Chapter 2315

Closing his eyes and opening them again not only meant the arrival of another Friday, but also meant the end of the Thunder Month and the arrival of the Flower Month; this slightly cold summer had officially entered its second half.

"What was I doing at this time last year?"

He sat up muttering to himself, and with a wave of his finger, he pulled open the bedroom curtains.

"Xia De, is it raining outside?"

The blonde girl lying on the side asked softly with sleepy eyes, and greeted him softly in the sound of the rain:

"Lei Qianya also asked me to say good morning to you; it's already August... I've only written the beginning of this month's manuscript."

During breakfast, Xia De told Miss Galina and Dorothy about what happened in Moon Bay yesterday. After breakfast, Xia De took the cat to Moon Bay again, but he didn't turn the cat back from the toy state immediately, because he was going to visit a dangerous "person."

The Earl of Dalmaning mansion is located in the far west of Moon Bay City. When he came outside the manor through the straight uphill road and saw the building standing alone under the overcast clouds, Xia De felt that even if this place wasn't taken a fancy to by that mermaid, it would definitely be taken a fancy to by other strange things later.

That beautiful and enchanting Countess was already waiting for Xia De with her equally beautiful maids. Although they still said some teasing words when leading him to the elevator to the basement, they didn't dare to delay Xia De's meeting with the "master."

The ancient elevator made a series of sounds when it operated, and after reaching the bottom and walking out of the door, it was the reef protruding toward the sea under the sea cliff.

Xia De restored that pink crystal from the toy state, bent down and placed it at the end of the reef, and then took a few steps back. Thus, white fog rose abruptly under the gloomy sky, and the white fog soon enveloped the surroundings.

When it was so thick that Xia De could no longer see the sea in the distance, following the sound of something like a big fish swimming under the seawater near the reef, with a splash~ sound, that beautiful black-haired woman's head popped out of the sea.

Water droplets crossed the shallow light red birthmark between her eyebrows, and her purple eyes looked at Xia De on the reef with a charming expression:

"You are indeed as capable as I thought."

The waves surged up, swallowing that pink crystal. When the tide receded, that crystal disappeared, and in its place was a high-end-looking red wooden gift box.

That box flew to Xia De's front automatically. After opening it, what lay in the soft velvet lining was not the dragon scale Xia De had imagined, but a scroll of parchment tied with a red ribbon.

He reached out and took the parchment, opened it and glanced at the content on it, and only then opened his mouth to say:

"Actually, you could have just told me directly; there was no need to specially prepare a box and parchment."

The charming face in the water held a smile:

"Little boy, this is called a sense of ritual; how come you don't even understand this?"

She didn't hand the promised dragon scale to Xia De directly, but told him the location and history of that dragon scale.

Specifically, it was a silver dragon's scale, belonging to the "Silver Family," which was the family that did shipping business in Moon Bay but had never been able to compete with the Aurora family in Karsenrik.

The dragon scale was not within the urban area of Moon Bay, but on a small island outside the Moon Bay port. According to the record on the parchment, about 1200 years ago, that is, the early Sixth Era, the Moon Bay region experienced a relatively large turmoil.

The Silver family, which was still in its prime at the time, was worried that the family would be exterminated, so they let some clansmen take the family's treasures and go out to sea to take refuge. As a result, the people who stayed in Moon Bay passed through that turmoil smoothly, but the Silvers who went out to sea encountered a storm that only happens once in a hundred years, and both people and ships disappeared in the vast sea.

The shipwreck carried that dragon scale whose specific value ordinary people didn't know. Time has passed, and now it is quietly buried on a small island not far from Moon Bay port, and its specific location is written quite detailedly on the parchment.

With this address, it is actually equivalent to having already obtained that dragon scale. Counting the previous black, gold, and green ones, more than half of the seven dragon scales have been obtained; perhaps one can try to let Luweiya perform divination again.

"What did you talk about with Richard?"

While Xia De was pondering, that beautiful head looking at him asked again suddenly. He looked up and met those watery eyes, and quickly moved away:

"We talked about the story of him and Madeline in the Fourth Era... and then talked about you."

Xia De didn't think that "Desire" really didn't know about the conversation between them last night, so he didn't hide it.

And that beautiful head indeed didn't show an unexpected or angry emotion. She still held a beautiful smile, and even smiled better than just now:

"Very good, the little boy indeed knows that I don't like people lying to me.

