Xia Yibing remembered that this was true. Frick had used this ability in two expeditions, one in the Crystal Sea and one in the Red Soil Plains. It was a secret technique that only senior members of the cult were qualified to master.
When she was in Crystal Sea, she didn't quite understand how to operate this thing, and after the worm case was over, Frick let her go - he didn't have the authority to teach this technology to outsiders, but he still had the right to demonstrate how to do it.
Xia Yibing was deeply impressed by the blood spirit technique. On the one hand, it was cruel, and on the other hand, it was really useful. But to be honest, she never thought about whether there was any problem with the origin of this thing.
Turning around and seeing Madeline still waiting outside, Xia Yibing gave her a look, telling her not to worry about this.
Madeline curled her lips again, slammed the car door, and stood guard for them with some boredom.
I can still vaguely hear some noise... I hope they are just chatting and not doing anything else in there.
To her surprise, the door opened again in less than a minute, and Hitzfeld nimbly jumped out to the ground, looking up at the surrounding buildings with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.
Neptune City and Inian Port are different.
Their architectural skeletons are all bones - real bones. They act as the "rebar" in "reinforced concrete", making the buildings more upright and durable.
But the difference is that the mud used on the skeleton of Inian Port, Hitzfeld was not sure if it was because it was close to the sea of blood, but they used a dark red blood mud, which made every building in the harbor emit a faint fishy smell to her.
The Sea King City was better, but only to a limited extent. The only improvement they made was to use yellowed or pale bone pieces to make the entire house - bone pieces were as common here as wood.
This created a unique architectural style. Standing on the street and looking around, she saw the grayish-white walls of the houses covered with bone fragments. Some of the facades had washed bloody beast skulls hung on them. All the eaves were decorated with bone spurs, and the rangers and hunters on the street all wore bone ornaments to a greater or lesser extent... This was simply a city of bones.
"Sea King City is the largest regular city in the entire Kingdom of God." Hasim approached her quietly and explained to her in a low voice, "It should have played an important role in the history of the ancient continent. I saw the record when I was reading the books taken in by the church."
"unnecessary."
"……what?"
"I said no." Hitzfeld shook his head with emotion, "After all, you all call it 'Sea King City'. I think any normal person can guess that it has always been important."
“…” Hasim opened his mouth and frowned, wanting to retort but having nothing to say.
"Where is the place you found for us?" Hitzfeld turned to look at her.
She wasn't wearing a blindfold.
Technically, she hadn't worn the eyepatch since the attack that night.
She had been marked by the evil god, and the attacker followed the mark to her house, and the eye patch did not provide any camouflage effect. Wearing an eye patch was also inconvenient in daily life, and she did not want to need to use this eye when attacked, but an accident happened because of the ridiculous reason of "not having time to remove the eye patch".
She just let her hair down a little on that side, just like normal, and used her hair to cover her left eye instead of the eye patch.
"I..." When she turned her head, Hasim caught a glimpse of the dark golden eyes and was so shocked that he was speechless for a moment.
She didn't know the principle behind it, and couldn't understand why, before seeing that eye, the girl seemed harmless. Only after seeing it did she realize... Oh, it turns out that this guy is the scariest one.
It was a feeling of oppression, similar to a blood beast encountering a natural enemy in the wild. God knows how much Hasim restrained herself from kneeling on the spot when she first saw this eye, but she still didn't understand... What was the principle of this feeling?
Not even Marianne could do that!
She was curious, but Hitzfeld had no obligation to explain to her, so he asked for the place and left. When Hasim realized what was happening, he hurriedly followed.
"So I'm the only one carrying the suitcase, right..." Seeing Xia Yibing following naturally, Madeline felt extremely complicated.
Although everyone's belongings were packed together in a big box, Hasim had no luggage at all, so it wasn't too tiring for her to drag it all by herself.
But it feels bad...
She always felt that her status had fallen again.
"What a bunch of crap Sea God's followers."
Madeline felt sick as she muttered to herself as she dragged the box after him.
They say that they can see through the gray fog, but it seems that these mutated silver eyes have not been effective so far.
The place Hasim found was just across the street, and the name of the sign... translated as "Posha Mansion", it is indeed a very distinctive building, because its main body is a giant white bone tree.
It is a very large and tall tree, at least dozens of people are needed to hug it. The so-called Posuo Mansion is a transformation of the trunk of this tree. Hasim said that there are eight floors here, but only the bottom four floors are open to the public as a regular hotel.
"And it's not for ordinary people to live here." Hasim said, "The whole family of the mansion owner died in the hands of those things, and only his daughter is left to run the business. He also has a temper. The open part only welcomes blood butchers - blood mages are also welcome, but anyway, you have to prove your strength."
