Chapter 4094

"Of course it's me. I spent a long time looking for a position before I made my move."

Vanessa nodded with a smile. Seeing that Xia De seemed to want to ask why Siris was here, she explained:

"After confirming that the document-level relic 【Oil Painting of Martha's Old Residence】 had appeared here, I called Siris over from the Fragrant Mansion. I've heard her talk about this relic many times before; she said that over five hundred years ago, it belonged to the 【Order of the Forgotten】, but it was later lost.

After Siris arrived, she discovered that this place was inaccessible, so she used the 【Core of the Old Days】 to create a similar illusion of the past. After connecting the two scenes, Iruna and Siris entered the residence within the oil painting together from the new memory illusion, and then, while you were all making a scene fighting downstairs, they brought the oil painting out directly."

"I remember, wasn't this oil painting impossible to move?"

Xia De asked, and Siris, who was busy working, replied with a smile:

"The vengeful spirit Martha recognizes the 【Core of the Old Days】, so she provided assistance. Our order has contained this relic for over a thousand years, so of course I know some special methods. Of course, it could also be that the Tanner went too far; making a mess of someone else's home always requires paying a price."

She and Iruna cooperated with each other, and the restless relic quickly returned to calm. The Tanner inside the oil painting naturally wanted to resist, but no matter how powerful it was at this moment, it had no way to break free from the oil painting.

Now that the oil painting had detached from the interior of the scene, it meant that the relic had returned to its initial state. In this state, the Tanner remaining in the painting temporarily became a part of it. If it were an ordinary person, their body and soul would soon nourish the "ghost house" within the oil painting as nutrients. But neither the Tanner nor the skin items were normal people; they were simply temporarily "locked" in the painting by the characteristics of this document-level relic.

With the original power of this painting, it certainly couldn't have achieved this, but the 【Core of the Old Days】 in Siris's hand was still emitting light. The level of this relic was even higher than the main body of the 【Skin Item Club】, so enhancing the 【Oil Painting of Martha's Old Residence】 was certainly not a problem.

"What should we do next?"

Flora, who was keeping watch on the perimeter, asked. The artist miss was wearing a black long dress tonight, which could serve as excellent concealment in the lightless forest.

"Since we've caught the 【Tanner】, take it to see the mermaid. The mermaid should be able to learn the location of the 【Skin Item Club】's main body from it."

Xia De took off the mask on his face:

"To prevent any accidents, let's set off now. The club's activities have ended; next is the second step of tonight's operation."

"I must go with you, otherwise this painting might not be able to restrain the Tanner and the skin items."

Xivi, who was holding the 【Core of the Old Days】, said. Vanessa was naturally worried:

"Then I'll go too. That is an Unknown-level relic, after all. I will protect Siris."

"Then I'll go too. Although I really dislike that mermaid, I also want to protect your safety."

Iruna also said, and Vigo then indicated:

"I also..."

"No, you are not going!"

Xivi and Flora said almost in unison. The great witches all remembered very clearly what happened after Vigo and Xia De met "Desire" last time; they would not give Vigo a second chance.

"I will go back with you to wait for news. Although you must have drunk his blood just now, if you want to continue on a new adventure, I'm afraid you would have to drink his blood again. You don't want to hurt him again, right?"

Flora said this to Vigo, accurately finding the thing the other party least wanted to do.

The black-haired witch showed a wronged expression, but she really didn't want to bite Xia De's palm again:

"Alright then, you four be careful... are you leaving the city area?"

The city area located on the side of the cliff didn't have any natural lakes or rivers. The only large lake was the park's artificial lake from the night of the charity banquet, but Xia De wouldn't summon Desire in the densely populated downtown area.

"Yes, so you and Flora should go home first. We will be back soon."

Vigo finally had no choice but to return to the Fragrant Mansion with Flora first, while Xia De left the city area by carriage with Iruna, Siris, and Vanessa. The matter of the "Charming Ladies Club" had ended, and the Tanner's disappearance hadn't attracted anyone's attention; it was unlikely to cause any other trouble.

Although the Doppelganger and Vigo's mother didn't seem to have appeared, at least tonight's goal had been achieved. Xia De only needed to visit Mr. Bernhardt tomorrow to hear if he had gained anything tonight.

The location for summoning "Desire" was still chosen outside the city. This time, the position was the nameless large lake from the afternoon the day before yesterday. The girl driving the carriage and the horse didn't follow but stopped by the side of the small path to wait. After Xia De and his group of four arrived at the lakeside, Xia De once again sent the small essence bottle filled with glowing pink liquid into the water.

