Chapter 3433: Blessing of the God of Homes and Dwellings

His appearance was that of a kind-looking middle-aged man, and he was bald. Similar to most of the Old Gods Xia De had seen before, this god was also dressed simply, and was quite similar to Bennett, who ran the Accordion Inn in the Vesta Forest.

Although he hadn't talked to him yet, at the first glance at the other party, Xia De knew that this was the Old God mentioned in the task requirements-【Lord of the Walls】—the guardian god of homes and houses, and also the god who protected the three witches.

Very interestingly, when Xia De tried to use the 【Manual of Destiny】, he saw the symbol of a human appear above the god's head, then it changed to a vampire, then changed to an elf, then disappeared, and then changed into a bird... In short, this miracle was indeed unable to be used to peek at gods.

So he first sheathed his long sword and hung it on his waist, then continued forward with the lamp, until he stopped at a suitable position in front of the counter:

"Hello, Guardian of Homes and Houses."

Xia De's companion shivered, and the "middle-aged man" behind the counter also said with a smile:

"Hello, guest from afar."

He carefully looked at Xia De, and then sighed:

"If the Sage hadn't already chosen you, actually I would also very much like to choose you. Your persistence and attachment to home are very consistent with my ideas. Even among those most devout believers who believe in me, it is rare for someone like you to appear—they just believe in me, while you are truly persistent about your own home. Answer me a question, guest from afar. What is home to you?"

"It is a place that must never be abandoned."

Xia De blurted out the answer without thinking; this was his truest thought.

The god behind the counter laughed:

"Yes, yes, perfect answer, so I would say, it's a pity that I am no longer active in the era you are in (Draerion language). This answer is very good, I want to give you a gift, so did you bring the key to your home?"

He asked Xia De again, and Xia De nodded. First, he placed the lamp on the counter, and then rummaged through his pockets for his home key. Although he could open the lock at will, he always carried the key on his body.

The god reached out and touched the key Xia De placed on the counter, and miracle elements attached to it. When Xia De took back his home key, he received a prompt from "She":

【Outsider, you have obtained the blessing of the Old God-Lord of the Walls: The place you recognize as home will become more comfortable, will not decay with the passage of time, will not have spatial cracks, will not breed evil spirits, and will be more difficult to be anchored by divination and prophecy-type effects. This effect disappears when you no longer recognize it as home.】

Xia De solemnly put away the key, and then bowed to the god to thank him:

"Thank you for your blessing."

"No need to thank me. Whenever I encounter people who have the same ideas and concepts as you, I will give blessings. Home is the starting point of everything. Home is the most precious tangible property we possess. The home I protect is just a building and does not contain the concept of family, but that house is actually equally important.

Many people just treat their house as a place of residence at a certain stage of life. They don't understand the meaning of home. Only with that house do they have an anchor, do they have a place to return to."

The god sighed like this, and then looked at the only door on the first floor, which was the door leading to the outside world:

"I know what you are thinking, but this is not a passage to leave. Walking out from here, you will enter the Whispering Hills. That is... an area that is incomparably dangerous even to you. The spatial nature of this hill is special, numerous subspace seals are connected to it, and numerous evil existences from ancient times to the present wander in the hills."

"So you kindly invited a part of them to enter this inn to live?"

Xia De asked, but the god shook his head with a smile:

"Of course not. I just invited some guests from the material world to come here to live, and then let them enter this wasteland under suitable conditions."

Xia De understood this as the god personally taking action to interfere with the order of the material world, and the existence behind the counter seemed to read Xia De's thoughts at this moment:

"I view the material world as home, as the home for me and the many mortals who believe in me."

He just said this without explaining too much:

"Except for me opening the door, there is no way to return to the material world in the Whispering Hills. Even through relics connected to a few doors occasionally, it is impossible to return to the material world.

So do some things for me, three things. When the things are finished, I will send those who are willing to leave away from here."

Xia De actually didn't need this way to leave; when the time came, he wouldn't be able to stay even if he wanted to. His task this time was just to select guests, and judging from the current situation, this "selection" probably really had to be chosen from the companions this time, so doing some tasks with them and trying to investigate their respective secrets was also good:

"No problem."

Miss Novare didn't speak, of course, just simply didn't dare to speak.

"Please tell me the details of the task."