"Do we want to prove it?" Xia Yibing said in a somewhat unfriendly tone.
It's time to keep a low profile, and you bring us to a place like this?
This place is called "Mansion", right? If the cultural gap is not too big, then the fourth floor and above must be used as a top-notch guesthouse, which means they are likely to meet some important people here.
For example, the Human King's special envoy, frequent visitors to the Governor's Mansion, powerful blood butchers and blood mages, these bastards all mean trouble.
"No need!" Hasim saw that she was looking for trouble, so he lowered his head and tried to please her: "Well... actually the lower four floors are not connected to the upper four floors. The door I'm taking you to is on the north side, and the door to the upper four floors is on the south side. You don't have to worry about being discovered."
"And it's okay even if we get caught!" Hasim patted his chest vigorously, "I know the boss! As long as it's not a troublesome matter, I can handle it!"
As the distance shortened, the full view of Posuo Mansion was revealed to them.
It occupies a corner across the street alone, and its size is so huge that people will want to stare at it at first sight. The most distinctive feature of it is that there are countless branches growing on the tall trunk, and each branch has a fork similar to a human hand at the end, where there are scattered withered yellow leaves.
Hitzfeld had seen Alessia's dream and knew there was such a thing as a blood-bone forest. But she was not sure whether the Posuo Mansion was a blood-bone tree, and she did not know whether a blood-bone tree could grow to such an exaggerated size.
“This should be a…”
"It should be a blood bone tree king." Xia Yibing took over the popular science work, waved her hand, and signaled Hasim to go aside.
She was protective of her food, not to mention that Hasim was a man in disguise. Just now, the scene reminded her of some inherited memories, so why not drive him away and keep him for the New Year?
Hasim knew how powerful this woman was, so he didn't dare to resist and took a step back obediently.
Xia Yibing was very satisfied. She moved closer to Hitzfeld and showed off to her, "Only blood bone trees that are over 200 years old can grow to this size...Aren't you curious why these houses are made of bones? In fact, those bones all come from blood bone trees. Here, bones are as common as wood..."
We checked in smoothly while chatting.
Originally, they were required to show their identification as blood butchers or blood mages, but Hasim stepped forward and the receptionist did not dare to embarrass the nuns.
"We left early. The news of my defection will take at least a day and a night to reach here." Hasim turned his head and smiled, "If you can..."
Then she saw the tall woman with a ponytail going upstairs next to the girl with gray hair and gray eyelashes.
His body is almost leaning against her face... Do you really think others can't see it?
Madeline just came up carrying a box, and the two looked at each other in the narrow hall, feeling an inexplicable sense of sympathy.
We booked two rooms in total, and the friendly price for one day's stay was 231 bones.
The open area has four floors, but due to the limitations of the building structure, the internal space is not very large. Each room only provides a bed and a table, which is smaller than the suites in regular hotels.
But having a separate bathroom is more important than anything else.
After throwing the big box into the corner, Xia Yibing directed Madeline to get some food. She sat on the edge of the bed and watched Hitzfeld take off and change his clothes.
Of course, Hitzfeld didn't want anyone to watch him while he was doing this, but Xia Yibing had no awareness of this at all.
And her reason was very legitimate - you have been marked by the evil god and may be assassinated at any time. Of course I have to be with you all the time to protect you. Isn't that why we live in the same room?
Impeccable.
Hitzfeld couldn't find a reason not to let her see it, so he could only take off his clothes in shame, took a towel and hid in the bathroom. After a while, he heard the sound of dripping water coming from inside.
The journey was very tiring, and she didn't want to let herself down even if she had the chance to take a shower.
In this regard, I can only say that Posuo Mansion is worthy of being a place with the suffix "Mansion". Although there is no hot water, all water use in the bathroom is free.
They didn't know what technique was used, but a blood beast skull the size of a palm was carved on the bone wall. When the handle at the bottom was turned, clear spring water would gush out from above.
Hitzfeld used the authority of the Lord of Mystery to sense it and confirmed that the water was clean. Not only could it be used but it could also be drunk. He took a few sips with great surprise.
"Knock knock knock" sound of knocking on the door.
She closed her eyes unhappily: "What's wrong again?"
She swore in her heart that even if the door opened the next second and Xia Yibing said she wanted to take a shower with her, she would not be surprised.
“I want to make sure you’re still there.” The woman’s voice was very serious. “There are plots like this in many novels… The target who needs care goes to the bathroom, and the guards can’t get in. The assassin takes advantage of this opportunity to kill the person.”
"…You've read too many novels."
"I would rather spend my whole life doing useless work than not be able to save someone when the time comes."
