It was a thin cup of wine that was called dawn.
It illuminated Eliza's pupils, and the gentle and pure light was rippling in faint ripples without any lethality. Just by smelling it, one could feel the strong fragrance of incense.
Holy praises surrounded her ears.
Whether it was Eliza or the cooking demons outside, they were all stunned.
Even if an acolyte were to look at it, they would be able to easily tell that there was no malice in it. In other words, it was simply a cup of medicinal wine for healing!
But now, this thin light of dawn made Eliza fall into silence.
After a long time, her eyes slightly raised.
She sighed softly.
"So despicable, Miss Huai Zhi."
"Hmm? That's too sad. Do I look like such a despicable person? "
Huai Shi spread out his hands and asked doubtfully, "Although I was forced to swallow the Abyss Bomb, you see, there is actually no anger or resentment in this cup of wine."
"I hope it's that kind of thing."
"But I'm not that kind of person."
Huai Shi smiled, "Compared to blood debts, I prefer to repay evil with good … A long time ago, a big sister once told me that love can conquer everything, and I deeply believe it.
Only by sharing generously and selflessly can I get the other party's reward. In the end, everyone was very grateful to me. “
He paused for a moment and said seriously, "I believe you will too."
"…"
Being stared at by such a calm and warm gaze, Eliza did not feel relaxed at all. Instead, her whole body tensed up. It was as if she was being stared at by something terrible.
She felt as if there was a knife at her back.
Repay evil with good? Love conquers everything? Share generously and selflessly?
This kind of line would be outdated in JUMP 20 years ago, but now it made people shudder. It was precisely because she knew what this cup of dawn represented that she could feel the hidden malice in it.
Even if this cruel and cold malice was not in the wine.
"This feeling of being caught in a trap of my own making is really … not good."
Eliza sighed self-deprecatingly. She raised her hand and held the small porcelain cup between Miss Huai Zhi's hands. Then, she drank it in one gulp.
The clear amber liquid entered his throat, bringing with it a wonderful fragrance. The aroma hidden under the alcohol was gently aroused, and a thick fog of rich fragrance passed through his throat. In his stomach, a warm taste spread out, and his entire body felt warm.
It was like soaking in a hot spring.
Not only was her spirit refreshed, even the old injuries in her body began to heal quickly … Originally, it should be like this. If it was anyone else, it should be like this.
Anyone but her …
After she shed her gentle and harmless appearance, this overly sharp hypocrisy finally revealed its sharpness in her heart.
Her expression stiffened for a moment, and she stood still.
But right after that, the sharp sound of steel scraping against each other burst forth … Even though it was sealed off by flesh and blood, it became so oppressive.
Eliza's body.
In the astonished exclamation of the audience, a sharp sword of light pierced through her back obliquely, stained with sticky blood, and pointed to the ceiling.
Then, the second one!
It pierced through the vest in front of her chest and came out from the position of her heart, cutting her arm.
Wisps of darkness quickly flew out from the wound that had been pierced through. But it couldn't cover the huge flame running in her body …
It was like the sun slowly rising at dawn.
The tyrannical light swept away all the darkness and evil.
The third one, the fourth one, the fifth one …
The sharp sound was endless.
In an instant, thousands of swords pierced through her heart!
A large amount of blood spurted out from the broken body. The viscous scarlet flowed along the blade, almost completely covering the area behind the bar counter.
The sharp sword blades intertwined with each other, becoming a cold cage.
It almost completely tore her body apart …
A beauty in such a tragic situation in an instant, even the coldest person would not be able to bear it. They could empathize with this painful torture.
The pure Origin Substance of the Sword of Virtue operated in Eliza's body, taking root and sprouting like a plant. It destroyed from the inside out in the most violent and decisive way.
Except for a certain large husky, no matter how strong a creature was, its internal organs and intestines would not grow a carapace …
In an instant, she suffered such a tragic injury.
Eliza did not fall.
She was still tenaciously standing.
This might be a heavy injury to a Fourth Level Ascendant, but to her, it was not enough to threaten her life. Ascendants who had stepped into the Star Antimony stage had already become the incarnation of the Sacred Mark.
To Charon, who was wandering on the River Styx, the flesh and blood body was nothing more than a burden. As long as Eliza was willing, she could transform into a state of burning Origin Substance at any time and truly become Charon's incarnation.
This kind of heavy injury was not worth mentioning.
