He still remembered the scene at that time. The Wandering Soul Lane was filled with black fog, and an unprecedented mirage appeared in the sky. A scarlet and strange blood moon hung horizontally in the sky, yet it also looked like a huge blood-colored eyeball, peeping at the land below.
He heard a knock on the door and found Ryan unconscious at the door.
A row of blood-red footprints extended from the door of the shop all the way into the distant black fog.
He saw a figure in the black fog. Black manes grew all over his back, and he was carrying a blood-dripping butcher's knife on his shoulder. He turned his head and glanced at him, which allowed him to see the side face of that monster clearly.
The scarlet blood moon shone down.
It was like a dark omen.
That monster gave him an indescribable feeling of uneasiness in his heart. It wasn't because of the difference in strength but seemed to be a kind of suppression on them dark creatures from the level of existence and the soul.
It made you shiver from the bottom of your heart.
It was like a...
"Demon."
Bloodsaw looked solemn and raised his head.
Almost without any hesitation, with a gloomy look in his eyes, he immediately rushed towards Ryan's direction.
Seeing this, Lady Doll also quickly followed Bloodsaw and rushed over.
...
In front of the ancient castle.
Alice was on high alert and confronting the pig-headed butcher as if facing a formidable enemy. Ryan was about to speak when he immediately felt the aura coming from behind, and then he saw Bloodsaw and Lady Doll who rushed over quickly.
"Teacher?" Ryan was surprised but not too unexpected.
Because when he heard the system prompt from Lady Doll before, he had roughly guessed that the teacher and the others should be nearby.
"Yeah!"
Bloodsaw nodded and didn't say much. Instead, he stood beside Ryan, squinted his eyes, and stared at the pig-human-monster opposite.
"Ryan, have you offended this... butcher?"
He asked solemnly, his muscles tensed, and his eyes full of vigilance.
Hearing this, Ryan smiled and said, "Teacher, you're overthinking it. I just made a deal with this gentleman."
He raised his head, walked forward with a smile, patted the vigilant Alice on the shoulder, faced the pig-headed butcher directly, and saluted, saying,
"First of all, I want to thank you. Without the heart you gave me, I couldn't have completed the last piece of the puzzle for Alice. As for the heart full of extreme evil that you want."
Ryan thought for a moment and then slowly stretched out his hand and placed it on his chest.
Feeling the powerful beating of his heart.
He smiled and adjusted his monocle, saying, "I don't really have it, but you also said that my heart can be used instead. I can give it to you right now."
As soon as these words came out, the expressions on Bloodsaw's and Lady Doll's faces changed drastically in an instant.
Alice also turned her head and looked at Ryan beside her in surprise.
"Ryan, do you know what you're talking about?!" Bloodsaw frowned and grabbed his shoulder, shouting loudly,
"Do you think the heart is a part that can be replaced as you like?!"
Ryan turned sideways, winked at the teacher, and said, "Isn't it? Didn't the teacher help me replace it once before? Aren't I still alive and well now?"
Bloodsaw was momentarily at a loss for words, then grabbed his collar, looked into his eyes, and said deeply,
"Because the heart I replaced for you is not an ordinary one..."
Ryan was startled.
But Bloodsaw didn't continue. He let go of his collar, turned around, and stared deeply at the pig-headed butcher opposite.
His voice became gloomy.
"Moreover, didn't you understand what he meant?"
"He said he wanted a heart full of extreme evil. That doesn't just refer to the piece of flesh that's beating in your chest. It also includes your, soul."
In an instant, the surrounding fell into silence.
Bloodsaw's voice became even lower, saying, "He said your own heart can be used instead, but he didn't specify whether it's a kind heart, a loving heart, an evil heart, or a cruel heart. If you rashly give it to him, it's equivalent to making a deal with the devil, and the final right to interpret it is in his hands!"
"Then what you'll lose in the end won't just be a piece of flesh that beats."
All of these were experiences.
They were the bloody lessons he had summed up after struggling in this world for hundreds of years.
Because in the Dark World, there was the "Devil" clan. They were extremely orderly yet extremely evil. They wouldn't easily attack you but would make deals with you in the form of contracts and then gradually trick you into the traps they had set in advance.
If you weren't careful, you'd be doomed.
Ryan calmed down and then looked at the pig-headed butcher opposite, with an inquiring look in his eyes.
The pig-headed butcher's expression remained unchanged, and he said faintly, "Your teacher is right. The heart I want also includes the soul."
He reached into his arms and took out a pocket watch, took a casual look at it.
"You have thirty seconds to make a decision. After the countdown ends, I'll consider it a breach of contract."
Tick— Tick—
The sound of the hands of the watch ticking rang around.
Ryan's eyes flickered.
And from the teacher's expression, he could guess that the pig-headed butcher was obviously very powerful.
Even the enhanced Alice showed an expression as if facing a formidable enemy, which further illustrated the problem.
Was he a King Level?
Or a Root Level?
No.
It should be impossible.
Ryan's mind was spinning rapidly, and his eyes were flickering.
Moreover, it was definitely too late to inform the Little family now. But how could it be so easy to find a heart full of extreme evil? Not to mention that there were less than thirty seconds left.
And if that's the case...
Ryan raised his head, his eyes became calm, and he took a step forward, reaching his right hand towards his chest.
"Alright, then use my..."
But before he could finish his words, a cold little hand grabbed his wrist.
Alice with cracks all over her body raised her head, her eyes deep, and gently shook her head at him.
Then she turned around, looked up, and said,
"I have... I'll make the deal... with you instead of brother."
As soon as these words came out, Ryan was shocked.
But before he could say a word, Alice suddenly opened her mouth, and icy ghostly energy surged out.
And under the urgent gazes of those around, a pitch-black, constantly beating heart slowly emerged from her mouth and hovered in front of the pig-headed butcher.
Cold, strange, and pitch-black.
The heart was crawling with hideous black mucus and was still beating constantly.
One could vaguely hear the shrill and resentful shrieks coming from it.
"That's..."
The introduction of that heart immediately appeared in front of his eyes.
[Heart of Evil Thoughts]: The heart condensed from Mrs. Mary's jealousy and hatred.
Ryan's breathing suddenly became rapid.
Slowly.
Alice held the floating heart and looked up, saying,
"This is my biological mother's... heart... Her viciousness and hatred... make me shudder."
Ryan fell silent, just looking at Alice's side face without saying a word.
Alice walked forward step by step, looked up, and said, "Brother Ryan got Alice's heart back from you... So this deal... let me fulfill it."