It's a hell game, who can still be a human being?

Chapter 587: Surprises Everywhere in the Metropolis
"Rot ray!"

Following a short spell, three dark green rays shot out from the bone's fingertips and shot towards the three people.

It was said to be a test for Liu Zheng, but Volva obviously did not intend to let Yasha and Tomoko go.

Liu Zheng’s response was also very simple. He simply cut off a piece of the tentacle and threw it over.

The phantom green rays were cutting the tentacles, and the broken tentacles, which were still dripping with blood, turned into a ball of rotten meat before they even hit the ground.

"Secret Sword: Return."

Tomoko drew her sword from its sheath, swung it horizontally, and pulled the green ray back like she was hitting a baseball.

Seeing that the ray was about to hit Volva, the latter calmly opened his mouth and sucked the ray directly in.

Yaksha seemed to have anticipated this and released psychic lightning before others, which turned invisible along with the phantom green rays.

"As expected of a black goat kid hybrid, it's really convenient. I just wonder if you can still retain this recovery ability after being turned into an undead creature?"

Volva looked at Liu Zheng's rapidly healing tentacles with a burning gaze.

"If I beat her up, will others come out to help?"

Liu Zheng stared at her and asked Yaksha.

"She was the first to make the move, so as long as you don't affect other residents and don't damage the overall structure of Ether Alley, we'll leave you alone."

Yasha replied.

“That’s quite reasonable.”

Liu Zheng raised his eyebrows.

"We have to be reasonable."

Yasha gave a mocking smile.

Although their memories will be cleansed after moving into the metropolis, believers or their families can always obtain some information from the gods about foreign countries.

In their original world, the dark elves didn't have to live so cautiously and had to make a deal with a delivery man.

They had also thought about returning to their hometown, but the first person to stop them was not the city hall, but the great Bloody Kane.

The dark elves didn't understand, but they had no choice but to obey, after all, this was the god they chose themselves.

"Mr. Great Witch, is there anything else to discuss?"

Liu Zheng said loudly.

"Yes. But I don't want to talk about it yet."

There was a strange smile on Volva's face.

"Got it. Fuck her!"

At his command, Tomoko rushed out like a wild dog.

The knife arrives before the person does.

"Secret Sword: Wave Slash!"

The invisible sword energy hit the tree house like waves, each wave stronger than the last, and always arriving first.

By the time the last wave of sword energy reached the tree house, dozens of sword energies had gathered together. The huge sword energy caused ripples in the space like water waves.

Yaksha, on the other hand, remained motionless, seemingly not intending to condescend to be a thug.

"Coming in and destroying the house is not the way to be a guest."

Volva calmly slammed the iron staff onto the floor.

The fingers of the bony hand grew wildly, wrapping around the front of the tree house like vines.

"Crack, click, click, click!"

The bony hands broke into pieces one by one, and then turned into bone powder and fell down, but the wall of bones remained intact.

"Tearing down the wall will allow us to communicate more openly."

Liu Zheng said with a smile, then took the knife in his left hand and the sheath in his right hand.

The most powerful combination he has at the moment is probably "Your Mom's Trash Can" plus "Grudge Fish".

But considering that the opponent seems to be a necromancer, it would be funny if the vengeful spirits were instigated by the opponent, so it is useless.

Anyway, the effect of "Hell Before My Eyes" is of the domain type, and with Tomoko's strength and the scabbard, it should be enough.

"what?"

Volva let out a sound of surprise, and the bone wall turned into a huge bony hand and perished together with the sword energy.

"So the buyer is you."

She said, looking at the scabbard.

"So that seller is you."

Liu Zheng was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately.

"That guy Nostradamus said that I would renew my old relationship today. I thought he was talking about Priest Heram, but it turns out it happened to you."

Volva said with a half-smile.

"In that case, come in and have a chat."

She pointed her staff downward, and a long ladder of bones extended all the way to Liu Zheng's front.

"Then I would be disrespectful."

He put away the dragon scale knife and walked up the bone ladder, with Tomoko following closely behind.

Yasha hesitated for a moment and followed Tomoko.

"A delivery note from the Death Delivery? You have a lot of good stuff in your hands."

