Chapter 3431: Everyone's Secret

"We have never encountered danger in the stairwell, but it is not a closed space after all, so we cannot stay in the stairwell for long. In short, except for this room, do not believe that any place in this inn is safe, and you must not bring too few matches."

The red-haired vampire girl said, then took 10 matches from the matchbox, and then rummaged through the sundries in front of the fireplace for an old-fashioned lantern and a candle. She stuffed the candle to Xia De, and she hung the lantern on her belt herself:

"I know you must have better lighting equipment on you, but in this inn, using the lighting equipment that was originally in the inn allows the flames to burn for a longer time. Do you still need to prepare? No need to prepare, let's set off now."

She said she was about to walk to the door, looking like she was even more anxious than Xia De. Xia De originally wanted to say there was no need to prepare, but changed his words when they reached his lips:

"Miss Kearns, can I borrow your sword?"

He said to the black-haired hunter girl:

"I didn't bring my own weapon, so I want to use your sword."

Although the Moon Greatsword itself was powerful enough, it would be even more powerful if it could be attached to a physical sword, not to mention that the sword beside the hunter girl was a relic.

The latter did not refuse, but reminded:

"Using my weapon, your destiny will also be connected to demons. I am not cursing you, but this is the fate of us hunters."

Xia De then laughed:

"It doesn't matter, I have always been entangled with evil spirits and demons."

Hesitating slightly:

"My own weapon is named 【Night Watcher】; I think you should know it."

He didn't know if the 【Night Watcher】 of this era already had an owner, but he was very certain that as long as it was a hunter, they would definitely know this sword.

Demon hunter Miss Kearns was indeed startled:

"You are also a hunter?"

"No, I just use that sword."

"Then show it."

So the hunter girl threw her long sword to Xia De. That sword was indeed a relic, but not Angel-level. During the Moon Bay incident, Xia De had learned about the famous sword-type relics in the material world. At this moment, drawing the sword from its scabbard, he recognized what it was from the patterns on the hilt and blade and the gold decorations:

"Sage-level relic-【Dawn of Daybreak】."

Flicking the metal blade with his finger, warm dawn light appeared on the blade, and along with it were the runes on the front and back of the hilt:

【May the light of dawn break through the darkness.】

Xia De tried swinging the sword a few times, and after adapting to the length and weight, he demonstrated the sword technique of the ancient demon hunters inherited by 【Night Watcher】.

Now even vampire Miss Novare and the middle-aged witch recognized that the sword technique Xia De used was almost exactly the same as their companion's, so Miss Kearns also believed Xia De's identity. Thus, not only the long sword, she even took off the ring in her hand and handed it to Xia De:

"Borrow this too; the demons in this inn should be more than just the target I am chasing and the one you encountered."

Everything was prepared, and Xia De and that twelfth-rank vampire witch set off. Before leaving, they agreed with the two remaining people on a signal for knocking when they returned, and the two who left did not light the lantern and candle at the same time. The candle was for emergencies; Miss Novare only lit the lantern, and then instructed Xia De not to leave the range of the light.

The room door closed behind them, and when Xia De looked back, he could still see the room door glowing, but Miss Novare just couldn't see it.

But this was not a very important matter either. She looked around left and right, and chose to move forward on the left hand side:

"The basic rule of the inn is that when you want to go downstairs, just push the door and walk out of the corridor, and the stairwell will definitely appear within the range of six room doors—not including the opposite side. As for choosing left or right, that depends on your own luck."

Xia De gripped the sword and followed by her side, nodding slightly, maintaining absolute vigilance. But the expected danger did not appear. After moving ten meters, the pitch-black stairs appeared on the right side of the direction of travel.

"Luck is not bad."

Miss Novare whispered, and with a wave of her right hand, bats flew out from her sleeve. After the bats successfully entered the stairwell area, she took Xia De and walked over.

"We have encountered evil things that use illusions. The other party created illusions in the corridor, disguising their room as a stairwell to try to deceive us into entering. Since then, as long as I perform regional conversion actions, I will release bats first."

She explained this, and then added:

"Now you can speak freely. I want to emphasize again~ although we haven't encountered danger on the stairs, this place is not completely safe. Also, note that two floors are connected by two sections of stairs, with a corner platform in the middle; these are all stairwell areas. But because the corner of the floor belongs to both the stairs and the corridor, danger may appear, but as long as you don't get entangled and return to the stairs quickly, there is no problem."