"The guest in Room 1978 has left the room and is wandering in the corridor and numerous rooms on the 19th floor. Find it, and then whether you eliminate it or let it return to Room 1978 is fine. Of course, remember to close the room door. This is the first thing, go do it. After completing this thing and returning here, I will inform you of the next thing. Of course, I won't make things difficult for you. After arriving at the 19th floor, Room 1978 will appear near you."

Miss Novare just wanted to leave now, but Xia De didn't move, and he said quite embarrassedly:

"Spatial abilities cannot be used in this inn, and using Ophiomancy seems to have very bad effects. We are now going from the first floor to the 19th floor, and have to return from the 19th floor to the first floor, this is really a bit slow... Excuse me, is there a way to move quickly here?"

The god laughed, but didn't blame Xia De for being "greedy":

"There are still many secrets in this inn, you can explore at will. Perhaps it is relics left by people who entered here by mistake, perhaps it is functional facilities in the inn, perhaps it is treasures carried by some demons.

There is a way to move quickly here, which is an elevator. A long time ago, when this place was still managed by my God-Chosen One, the elevator could be used at will, but it would also cause some demons to walk between floors, so I locked it later.

You need to find it yourself to reopen it, and now you have obtained the key to enter the elevator."

Xia De then took out the key he had just obtained from the dried corpse, and the god nodded slightly. Xia De felt that he understood it all at once. The appearance of that dried corpse just now was probably not a coincidence; it was the god who deliberately sent the corpse and the key to them; He was helping them.

"When you arrive at the correct floor, this key will guide you to find the elevator."

Xia De thanked him softly, but said again:

"Please forgive my presumption, the four of us came here, and we all have our own purposes."

The god replied:

"Those who crave revenge will only harm themselves; those who crave to find relatives don't know how to look at their own feet; those who crave power should be careful about being confused by power; those who crave to escape..."

The bald middle-aged man smiled at Xia De:

"A door on the 24th floor connects to the 【House of Falsehoods】, but I know you don't have much time, and don't have time to explore its secrets in this era. Your homeward maze is quite interesting, I can enhance its effect, allowing you to escape directly.

But it would be too boring if I just gave you power, so go find it. My God-Chosen Ones have left my holy emblem or holy objects in many corners of this inn. Find one of them and bring it back, and I can help you."

"Thank you for your generosity."

Xia De bowed and thanked him again. The holy emblem and statue in the shrine in the 1024 room where the witches were definitely counted as holy objects, but he wouldn't take those items; he still needed to find them himself.

"Then do you sell things here?"

The vampire girl thought they could finally leave, but heard Xia De say this again. Xia De also had his own reasons:

"I remember that most inns on the first floor sell some items."

"Yes, but guest from afar, I don't have many items to sell here."

Matchboxes, a wooden box whose contents could not be seen, and a large book like a ledger were taken out from under the counter by the god. What He wanted was of course not human currency, nor would it be relic coins:

"I grant you the ability to know the rooms to which those things wandering in the corridor belong. When you send them back to their respective rooms and close the room door from the outside, you can obtain a key corresponding to the room. Use the key to lock the room door, and bring the key to me. Each time you can choose one of four:

Obtain 30 matches, obtain an item that was stored on the counter as a lost item by my God-Chosen One, obtain an opportunity to query the resident directory, obtain a blank map, which after use will reveal the room numbers of 50 rooms in total, centered on yourself."

Fine golden light poured into Xia De's chest, and "She" whispered a reminder:

【Outsider, your miracle-Manual of Destiny, has obtained a brand-new characteristic in the special area "Whispering Hills": Query corresponding room.】

The god said again:

"The resident of Room 1978 that I want you to deal with right now is just one of the relatively troublesome ones. The key brought back after dealing with it doesn't count."

Among the four "commodities" given by the god, the most useful one was of course the resident directory.

Whether it was the demon that the hunter girl wanted to chase, the mother that the middle-aged witch wanted to find, the special blood that the vampire girl wanted to find, or even the holy object that Xia De wanted to find, perhaps clues could be found from the resident directory.

However, their top priority now was to find the elevator first. This time there was no chance to double the time, and the time Xia De had left was not much. ===== CHAPTER 3434 =====

But their top priority now was still to find the elevator first. This time there was no chance to double the time, and Xia De did not have much time left.