Chapter 414

"Surprised that I have my own cards? I said, I can satisfy all your desires, of course including playing cards."

The woman whose head reached out of the water smiled and said, still pushing the deck of cards to Xia De with one hand, while Xia De still did not see her shoulders.

"Want to come over and check? I don't have special cards."

"No, I don't think so, but I have special cards."

Xia De shook his head; before winning the game, he would absolutely not take the initiative to approach that pool.

"It doesn't matter, add your Myriad Manifestations cards in; that will be more interesting."

The woman chuckled; Xia De glanced at her in surprise, reached into his pocket, and put 【Genesis · Balance】 and 【Genesis · Silver Moon】 into the deck. In this way, among the 54 cards in Xia De's deck, there were a full eight special rule cards.

This woman actually knew about 【Myriad Manifestations cards】, and even knew that he had Myriad Manifestations cards; her danger level was even higher than Xia De thought.

Until now, the outsider still did not know what he was facing. The only thing that was certain was that the other party was a relic, but he knew nothing about the danger level, characteristics, or even the most basic external appearance.

There was no record in the book snatched from the fish-men; Xia De could only vaguely guess that the other party was related to desire. Wealth, power, flesh; this woman could stir up the most primitive desires and emotions in people's hearts, but fortunately, Xia De's goal was clear, and the other party could not satisfy his desire for divinity.

The woman asked:

"Then, how do you want to play?"

Her fingertips stroked the top of the deck gently; subsequently, because only one hand reached out of the pool, she simply pulled the cards from the middle of the deck and placed them on top, and after repeating it a few times, she stopped shuffling.

Xia De also stopped shuffling with both hands, thought for a moment, sat down holding the door frame, placed his stack of cards in front, and then looked at the beautiful woman's head:

"We play the most basic rules, play three games, best of two out of three. If there is a draw, then the draw doesn't count."

"Okay."

The woman smiled; she drew first, but she did not use that arm without a sleeve to draw, but used her mouth to bite the first card on top of the deck. Shaking her head lightly, as the wet long hair splashed a few water droplets outside the pool, the card in her mouth flew in front of Xia De.

Moon 3; the card face was naturally not a pattern representing numbers, but a special pattern. It was a gorgeous lady's dress worn on a puppet; even though Xia De was a man, he also appreciated the design style, color matching, and small decorations on the cuffs and hem of this dress.

Xia De also drew a card, Moon 5.

Both sides continued to draw; the woman's second card was Star 13, the card face was a ruby placed on a velvet cushion in a wooden box. Xia De's was Flower 7, which was 【Genesis · Balance】. Holding this card, if he busted in this round, he could discard all cards and start over.

"Oh, Myriad Manifestations."

The woman sighed softly, the smile on her face becoming more obvious:

"The emotions you are bursting with now are very interesting; this card is related to your ultimate desire, I can feel it, this desire is truly too wonderful."

Xia De did not answer; subsequently, both sides drew cards again; the woman was Sun 6, unfortunately busting. Xia De was Flower 5; the three cards totaled 17 points, and he won the first round.

Neither side cheated; this was purely gambling on luck. Xia De did not understand why he won and the other party could still smile so happily. That was not a fake smile, but a smile from the heart.

"Playing cards with me, what can you get?"

He could not help but ask.

"I can see through your heart and see your desires."

This answer was expected; Xia De did not start the second round directly, but asked again:

"Then how do you view my desires?"

"You are the greediest person I have ever seen."

Because it was best of two out of three, if Xia De won again, he would truly win. When drawing cards, he felt that even without the luck brought by the two Genesis cards, the woman still could not win against him this time.

The result was as expected; the first card Xia De drew was actually the King.

The woman smiled at this result; although she could try to draw 21 points to beat the King, she gave up directly:

"You won, you can leave."

The iron door across the pool creaked and opened automatically, allowing more sea breeze to rush in. He could vaguely hear the sound of waves; obviously, the distance behind that door was very close to the exit.

"Can you open the door yourself? Are you really imprisoned here? What exactly do you want to do?"

Xia De put away his cards, frowned, and asked somewhat puzzled.

"I originally wanted to rely on tempting you to obtain a new soul so that I could leave here. But it's enough; I have tasted your desire, and for me, that is enough."

"You... can also leave?"

