After swallowing three to four bottles of antidote, Grimm was finally rid of the poison in his body.
Originally, he was confident in his elemental body and was no longer afraid of poison. However, he could only hold his breath, not daring to breathe in any more air in the room.
However, in contrast to Grimm, Alice stood on her tiptoes and inhaled the 'wonderful smell' with all her might, looking like a glutton who had encountered a top-notch delicacy. If not for Grimm pulling her back, Alice might have already run to the crucible and gobbled it up!
Grimm quickly surveyed his surroundings.
The entire room was filled with black iron hooks that hung from the roof. Below the hooks hung bottles of various sizes and colours. Every bottle was filled with a dark, turbid liquid, and within the liquid were the eyeballs of strange monsters.
The eyeballs of these monsters were of different sizes, flat and round. Some even had long stalks that swam around in the containers …
In the huge green bottle that was gently swaying in front of Grimm was a giant's eyeball. The reason why it was called a giant's eyeball was because it took up almost all of the space in the green bottle that was a metre tall and half a metre wide.
When Grimm got closer to take a closer look, the huge eyeball even blinked strangely!
[Beep. Discovered the organ of a high-energy monster … Initial estimate: rank 2!]
"Can you identify what kind of creature's eyeball this is?" Grimm communicated with the A.I. Chip.
[Beep. After searching and matching, estimated results are: Cyclops 63% … Beholder 21% … Demonic Giant 4% … The remaining matches are less than 1%. Host, would you like to display all of them?]
"No need!"
The Cyclops was a terrifying giant that possessed both physical and earth elemental strength. Compared to the Hill Giant that Grimm and the rest had encountered in the Dark Forest, the Cyclops might not be as strong or large, but it had a strange petrifying ability.
Hence, it was an extremely powerful rank 2 monster!
Grimm's gaze continued to wander, and finally found a messy wooden table in another corner of the room. There were overturned ink bottles, yellowed scrolls, opened scrolls, and a slanted stack of books that almost reached the ceiling …
And on this wooden table that was no different from a pile of junk, there was a strange witch with a stooped body and messy hair like a chicken's nest. She was not tall, perhaps even half a head shorter than Alice, and she had to stand on a high wooden stool to show herself from behind the table.
She seemed to be wearing a black wizard's robe.
But Grimm wasn't too sure!
Because the wrinkled wizard robe was too dirty, it was covered with grease, ink, and unknown potions. The thick and greasy dust had completely covered the original color of the wizard robe, only revealing a trace of an exquisite and smooth witchcraft rune outlined by a golden thread at the corner.
At first glance, Grim suspected that Loana belonged to a branch of the Witches of Death. Because in this place, he saw too many things related to death. However, Alice, who had been holding his hand, secretly told him through the telepathic bond that this Loana was actually a Witch of Despair, and her domain was Hope and Recovery.
Well, although it was a little subversive, Grimm could only silently accept it.
"Tell me why you're here! You're not the first one who dares to trespass into my Dark Swamp, but you're the first one to step into this place alive. If you can't give me a satisfactory reason, hehehe … "The old witch's wrinkled face revealed a sinister smile, revealing incomplete yellow teeth. But what scared Grimm the most was her almost motionless dead fish eyes.
"Dear Lady Loana, I'm here to buy a bottle of Dead Soul Water. I heard that it's only available in your Mushroom Hut in the entire Sky City, so I had no choice but to come! " In front of a crazy witch who was far more powerful than him, Grimm could only tell the truth. Otherwise, who knew if these old guys had some disgusting witchcraft to verify the truth of his words.
"The Dead Soul Water used to protect the departed soul from being harmed by foreign objects?" The old witch stared at him with her dead fish eyes, and asked coldly, "It seems like you've done your research before coming here. What do you plan to exchange for the Dead Soul Water? "
"A top-grade Night Eye Stone, a twig from the Tree of Life, and a hundred grams of Star Sand from the Void World!" Grimm did not dare to hesitate, and immediately took out the items he had prepared beforehand. Of course, these items were not from his collection, but from the Byron family.
On the surface, the Dead Soul Water belonged to the category of a level-2 mysterious item, and the market price should be within 7,000 magic crystals. The three items Grimm took out were all worth more than 3,000 magic crystals, which was more than enough to exchange for the Dead Soul Water.
However, in the entire Sky City, only Lady Loana could refine the Dead Soul Water, so whether or not the transaction would go smoothly depended on her mood. Hence, after taking out three crystal boxes from his waist pouch and placing them on the wooden table, Grimm held his breath and waited for the other party's reply.
