Part 2 THE FACELESS CHAPTER XXVIII Filthy Words
The atmosphere in the living room, which was lit by a single candle, was as silent as if it were frozen.
It was several seconds before the man suspected of being the “pharmacist” muttered:
”Why didn’t you leave your address? I could have gotten something from your corpse.”
Looks like a curse, but is actually exhortation …… Klein pretended not to understand, looking at the “black snake” said:
”If I don’t gamble, there is no possibility for me to live, if I gamble, there is at least that little hope.”
”I will not sit and wait for death to come.”
Hearing these words, the old “Eye of Wisdom” who was about to speak closed his mouth, because he could not offer any other hope.
”I admire that kind of character in you!” “Black Snake” let out a laugh.
”I appreciate it too, several of my former friends had this kind of character, and I now go to their tombstones every year to place a bouquet of flowers.” The man suspected to be the “Pharmacist” murmured with an openly agreeable and darkly sarcastic comment.
He didn’t care that “Black Snake” was a better fighter than he was, and said whatever he wanted to say.
”Mr. Pharmacist” must have suffered because of his temper …… Klein secretly grateful.
He handed the iron cigarette case containing the Hunter’s extraordinary properties to the attendant who had led him in, and watched as the other man walked over to the Eye of Wisdom.
The old gentleman counted out 400 pounds in cash from a leather case at his side, and told the attendant to give it to the Black Snake.
”Blacksnake” casually glanced at it and said:
”I trust Mr. ‘Wise Eyes’.”
He took a small wooden box out of his pocket, bent down to the floor, and gave it a firm push, letting the item slide to Klein without passing the waiter.
No sooner had Klein’s fingers touched the surface of the box than a slight phantom phenomenon immediately appeared in his ears, producing a sense of vertigo caused by the violent bumps.
For him, this is not difficult to accept things, the degree is not even compared to the “justice” and other people praying to bring the illusory sound.
After sitting upright again, Klein carefully opened the wooden box and saw an “ear” inside!
This ear is like the real thing, only the skin color is black, there are a few places of rotting green.
”How do I use it?” Klein asked.
”The Black Serpent” replied absently:
”You’re using it by holding it without gloves, meh, you’d better go home and try it again, when you’re alone.”
Without further question, Klein closed the box and put it into his coat pocket, and said with a deliberately bitter smile:
”It makes you feel dizzy.”
After a short silence, the man suspected to be a “pharmacist” suddenly shouted:
”I want to buy the ‘Elven Fountain’ medulla crystals, who has them?”
No one answered as his voice echoed.
The “Apothecary” barred his lips and grunted:
”Really, every time I ask, I don’t have any.”
”Maybe you could book a boat ticket to Sunia Island.” Old Mr. “Wise Eyes” smiled and snickered.
”Elf Spring” also known as “Sunia Golden Spring”, from the name you know where it is produced, “Elf Spring” water liquid is common, is rich in spirituality, but the medullary crystals belong to the It’s not easy to buy them.
After that, the party had a few more aborted deals, and old Mr. “Eye of Wisdom” clapped his hands and said:
”That’s all for today, according to the usual practice, one by one, leaving each other three minutes apart.”
One by one, one by one,…… three minutes apart from each other,…… This is afraid that someone will go out and follow or even rob the other members of the party? Klein received the “Eye of Wisdom” prompt, stood up, under the guidance of the waiter, left the living room, came to the door.
He took off his hooded robe and gave it back, then returned to the back door of the Bar of the Brave by the way he remembered, then removed his iron mask and walked through the kitchen to see Kaspers standing outside the card room amidst the noise of barking dogs and growling men.
”I feel relieved to have you back.” The red-nosed old man was visibly relieved, and the grimy wounds on his face seemed to quiver.
Klein leaned over and lowered his voice:
”Is there going to be another party like this afterward?”
”It seems you didn’t get what you wanted, Storm is on top, and I don’t think you need to waste any more time.” Kaspers swept a glance at the uninspiring customer and said, “Maybe it’ll have to be a few days later, I’m not sure exactly, let’s see if you can make it.”
Klein nodded and turned to ask:
”Is Maric there?”
”You’re going to try to convince him? No, that’ll just piss him off!” Kaspers warned in a hushed voice, “He’s in that card room behind you.”
No, I’m not going to try to convince him, but I’m going to try to get as far away from him as possible, lest his walkers revolt …… Klein said as he fiddled with the Aztec copper whistle in his coat pocket:
”I see.”
He left the Bravehearts Bar at once and went to that one-bedroom turnaround on the East Side before returning to Minsk Street.
And inside the card room, Maric studded all his chips and confidently flipped over the bottom card.
He had three kings and a pair of nines, while the walker opposite him had a pair of sixes and an eight.
Suddenly, the zombie took the initiative to show his bottom card, a pair of sixes!
In this game, four sixes won!
The pale Maric froze there, and then felt that the gazes of all the surrounding walkers were looking at him coldly and furtively.