Volva noticed the express delivery slip in Liu Zhengchu's hand with her sharp eyes.

"I run outside a lot, so I can always pick up some trash."

He said half jokingly.

"That's right. There are surprises everywhere in the metropolis."

But Volva agreed with what he said.

"So, Great Witch, you can go out for a walk more often when you have nothing to do. You may find something unexpected."

As he spoke, Liu Zheng had already walked in front of Volva.

"Forget it. It's safer for wizards to stay in the wizard tower. Please come in, three guests."

Volva shook her head and made way for them to enter.

Entering the tree house, I found that the space inside was indeed much larger than the outside, about two hundred square meters.

But it still doesn't look like a witch's residence, but more like a Nordic-style farmhouse.

There are a lot of farm tools placed near the corner, and even broccoli, cabbage and dill hanging on the wall.

“Does it feel different from what you imagined?”

Volva saw what he was thinking.

"It's really different."

Liu Zheng admitted it frankly.

"Because I was originally a peasant before I awakened and became a witch. Please take a seat, everyone."

Volva pointed and a long oak table immediately appeared in the middle of the originally empty room.

"Speaking of which, I'm curious, what are the differences between witches, sorcerers, wizards, warlocks, witch doctors, etc.?"

He sat down with his arms and legs stretched out, then asked.

"To use an analogy, it's like the difference between a horseman, a rider, a motorcyclist, a limousine driver, and a truck driver."

Volva thought for a moment and replied.

"I see. The essence is similar, but the tools used and the forms of expression are different."

"Right. You're a lot smarter than you look, delivery man."

Volva gave him an approving look.

"If I have to say, witches and warlocks are more inclined towards bloodline, while witches, wizards and mages are more inclined towards acquired learning, and witch doctors are a separate system."

She explained further.

"understood."

Liu Zheng nodded.

"You really put on a good show for us last time, delivery man."

Volva suddenly said.

"I don't quite understand what you mean."

He looked puzzled.

"Stop pretending. Apart from the people from your Bloody Restaurant, who else would go head-to-head with that colorful pheasant?"

Volva pointed at him and said.

"Painted pheasant?"

Liu Zheng recalled the huge image behind the peacock.

"Yeah, that's a very vivid metaphor."

he commented.

"Do you regret paying such a high price for a dragon skin cloak?"

Volva said with some gloating.

"I can't say I regret it, but I am really heartbroken. With so many good things, I could buy a live dragon with them."

He sighed.

"Hahaha, so you don't know how happy I was laughing at that time."

Volva let out a deafening laugh.

"I understand now." Liu Zheng picked his ear and said expressionlessly.

"By the way, where did you get this thing?"

Volva said as she took out the cursed master key.

"From the chairman of a company."

He told her about the bombing of Hongsen Culture.

"Is that so?"

Volva's fingers drummed unconsciously on the table, and the bones of the iron staff imitated her movements.

“How about this, you hand over the chairman’s blood relative to me, and I’ll sign for the takeaway.”

She made her conditions.

"No. I promised the chairman that I would protect his family."

Liu Zheng said half-truthfully.

"You can't even protect yourself now, how can you protect others? Even if you use the delivery slip to escape, you will still be executed by the Bloody Restaurant if I don't sign for the takeaway."

There was a hint of sarcasm in Volva's tone.

"That may not be the case. Even the city hall will not set a rule that a death sentence must be imposed. A death sentence can be changed to a suspended death sentence."

He said with confidence.

"Then you will also pay a heavy price. Is it worth it for a promise to a dead person?"

"A promise is a promise, whether it is to a living person, a dead person, or even a non-person. In a place like the metropolis, one's appearance can change, one's gender can change, and even one's race can change, but my promise will not change."

Liu Zheng said calmly.

"The premise of keeping a promise is that you have the ability to fulfill it. Do you have it?"

A strange smile appeared on Volva's face again.

"I think I do, what do you think?"

He took out the laughing gas bomb, revealed the dumpling mark on the tentacle, and showed a smile even weirder than Volva's.

Feeling the terrifying power contained in the dumpling mark, the smile on Volva's face gradually disappeared.