Xia De subconsciously took a step back:

"It still needs a little time, but the seals of those stinky fish-men no longer work. Speaking of which, even they don't know what I am."

"Then what exactly are you?"

"You can come and see for yourself."

The woman's deck turned into a pool of water, and that hand also retracted into the pool, leaving only the head looking at Xia De by the pool.

"No, sorry, my curiosity is not that serious."

The length of the pool was about six or seven meters, and the limit distance of 【Schluch Lake Jump】 was ten meters. As long as he calculated the distance, he could completely move directly to the other side of the pool and then dart out of the door, trying to avoid getting too close to the woman.

"I feel that you are regretting, you are afraid. No, even if you didn't appear, the seal would have failed. They don't know my power, they just happened to use the power of gods to imprison me. If that thing stayed here, I definitely couldn't leave, but that golden pearl has returned to the Old God's temple in the deep abyss of the sea..."

The woman said softly, her beautiful eyes looking at Xia De's face:

"You, do you want to know how to get it?"

Xia De's whole face was trembling; he tried his best to restrain himself from saying "want"; the woman accurately discovered his desire this time.

"I still want to fuse with you, but letting you walk step by step toward the end of your desire, watching your desire become stronger, is also an interesting thing. Promise me one request, I will tell you the method to get that pearl, and I can also give you a gift. Of course, you can also leave directly."

"What request?"

Xia De asked softly; he knew he shouldn't ask at all, and should leave directly at this moment.

"Approach the pool, look at me carefully, and then tell me, what exactly do you see."

Xia De was completely clear that now was not the time to let the darkness of greed occupy his mind, and he should treat the woman's words as air and leave directly. But when it was his turn to face the status quo, his feet did not mean to move at all.

"Look~"

That head, which looked like a work of art, was laughing lightly:

"There is no one who has no desire. And I, am 【Desire】."

The voice in his ear was silent; she would not interfere with Xia De's own thoughts. And Xia De was also weighing the status quo in his heart; finally, he did not leave, but took a step forward.

With a drop of divinity on his body, he had to gamble on this opportunity no matter what. A few weeks ago, he even dared to face the god in the blood feast for a drop of divinity; at this time, it was just a relic, he did not lack the courage to face it, just thinking about whether it was necessary.

"Courage, arrogance, caution, greed, longing, fear, hesitation, determination. Your emotions now are truly too rich."

The thing in the pool laughed, and the head retracted below the water surface. Without the charming woman's voice, the dark room returned to a moment of silence.

The pool water gurgled, and blue and white light shone from the bottom of the pool.

In the sound of steam whistles and bells, the fate ring behind Xia De slowly emerged; in his heart, he let "her" be ready to ignite divinity at any time, and the outsider took another step forward.

At this moment, he actually heard the sound of his own heartbeat. You know, even after seeing Miss Feilian for the first time, when he was rushing to the charity banquet in the blood mist, he was not this nervous.

"So, what exactly is that woman?"

The answer was revealed immediately, because Xia De took another step, and he clearly saw the appearance of the entire pool.

Unlike the pool leading to the bottomless abyss in the illusion, the depth and length of the pool were about the same. The water quality was quite clear, allowing Xia De to see the flat ground at the bottom of the pool directly.

He saw the head of that beautiful woman, saw the hands, saw the feet. But what he saw was not a person; what he saw was a lump of flesh, a huge lump of flesh pieced together by a head and dozens of hands and dozens of feet.

Completely violating human aesthetics, completely violating the laws of nature, completely violating the most basic rules.

If he had to describe what it looked like, it could barely be considered a mermaid. The upper body of a human, the lower body of a fish. It was just that the upper body was composed of constantly shaking hands, and the lower body was composed of dense legs.

Just looking at it, the intense dizziness almost made Xia De fall into the water.

He covered his forehead, and his body swayed a few times. Even if he closed his eyes, the image of the "mermaid" that could induce the most primitive fear was still shaking in front of his eyes.

There were no springs under the pool; the gurgling sound was the head spitting air upward.

The beautiful face looked at Xia De from the bottom of the water, and the strange hands and feet slapped the water, not regretting that he did not fall down:

"Please look at me carefully, what exactly do you see?"

Having reached this point, there was no need to leave; stabilizing his mind, Xia De opened his eyes and looked at the thing again. He did not even notice that on the fate ring behind him, 【Gluttony】 and 【Greed】 were shining at the same time.

