Mystery: But the Witch's Path

Chapter 146 The Red Maid

"Adam!" Soren Einhorn Medici's gaze turned cold and sharp the moment he looked at Adam, as if he were seeing a sworn enemy from ten lifetimes ago.

However, perhaps due to considerations of his own strength, Søren Einhorn Medici clearly restrained himself and did not take any further extreme actions.

Adam's expression remained unchanged, unaffected by the three's questioning. He calmly stated, "Medici, it's time for you to make a choice. Accept the arrangement, work for her for ten years, and gain your freedom. Or be forced to accept the arrangement."

Upon hearing this, Soren Einhorn Medici's other two mouths immediately began to clamor: "Adam, you and Medici have never had any great enmity with me from ancient times to the present. The conflicts in the past were just that we were each serving our own masters. Since you only need Medici now, can you release me? I promise that I will never be your enemy in the future—"

After the left cheek finished speaking, the right cheek immediately echoed, hoping that Adam would agree to the request. In an instant, the underground palace, which was originally associated with quiet, deathly silence, darkness, and solemnity, became extremely noisy, just like the haggling of the aunties at the morning market.

After a moment, Medici sighed and said from the middle of his mouth, "Shut up, you idiots."

"I need to talk to her alone, otherwise I won't agree."

Adam smiled and nodded, then vanished from the spot.

After that, the four of them discussed the terms of cooperation. The first condition proposed by Soren Einhorn Medici was that his personal freedom should not be restricted.

But Altair didn't think twice and immediately rejected the idea. The reason was simple: he bought you to work, and if he gave you back your freedom, who would do the work?

After some haggling, Altair granted them some freedom, allowing them limited freedom of movement and limited contact with their descendants, but all of this came with one condition: they could not interfere with or reveal her plans.

The second condition was normal: grant him the extraordinary traits, weapons, and body he needed. However, Altair stated directly that she could only provide items of Sequence Four or lower; anything higher was unavailable. Upon hearing this, Soren Einhorn Medici and the other two immediately retorted, "You poor bastards!"

After these two conditions were agreed upon, Altair called Adam back. Medici looked at Adam and said, "We have reached an agreement and can cooperate. However, our feud will not end here. I will take my revenge sooner or later."

After Medici made his boastful statement, everyone signed a notarized document, witnessed by Adam.

As the yellow glow entered Altair's body, she took out a pre-prepared sealing artifact: a delicate chain belt made of numerous jewels and precious metals, belonging to a noblewoman. The only slightly discordant element of this artwork was a large, protruding black gemstone at the end, which evoked fear and danger.

Altair gently swayed his belt and said to him, "My original idea was to make only one chain, but unfortunately, Adam stopped me as soon as I proposed it."

"Come in quickly, I have a lot of things to take care of later."

Medici let out a reluctant groan, then transformed into a red shadow and disappeared into the black gem on his belt.

Once everything was over, Altair looked at Adam and said, "I'll leave the rest to you."

Upon seeing this, Adam smiled and nodded at Altair, and extended his left hand to hand over the blood vial.

Seeing this, Altair reached out and took it, asking, "Is this the blood of the three of them, their direct descendants?"

"Yes," Adam added gently, "you can use these three pieces of blood to find the people of the Church of Mother Earth and create a body for them."

"Hmm, I understand." Altair pursed his lips, then smiled and said, "You're so well-prepared, it makes me feel like this is another trap."

Adam did not answer Altair's question, but simply vanished into thin air, as if he had never been there at all.

Altair shook his head and turned to leave. When he reached the gate, he remembered that he still had something to deal with. After collecting the extraordinary characteristics from the group of dead people, he left the dungeon.

When she reached the entrance to the tunnel, for safety, she used her "dream travel" ability to jump continuously in other people's dreams, arriving at the South Bridge District, Rose Street, and Harvest Church.

As for why people would sleep in broad daylight, it can only be said that Backlund has no shortage of homeless people. When they can't find work, they can only sleep to save their energy.

When Altair entered the church hall, he saw that the Harvest Church, which was originally sparsely populated and very quiet, was now full of people. Although the believers were dressed very simply, or even in a disheveled manner, it was better to have them than not, wasn't it?

Father Utravsky stood at the altar watching the crowd, while the vampire Emmett distributed communion to everyone below. Seeing this, Altair chose a seat nearby and sat down.

Emmett, who was distributing the Holy Communion, came to Altair's seat. Upon seeing her, he paused for a moment, then put on a look of disgust and offered the Holy Communion in an extremely disrespectful manner.

Altair, on the other hand, accepted the gift with a beaming smile and said in a cheeky tone, "Thank you, Father Emmett."

After everyone finished praying and left, Altair stood up and stepped forward, saying, "Good afternoon, Father Utravsky."

"Good afternoon, Father Emmett."

Father Utravsky, who was over two meters tall, smiled and nodded, saying, "Good afternoon, Count Altair."

After exchanging greetings, he added, "I heard you returned to your ancestral homeland to rest in January. It's not even the Backlund social season yet. Is there anything I can do for you here?"

"Of course," Altair chuckled twice, adding, "My main purpose in coming here is to ask a high-sequence demigod from the Church of the Earth Mother to help me forge a special body."

After saying that, Altair took out the blood vial, and Emmett, who was standing next to Father Utravsky, instantly became obsessed, staring at it with eyes as hungry as a dog eyeing a good bone.

Utravsky took the blood vial, glanced at it, and asked, "Count Altair, what kind of body do you need us to create using this blood?"

Seeing that appearance could be customized, Altair casually remarked, "175cm tall, angelic face, devilish figure—"

As for the hair, let's go for long, straight red.

"After all, I am a maid in red, and I cannot lack her special characteristics."