The moonlight illuminated the large lake in this wilderness, and the wind blew ripples that rolled layer by layer on the mirror-like lake surface. Almost the next second after the bottle sank into the water, it was grasped by a slender, fair hand and brought out of the water.

And behind that arm, the head of a beautiful woman with purple eyes and black hair also floated up:

"This time, it seems quite lively."

First, laughter appeared in the night wind, followed by that familiar, hoarse voice. The purple eyes seemed to be glowing under the moon, water droplets still hanging on the eyelashes, and the wet eyes looked up at Xia De:

"Is it because the taste of that witch last time was quite good, so you brought new girls again, hoping I will let them realize their own desires again, is that it?"

Vanessa blocked the front of Siris, who was holding the oil painting. Even though she was a thirteenth-tier great witch, she was quite wary of the other party. As for Iruna, the eighteen-year-old girl was just impatient:

"Don't say these meaningless things. We caught a Tanner, and Xia De said you have a way to learn the location of the 【Skin Item Club】 from it."

She took the oil painting from Siris's hand and displayed it under the moonlight.

The beautiful face in the lake squinted and examined the painting, then nodded gently:

"Yes, that's right, you did very well. Although restricted by the agreement, I cannot take action against the Tanner myself, but since it took the initiative to come to me..."

The small perfume bottle was placed on the water surface by the fair hand, and with a gentle push, it automatically drifted toward the lakeside. Then that empty hand reached toward the oil painting at Iruna's side. Siris didn't dare to look, but Xia De, Vanessa, and Iruna all saw that hand continuously lengthening, lengthening, lengthening, until the palm with pale pink fingernails reached into the interior of the oil painting.

At this moment, the length of the fair arm reaching out of the water was at least twenty meters, but no joints appeared on the arm, and no shoulders were revealed under the water. And after that hand entered the oil painting, there was no sound, nor any change in elements. A second later, the hand grabbed a black mass out of the painting.

The arm shortened until that hand completely retracted into the water.

Gurgling sounds came from under the black water surface, and at the same time, a series of transparent bubbles surged from below the water. Xia De didn't know what the others were thinking, but he thought of the scene of a giant creature under the water feeding.

However, those eerie sounds quickly stopped, and the smiling face gave the answer:

"Found it."

"Where is it?"

Xia De asked, but the head in the lake didn't give the answer immediately:

"Don't be so impatient~ I know the personality of you men. If I give you the answer, you will want to drive me away again, so in order not to let you leave immediately, let's talk about something else first. After all, I can't bear to part with you~"

It smiled in the water, but was immediately scolded by the somewhat angry Iruna:

"If you have something to say, just say it. Don't say things like that, it's really disgusting."

The eighteen-year-old girl glared at that head without fear, and Vanessa even thought she saw golden electric arcs flash across her brown hair tips. But the "mermaid" in the lake ignored Iruna completely; it looked at Xia De with a smile:

"You have already proven that you are still as reliable as ever, so I will pay a reward as a deposit first—how to treat that witch who is about to wither."

Iruna stopped talking, and Xia De's expression became much more serious:

"Treat Vigo?"

"Yes, there are quite a lot of methods. In fact, you have already come into contact with quite a few yourself. 【Emerald Tablet】, 【Creation Room】, these all might be effective, but it is very clear that you cannot obtain them at present. Of course, if you are willing to let her throw herself into my embrace, I can easily restore her to health, but we both know you certainly won't agree."

"You seem to know a lot of things. Are you aware of all my actions?"

Xia De asked, but the woman just smiled:

"The remaining methods have to do with yourself. I know you have a very magical ability, quite magical, and this magical ability allowed a twelfth-tier witch to break through to the thirteenth tier at the city pier at the foot of the Fatumunster Snow Mountain."

It was talking about Xivi's matter. Xia De only learned from Xivi afterwards that at that time, not only did "Desire" appear, but "If" also appeared and helped Xivi.

"That is the miracle called 【Witch's Joy】."

Xia De admitted for the first time that he possessed this ability. In the past, he had never admitted it, only saying it was all luck. Vanessa looked at Xia De with slight surprise, but she knew this was not a good time to ask.

"Yes, yes, such magical power, even I feel surprised. This is less of a miracle and more of a blessing you bestow upon witches. If you use this ability to let a chaotic great witch also break through to the thirteenth tier, her soul and body will naturally recover their health. After all, a thirteenth-tier great witch with a seat is not something ordinary supernatural beings can compare to."

The hoarse voice of the head in the water said. Xia De had never thought there was such a method, but this method also only seemed feasible. His miracle 【Witch's Joy】 could only be effective on a person once, and Vigo was currently only at the eleventh tier.