Chapter 893: Devil's Gas Station
The Long Night Bar opens at sunset and closes at sunrise the next day.
You have to cross the slippery and steep narrow mountain road and pass through the wet and maze-like forest to get here. Therefore, most of the regulars here have extraordinary abilities. Some land in a flying boat, some turn into a big bird, and some ride the wind and clouds.
Because Roy does not need to rest, he usually sits on a tree to meditate or looks for plants suitable for brewing wine.
It is difficult to see Rita before the bar opens.
When the bar opens, she always stands in the bar and welcomes every guest elegantly and politely.
As the only staff member here, Roy has received a lot of attention.
Most of them are female customers. They implicitly give him handkerchiefs, feather pens, silver or enamel collar clips, and the unrestrained ones directly invite him to visit their residence or hotel.
Roy refused all of them.
Women who get close to him will only become unhappy.
This place is protected by the god of wine, but it is not necessarily after leaving.
Two days later, Mr. Jin came to the bar again.
He looked in good spirits that day, and unlike his previous gloomy state, he held his head high and chest out in high spirits, as if he had encountered something good.
"What would you like to drink today?" Rita asked.
"Raspberry wine, with ice."
Mr. Jin happily drank three glasses in a row, then wiped his beard with his big hands and laughed.
"Great, great!"
He seemed to need to find someone to share his joy, but Rita was busy, so he found Roy.
"Brother, you are an elf, you should know very well about planting trees. If there is no manpower, it is difficult to build a large-scale forest area in a short time just to spread seeds. This is what we are doing, which requires a lot of manpower, a large number of manpower."
Mr. Jin took a sip of wine: "Before, all our workers ran away. There was nothing we could do. The workers could not survive, so they had to run away or be hired by others with better wages. Our business could not continue. We left the previous place. There was a strong local force there. We were not opponents, so we had to leave."
"Then we surrendered to our current boss, the big boss. He gave us a piece of land, a large piece of land, and found workers for us. The workers also did a good job, and we also had a goal. Everything is getting better!"
"The most important thing is that those guys used to fight in a barren mountain. Now we have jumped out, and there is no need at all. We have our own territory. It won't be long before we can fight back. We will become extremely powerful and we will take over large tracts of forest!"
Roy raised his glass: "Congratulations."
"Hahahaha!"
Mr. Jin's beard curled up with pride.
It can be seen that he is really happy and he cares about his forest farm.
Mr. Jin said again: "What's your curse?"
Roy told him again.
"Your curse is the old god curse."
Mr. Jin narrowed his eyes.
Roy was stunned: "The old god curse, is that the curse before the fall of the gods?"
"It's hard to say." The other party touched his beard with his hand: "I don't know much about curses, but a friend does know something. I'll ask him to come and ask."
Mr. Jin walked out.
Before Roy finished a glass of wine, Mr. Jin came in with a friend.
The man was wrapped in armor, but this look is not uncommon. Ghosts or special ethnic groups are used to wearing armor when traveling.
Mr. Jin introduced: "This is Master Jue, he is a well-informed monk."
Master Jue looked at Roy for a while and said: "The stupa records that there are two ways to cast the [Old God Curse]. One is that when the god's divine nature is broken, a curse seal can be completed. The other is that the existence of a former god can also use the title to cast a curse. The strength of the Old God Curse is related to the strength of the caster itself."
"You have the highest level of [Old God Curse] 99, which is unrecognizable to ordinary people. It is a negative effect that is difficult to remove."
Roy felt very strange: "In other words, the one who cast the curse on me is a fallen god, or a god in the past?"
"Yes."
The armored monk continued: "Only gods can remove the Old God Curse, but this curse is too high, and it consumes a lot to erase it. Recovery is always much more difficult than destruction."
Mr. Jin asked: "How much does it consume?"
"Hundreds of millions of faith power, and a divine nature to absorb the curse."
"..."
Mr. Jin's face also changed.
Roy sighed.
Such conditions are impossible for him to have.
Master Jue thought for a moment: "However, there is a place that can eliminate special negative effects."
"The Silver Plain on the other side of the world is a completely different world. The rules and power of our world will be invalid when entering there. It is a more thorough forbidden area for gods than the border zone."
In the Silver Plain, the existing power will gradually become invalid.
If you stay there for 15 days, you will lose all the existing extraordinary power. Converted into Yao clan time, it is 30 years.
The people working in the local research station are basically the ancestors of bones. They have almost lost their little power, and even [endurance] and [order] will disappear.
All they can rely on is trust in each other, the strength of their own bodies, and the knowledge accumulated in their brains.
It is not only these powers that will be eliminated locally, but also the negative characteristics caused by various rules.
The monk told Roy: "Even in the most ideal situation, if you eliminate the curse of the old gods there, you will lose the ability of the elves and no longer have a long life."
