Chapter 4066: Mermaid and Artifact

The rain was falling *hissing*ly, and the witch by the lake froze there.

No language or words could express the shock Viggo felt at this beauty appearing in the rainy day. The witch who considered herself the most beautiful had to admit at this moment that this face in the lake was more...

"No!"

A voice of rebuttal appeared subconsciously in her heart:

"I am the most beautiful in the world! How could anyone be more beautiful than me!"

Thinking of this, Viggo woke up all of a sudden—Miss Jia Lin Na's evaluation of her "narcissism" was absolutely fair. And Viggo, who had woken up, looked at that enchanting and moving face again. Although she was still shocked by that charm, she also saw something unusual from that face.

"What are you?"

Viggo asked in astonishment, her voice becoming sharp involuntarily. This was an instinctive reaction to danger. And the charming face in the water revealed a gentle smile. In the sound of rain, she asked with a slightly hoarse, lazy voice like that after desire was satisfied:

"Do I look beautiful?"

"Of course beautiful... What are you?"

Viggo asked while retreating, wanting to pick up Xia De on the ground and run. But an extremely dangerous premonition made her freeze in place again. She realized that if she left now, she would probably die the moment she turned around.

"What am I? I am, of course, a girl as beautiful as you, capable of attracting him."

The head in the water answered with a smile, and then Viggo felt her head turn toward the other party uncontrollably.

"Are you jealous, Viggo Astley?"

The voice in the sound of rain asked softly.

"Would I be jealous of you?"

Viggo lost her temper all of a sudden, and the smile on the woman's head in the lake became even brighter:

"Of course you don't need to be jealous of me. I am asking, are you jealous of them? Your colleagues, those witches who met him earlier than you.

They are all witches like you, but they are either younger than you, more powerful than you, have more power than you, or have much better luck than you. Of course, most importantly, they are all healthier than you and can accompany him for a longer time."

Viggo's face turned cold all of a sudden, and the person in the lake continued to ask in the rain:

"Do you crave to obtain those things you have never possessed?"

It asked Viggo with a smile:

"You clearly already have the most outstanding appearance, but you happen to lack other things. And what you lack, I can give you. Even making you healthier and making you have more charm to attract him than now, I can do it.

Of course, this requires paying a small price. But satisfying desire requires paying a price; this is something even a child knows, isn't it?"

Its voice was hoarse at first, but when it said the last sentence, it inexplicably had a strange slippery feeling. Viggo's pupils were dilating. She admitted that she was moved. The other party's words had a very magical power, and poor health happened to be what she considered her most imperfect thing.

She wanted to open her mouth to ask what the price was. She told herself she was just asking about the price, not necessarily agreeing to the other party. But at this moment, Xia De, who was held in her arms, grabbed her hand forcefully and then said that word softly—

"Desire."

Xia De's voice was very light, but that word exploded in Viggo's heart like a bomb. The witch was startled, and then she understood.

The vigilance that should have appeared because of that alarming Whispers element returned. Viggo, who had figured out what she was facing, took another step back, and then fell straight to the ground while holding Xia De.

Fortunately, Xia De had already recovered some mobility at this time. Before she really fell, he supported Viggo, but the two still sat on the grass by the lakeshore. Xia De noticed that Viggo's body was trembling slightly.

"Really boring."

The woman in the lake said then. When Xia De looked over, he found that this time when the other party appeared, the image, especially the facial contour, had a heavy shadow of Viggo.

He hugged the trembling witch in the rain and asked the head in the lake:

"Why did you appear this time? If Viggo hadn't appeared just now, were you going to do something to me?"

"Why would you think that? Could it be that I couldn't have wanted to help you just now?"

The woman in the lake asked with a smile:

"My friendship with you is so deep, I have given you so much help, so how could I want to harm you?

Just now I was just very curious about this chaotic Great Witch you were holding. Yes, so beautiful, so moving. Originally I wanted to chat with her, but after seeing her at close range this time, I was somewhat disappointed."

The slender, white hand reaching out from under the water surface supported its slightly tilted head:

"From afar, it's a beautiful flower, but looking closely, even the flower branches are rotten. Flowers wither after their most vibrant moment. She is not as interesting as I imagined, and should be classified with the 'burnt wood' and 'simple little girl' by your side."

"You..."

Viggo was afraid just now, but now she was trembling with anger, but Xia De hugged her tightly and didn't let her speak.

"Don't say these meaningless words. What do you want to do? In the Arcadia area, what can attract you? Could it be that you also want the Source of Fire to create life?"

"I have no interest in these. I am most interested in you."

