The witch still drank the cold blood brew that Shade felt unbearable, her face turned blue and she trembled; the two little girls hugged each other, drank the blood brew in small sips, and cared for each other.
Warming.
After they finished drinking the wine, the blood brought by the witch was distributed to everyone.
Although the blood she brought had a fishy smell, it was not red, but blue. If you look carefully at the liquid in the glass, you can even see faint lights that are like stars in the sea of stars.
"This is the blood of whales in the sea of stars. Each star whale only passes through the material world every 300 years or so. It is a creature between the physical body and the astral body. I waited from the age of 56 to 78 before one of them appeared in the world.
The sky of the material world. And my wish is to break through the ninth level of the witch. I know that there is no possibility for me to continue to move upward, but I am really unwilling to accept it."
The blood brew made from the blood of the whales in the Star Sea does not have any bloody taste. Drinking this blood brew will not bring any discomfort to the drinker. Shade even felt that he was vaguely touching the power of the stars.
After drinking a whole glass of blue liquid, the eyes of the mortals present had some subtle gleams of light. By asking the old people around him, Shade learned that he had similar symptoms in his eyes.
The witch didn't know the reason for this. After all, no one had drunk this kind of thing in the past. Shade just hoped that this would not be a permanent change.
"Finally, valuable blood has appeared. The last time I drank the blood of the Star Sea Whale was in the Fourth Age. My loyal servants dedicated it to me."
The Saint also drank the blood, and the words of praise put a smile on the Witch's face. Although she still had to live until the end of the reception before she could get what she wanted, at least she was sure of her twenty-year wait.
, it is indeed worth it.
There was no sound in the manor at night. In the strange and quiet night outside the window, the manor courtyard had not changed at all so far, as if the scenery outside the window was actually just a realistic painting.
A lot of time was spent talking and drinking these drinks. Twenty-four minutes had passed since Shade stepped out of the white mist and arrived here, and it seemed that the time was just enough for him to drink the last glass of liquid.
The twin girls brought only one share of blood, but the gods recognized that it was their common possession. The blood turned into scarlet blood wine and was distributed equally to everyone. The red blood looked ordinary. Shaking the wine glass
, saints and mortals also heard the girls’ stories:
"We are twins, I am the older sister and she is the younger sister."
The girl in a white gauze skirt said, her voice was more mature than her appearance. Although she was only fourteen or fifteen years old, she spoke in the same order as an adult:
"Our family is very old, even older than this era. In the era when the information was lost, the family assumed the responsibility of guarding the seal somewhere. In return, every generation of the family can give birth to extraordinary people."
The story was more complicated than the others, and no one interrupted her.
"According to the contract signed by the ancestors and the ancients, whenever twins are born in the family, it means that the seal is about to have problems. The twins need to hold a ceremony after they grow into extraordinary beings to stabilize the seal. The content of the ceremony is that one person goes to seal
In it, one person stays outside the seal, one dies, and the other lives. Relying on the unique talents and soul connections of the twins born in the family, in the torture of longing and pain, in the form of resonance of life and death, and the bond between the twins, they are constructed from inside and outside the seal.
Ritual is the most ancient contract and responsibility. Even if we don’t want to fulfill this responsibility, fate will guide us to do so."
Compared with the various rituals that Shade has seen, this ritual is not particularly weird. In the eyes of most people, using a sacrifice that only occurs once every few generations to obtain a transcendent in each generation of the family
Come, it's actually worth it.
This should be regarded as a typical "sacrifice". Sacrificing one of the twins, using the longing and torture of the two souls, to achieve effects that ordinary rituals cannot achieve. Shade has learned about similar rituals in the book.
Of course, he himself will not evaluate whether it is worthwhile to do so, because it has nothing to do with him.
"But I don't want to be separated from my sister."
The girl in the white gauze skirt said, and Shade could see the determination on her expression.
"I don't want to be separated from my sister either."
The girl in the black gauze skirt said, and the two little girls bravely raised their heads together, looked in the direction of the saint, held hands, and while blood and tears flowed from their eyes, they confided their wishes:
"We never want to separate."
In fact, they didn't have to express their determination in this way. In order not to separate, they actually dared to attend the evil god's drinking party, which speaks volumes.
"So, God, we hope that you can relieve our fate. If we die here, our souls will be in the same place."
"But what about the seal that your family is responsible for guarding?"
The armored old man asked the question of Shade and the witch, and the witch handed them a handkerchief. As the younger sister, the girl in the black dress apologized quietly. She was more shy, while as the older sister, the girl in the white dress pursed her lips:
"That is the responsibility of the ancestors and the contract signed by the ancestors. It has nothing to do with us."
The old man stopped talking, but judging from his expression, although he sympathized with the twin sisters, he did not agree with this idea. The witch was expressionless, and she didn't know whether she had good facial management skills or was used to seeing this kind of thing.