She stretched out her hand, holding the sword in front of her chest, and her five fingers slightly tightened. Between her five fingers, the sharp blade of light shattered and was pulled out by her, quickly dissipating into the air.
Then, a second, a third … …
Not long after, her hands, which were covered in cracks, pulled out all the blades from her body, crushed them, and threw them away. The bloodied Orisa raised her head, the wounds all over her body quickly closing.
Her skin healed, her blood flowed backwards, and her internal organs returned.
Apart from the tears in her vest and trousers, nothing else could be seen.
Huai Shi's attack had not affected her in the slightest.
But this could not be considered an attack.
At most … … it was just a side effect of the treatment.
"Are you feeling better?"
Huai Shi Suzi asked with concern.
"To be honest, it's terrible."
Eliza lowered her head, staring at her healed hands. Her ten fingers clenched slightly.
A shattering sound came from within her body.
A low sound, like the sound of a stone slab cracking, continuously rang out. It was as if the cracks in a thick mountain had begun to spread, and it began to collapse. After her illness was healed, she temporarily did not have the burden of her injuries, and her strength erupted without any hindrance!
In an instant, a terrifying aura descended upon the arena.
It was as if the ferryman of the Underworld River had personally arrived, coldly selecting the souls in front of him.
She had become even stronger!
She no longer had the burden of the curse.
Under the cleansing of the Origin Substance of the Virtuous Sword, the curse entangled in her bone marrow was completely swept away, and the damage it had caused was negligible.
It did not cause any damage.
It could be said that it had gently helped her sweep away the evil energy in her body!
Huai Shi had healed his enemy.
But now, this recovery had caused Eliza to stand on the edge of a cliff.
On the silver bracelet on her right wrist, a blood-colored gem slowly lit up, emitting a red warning light, repeatedly reminding her of just how dangerous her current situation was!
This was the destruction brought about by kindness and love.
At the same time, it was also Eliza's greatest weakness.
She had given Huai Shi too many opportunities. She was too soft-hearted towards beauties, but at the same time, she was too confident in her own skills and strength.
Indeed, Charon's strength allowed her to calmly retreat even when facing a Fifth Level Ascendant. When traversing the Infernal Realm, she would never get lost because of the depth.
And her outstanding skills made her even more powerful, allowing her to retreat unscathed after entering dangerous ruins several times.
But the premise of all this … … was that she had not been cursed by the ruler.
Thanks to him, the current Eliza had been forced to rest, and could not enter any Infernal Realm. Even the Continuation Academy was unable to resolve the curse that had penetrated deep into her bone marrow. They could only make both sides coexist in a balanced state after modifying her.
Not long ago, she looked like she had been infected by a curse. That was the safest state she could be in.
But now, a slight tilt appeared on the balance that had been carefully maintained. A friction that should not have appeared in the complicated and harmonious mechanical structure … …
The moment this reckless kindness healed her, the balance was broken.
An ant's nest appeared on the dam.
As for how serious the consequences would be, it might not necessarily be. At most, it would only weaken the seal on the curse slightly.
But this was enough to trigger a state of alert.
If she dared to use any cooking demon skills again, the loophole in the seal would rapidly expand and extend. Once the balance was broken, the tilt would only become faster and faster, and in the end, there would be no room for recovery.
The ruler's curse would be completely leaked.
At that time, not only herself, but even the entire Nara would be implicated.
This was not a crisis that a cup of Abyss Bomb could compare to.
In the silence, Eliza sighed and suddenly said, "I can still continue."
"I know."
Huai Shi nodded, "You are in excellent condition now. If you want to decide the victor, I have absolutely no chance of winning. However, when it comes to shameless fighting, I am very confident. "
He thought for a moment and raised three fingers.
"If you don't care about the consequences, then I don't have to worry about it." Miss Huai Shi told her, "I can last three rounds before losing."
Eliza was unmoved, "Even if the curse is leaked, it might not be as bad as you think."
"I also know."
Huai Shi nodded, "At best, there is a hidden danger … You have the possibility of winning, 90%, no, more than 90%, but your sense of responsibility will not allow you to bear the consequences of failure."
Speaking of this, he couldn't help but sigh, "I'm sorry, Ms. Eliza. Although moral kidnapping is despicable, it is really useful for people like you. "
Eliza did not answer.
Perhaps, compared to the ruler's curse, this was Eliza's biggest weakness.
