Volume 1 The Philosopher's Stone Chapter 68 The Secret of the Pleasure Hall
Martin kicked the door open, and the room was dark, and the sounds and roars of the fight had disappeared.
Behind him, two men, one strong and one thin, who had just stopped at the door, fell to the ground, unconscious.
The skinny man was knocked unconscious by Martin after he threatened to cut off his and Shirley's heads, and the stronger one next to him only took one more punch.
Martin knew exactly how hard he was exerting himself, and he could feel that his strong body was only more resistant to beatings.
With the effect of the [Holy Lady's Body], he has been able to easily deal with this kind of character that is considered strong among ordinary humans.
And he felt that his body was still improving, his brain was becoming more and more proficient in controlling his muscles and nerves, and his physical fitness was steadily rising.
As the door opened, a thick stream of blood poured out like a flood, burrowing into Martin's nostrils and stirring his nerves.
"A lot of blood, more than one person."
This was his subconscious judgment.
He gritted his teeth, if Luke's information was correct, then Xixian should be in this bloody room.
But he didn't step in right away, he felt himself locked by a gaze in the darkness.
He felt the hostility and ferocity coming from it.
He pushed the glasses off his mask.
Before breaking down the door, he put on the [Time Slice], he thought that this pair of glasses and the mask on his face would look very cumbersome, but he didn't expect that the [Time Slice] matched this half of the mask very well, making his image add a touch of wisdom to the mystery.
Like a professor with a weird temper.
And at this moment, a strange grinding sound came from the darkness, like the sound of stones grinding rotten flesh, accompanied by some sticky squeezing sounds, and the cold hairs on his back stood on end.
Martin heard the voice.
That's the chewing sound.
The sound of juicy, teeth chewing flesh.
Shirley, who was behind Martin, also heard the voice, and she seemed to realize the origin of the voice, only to see her frown, stretching out her right hand to wipe it, and a brass lighter appeared in her palm.
She pressed the knob on it, and a bright yellow flame "snapped" out.
Immediately afterward, she said softly:
"Let there be light."
As soon as he finished speaking, the bright yellow flame rose and flew into the room in four streams.
Three streams of flame flew onto a broken crystal lamp that had fallen to the floor, and three half-length candles that had been neatly cut off.
The room finally brightened.
Martin leaned in and saw the room in shambles, furniture toppled, crystal lamps shattered, and the enamel vase containing flowers knocked over to the floor, and a flood of colors pouring out of the enamel vase.
The dew from the stamens spilled onto the white lace tablecloth and also on the heavy woollen weaving carpet.
In addition to water stains, the carpet was also filled with large patches of dark red blood.
A number of globular objects were scattered all over the place, and Martin recognized them, which were bloodied human heads.
The blood vessels at the broken head opened and closed slightly, the blood was still slowly flowing out, and the eyes of some heads were wide open, and they couldn't bat themselves.
Martin gasped and resisted the urge to vomit.
Fortunately, these people have semi-short hair, and none of them belong to women.
He searched around for the figure of Xixian, and then spotted a figure leaning over by the overturned tea table.
And that's a man.
The man had his back to him, holding something and nibbling on it.
He was dressed in a black coat and a top hat with his head covered by a linen pocket, and Martin could not see his face.
Immediately after, he noticed several figures standing in the corner of the room not far from the man.
At the foreground is a white-bearded old man whom Martin had seen in the Sunflower Carriage, who was none other than Henon, who had been with the blonde William that day.
When Yinon saw Martin coming in, there was a hint of surprise in his eyes, and then he put his index finger to his mouth and made a silent motion.
Martin nodded knowingly, and he saw that William was leaning against the wall behind Hinon, his blond hair soaked in blood.
His face was as pale as paper, his right arm, and cheek were covered with blood, and his face was hideous at the moment, and he looked like an evil spirit, as if he was suffering greatly.
His right hand was briefly bandaged, but there was still a lot of blood oozing out.
And Cecian was holding William, her face was solemn, and she also had some blood stains on her face, but it should not be her own.
In addition, there was a black-robed man wearing a bird's beak mask, his hair was scattered, and his black robe was covered with dust, which was very embarrassing.
Martin didn't know the bird-beaked man, but he had a familiar feeling, and he remembered the Dr. B. Gossen who appeared next to Anne when she rescued her from being stuck.
They are dressed very similarly.
Martin didn't think about it, he breathed a sigh of relief the moment he saw Xitian, and was about to bypass the strange man in front of him when he heard a "snap" under his feet.
