Behind the door is a dark red corridor with landscape paintings hanging on both sides of the corridor.

The boots had a weird feel to the soft carpet.

The hallway was short, and soon Ron was in front of a wooden door carved with a black spider at the end.

There was a faint sound of Suosuo's footsteps behind the door.

Ron paused in front of the door, then reached out and pushed the door open and walked in.

Behind the door is a huge hall, the hall is circular and looks very simple, but at the top of the hall hangs a very exaggerated huge chandelier, on which are erected thick white candles, orange and yellow light illuminates the whole hall.

On the walls around the hall were more than a dozen dark red stone doors, and some people wearing black or red robes walked out of or entered from time to time.

The men didn't seem to care about Ron's presence, only two or three people looked at him, and the others were still going to do what they were supposed to do.

After standing quietly behind the door for a few seconds, a woman in a black robe and hood walked straight up to him.

"Sir, do you want to see Lord Slug? Although the woman's face could not be seen clearly, her voice was very crisp and she did not sound very old.

"Yes. Ron nodded, he could see that this place seemed to be a place for this organization to pick people up, otherwise he wouldn't have let him in easily.

"Okay, please come with me, this way. ”

The woman motioned for Ron to follow him, and walked towards a stone door on the left side of the hall.

The two entered the stone gate, walked through several winding corridors, walked for nearly ten minutes, and finally stopped in front of an ordinary wooden door.

"This is Lord Slug's room. The woman pointed to the wooden door and said calmly. "If you want to leave, please let us know in advance, this place is complicated, and it is easy to get lost if you walk on your own, and we will be very troubled by then. ”

"Okay, I got it. ”

Ron had a vague sense of the strangeness of the place along the way, and it was easy to get lost in his sense of direction, and it was difficult to remember a route even by memory alone.

If there is no one to lead you, it is really difficult to walk.

"Goodbye then. The woman bowed slightly, then turned and left the way she came, leaving Ron alone in front of the door.

Looking at the wooden door in front of him, Ron reached out and knocked on it.

'Knock knock. ’

After a while, the old voice of an old man came from behind the door.

"The door is unlocked, come in, young man of the Volster family. ”

Without speaking, Ron pushed open the door and walked inside.

Behind the door was a dimly lit room that looked like a storage room, piled up with all sorts of odd things.

Puppet sculptures, weapons, books, discs, jewelry.

Most of these things are stacked on wooden shelves, but many of them are thrown in the corners and make the whole room look dirty.

The original mahogany floor was covered with a layer of colorful paint, and there was a faint bitter smell in the air.

In the middle of this cluttered room is a black wooden table.

An old man in a yellow robe with messy hair was lying on a table, carefully picking up a white mask from a black square wooden box with a pair of tweezers and placing it in a basin filled with red liquid next to it.

Through the dim vision of the room, Ron could see that the white mask was a vivid translucent face, with a mouth wide open and a painful expression, and the parts of the mask's eyes twitched faintly, as if it was pinched by the old man's tweezers.

"This is the torture mask used in the sacrifice of the ancient Aureth Empire. The old man looked at Ron who walked into the room with a smile on his face, and explained to himself. "Legend has it that every torture mask is made up of tens of thousands of souls who died on the battlefield, and as long as you wear it, you can see through the past and the future, young man, are you interested in giving it a try?"

"No, Master Slug. Ron said respectfully. "I'm just here to ask for information about Doom Items. ”

"Doom items?"

Putting away the tweezers, Slug looked up and down Ron with somewhat cloudy eyes, curious.

"What do you want to know. ”

"I want to know how to remove the Doom item. Ron said directly. "I heard from a friend that you like to collect and identify strange objects the most, and I want you to give me an answer. ”

Slug didn't answer immediately, but found a chair from the wooden frame next to him and sat down.

"There are many types of doom items, and there are many solutions, I don't know which doom item you are talking about, can you specifically describe the appearance of the doom item you said and the phenomenon that occurred when you obtained it?"

Hearing his words, Ron's spirit shook slightly, and he immediately saw that this guy definitely knew more information than Ian's aunt.

"Of course no problem, it's in a manor called Bradley"

After a while, Ron quickly recounted how he got the dark arm and what had happened.

"It's a hallucination, it's called Witch's Blood? ”

After listening to Ron's narration, Slug frowned and groaned for a while, he silently stood up and walked to the bookshelf with many thick books on the side and began to rummage through them.

One book after another was thrown on the ground by him, and soon a large pile of them was stacked.

Ron stood still and watched Slug's movements, not in a hurry.

The rummaging lasted for ten minutes, before Slug pulled a thin red book from the shelf.

The thin book looks a little old, and the red cover of the leather has a little brown mark, and there are many signs of wear around the edges.

"It should be this. Slug brushed the fine ash off the thin book with his hand. "This is a crude record of a huge empire in ancient times, a country that was powerful enough to compare with the sum of dozens of powerful empires today, but it fell apart in just ten years after the founding of the country, and not even much historical history has been left, and only a few scattered ruins can still see traces of the existence of that ancient empire. ”

He took out a magnifying glass-like thing, gently opened the thin book, and carefully examined it.