From the beginning, when she revealed that she was a member of the archaeological team, Huai Shi already knew.
It was true that many of the explorers in the Abyss were lunatics with deep self-destructive tendencies and lunatics thirsting for disaster, but at the same time, there were also a large number of people who were not like this.
Instead, they chose to go to hell with the love of this world in their hearts …
A dignified Fourth Order Sublimator, the elite and elite of the archaeological team, actually worked for this kind of trash for money. Even in the face of an opponent like himself, she repeatedly showed mercy …
This Ms. Eliza was too gentle.
"In the end, was this weakness caught?"
Eliza laughed self-deprecatingly and shook her head.
She raised her hand and took out a bottle of whiskey from the wine cabinet. She raised her hand and casually poured it into a glass. After the burning pine wood flashed past, it coated the wine with a light layer of smoke.
Finally, she casually threw two cherries into the glass.
She didn't use any cooking skills at all, it was just an ordinary bartending. She placed it in front of Huai Shi.
"Until the end, I still haven't let you taste the real bartending. It's a bit unreconciled to just leave like this, so I'll treat it as a gift. Try it."
She picked up a glass and drank it in one gulp.
Huai Shi was stunned for a moment. He picked up the glass and sniffed it carefully. The fragrance of pine wood and the unique peat smell of whiskey mixed together, and the marinated cherries exuded a sweet smell, making the fruity and floral fragrance even more rich.
It was unbelievably fresh.
When tasting and sipping, he could feel the strong taste of whiskey and the sweetness of cherries spreading in the mouth, slowly swallowing.
In the end, the slightly sour taste brought by the chewing of cherries perfectly covered the slightly bitter aftertaste of the whiskey.
"It's really a good wine."
Huai Shi couldn't help but exclaim, "What's the name?"
"Let me think. Let's call it smoky cherries." Eliza smiled, "How does it taste?"
Wonderful.
Huai Shi nodded in agreement. This was a field that his half-baked wine couldn't touch.
"Anything else?" He asked.
"You have to drink in moderation. If you really want to be happy, one glass is enough. Besides, the competition is over, isn't it?"
Eliza smoked and suddenly smiled slyly. She leaned close to his ear and whispered softly, "Actually, you also exposed a weakness, Miss Huai Shi.
I've heard Lucian talk about the similar source substance in that glass of dawn many times … It reminds me of your background, the ivory tower, and your skills. "
At that moment, Huai Shi was stunned.
Eliza, on the other hand, had already seen through his deepest disguise and saw the secret that he wanted to hide. She whispered softly in his ear with a smile,
"I really didn't expect that you are Huai Shi …"
In an instant, Huai Shi felt like he was struck by lightning. He almost didn't hear the second half of her sentence,
"… mistress, right?"
？？？
A bolt from the blue flashed. After the feint, Huai Shi only felt countless question marks rising from his head.
He was stunned.
What are you talking about?
Widening her eyes in disbelief, Miss Huai Shi opened her mouth in shock. She was stunned for a long time before she reacted. She didn't know whether she should be angry or glad.
She could only raise her hand and point at her face in grief and indignation,
"… Do I look like a mistress to you?"
"Who knows."
Eliza smiled strangely and sighed, "I didn't expect a beauty like Miss Huai Shi would fall in love with such a scumbag."
"I … how is Mr. Huai Shi a scumbag! He doesn't even have a girlfriend yet! "
When it came to his reputation and 18 years of innocence, Huai Shi refuted angrily. But then, he saw Eliza's eyes became more and more strange.
She looked at Miss Huai Shi in front of her, and the corners of her mouth slowly raised.
— Tsune Takeshi, you still say that you don't know martial arts?
"…"
Huai Shi couldn't spit out a mouthful of blood. He couldn't defend himself.
What is this?
I'm seducing myself?
Refuting is guilty, and not arguing is admitting it … Both sides are blocked. Anyway, the title of mistress is really dead. Can't you bunch of onlookers have some conscience?
"However, I won't use this to threaten you. I'm already in my thirties. What haven't I seen? Don't be embarrassed. "
Eliza raised her hand, patted her shoulder, and said earnestly, "However, you have to be careful. All the gifts given by fate will be secretly marked with a price … Some men look pure, cute, and serious, but in fact, once they take off their clothes, you don't know what kind of big tailed wolf they are.
