Chapter 117: The Sacrament of Drinking (I)
The Cingia Tavern is one of the wonders of Luther Town.
Generally speaking, taverns are a place of pleasure after nightfall. There are some customers during the day, but compared to the bustle at night, they can only be called "guests" at most.
But the Singia Tavern is different.
If anything, this is probably the first 24-hour tavern in the world to be open in Faennes. It's not because there's no curfew in Luther Town, and some of the gossip turns day and night upside down – but because the Cingia Tavern is a specialty, and it's the only wine sold in the Cingia Tavern.
Radiant blood.
Looking at it now, it shimmers with a warm, bright yellow glow, and the texture gives it a smooth feel. Its taste at the moment is moist and mellow, and after it is mild, there is a strange acid reflux, like sipping hot blood.
And when the midday heat gradually subsides, it will seem to solidify, the texture will become drier and colder, and the color will begin to gradually darken. By the time the setting sun had turned the world yellow, the color of the glow's blood had already turned a lava-like red, and dim yellow crystalline particles began to appear inside.
At this moment, the blood of the glow was even stronger than the dragon tongue brandy of the winter elves, and the spiciness seemed to ignite the tip of the tongue directly. The yellowish crystalline grains are tough and chewy, and once you bite into it, you have a tingling sensation that slides down the base of your tongue and deep down your throat – there's nothing more uplifting than a glass of bright red glow blood at sunset in winter.
And after the sun has completely set, the Glowing Blood will experience a brief moment of total darkness. At this time, the glow blood is completely bitter, but the alcohol concentration of non-spicy people is extremely high, which can make people drunk the fastest.
At the height of the Silver Moon. A light blue glow would bloom from the blood of the total darkness of the glow. At this time, completely closed under the curtains. A large expanse of dark blue light illuminated the entire tavern like a blue moon.
At this time, the blood of glow is no different from the drink. It's so sweet and crisp that even a girl who only drinks sweet wine can drink several glasses in a row.
The drinkers also changed their rudeness and arrogance during the day. The movements unconsciously converged, elegant and calm, and became a night elf-like nobleman.
The people held the glowing blood in one hand as if they were holding up a ball of ghostly fire, and talked calmly in an elegant tone that they had never thought of in the daytime, as if the blood flowing in their bodies had become as clean as their minds had suddenly become clear.
The allure of the glow blood is so great that many travelers who have drunk the glow blood have decided to settle in Luther Town. And the low price of this wine and its almost all-round applicability make it available to almost everyone in the Singia Tavern. In a real sense, the Singia Tavern became a center for information exchange.
However, the proprietress of this lucrative tavern, Singia, is almost unknown to anyone.
But Roland knew—Zingia. Chastain is a cultist leader from Titan.
Her Order had been completely destroyed years earlier by the Windwhisperers, led by the Howlers. Her followers were scattered and joined the various cults of the Twilight Followers.
But that didn't stop her from re-recruiting congregants elsewhere.
Although the sect of Zingia is not like the Ring of the South Wind, there is a direct cover of the boss of the Dusk Seed behind him. It's not like the Sleepless is made up of all the undead who are lifeless and dead, but from the perspective of concealment and contagion, her sect is actually the most dangerous of the cultists in the Northlands.
She didn't recruit her followers through so-called "miracles" or brain-short-circuiting philosophies, but like a skilled bartender or cook, she used her skills to take their souls.
Singia's organization is known as the Sacred Order of Drinking.
They proclaimed that food and drink were the eighth sacred rite engraved in the soul, and that they would be as moving as baptisms and weddings. And by following this emotion, following your own pleasure, you can find your true self. Awakening to the origin, feeling great joy.
But in reality, they just added some fragments of the monster to the diet and catalyzed them in some ritual-like catalysis. Let them produce similar poisons. The strong dependence of addiction, subtly and imperceptibly contaminating the body and soul of the conscious participants with these exotic foods.
Roland remembers, a month from the present time period. There will be a chain of events in Luthertown. After the player completes the event and deciphers the truth, the Dungeon of the Drinking Sanctuary will be opened.
This is a much more advanced copy than the Thousand Tombs.
This quest was not conquered until after the Plague Resurrection arrived.
The commander of the first team was Black Fire, a core member of the First Peace Council. Roland remembered him. Or because he later took the soul of a fire demon and became an Ember Burner.
And the prop he used to capture the soul of the fire demon. It was the Pyroxene Lock that was obtained in this quest.
A cold light flashed in Roland's eyes.
He hadn't thought about becoming an Ember Burner. But if he can let someone around him get this profession, it can greatly improve Roland's strength.
Roland's biggest enemy is the cold.
The etymology of the profession comes from a common bird in the Northlands. They can see the doom that leads to death, and will appear in front of people's eyes in time to remind them that their time is approaching. As a result, some ignorant people tend to associate its image with the doom of death, believing that it is the doom they incur.
But in fact, it is precisely because of these birds' natural compassion for life that some people are saved because of it.
Before the onset of winter, the crows do not return to their nests, but instead cry and hover over the city, eventually freezing to death in the air or falling to the ground due to stiff wings.
Because in the far north is the entrance to the hell of the world of Faens, in order to prevent the invasion of the devil, the laws of the wall of Aum appear to be extraordinarily thick here, stacked thick in a Z-shape.
When the law of winter flows from north to south, it passes through some more northerly areas three times.
Once to go, once back. The last time is the real winter.
Before the real winter comes, there will be two cold snaps. And these dead crows believe that it was their sacrifice that made the cold snap a few days late, thus saving countless lives.
As a result, these dark birds only live for half a year from adulthood. In their first winter of adulthood, these stupid and cute birds will be uselessly sacrificed in the cold wind.
A big reason why the followers of the Sleeping Gurus are called this name is because of their extreme fear of the cold.
Once the crow is exposed to the cold, its body will quickly crystallize and it will lose consciousness. In this case, the crow's immortality will be completely nullified, and a single stick will be able to shatter these brittle creatures that are indistinguishable from ice crystals.
And if the damage is too great in an instant, they will faint because of it.
However, if anyone, let's say, Anros, became an Ember Burner, any cold damage would be greatly reduced by his side.
Once the cold damage can be avoided, Roland's immortality can almost be said to be inexplicable.
Therefore, the Pyroxene Lock Roland must be obtained.
He had thought that he would come back here to see it after he came out of the White Tower.
The challenge level of this quest is 30 and 40 players.
In any case, this is still a little more difficult for Roland...... Besides, the monsters here are not dead, and baptismal chants are useless to them.
However, Roland never expected that Marken would disappear here......
If Roland doesn't come to his rescue, there's a good chance that the marken will become a dish on people's tables, and a raw material for the blood of Radiance.
After all, the raw materials of the so-called glow blood are the bile and blood squeezed after forcibly implanting pyroxene into professionals.
Seeing a tavern in front of him with heavy curtains covered in broad daylight, Roland stopped suddenly, put down An Ruosi behind him, and asked in a deep voice.
"Ann Ruosi, is this it?"
At his loins, the blue fangs were unsheathed. (To be continued......)
PS:…… Today's Double 11, there may only be one more
Because we were invited by someone, we had to go out in the evening......
You know (far-sighted)