa Servet smiled after hearing that question, letting Xia De not care about this matter:

"People who hold power will always think that they are surrounded by coveters. Obviously, our King has not escaped this sentence."

The promised relic was placed in the Duchess's mansion on the outskirts of the city. Although Xia De got the address last time, it was his first time coming here.

This place was really weird.

He looked outside from the carriage window the whole time, and then found that the closer he got to that mansion, the thicker the surrounding fog became, and this fog didn't look like the heavy fog caused by exhaust emissions in the city.

By the time the carriage stopped in front of the tall fence gate of the mansion in the suburbs, the fog around suddenly disappeared. Looking around, except for the dirt road where the carriage came, the surroundings were actually surrounded by woods and wasteland, and further away was completely gray.

"This place is a bit like the residence of witches in stories."

Of course, he just thought about it and didn't dare to say it in front of the maid.

Because the owner of the mansion, Miss Miss Jia Lin Na, was not there, Xia De did not go in, but waited in the carriage. The maid Tifa soon returned along the gravel road on the central axis of the mansion courtyard, boarded the carriage, and the carriage immediately turned around and returned.

Xia De looked at the mansion in the night from the carriage window, only to find that not a single light was on inside. This weird situation increased his doubts about this place, but because he did not actually enter the mansion, the voice in his heart could not perceive the elements.

"Detective, this is what you want."

While Xia De was letting his imagination run wild, the maid had already carefully opened the cloth bag in her hand. And wrapped in yellow burlap with bloodstains, it was a stone mask with a ferocious face, but it was opened only at the mouth, and the eyes and nose were blocked.

Xia De's thoughts were taken back. After blinking, 【Echo of Blood】 was activated, and the stone mask was full of bloodstains.

"This is the Keeper-level relic found for you by Miss, detective. Do you want to guess its function?"

She inquired, and then handed the mask to Xia De. Because it was completely stone material, this thing was quite heavy. The stone surface was rough, and it even felt a bit prickly to the touch:

"Does it make humans become vampires after putting it on?"

Xia De thought about it and said jokingly.

"Not really. This is the Keeper-level relic 【Another Face】. After dripping two drops of your own blood into the two eyes of the mask, the user can manipulate this face to make it fly. You share vision, smell, and senses with it. The mask itself is extremely aggressive and has the ability to swallow and digest. And the mask swallowing any living creature will bring the holder a short-term increase in strength and physical strength."

"What about the side effects?"

If you only listen to these effects, 【Another Face】 can be considered a perfect long-range attack weapon.

"Once you start using this mask, unless the user dies, the connection with it cannot be lifted. The user must manipulate this mask to eat a living person every week, otherwise 【Another Face】 will definitely get out of control, forcibly attach to the back of the user's head, swallow the user's soul, and manipulate the soulless corpse. Do not put it on the head of any creature, and when there is no one to look after it, you must wrap it with this burlap. There is the blood of hundreds of devout church clergy on this cloth, which is the containment condition."

Probably because the carriage wheel crushed a stone, the carriage shook:

"Detective, are you satisfied with this relic?"

She asked Xia De, also knowing the negative characteristics of this relic, which was almost unacceptable to normal people.

In the relatively narrow space, the perfume on the maid could be easily felt by Xia De. When she asked, she would have a subconscious forward-stretching movement, which made this scent more obvious.

Although the side effects of the relic were huge, Xia De accepted it completely. He didn't need a weapon, but a disposable item.

As long as he used this mask when he had the opportunity to absorb divinity, even if it didn't succeed, the mask would shatter because it tried to swallow the god without knowing its own strength, and it wouldn't make him possess it all the time.

"Very satisfied."

Hearing this answer, the maid showed a strange expression, but didn't ask much.

"In addition, this is the Bai Shi Crystal you want."

She handed a yellowish-brown wooden box to Xia De again. After opening it, he saw it was full of straw, and a round crystal the size of a goose egg lay in the center of the straw.

White and translucent, the interior was not uniform, but had flocculent matter. This was not a standard elliptical sphere, and its surface was small pentagonal planes.

Xia De just took a look and closed the box. Although he couldn't find information about "Bai Shi Crystal," he also understood that the other party didn't need to deceive himself:

"Then Miss Servet, as the price for me to obtain this crystal, what do you need me to do?"

He didn't forget that this had a price.

The maid who was in the same carriage with Xia De smiled. Because her lips were painted with very light lipstick, this action made the lines of her lips clearer:

"It's not a difficult thing, and it has nothing to do with dangerous relics. This is my private matter. It's like this, I have been studying some unique magic potions recently."

She reached her right hand into the pocket of her maid skirt, and clamped three small wooden bottles the thickness of a thumb with different digital numbers engraved on the surface, with a length similar to an ordinary fountain pen, from between her fingers.

Shaking her palm, the sound of liquid shaking immediately came from the small bottles between her fingers:

"I probably succeeded, but I hope to find someone to help me..."

"No, I won't drink any magic potion of unknown origin."

Xia De shook his head and said. Bai Shi Crystal could not only be obtained from here, he was not willing to take risks to try any magic potion. Although the maid and Miss Miss Jia Lin Na were temporarily trusted by him conditionally, this did not mean he would agree to anything without thinking.

And more importantly, he didn't know Miss Tifa Servet's magic potion level at all. ===== CHAPTER 190 =====