It laughed *giggle* in the lake, and the rippling sound made Xia De and Viggo both restless. Xia De felt Viggo's body temperature rising slightly. The cold rain did not make anyone calm down.

"Tell the truth. Why did you come? Demon? Leather item? Or some other thing I don't know about?"

"Sometimes, your ability to guess a woman's heart is not entirely an advantage. Occasionally pretending to be confused can probably make you more liked by girls."

It continued the topic just now:

"I came for the 【Leather Item Hall】. Those women who worship me clearly have already approached the leather craftsman and would soon be able to find the location of the hall for me, but the arrival of the Falsehoods disrupted my previous arrangements."

Its purple eyes stared at Xia De:

"The Second-Tier female Shushi in the opera house had already hosted my power, yet she died inexplicably. Even if I already knew about the masked dance on Friday night, it wouldn't be easy to send suitable people to mix in. The appearance of the Falsehoods will greatly increase the leather craftsman's vigilance.

Since the original plan is no longer feasible, I came to find you again. Every 'service' you performed for me, I was quite satisfied with."

Xia De's eyes stared at the head in the lake. At this time, although there was no blessing of chaos, he was willing to face the power of "desire" to protect Viggo:

"If you want to find the 【Leather Item Hall】, can't you just go yourself? That thing is Sage-level, and you are Unknowable-level. Could it be that it can't discover you?"

"Interesting soul, things are not as simple as you think. A long, long time ago, I reached some agreements with the 【Leather Item Hall】, one of which restricted me from directly contacting the hall."

Its voice matched the sound of rain, like a nice serenade:

"I need an ancient leather item in the hall. That is almost one of the oldest leather items collected in the 【Leather Item Hall】."

It looked at Viggo held in Xia De's arms again:

"Aren't you also looking for the 【Leather Item Hall】 for her? Perhaps I can provide you with some help, and you only need to bring the leather item I want out when you visit the hall."

"Bring it out?"

Xia De found that Viggo's consciousness was already somewhat unclear. It wasn't that other witches hadn't met "Desire" with him before, but Viggo, for some reason, had an exceptionally weak resistance to the power of "desire."

"I won't help you again."

"That's why I said you are very interesting. Every time it's the same conversation, but every time we can have a very good cooperation—besides the information about the 【Leather Item Hall】, after the matter is done, I can tell you the method to treat this witch in your arms."

It could always see at a glance what Xia De desired most:

"Thorough treatment requires me to contact her deeply, but I think you definitely won't agree. If you don't want her to contact me directly, other treatment plans also exist, but this plan should not be able to make her completely recover, but at least it will be much better than now."

It hooked the corners of its mouth at Xia De:

"At least, it won't make her die young."

Viggo grabbed Xia De's wrist, but Xia De still asked:

"What is the leather you want?"

The smile on the woman's head in the lake water became even brighter:

"That was a long, long time ago. In a fairly ancient era, I also had a period of time when my relationship with the 【Leather Item Hall】 was quite good.

Because of some reasons, I invited the leather craftsmen to peel off my skin at that time and preserve it permanently in the form of a leather item. That leather item should have been in my own hands, but the leather craftsmen greedily kept it as their own. I was busy with other things because of other reasons, so I didn't go to find them immediately.

And now, I think it is time to recover it."

Xia De didn't believe it:

"If you want me to help, telling me the whole truth is the basic premise of cooperation. I thought that since we cooperated so many times, you would also understand this principle."

"Small-minded man, using my words to attack me."

That head moved slightly closer to the shore:

"Alright then, I just omitted very few details.

That ancient leather item is a part of me, containing part of my power. The 【Leather Item Hall】 kept that leather item as their own and discovered the ability to manufacture more beautiful leather items from that leather item. Taking back that leather item can allow me to recover part of my power at my peak. The current me is very weak."

Xia De did not refuse this cooperation just because the other party wanted to recover power:

"Back then, how did the 【Leather Item Hall】 make you sign an agreement not to approach them with your main body?"

"Look at you, still thinking about restricting me. Why are you always so vigilant against me?"

Its voice was like lovers whispering, but it still informed Xia De of some things from back then:

"The 【Leather Item Hall】 wanted to refine their craft by peeling off my skin at that time; the me back then also wanted to master the ability to separate my own skin through this process, so that those who were willing to help me could become more charming.

This was originally a win-win cooperation, but I found that the leather craftsmen's craft was quite good, so I wanted to swallow the entire 【Leather Item Hall】 directly; and those leather craftsmen, after completing their work, were unwilling to return the skin to me. They had long coveted that skin of mine.

Originally they had no advantage when facing me, but the me back then didn't expect that the hall had an artifact in its hands." ===== CHAPTER 4067 =====