A chandelier fragment was crushed by him.
Then the feeling of being stared at returned.
This time Martin knew where his gaze was coming from, and it was the man in front of him who was wearing a linen pocket.
He stopped chewing and slowly turned his head around.
Martin saw his blood-red eyes, his blackened teeth, and what he was holding in his hand.
It was a piece of brown fur, only a small half of it was gnawed at this time, and the strange thing was that the fur was slowly squirming in the palm of the man's hand, as if it was alive, very disgusting.
Martin's eyes froze on the fur.
This fur, which should have been disgusting, was now like an incomparably delicious dish to him, and the extreme hunger came from his stomach pouch, and he wanted to snatch it and devour it.
This feeling Martin had felt when he saw the [Virgin Body] potion, but now the feeling was even stronger and more insane, and he could barely control this desire.
The moment the man saw Martin, he grabbed the fur and twisted it across his body and whipped it out.
The whipleg brought up a strong wind, and the sound of air being squeezed was heard, and it was about to fall on Martin.
Hinon's face sank when he saw this, and just before the [shepherd] came in, this "ripper" pressed the suitcase containing the [spices], and severely injured William, who stopped him, and even bit off his right hand.
All this happened in an instant, although he and Xixian both attacked immediately, but this man actually blocked William in front of him, so that he and Xixian did not dare to attack with all their strength.
He knew in his heart that even if he and Xixi fought safely, he was afraid that he would not be able to hurt this "ripper" who suddenly appeared.
He, William, and Cecian are all priests of the "Tower" deck, and high inspiration and witchcraft that invokes for a mysterious existence are the characteristics of this deck, just like the high priest's touch on the [Golden Branch].
And for melee combat in tight spaces, they are almost always at a disadvantage.
This is true even if he is already the [Oracle Singer] of "Tower" V.
And what's even worse is that this is the [Goddess Fun Hall].
To be on the safe side, he carefully chose such a place that could provide a certain degree of shelter to meet with the people of the Alchemy Society.
Contrary to its name, the Goddess Playground is a notorious gray area in the East End, where you can get a glimpse of the underworld of Cavides, gambling, addictive tobacco, human trafficking, ...... Countless amounts of black gold circulate here every day.
And black transactions like Yinon and them are very common in the [Goddess Playground], and neither party wants a third party to appear, and the transaction will not be interrupted.
What the Goddess Pleasure Hall does is simple, providing an absolutely safe place, and a ban is imposed in this place.
The effect of the ban has greatly weakened the power of the genesis card in the place, and from Hinon's own point of view, he can now only use some of the abilities of the "Tower" III [Priest], and these abilities cannot be subjectively harmful.
The same goes for magical items, only functional items can be effective.
This is also the reason why the lighter in Shirley's hand can be used.
But there is a problem with this, pure physical skills are not restricted, after all, flexible bodies and superb skills are not special abilities.
Of course, the Goddess Playground has taken this into account, but they still haven't made up for it.
On the one hand, this is because of the pure physical arts, just like a fight between two groups of people, which will not cause great harm in itself, at most, the room facilities will be destroyed, and the compensation will be paid according to the price, and the amusement hall can always find the wronged person who paid the money.
And more importantly, it is so that those nobles and wealthy merchants will not be restricted when they explore the ultimate mysteries of mankind with their female companions.
After all, the female companions who can come here generally have unusual attainments in physical skills.
After all, these nobles and wealthy businessmen who don't want to be recognized and don't want to spoil their fun are the real source of gold coins for the amusement hall.
And these made Sinon and Xixian unable to stop the actions of the "Ripper" at all, and could only passively dodge, and even so, these priests were almost exhausted.
Fortunately, the target of the "Ripper's" trip did not seem to be them, and William's right hand was bitten off because he prevented the Ripper from taking the box.
His real target is the [spices] in the chest.
This is what Martin sees when he enters, trying to get out of the room while the Ripper is enjoying the "food" he has received.
So when Henon saw the ripper doing something to Martin, he subconsciously thought that this [shepherd] had no power to parry, and would only become the next prey to be slaughtered.
But he miscalculated.
Martin did not fall behind in the fight with the Ripper, and even had the momentum to take the lead.
The effect of [Time Slicing] and [Virgin's Body] made Martin not be torn apart by the claws of the man in front of him.
He didn't understand why this man had claws.
Just when he noticed a flaw in the man opposite, he was about to make a move.
"Smack."
The man jumped and jumped out of the room, smashing the window next to him.