As for Shade, he didn't have any opinion. For the time in his life, this was already a thing of the past. At least the world was not destroyed because of the so-called seal, so he just wanted to end the party, although he was curious about the girls.
Whatever the outcome is, he will not interfere with other people's choices.
This is a story from the past after all.
"O God, the blood we donated is the blood left by the twins of the family before the ceremony. The family keeps these not only to commemorate and thank them and their sacrifices, but also to bathe the newly born twins.
This blood is used to strengthen the bond between twins and strengthen our already magical talents. There is also our blood in it."
The twin sisters drank the blood, and the silver-haired old man shook his head and drank the blood in one gulp. After the witch knew that this time it was only human blood, she also drank it in one gulp without any psychological burden.
The saint did not drink it immediately, but shook the wine glass and inhaled deeply, as if he wanted to inhale all the taste into the nasal cavity of this body:
“It’s really good.”
He gave praise without hesitation, and no matter who it was, one could see God’s unabashed joy:
"It's really good blood, bondage, pain, regret, longing, responsibility, repentance, courage, sadness, such complex human emotions, perfectly blended together. After generations of fermentation, in a pair of twins whose souls are connected
Only with the catalysis of emotion can such blood be produced. It’s good, although it’s still not perfect, but it’s really good. It can almost be regarded as a collection.”
This time He did not drink it in one gulp, but tasted the wine very carefully.
Suddenly he looked at Shade across the table:
"Unexpected guest, why don't you drink?"
Of course, it's because this is human blood. Shade even swallowed frog materials for the purpose of spells, so he had no objection to dragon blood, butterfly blood and whale blood just now. After all, to learn thaumaturgy and spells, no matter how strange the materials are, you have to swallow them.
.
Let him drink human blood. Although it is not directly sucking blood, it will not harm other people, and it is not eating human flesh, but it is still somewhat psychologically burdensome, so he wants to try other methods:
"Excuse me, can I 'drink' it in other ways?"
The gods smiled:
"I've known about your involvement with me for a long time. Unexpected guest, do you want to use your eyes to taste this fine wine at the intersection of time, space and blood?"
The blood-sucking god really knows.
"Yes."
"Yes, but this method can only be used once. But next time, you can't do it again."
At the second cocktail party, if you want to drink the evil god's own blood brew, something even stranger will definitely appear. It's not just human blood. Shade is very sure that the evil god's blood brew will definitely not be free of charge.
Can be drunk.
"Can."
But in short, he doesn't plan to drink human blood this time.
Pulling the red droplets, Shade dropped all the blood wine into his right eye. Of course, normal eyes cannot "drink" such a volume of blood, but [Shad's Blood Echo] can actively
During the opening period, it absorbs active ingredients and removes impurities from the blood.
Therefore, although after "drinking" everything, the right half of Shade's face was stained blood red by the impurities in the blood, at least he had indeed "drank" it.
This time travel journey seems simple, but in fact the complexity is yet to come. Before the second cocktail party, he must collect two kinds of qualified blood, and drink the god's blood wine at the cocktail party.
It can be said that among the three opportunities for this key, almost all risks are concentrated on the second one, which is different from the past.
"Then, Duke Loyle, I think it's time for me to leave for now."
When the time was almost up, Shade put down his wine glass, then stood up and bowed respectfully.
"Looking forward to your next visit."
God said softly.
The old man and the twin sisters were confused about Shade's departure, but said nothing. The middle-aged witch hesitated to speak, but before Shade turned around, she spoke:
"Can you go back outside?"
"It's not that I'm different from you, so I can't give you any help."
Although "Night Manor" is likely to have the same characteristics as other places in that memory is damaged after leaving it, Shade still doesn't want to tell his origins to irrelevant people.
"Two kinds of blood, and special antidote and stuff like that."
He was thinking in his mind, counting down while walking to the door where he came from.
The double doors on both sides opened automatically. The time just arrived, and Shade walked into the white mist behind the door.
The saint at the main seat of the banquet table put his hands together on the table and looked at the four people who watched in surprise as Shade disappeared:
"What an interesting banquet. I originally thought he would be as rude as the host of the Blood Banquet. It was a disaster to go to the mortal world with him in the last century. Although he has a good appetite, he has really bad taste."
The saint glanced at the four mortals present and suddenly smiled:
"Before the unexpected guests come back again, maybe we can play a little game during the drinking party. Thousands of years ago, a mortal named Sledge Riddle accidentally entered my drinking party. Although he did not bring blood wine, he
He and I played a "Game of Life" that was only available in the Fourth Age at the reception, so I let him go and gave him some gifts. He said that he had spread this game on a small scale, so
In this era, do you know how to play the game of life?"