In this way, the matter of that silly girl Madeline can be considered resolved smoothly. Her soul residue will be together with Richard's soul residue forever. If that God of Love hasn't left yet, I think He would also praise me for realizing the wish of a pair of lovers."

Xia De did not evaluate this, just as he did not express his own views to Galina and Dorothy when he told the love story of Madeline and Richard at the dining table this morning.

"I won't guess whether you were just a bystander in the story of those two, or if you also facilitated some things... actually, I have one more thing."

The lips painted with some unknown red lipstick curled up slightly. Following the sound of water, the fair left hand stretched out from under the water surface, supporting that slightly tilted beautiful head on the left cheek:

"I knew you definitely still had things; I understand the desire in your heart."

She was full of smiles:

"Want to inquire about 'Gluttony'?"

Xia De was not surprised that his thoughts were seen through:

"Yes, you indeed understand... in the upcoming great battle, even I don't have the confidence that I will definitely win. Now those cultists are making preparations, and I also need to draw a few more cards. Can you help me with this matter?"

After asking, he felt that he seemed somewhat insatiable. The thing in the water had no reason to help him like this.

But what he got was a smile, a smile that danced lightly on the sea surface. The sound of water splashed, just like the girl's legs hidden in the fog were gently slapping the water surface:

"You see, you were indeed influenced by me. Initially, you were so vigilant against me, but now you have dared to open your mouth to propose a deal to me."

The smiling head was the most exquisite work of art in the eyes of the Outlander. Just staring at her, he had the urge to cut off that head and put it on his bedside to admire and use.

Holding his breath and concentrating to throw away the imagined scene, after excluding distracting thoughts, Xia De lowered his eyes:

"This is also what you told me yourself: when the final disaster comes, even sin is power... alright, I feel like I'm sophistrying myself. Will you help me? If you can give me help, what price do I need to pay?"

"Of course I want to help you; my goal is to watch you rely on me again and again, and finally be unable to leave me completely."

The tone was like a joke, but Xia De still felt a chill behind his back.

"His believers, because of the Tobesk matter last year, it's too late to find them now. As for the pepper pot you used in that City of Spring, I don't have it in my hand now either."

She paused deliberately, as if she wanted to whet Xia De's appetite, and Xia De waited patiently.

Thus, the purple eyes looked at her reproachfully:

"Really, I am waiting for you to pursue and ask me; I really don't know how you bewitched those witches.

But summoning that one actually has a simpler method. No need for a sacrificial group or large-scale ritual, no need for the help of specific relics and divine items; you only need to possess a strong, extremely strong desire for gluttony, and He will naturally watch you. After all, He already put a label on you long ago."

Xia De nodded; this method indeed sounded reliable. But the problem was, how could he have such a strong desire, how could he persuade the other party to help him, and how could he prepare a divine descent body.

"You don't need to worry about why that one wants to help you."

The beautiful head on the sea surface continued to speak; that was a secret unknown to mortals:

"He and the 【Dragon-Devouring Demon】 are themselves seriously hostile."

"Why... are the powers of these two related to devouring and gluttony?"

Xia De understood at once. The left hand in the water retracted under the water, and that head approached the edge of the reef in the splashing sound. The watery purple eyes were attracting Xia De's soul:

"The divine descent body is even simpler; His requirements for this are not high. You only need to find a body with the Sin of Gluttony; you don't even need to care whether it's dead or alive."

She saw through Xia De's thoughts completely:

"As for how to make you possess such a powerful desire for gluttony... am I not here?"

"Desire" said with a smile:

"Look at me, otherwise I won't continue speaking."

Xia De was forced to raise his head and meet the eyes of the head that had already arrived near the reef. The other party looked at Xia De with a smile, did not speak immediately, but waited for at least two minutes, and only after Xia De pursed his lips and his face was already flushed red did she say:

"When you need help, I will naturally help you, but whether it can succeed depends on yourself. As for the price... I see you have been busy enough recently; why not come find me after the Moon Bay matter ends. Send me a full bottle of essence as a meeting gift, and then I will tell you the price you need to pay."

The index finger of the right hand stretched out from under the water pointed at her own lips, and the charming eyes made Xia De wish he could dig them out and collect them.

"Of course, I won't let you do things you don't like. After all, I like you very much."

A full bottle of essence was simple, but the price that would only be known after the Moon Bay event ended was equivalent to letting Xia De carry a debt of unknown interest, but he felt he didn't need to refuse after pondering. Compared to the mermaid in front of him, the Evil God - 【Dragon-Devouring Demon】 was even more terrifying.