"He's just a delivery man, but he has so many treasures."

She said solemnly.

"Otherwise, how could I dare to bid against Peacock and win?"

Liu Zheng said leisurely while crossing his legs.

"I kind of regret inviting you in."

"The strong always like to play with the weak and use dangerous operations to show off their awesomeness. You are not the first to do this, and you will not be the last."

He said calmly.

"However, if you hadn't invited me in, you wouldn't have known the origin of the cursed skeleton key, and this item would have remained just a collection forever."

He added before Volva could get angry.

"That's true."

Volva's expression relaxed a little.

"How about this? Provide me with the blood of its relatives regularly until I lift the curse of the master key."

She made new offers.

"No, the timeline is too long. I want an accurate number."

Liu Zheng shook his head.

Who knows when this woman will be able to lift the curse of the master key. If it takes ten or eight years, he doesn't have the time to waste with her.

"At least five liters."

Volva said.

"Five liters? Are you using it to take a bath?"

Liu Zheng complained.

The total blood volume of an adult with normal weight is only about 5 liters, and if the person loses more than 1 liter of blood, he will go into shock.

Although the physical fitness of humans in Metropolis is much stronger than that of real humans, 5 liters of blood is still too exaggerated.

"Three liters. If it's less than that, don't talk about it."

Volva took a final step back.

"But I don't have its family members in my hands now. If I can't find them, you can make other requests that are not too excessive."

Liu Zheng made a patch.

"Deal. Let's sign the contract then."

"I brought it."

He took out a pen and paper.

"We witches have other ways of signing contracts."

Volva waved her hand to indicate that it was useless.

Then she pulled out a strand of hair and blew it gently. The golden brown curls floated into the air and continued to extend to outline characters, finally forming a complete contract.

Volva pierced her finger with her bone claw and signed her name in the lower left corner of the contract.

"please."

She made a gesture of invitation.

Liu Zheng glanced at Yaksha, who nodded silently.

So he also cut the tentacle and signed his name in the lower right corner of the contract.

After the contract was signed, the hair and blood words continued to rise, passing through the roof and disappeared.

"Where did they go?"

Liu Zheng asked.

"All contracts signed in Ether Alley will be collected by the Grand Master and protected and supervised by him. This is both a right and an obligation."

Volva replied.

"I see."

"Bring it here."

Volva raised her chin.

"it is good."

He took out the enamel pot from the legendary takeout box and put it on the table.

"It's this?! Well, it seems that this transaction is not a big loss."

When Volva saw the big maggots inside, her expression was a little surprised.

"If you like, Great Witch, I'll get you a complete corpse next time I have the chance, and you can raise it and eat it yourself."

Liu Zheng said enthusiastically.

"You mean you killed this divine monster?"

Volva understood what he meant.

“I just did some minor work.”

Liu Zheng smiled.

"It seems that I still underestimated you. No wonder you were able to call on Priest Heram to support you."

Volva looked at him carefully and said with interest.

"Priest Heram is my friend. It is normal for friends to help each other. If you are willing, Great Witch, I can also be your friend."

He said this in a humble manner.

"We'll talk about it when you fulfill your promise. But now, according to the custom of my hometown, I will give each of you a gift."

"You can pick out one of the things in this room, except me and what I have on me."

Volva said.

"Is the house itself okay?"

Liu Zheng made a joke.

"Sure, defeat me and both me and this house will be yours."

Volva said seriously.

"Forget it. I have agoraphobia. This house is too big. I'm scared to live in it."

He gave in decisively.

After joking, Liu Zheng began to search the house seriously.

However, no item introduction popped up wherever I looked.

"It doesn't work at the critical moment. Does this function of yours depend on your mood?"

He complained about the system in his mind.

Of course, the system master would not respond to him.

Without item introductions, Liu Zheng could only rely on intuition and luck.

He closed his eyes and let his senses wander around the house.

Suddenly, his head felt a sharp pain as if it was pricked by a needle.

Liu Zheng opened his eyes and looked in the direction where his senses were triggered.

There were three farm tools there: a hoe, a sickle, and a dung fork.

(End of this chapter)