Chapter 686: Not an Enemy

"Something's wrong, Grandma Cassandra's information didn't mention that there would be this kind of attack."

Xia De walked to the window with the sword, reaching out to pull the scarlet curtains, but as soon as his hand was about to touch those curtains with texture, a large mouth grew out of the curtains, attempting to bite Xia De's hand.

"This place seems to be suddenly full of malice toward me."

Xia De retracted his hand, and the curtains returned to their original state.

Turning around and walking toward the door, the second floor actually made a crackling sound again.

"It wouldn't be that someone who came here before me did something, causing the 【Sin Mansion】 to undergo further changes, right?"

Xia De didn't think this was a change caused by himself, because he really didn't do anything.

"Can you feel anything?"

He asked softly in his heart.

【Nothing at all.】

"Alright then."

Xia De pursed his lips and decided not to wait in this room any longer. The malice of the 【Sin Mansion】 is showing itself to him, and waiting here, I don't know what will happen. At least judging from his wonderful inspiration, leaving this room as soon as possible is the correct choice.

Walking quickly to the door, he reached out to grasp the doorknob, but a knock came at this moment.

There was only knocking, no speaking. Xia De's left hand paused for a moment and then retracted violently, stepping back and raising the long sword.

The knocking lasted for more than ten seconds before stopping, but immediately after, black sewage actually flowed in from the door crack.

The sewage gathered into a puddle in front of the door, and then a bald human head emerged from the black water. The water flow constituting the head was still flowing, appearing exceptionally strange in the dim light.

"Are you the trader of the Sin Mansion?"

Xia De asked.

"No, I am here to take you to see the master."

This answer immediately made Xia De frown. After entering the Sin Mansion, the normal way to leave is to exchange for the opportunity to leave at the cost of increasing one's own sin. And once influenced by the power here, having traded too much by increasing or decreasing sin, one will become a VIP and be led to see the master of the mansion. And any information from the past did not mention the information about the master of the mansion.

Therefore, going to see the master here is almost equal to death.

"Sorry, I haven't conducted any trades yet."

Xia De pointed out.

"You don't need to trade now, you can go see the master directly."

"No, I still want to do things according to the rules."

"No, the rules have changed now."

"No, I think since the rules exist..."

"Give me 3 units of perfect Gluttony sin, and I'll send you out."

The head in the black water suddenly put forward the condition, Xia De was stunned, and then shook his head:

"Impossible."

Once 3 units of Gluttony are traded away, it will seriously damage the power of the 【Gluttony】 Spirit Rune. Even if Xia De wants to trade, he cannot use Gluttony to trade.

"Then I wish you luck."

The head shrank back into the black water, and the water flowed out from the door crack again. Xia De waited for a while, confirming that this was not a trap to lure him close to the door, and only then did he find the mask and put it on, preparing the spellcasting materials before reaching out to grasp the doorknob and opening the door with difficulty.

The corridor seemed to have become somewhat different from when he came in. The originally straight corridor became crooked, and even the ground showed ups and downs. In the portrait paintings on the wall with images of drinking blood, beheading, and even more terrifying images, the figures were all gone, and the background of the remaining oil paintings was even more terrifying than the portraits themselves.

"Gluttony..."

In the oil painting on the wall directly opposite the door, a long dining table in a pile of garbage was depicted, and the gold and silver utensils on the table were filled with fresh human organs dripping with blood.

"Now it's a disaster."

Stepping on the blood-soaked carpet, looking left and right, Xia De decided to return to the courtyard first to try whether the 【Key of Doors】 could open the fence gate that had been blocked. Walking quickly toward the stairs, the quiet and oppressive atmosphere made the influence of whisper elements on Xia De become more intense.

"If I let me know who the guy who caused the explosion on the second floor is..."

The third floor is the highest floor of this building, and two metal armors holding long guns were placed on the left and right sides of the stairs. This is a common decoration in noble manors. Even though the steam age has arrived, there are similar decorations in manors like Miss Galina's, and the price of those antiques is more expensive than several dozen Little Mias.

When Xia De approached the stairs, the two armors moved by themselves. They didn't attack Xia De but crossed their long guns, blocking the stairs, and then said in a dull voice together:

"You cannot leave."

"I want to go downstairs to see the master of the mansion."

Xia De said casually.

"The master is on the third floor."

"Hmm?"

Xia De immediately looked left and right, confirming that there was no one in the corridors on both sides, before saying softly:

"I'll give you some sin, how about letting me leave? The price is negotiable."

"No need for bribery, answer a question, and you can leave from the third floor."

"Please say it."

"What do you think is your sin?"

This is a question pointing directly to the heart. Xia De hesitated for a moment:

"I... want to get everything I want, but I don't want to lose it."