"That's a fair price! But … "A sinister smile suddenly appeared on the old witch's face," I'm not in a good mood today, so I choose to reject your proposal! "
"…"
Grimm was speechless.
However, he did not have the guts to argue with a terrifying level-2 witch.
"Hey, old woman, don't go too far!" Alice could not help but interrupt in dissatisfaction, "The items we've taken out are far more valuable than your Dead Soul Water. Do you have any reason not to sell it? "
Grimm's expression changed, and he hurriedly pulled Alice behind him.
"My Lady, the child is young and ignorant, please don't blame her!"
"What are you afraid of?" Alice was still stubborn behind him, "She's a witch, and I'm also a witch candidate. With our identities, she can't kill me! Why should I be afraid of her? "
"Kekeke … Interesting, very interesting …" The old witch sneered again, "It's been so many years, but this is the first time someone has dared to be so arrogant in front of me. Young man, I'll make an exception and give you a chance. As long as you transfer this little fellow's witchcraft contract to me, I'll give you a jar of Dead Soul Water. How about it, isn't this good enough? "
Alice, who was hiding behind Grimm, trembled slightly, and tightly grabbed his arm, not daring to speak again.
Grimm forced a smile and slowly began to retreat, "Lady Loana, this Alice is only a companion who accompanied me on my travels, we …"
Before he could finish, the old witch, Leona, stretched out her wrinkled right hand and grasped at the void. Both of them felt a slight pain in their souls, and an illusory witchcraft contract appeared out of thin air, floating in the air.
"A slave contract!" The old witch's dead fish eyes emitted a terrifying red light, "How dare you! How dare you try to enslave a Destiny Witch candidate! Are you going to humiliate all the Northern witches with this behavior? If you break the slave contract today and hand over this loser, I'll allow you to walk out of here alive and take the Dead Soul Water with you. Otherwise, don't blame me for eliminating some losers on behalf of the entire witches community! "
As soon as the old witch's voice fell, the entire Dark Swamp suddenly trembled slightly.
An even thicker fog began to rise, causing the already dim house to become even darker.
Grimm could feel that at this moment, the eyes of the monsters soaking in the jars and jars in the hut were strangely turning to look at him, and a terrifying feeling of impending death rose in his heart.
"Speak! Do you want to hand over the contract and leave with the Dead Soul Water, or do you want to die here? Speak … "The old witch's sharp and terrifying voice echoed in the silent hut, making one's hair stand on end.
Clack, clack, clack …
The faint sound of teeth chattering came from behind.
Alice, who had always been fearless, finally felt fear.
The hidden void began to tremble more and more frequently. Perhaps in a moment, Alice would be able to open a crack in space big enough for two people to pass through and escape from this place.
Unfortunately, in front of a Grade 2 witch, there were no 'ifs' in this world!
The crack in space disappeared at the same time it appeared.
With a muffled sound similar to a smelly fart, the black crack that had just opened turned into a puff of green smoke and dissipated before it could stabilize, leaving a green burn mark in the void.
"Now you want to escape? Hehehe … It's too late! " The old witch pointed with her finger, and a ghostly face formed from grey smoke suddenly appeared beside Grimm, sneering coldly as it disappeared into his body.
In the next moment, Grimm felt his body stiffen, and the inseparable fire elemental energy that was originally integrated with his mind was suddenly lost. It was as if … as if he was suddenly placed in an anti-magic barrier, and there were no longer any fire elemental particles around him that he could control.
Grimm's tall body swayed a few times, and he almost fell down.
After completing the elemental transformation, the fire elemental was him, and he was the fire elemental. At this moment, the connection between the fire elemental particles and his mind was suddenly blocked, and he almost lost the strength to support his body.
Damn it, why does elemental transformation have such a drawback? Why have I never heard of this in any books? Is this the power of a high-grade wizard? To be able to cut off a low-grade wizard's connection to elemental particles?
Without the fire elemental particles, Grimm's strength was greatly reduced. He used his hand to hold on to the crooked pillar, and only then did he not fall to the ground.
* Sssii … *
A strange sound was heard, and a black python as thick as a teacup slithered down the pillar and coiled around Grimm's arm. The black triangular head of the snake was raised high, and it slowly approached Grimm's face.
When the snake hissed, Grimm could already feel the fishy breath on his face.
The old witch's voice sounded again.
"I'll give you one last chance to choose! Hand over the contract, or … "
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