She had a smile on her face, and even leaned closer to Xia De. Although her age might be very old, she indeed had the vitality of a young girl:

"If you have any questions next, you can ask me at will. I am very happy to help you adapt to this place. You said your name is Xia De Hamilton, right? Then I will call you Xia De directly."

In the process of quickly going down the stairs, although she didn't directly touch Xia De, she was almost already leaning on Xia De:

"Also, the set of sword techniques you used just now was really handsome. Although Kearns has also used it, she doesn't have your..."

Xia De reached out and pushed her away:

"If you have something to say, you can say it directly; there is no need to use such means."

At this time, the dark corridor of the ninth floor appeared at the end of the stairs. The two immediately closed their mouths, walked quickly along the dilapidated stair railing of the inn, and then entered the lower stairwell again.

The vampire girl pushed away by Xia De was not angry:

"Okay, I admit I'm not good at this. In the past, I used charm-type abilities to control others, but I dare not cast such spells on you. Relying only on acting, I am indeed not very good."

Her tone returned to normal, no longer the sweet, sugary feeling she had deliberately put on just now.

"You are indeed not good at it, and the girls in my family have taught me many anti-fraud tricks to prevent me from being cheated away by other witches."

Miss Novare smiled and led the way in front, and the speed of the two was quite fast. This dilapidated stairwell was not worth noting; the wooden stairs and wooden railings all gave people a feeling of disrepair. The window of the stairwell was at the corner, and of course, it was also sealed with wooden boards but left gaps.

Some decorative oil paintings would appear irregularly on the walls, but most of the oil paintings were also damaged and filthy, and there was no need to check them.

"They can't feel it, but I know you are definitely not normal."

She was explaining her behavior; "From the moment you appeared, I discovered at first glance that you have been blessed by my Lord, right?"

The God of Vampirism, who had fought with him at the foot of Mount Sikar, jumped into Xia De's mind again:

"You could say that. I was once gifted red wine by your race's god... since I have been blessed by that god, shouldn't you trust me?"

He asked the red-haired girl. Her hair was blood-red, different from the rose-red of Dannister and the fire-red hair of the Cavendish family.

Miss Novare pointed out:

"It is precisely because you have been blessed by my Lord that I dare not trust you easily—I know what kind of God-Chosen One my Lord likes. You look like a human male, yet you can be blessed by my Lord, which further shows that you are highly likely to be a dangerous person."

This sentence was really hard to refute, and the infighting within the vampire clan was also a long-standing tradition. There was no possibility of treating a strange vampire as a fellow clansman just because they saw one.

"The divine blessings on me are actually many. Strictly speaking, the one I believe in is really that Moon Goddess."

Xia De explained again. "She" whispered 【Lies】 at this time, while the vampire girl leading the way was noncommittal:

"No matter what you believe in, your arrival ultimately brings us new hope or new despair. I am a twelfth-rank witch; I know better than them that with the situation of the three of us, there is no way to leave here.

It doesn't matter what you are; it is enough that you can bring change. If it is a bad change, then it means the red moon is summoning me to return to silence, which is also something that can't be helped."

The eighth floor and seventh floor were hurriedly passed by. On the seventh floor, Xia De clearly felt that something was standing very close to the stairwell, watching them in an area that the light could not illuminate, but that thing really did not approach the stairs.

"Then, were the things you told me in front of the fireplace all the truth?"

Xia De asked, and Miss Novare said quite certainly:

"All of them are the truth, but some things were not fully spoken. For example, Ms. Chesia Gerd didn't tell you that because her mother conducted flesh and blood transformation experiments on herself, she had long been expelled by the Zalas Academy and has now become a monster.

Joanna, I mean Miss Kearns, also didn't say that the demon she was chasing was the murderer who killed her entire family when she was a child. For her, leaving is not important; finding the other party and solving the other party is what is important."

"Then what about you? Is what you want to do now also to leave here?"

Xia De asked, thinking of the task this time, which was "helping the god select suitable guests," but since the safe stronghold was not at the inn entrance but on the tenth floor, who the selection object was, was very worth his own consideration.

"You are indeed very sharp."

The vampire girl chuckled:

"The clan elder died accidentally two years ago, and now everyone wants that position. I was originally not qualified; after all, I am only twelfth-rank, but here I saw the hope of advancing to thirteenth-rank. Blood, there is a lot of dangerous but wonderful blood here. Although vampires are not a race that lives longer and has higher ranks like elves, we indeed have one more path than humans, and that is the path of blood evolution."

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