A few minutes later, he left the card room on weak feet, nearly falling in the doorway, while his subordinates, who usually flocked around him, collapsed on the floor inside the room.
”Don’t let anyone in until early this morning.” Maric ordered hoarsely, looking at the stunned Kaspers.
He pulled out a white handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth, which was quickly tinted with an eerie blue-reddish hue.
After receiving an affirmative answer from Kaspers, Maric casually found a chair and sat down, ordering a keg of Southwell ale and sipping it with a glazed over gaze, frozen for a long moment.
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At 15 Minsk Street, Klein shuffled back to his room as he was supposed to and drew the curtains closed.
After waiting for ten minutes to make sure that there were indeed no spiritual points of light around him, he began to summon himself and respond to himself, carrying the black ear with the wooden box into the mysterious space above the gray mist.
Illusory crimson stars dotted the underside without the slightest flicker as Klein sat down at the top of the long, ancient table and opened the wooden box.
This time, he didn’t experience hallucinations or vertigo, and the infinite gray fog seemed to cut off all sounds from the outside world.
Klein was instantly relieved, and had a lot more confidence, safety-wise, in his next attempt.
With a thought, he shielded his hearing and did a few experiments to confirm the effect.
Not bad …… Klein nodded his head in satisfaction, reached out his hand, and grabbed the black ear that had only traces of decay.
Cold and slippery to the touch, he did not hear the voice of the great being described by the “black snake”.
”Is completely isolated? This can not be …… used alone can not be ……” Klein wondered to himself, thinking about what to use to stimulate the effect.
After ten seconds or so, he materialized a pen and paper, intending to imitate the process of peering into the “Eternal Sun” before.
That time, he used the blood of a god and looked directly into the Eternal Sun, but this time, he used only the item left behind by the “Listener”, so it must not be as dangerous……. Klein wrote down the divination statement with certainty:
”The source of this item.”
He took a breath, gripped his black ear, leaned back, and recited the divination statement.
After seven times, his eyes turned deep and he fell into a deep sleep.
In a blurry, broken, gray world, Klein saw a man struggling on the ground, rolling and screaming, his eyes bulging out, his body swelling into a balloon, and his countless hairs becoming black and long.
Immediately afterward, an evil to the point of being filthy to the point of being filthy sound entered Klein’s ears, instantly waking him up.
Unlike the murmuring and hissing before entering the mysterious space above the gray mist, this sound was more penetrating, more purposeful, and more proactive!
Klein covered his ears to isolate the follow-up, but it was still the same voice that had just echoed in his mind.
He saw his veins and sinews bulge out and seem to turn into writhing, thick vipers.
Bang!
His veins burst open and his sinews detached from his body, spreading outwards into a slippery, evil-patterned tentacle, while the gray mist shook slightly, causing the giant’s dwelling-like palace to show few signs of corrosion.
Unlike the time of the Eternal Sun, Krynn still had his wits about him and didn’t tumble all over the floor as he gripped the handrail and endured.
After a few seconds, the shifting gray mist regained its calm, and the evil voice echoing in Klein’s head completely subsided.
The “tentacles” fell off, and his wounds began to heal rapidly.
”Dealing with the gods is really a dangerous thing, no matter which way …… Fortunately, I didn’t face the ‘Real Creator’ directly this time, otherwise the madness and loss of control would most likely remain a little bit, and affect the real world’s body! …… “Klein leaned weakly against the back of his chair and laughed silently to himself.
Such a process was basically expected by him, and the whole was not beyond his control.
The only thing that surprised him was that the “Real Creator” seemed to be a bit stronger than the “Eternal Sun”…….
Just as Klein’s thoughts were about to wander, he saw the black ear in his palm suddenly collapse into tiny dots of light, light black dots of light.
A return to pure extraordinary characteristics? In the midst of his confusion, Klein caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye of one of the still twitching tentacles on the ground with an evil pattern, the madness and loss of control that had been stripped from him.
These tentacles were becoming transparent and were about to disappear.
With a sudden flash of light, Klein sprinkled the tiny speck of pale black light in his palm onto the slippery tentacle.
The illusory black aura rose up and transformed into a sky with lightning constantly streaking across it, while the background was dense to the point of spectral darkness.
It all quickly disappeared from Klein’s eyes, and on the ground was an extra chunk of iron-black sigil with many symbols, magical markings, evil patterns, and twisted spirit numbers.
Klein bent down and picked it up, only to realize that it seemed to be sealed with a constantly hissing madman inside.
With the help of his divination skills, he could barely decipher the purpose of this spell from the revelation, that is, to make the opponent listen to the terrible hissing, infected with insanity, as for what will happen in the end, it depends on the target’s ability to resist in this regard, if it is strong, it may gain benefits, at the price of becoming a devout follower of the “true creator”, if it is weak, it will collapse on the spot, screaming and screaming. If the target is strong, it may gain benefits at the cost of becoming a devout follower of the “True Creator”, and if it is weak, it will collapse on the spot and die with a scream.
”Let’s call it, ‘Filthy Words’……” Klein whispered, and set the opening spell.