This is serious... Hitzfeld couldn't help but be moved, she could hear the emotion in it.
After thinking about it, Xia really hadn't tasted any flavor since they came to Elsa and the Kingdom of Corrupted Blood.
Snacks don’t count, only meals do.
After hesitating for a moment, thinking that he would have to eat something before going to the appointment, Hitzfeld almost mustered up all the courage in his life to make the invitation.
"Then...would you like to come in and take a shower together? This would save time..."
"I'll forget it." Xia Yibing refused, "I just want to confirm whether you are still here, and continue the topic we talked about in the car."
She originally thought this was a way to save time, but she didn't expect Hitzfeld to refuse to continue communicating with her.
No matter what she said later, the girl would at best respond with "Oh", as if she had suddenly offended her in some way and made her unhappy again.
Doesn't she dislike me taking a shower with her?
Xia Yibing was totally confused.
You are so shy normally. If I hadn’t made a mistake last time, I wouldn’t even have had the chance to see clearly during the day. You can’t blame me for saying the wrong thing, right?
Until Madeline brought the food, she didn't understand what she had done wrong.
Fortunately, Hitzfeld was not a real 19-year-old girl. He soon struck up a conversation with her again and began discussing "Blood Spirit Magic".
"The most likely source of blood magic is the Holy Slate."
The food mainly consisted of wheat cakes sprinkled with sesame-like particles. Hitzfeld said as he ate that it tasted very delicious.
"The Holy Stone Tablet was brought back from overseas. It is very suspicious. Perhaps it contains some secrets, including some flesh and blood spells."
"This is the most ideal guess." Xia Yibing nodded.
Otherwise, one would have to suspect that someone from the Corrupted Blood Kingdom had infiltrated the upper echelons of Sara and was able to decide the types and delivery of secret arts. This position was probably close to that of the Pope.
Of course, she didn't want to think about it because the consequences were too terrible, but she had to guard against this hidden danger.
"There's no point in thinking so much." Madeline leaned against the wall, eating a piece of cake and laughing at them.
"So what if it's true? Can we fly back now?"
"Madeline?" Xia Yibing stared at her suspiciously.
She felt that this subordinate was becoming more and more unruly.
what's the situation?
Didn’t you respect me very much before?
The director still had some accumulated authority. When Madeline was glanced at by her, she immediately remembered the relationship between superiors and subordinates, and her body instantly sat up straight - this was muscle memory or conditioned reflex.
"Madeline is right." Hitzfeld tried to smooth things over. "As long as the war between the Corrupted Blood Kingdom and the Mechanical Kingdom doesn't end, they won't be able to spare the energy to deal with Sarah."
Even if they have people in the upper echelons of the cult, it doesn't matter. They can just handle things here, return home with a lot of gains, and then slowly investigate whether there are really such spies.
"Instead, we need to pay attention to the speed at which information flows."
At this point, Hitzfeld frowned slightly.
"Actually, I felt mixed emotions when I saw the Blood Spirit Technique. I had ignored it before, but when I saw it, I thought of Frick, and then I realized that Alvin couldn't release a kite with a broken string."
The kite with a broken string pointed to the Pierre. Xia Yibing quickly realized, "You mean someone on the ship has mastered the blood spirit technique and has been secretly sending messages to the White Shadow Palace..."
"This is a good thing." The girl nodded, "It means that our efforts will be reported in real time."
"But it's also a bad thing." Xia Yibing added, "It means that we are not the only ones who master the blood spirit technique. Our enemy, Xina, can also use the blood spirit technique to quickly learn what happened in Inian Port."
"So we need to change our image a little bit." Hitzfeld was very satisfied with this kind of tacit understanding.
The 'technology' of the Corrupted Blood Kingdom is very abnormally developed. There are endless blood and flesh secrets, and they can even create a biochemical version of a floating fortress, but they are not so good in other branches - there are no cameras or telegraphs here.
The communication capability of blood spirit magic was very limited. Even if Xina knew in time that there were three foreigners in Inian Port, she would not be able to immediately find out who they were. By the time the portraits were sent to Oujin City, they might have left, so it was impossible to target them.
So she only needed a simple disguise, to obscure some obvious features... This was also the reason why she didn't wear the eye patch.
After discussion, the image change plan is as follows:
Hitzfeld remains basically unchanged. Instead of wearing an eye mask, you can consider tying your hair into a ponytail or wearing a veil.
Xia Yibing let her hair down so she could buy some new clothes and pretend to be the perfume maker's personal bodyguard.
Madeline suffered the most, she had to cut her hair short.
As for Hashem...
“So that’s kind of what happened.”
When the knocked-out nun regained consciousness, she immediately learned from the three people about her next options.