"Luckily, I still have some information about that empire here, well, found it, right here, Witch's Blood. ”

Slug's calloused fingers pointed to an area of the thin book.

"Legend has it that the holy relic of the ancient empire is probably in the shape of a broken arm, and the symbolic meaning is the eternal and immortal soul, this beautiful symbol"

After a long time, Slug put down the magnifying glass, straightened up, and said with some uncertainty.

"The situation you said is a bit complicated, it stands to reason that no matter what kind of doom item is ominous and death, it is impossible for an empire to be regarded as a holy artifact, but your description is very suitable for the performance of most doom items and can even produce hallucinations, speaking of which, I am now a little unsure whether you are talking about a doom item, if you want to know more information, I suggest you bring that arm necklace over, I will help you identify it for free." ”

"This can be a little difficult"

Hearing Slug's request, Ron reluctantly pointed to the bottom of the empty neck. "Because I've brought something with me, but it only appears when no one is around, and only I can touch it. ”

"Huh?" As if he didn't expect Ron to have brought it, Slug was slightly stunned, and then immediately got up and walked up to him with a magnifying glass.

Boy looked closely under Ron's neck several times, and Slug looked up a little gloomy. "Are you sure you're not kidding me?"

"Of course not. Looking at the short old man who was only up to his chest, Ron said seriously. "It's been like this since it hung around my neck, and I can't help it. ”

"Yes?"

Slug frowned and stared at Ron's eyes, as if to recognize if he was lying.

It took him a moment before he turned and walked towards another wooden shelf, pulling out a black wooden box and returning it to Ron.

"Since you said that only you can touch it, if you don't lie to me, try this, if not, even if you have my token, even if you are a member of the Volster family, you will have to pay some price. ”

As he spoke, he opened the box and took out a palm-sized, translucent round vellum and handed it to Ron.

"Alright, now just put this thing in the palm of your hand and hold the thing you said. ”

"Got it. ”

Taking the leather paper that was handed to him, Ron looked at Slug's face, and he vaguely felt that if he couldn't get something, maybe it would be a bit of trouble.

The parchment paper is very soft in the hand, and it has a slight temperature, just like skin.

Following Slug's instructions, Ron placed the leather in the palm of his hand and reached for the invisible necklace under his neck.

The cold touch came from the palm of the hand as always, and as soon as the leather paper placed in the palm touched the arm, it immediately melted like wax, slowly wrapped the arm, and after a while, the shape of the arm was completely inverted.

"Sure enough"

Seeing this scene, Slugg's expression became faintly excited. "Sure enough, it's the blood of the witch, the holy relic of the ancient Statt Empire, it's the same as the recorded touch, quick, take it down and let me take a closer look. ”

"This," Ron looked a little embarrassed.

"What?" said Slugg as he looked at Ron's face. "Don't worry, I won't ask for anything from you, I'm just very curious about the blood of the witch, you must know that the legendary creature of Stent has long disappeared when it died in the country, and it has been thousands of years so far, I didn't expect it"

Before he could finish, Ron interrupted.

"This Lord Slugg, it's not that I don't want to give it to you, you can't take this thing off, and if I could do it, I won't come to you. ”

"Huh?" didn't expect Ron to reply like this, and Slug was slightly stunned. "Can't take it off?"

"Yes. Ron nodded. "As soon as I show the intention of taking it off, I will automatically enter the illusion, and no one else can touch it except me. ”

"It's a bit troublesome, I didn't expect the witch's blood to have this ability in addition to invisibility. After a pause, Slug thought for a moment before continuing. "Okay, it doesn't matter if you can't take it, let's identify it like this, although I have long known that there is such a magical holy relic in the Statt Empire, but I also need to look at the specific information myself to tell you whether this is a bad luck item or a specific way to get rid of it. ”

"Okay, I see. ”

At Slug's motion, Ron walked over to the table and sat down.

Slugh then retrieved a black rectangular box from the cabinet and opened it to reveal some tools that Ron couldn't read.

Slug pulled a golden powder from the box in a clear test tube and looked to himself.

"This is the gold crystal powder to identify the nature of the item, most of the doom items will immediately appear black or gray because of their weird ability when they are stained with gold crystal powder, this is my usual method of identifying doom items in the past, now, let's take a look, whether the witch's blood is really a doom item. ”

As he spoke, he carefully pulled the tube plug and sprinkled the powder on Ron's arm under his neck.

'Hiss'

As the powder touches the arm, a subtle sound comes from above.

The golden powder that fell on his arm immediately melted, gradually turning into a trace of vivid red, which wrapped around his arm like a vein.

At the same time, a strong smell of blood emanated from above.

"Red?" Seeing the color on it, Slug's face changed slightly, and then he showed an even more excited look. "It's red? Oh my God, this."

Ron frowned at Slug's odd look.

"Lord Slugg, isn't this arm an object of doom?"

"No, no, no, you wait, I'll tell you later. Ignoring Ron's inquiry, Slug took out the same tool from the box again, and examined it with excitement on his face.

Watching him do a series of busy work on his arm below his neck, I don't know why Ron suddenly felt a faint feeling of discomfort.