The two long guns separated automatically, making way for Xia De, but Xia De didn't go downstairs immediately:

"Asking me this kind of question, what is it for?"

"Guest, you need to have the courage to admit your sin."

"What do you mean?"

But he didn't get any answer.

Coming from the third floor to the second floor, the situation on the second floor was even stranger than the third floor. The third floor was just the corridor twisting and the oil paintings losing their figures, while the second floor was covered with traces of fresh blood splashed everywhere, and the scratch marks on the wall were like a crazy wolf pack attacking here.

The light of the gas lamp became more and more dim, and Xia De wouldn't feel surprised even if an evil spirit suddenly crawled out from the edge of the dim light at this moment.

Of course, what happened on the second floor had nothing to do with him. He turned around and was about to continue walking down, but heard a loud bang from downstairs, followed by heat waves surging from below, the firelight making the area under the handrail bright red, and then returning to normal.

"What's the situation below again? Gas explosion?"

Walking down along the stairs, he really encountered an enemy in the stairwell. It was a fat man with a black-haired face, wearing an apron. He held a sharp weapon in each hand, a long watermelon knife in his left hand, and a kitchen knife of ordinary style in his right hand. There was an extremely pungent smell on him, and his two arms seemed to have been scorched by something, and even the edge of his apron had traces of being scorched.

Obviously, he was injured downstairs.

"Give me 5 units of your Gluttony sin, otherwise you stay."

After seeing Xia De, the other party's first sentence was this, and Xia De immediately shook his head:

"A little cheaper, I..."

The kitchen knife was thrown toward Xia De's head, and his first reaction was to take a step back, using Lagley's Jump to dodge this attack. But as he moved three floors on the stairs abruptly, the kitchen knife actually maintained the same interval as him, and also moved up three floors out of thin air:

"This knife has a space locking function!"

Too late to think, the long sword in his hand was raised.

Clang!

Under the huge force, Xia De was knocked flying. He fell back to the second-floor stairwell, rolled a few times before barely standing up while holding the ground.

The corner of his mouth overflowed with blood. Although the long sword in his hand didn't fall, his right palm was already bleeding. Not only that, he even felt that the bone of his right wrist had a problem because of the impact just now. The increasingly intense pain made him almost unable to hold the long sword in his hand. Obviously, it was not only the internal injury caused by the impact, but also the fracture of his right wrist bone.

"I don't seem to have the ability to treat fractures."

Barely holding the sword and retreating, his left hand drew a cross in the air, and then he bumped forward sideways. The crossed moonlight flew toward the bottom of the stairs. The fat man walking with heavy steps and slowly walking up the stairs raised his left hand and slashed forward with the watermelon knife, actually slashing and shattering the moonlight slash.

This was the first time someone could face this move of Xia De's head-on.

"The opponent's strength is too strong, and the defense is also very outstanding. Even if I throw Yiluna's sunlight spear, I am not necessarily his opponent. It's really terrifying, to have such strength even after being injured."

Xia De understood that he couldn't beat the opponent, but fortunately, the opponent's movement speed was quite slow. He wanted to go to the second floor to avoid it first, but at this time, the man with a face full of black hair beckoned, took back the kitchen knife, and then threw it at Xia De again.

"Space Stabilization Halo!"

The high concentration of spirit made Xia De, who was watching the flying weapon, almost perceive every residual image of it in the air. After that sharp kitchen knife entered the influence range of the Space Stabilization Halo:

"Lagley's Jump!"

His body appeared on the left in the next second, and although the Space Stabilization Halo was not completely effective for this kitchen knife, at least it made its moving position not directly facing Xia De.

The kitchen knife flew out in an arc trajectory in the air, slashing at Xia De's head again. But because it had deviated from the position once, Xia De, who was highly focused, lowered his head violently at the last moment, only to hear a muffled sound above his head, and the kitchen knife actually slashed into the wall hard.

"Run!"

Thinking in his heart, he ran quickly along the corridor toward the left. Rows of rooms seemed to be positions where he could hide, and the footsteps at the stairwell were still as heavy and oppressive.

The door in front opened at this moment, and a familiar face appeared behind the door. Mr. Armand Bernhard, with a small bat pattern floating above his head, waved to the stranger wearing a mask:

"Come in!"

At this moment, there was no better choice. Xia De activated the miracle again, and while stepping forward, appeared behind the blood-sucking species. The latter was obviously very surprised by Xia De's disappearance, but immediately realized that he had already appeared in the room.

He immediately closed the door tightly, and then Xia De and Armand Bernhard held their breath together, listening to the thumping footsteps getting closer and closer. ===== CHAPTER 687 =====