Miss Huai Shi, a beauty who looks cold but is actually pure is the easiest to be played by that kind of scumbag. "
Sorry, I haven't fallen to the extent of falling in love with a smurf. Please don't worry about it, and don't say that I'm a pervert, okay?!
Huai Shi was speechless.
He could only be silent awkwardly and look into the distance.
He silently mourned his reputation that had fallen into the abyss …
He cried silently in his heart.
After all, if there was a choice, who would want to be a mistress?
"Then, Big Sister Bartender's relationship consultation ends here."
Finally, Eliza raised her finger and handed over a business card. She winked at her, "If your feelings are hurt, you are welcome to complain to me at any time … By the way, you are my type, so I can give you a discount."
That rather hot and appreciative gaze made the back of Huai Shi's head jump, and he felt cold all over. But on second thought … it didn't seem to be a bad thing, right?
Why can't I stick close to the blonde big sister when I'm pregnant?
When he reacted, he seemed to have accepted the business card.
Eliza had already patted the table, causing the workbench to shrink instantly and return to the rapidly closing suitcase.
She took a coat from the last clothes-hanger and put it on to cover the wound left by the sword. She picked up the suitcase and left.
"Hey, Eliza, where are you going!"
Just outside the arena, in the audience, the middle-aged man with a livid face couldn't help scolding in unison, "What the hell are you doing! Could it be that you've been bribed as well? "
"Sorry, boss, as you can see … I can't win against her."
Eliza shrugged calmly, "Even if you are not happy, please don't slander my professional ethics, okay?"
"You can obviously win!"
"Yeah, but if I win, it doesn't mean that you will win."
Eliza sighed, "If I continue to fight with her, even if I win, half of Nara will completely disappear. Do you know what the consequences of such an ending will be for you? "
"You …" Riken Miki's expression twitched, and he couldn't speak.
"Don't worry, I will refund you half of the money, but the credit card part can't be refunded. If you doubt it and want to get it back, I can only wait for my next month's salary to pay you back slowly … Goodbye! "
She waved her hand calmly and said goodbye to her employer.
Eliza left the arena suavely, all the way through the corridor, walked out of the basement, and politely declined Riken's offer to drive her back.
She walked out of the door and turned the corner.
Then, he suddenly bent down and supported himself against the wall … Then, he vomited.
"Ugh!!!"
The undigested matter with a strong smell of alcohol fell to the ground awkwardly and piled up into a pool. Wisps of vicious black smoke lingered around it, and something was wriggling in it.
It was faintly bloody.
In the end, after vomiting, her makeup was a little messy.
She took out a tissue from her pocket, wiped the tears, snot, and dirt from the corners of her mouth, then she took out a bottle of water and skillfully rinsed her mouth.
She lit a cigarette and finally breathed a sigh of relief, showing exhaustion.
The most important rule of drinking to determine the winner.
— Maintain your poise until the last moment!
"In the end, I almost capsized in a ditch. If I knew it, I wouldn't have tried to be strong. Wouldn't it be over if I just admitted defeat? "
She helplessly gave advice in hindsight. She smoked, gritted her teeth and endured the twitching of her internal organs.
Life was like a play, and it all depended on acting skills.
The damage caused by Huai Shi in the first two rounds was far greater than he had imagined. After all, not everyone had the terrifying abyss endurance and recovery ability of a certain cowherd.
Moreover, not everyone's head could be intact after being hit by the Axe of Wrath more than a dozen times, sealed by the Rope of Sorrow, and repeatedly pierced by the Sword of Virtue.
Heavy injuries.
It was a serious injury …
Fortunately, the opponent was still young and was fooled by her.
Unfortunately, it still didn't change the final result.
Eliza shook her head helplessly, took out an old-fashioned folding phone from her pocket, and dialed the emergency number, "Hello? Is this the Continuation Academy? Your broken seal has leaked. Yes, it's the same as my aunt, bleeding. Come and pick me up … "
The moment the phone hung up, a light fell from the sky.
She disappeared on the spot.
Two seconds later, another light fell from the sky and swept away the vomit on the ground.
There were no more traces in front of the gate of the Rijian family's manor.
Only the cigarette that fell on the ground calmly flickered, and the smoke dissipated in the wind.
Just like that, holding on to the last of her poise and elegance, the bartender Eliza left.
Imperial Chef Demon tried it out.
— The winner, Huai Shi Suzi!
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