"In addition, the conditions there are difficult and dangerous, and there are many unknown risks. Please make a careful decision."
Roy felt a glimmer of hope.
For him, he would rather lose a short and free life than be tortured by the lingering curse.
This is Roy's rejection of the curser.
The most important thing is that this is something he can do with his own strength, which makes him feel at ease.
But Roy is going to learn more about the Silver Plains and needs to be prepared.
…
Roy stayed in the Long Night Bar for a whole year. During this year, he figured out why there are always many people coming here to drink.
The various "nectars" made by the boss can make everyone dream.
For example, "Long Night" will transform various pressures into dreams, so as to release depression and reduce mental burden.
"Intoxication" allows people to dream beautiful dreams and experience things that are difficult to achieve in dreams, so as to make up for regrets and fulfill long-cherished wishes. Many people come for this.
"Sinking" has the opposite effect. It will create a cruel and tormenting illusion, making people experience pain between being half drunk and half awake.
At first, Roy was puzzled. There were many customers who liked to sink.
Would you feel happy if you were tortured?
Is pain also a kind of enjoyment?
Later, he slowly understood.
The cruel dream woven by sinking can keep people awake and abandon weakness, and can also let some people see what failure will make them look like. For many people, it is more like a self-awakening.
One day, a woman in a black dress came to the bar.
As soon as she appeared, the place was filled with an uneasy atmosphere.
Although the long night bar before was noisy, everyone maintained an unspoken tacit understanding and would control conflicts and contradictions within a range.
However, the arrival of the woman in the black dress today broke a certain balance. First, two customers who were originally chatting and laughing fought each other. They directly took out two black magic guns and sprayed each other. One died and one was injured on the spot, and the scene fell into chaos.
Then a group of people went from rescuing the wounded to arguing, and then to a melee, and the whole bar was filled with a strong smell of blood.
The woman in the black dress sat on a chair, enjoying everything with a smile on her face.
The boss told her: "You are not welcome here, please leave."
It was the first time Roy saw Rita so angry.
"It's too much. I just had a glass of wine. It's obviously their problem. Why do you blame me?" The woman held her cheek with one hand, looking sad: "Is it a sin to just look?"
"You know that you are here, which will make them crazy." Rita said coldly: "Please don't come here again."
The woman crossed her long legs and looked at the boss sideways: "Then give me a glass of "Long Night"."
"No."
"How cruel."
The woman frowned: "I came all the way here just to have a glass of wine. Later I have to collect intelligence for the big shots, do a good job of broadcasting and expression management. I can't even get a glass of good wine after working hard. What a miserable life."
She noticed Roy next to her: "Mr. Elf, can you give me your "Long Night"?"
Roy handed her the wine he hadn't drunk yet.
"Thank you."
The other party took the wine glass, took a sip, squinted his eyes and showed a happy look: "After a busy work, a long night is the best."
"Thank you for the wine. Since we are destined to meet, I will also help you make a little change."
She looked at Roy from left to right.
"You are not in a good condition. You are under the [Curse of the Old God]. Hey, you have offended a powerful character."
Roy briefly described his situation.
"I know who cursed you."
She showed a thoughtful look: "That kind of behavior, the words and tone, and this kind of power, is [The Ruler of the Sky] Ishtar. There will be no other person."
"Ishtar will do such things. For men who can't get them, they will curse and torture them. Of course, you won't remember what she looks like, and her appearance will not be remembered."
"But now she probably has forgotten you. Ishtar is very fond of new things and always keeps looking for new people she likes. Poor elf, you are really unfortunate."
It was the first time Roy heard this name.
"Then goodbye." The woman in black stood up, put down her glass, and walked lightly into the night.
As soon as she left, the whole bar suddenly returned to normal. The customers who were arguing and fighting quickly stopped fighting, and a trace of confusion appeared on each other's faces, as if they couldn't understand why the situation had turned out like that before.
Roy asked Rita: "Boss, who was that just now?"
"【Charming Tongue】Cheshia, a big demon, came in person." Rita looked at the door: "When she appears, she will change everything and make the situation go to another extreme. This is her nature and her hobby."
"Although Ceshia is not a demon from the Demon Association, she is the hell announcer of Lord Yaoshen. Here she returns to her nature and messes around, but in front of Lord Yaoshen, she must be well-behaved and obedient. She must be under a lot of pressure..."
Roy suddenly realized.
The Long Night Bar seems to be a gas station for demons.
He suddenly thought.
Could it be that telling herself the source of the old god's curse is also part of her game?
Roy felt that it was time to change.
He was not sure if this was the influence of Cecia's power.
He had to remove the curse of the [Lord of the Sky] and could no longer be the marked prey.
Rita said: "Then I wish you good luck, and I will buy you a drink when you come back."
The two clinked their glasses.