If Xia De's influence when he first entered the dark room was only to induce the desire of the inner darkness, then looking at this strange flesh-and-blood creature at this moment directly affected his body. No matter who created this terrifying thing, under the combination of strange beauty and complete chaos, mortals just by watching it, the balance and self-consistency of their own bodies would be affected.

Even if the soul remained awake, the mortal body was just a mortal body.

"You, what exactly do you see?"

The head asked as if humming.

Xia De noticed the skin on the back of his exposed hand, which had already shown signs of skin dissolution and blood about to seep out; he also realized that watching it at close range, the dark illusions in his heart began to emerge again.

The outsider stood there gritting his teeth, with blood flowing from his eyes, nose, mouth, and ears at the same time:

"I see..."

He originally wanted to describe the appearance of this monster, but as the light halo of the pool swayed, the scene he saw actually changed. The monster disappeared in the pool, and the pool water became more and more turbid, and then like an oil painting, it showed another picture.

"What do you see?"

The voice was still asking, but it seemed to be no longer in the pool, but in all directions. Xia De looked at the picture shown in the pool in shock, and even the pain of the body and spirit was ignored at this moment:

"Is this... my desire?"

"What do you see?"

The voice was still asking; this time the source of the voice was behind Xia De:

"Look at me; if a mortal does not collapse, then they can see their most real desire, which will let you completely understand what you really want. The most real..."

Pairs of women's hands dripping with water and painted with red nail polish climbed onto the fate ring rotating behind Xia De, and 【Gluttony】 and 【Greed】 radiated extreme spiritual light.

What Xia De saw was not himself becoming a god, not possessing endless wealth, not being surrounded by girls, not Luo De Pai and cats, and not even the idea of returning to his hometown that was gradually being abandoned.

What he saw was that he was standing in the washroom on the second floor of St. Deran Square, facing the mirror. Outside the mirror was Xia De Hamilton, but inside the mirror, it was actually a looming woman with long silver hair.

He held his breath:

"I see... another me?"

The outsider seemed to be stunned as if struck by lightning; he did not expect it to be such a scene.

"Interesting, the truth corresponding to your infinite desire is actually a longing for yourself. Your desire is yourself?"

That charming voice rang in Xia De's ear. But unlike usual, this time there was really something behind him; he could even feel the sweet-smelling breath blowing on his ear.

"What I want to get is myself?"

Xia De widened his eyes, staring fixedly at the picture in the pool, wanting to see clearly what the woman reflected in the mirror looked like.

After the outsider came to this world, the initial question was "who is she". At this moment, he vaguely understood that perhaps his greatest craving was to become a god, but the deepest craving in his heart was actually... he felt he was incomparably ridiculous.

"I know the ring-warlock system of the Sixth Era; although your 'another me' is a bit strange, she is you, you are her; you actually have desire for yourself?"

The woman's voice was still whispering, with a smile in her tone:

"So that's it, that's why there would be that kind of terrifying desire intensity. Id and ego and superego, me and another me, the front of the soul and the back of the soul. Narcissism, crazy pathological pursuit, desire for oneself, desire for one's own desire, and desire for the desire of desire..."

Because of the woman's breathing, Xia De's ears felt a bit itchy.

The outsider stood by the pool, and at some point, the "mermaid" had detached from the pool, and that terrifying lump of flesh wrapped around him like a python. Those pairs of legs were tightly locked together, those hands grabbed his fate ring, and that beautiful head was right behind him, the slender eyes incomparably eerie at this moment.

The "mermaid" was hunting, but the prey by the pool did not move.

In the dark room, only the bottom of the pool had blue light. It clung to Xia De's body, sighed softly, and seemed to be chanting in a low voice:

"【Gluttony】, indulge in oneself, unable to extricate oneself.

【Greed】, never satisfied, craving oneself.

If you could be born in the First Era, you would be qualified to compete for the Sin Brand;

If you could be born in the Second Era, you might...

If you could be born in the Third Era, you would definitely become an evil spirit demon after death;

If you could be born in the Fourth Era, the chaotic dark age would be even more interesting;

If you could be born in the Fifth Era, even the witches would sigh at the terror of this man.

It's truly too interesting, yet you happened to be born in the Sixth Era."

A dangerous and slender arm wrapped around his neck:

"Man, please tell me, in the story of the Sixth Era, why is there you?"