I looked up in the air as I saw that giant ball, and it was pretty apparent to me that the number represented money. Especially after Fey told me that this place was the biggest casino or something.
Though that wasn't what attracted me as much as the question of why this place didn't exist back when I played the game.
'I remember players coming here to visit the mermaid kingdom, and there were instances where they met illegal merchants too… but how come I never heard of something like this?' I tried giving it a bit of a thought.
The only possible answer I could come up with was that this place was closed before the players could get to interact with it.
'So within a year, this place is going to shut down, huh?' I smiled a little, wondering if I could involve this in my plans. Though that was something that I need to think about later.
"Hurry. I will take a look later when I finish what I came here for," I spoke to Fay, who laughed before nodding and then continued walking.
"Do you think he is trustworthy?" Geralt, who was beside me, asked with a skeptical look. I then pointed at Aisha before speaking.
"She didn't question it even for once. And she is the one who is going to take us to that place. So, for now, the only thing we can do is to follow that guy."
Geralt understood my words, as he then turned silent while we kept walking through the market.
We took a lot of turns and twists. Many times we walked up the stairs and then went down, deeper and deeper into the market until Fey finally slowed down and stopped in front of an empty alley where nobody was going.
"That's the place you are looking for. The worst of the worst go there, so good luck for real," Fey spoke before walking away from there while leaving the three of us standing there.
Aisha stood there still, peeking into the dark alley for a few seconds before she spoke," let's go."
Not minding, Geralt and I walked into that alley behind Aisha.
I thought it would take us a bit more walking, but we reached that place within a minute.
"Are you sure this is the place?" Geralt asked, confused as he looked in front of us.
It was a prison gate which was barely traceable with all this darkness. A strange stinking smell came from the inside as we stood there outside.
"Hey, Aisha. Why are you not answering me-" Geralt was about to ask Aisha again, but another voice appeared, from inside of that prison.
"Aisha. I didn't think you would come back here… hahahahaha… Did you come here with another sacrifice this time? Let's see. A light mage and the viscount's dog, Geralt. Good! Good!
Good! This is why you are the best!"
"Huh?" Geralt, who was confused by what was spoken, turned to Aisha as he demanded,
"Aisha? What's the meaning of this?!"
Though before he could touch Aisha, chains of darkness appeared from the ground and bound Geralt within a second, restricting his movements completely.
-Creak!
The prison gate slowly opened up, as a being appeared in front of us. A man white as snow, more handsome than any TV stars you see. His red eyes looked at Geralt and then at me.
Wearing a dark dracula type outfit, he walked closer to me, with his eyes looking deeper into mine.
"This once is a rare specimen, huh? I haven't seen someone with this much pure light mana. Just where did you find him, Aisha?" That guy spoke as he looked at Aisha.
"We just happened to meet. Will this be enough? Can you release my brother now?" Aisha asked as she looked at that guy, the vampire.
"Hmmm. That would be a little difficult. He isn't here… I have sent him on a mission," that vampire talked, putting his finger on his chin as he thought.
As for Aisha, she seemed truly scared as her head was down, while she asked,
"Will you release us after he comes back?"
"Aisha, my dear. What happened to you?" He then disappeared before appearing right in front of Aisha as he looked deeply into her eyes, horrifying her even more while he asked,
"You seem awfully brave today."
Aisha was sweating a lot, as she barely managed to keep herself standing.
"YOU BASTARD! WHAT DID YOU DO WITH HER? AND WHAT DID YOU TO ME?!!!" Geralt's mana diminished to near zero, as he couldn't even bring himself to look up. It wasn't just the chains, but the entire place seemingly restricting our mana.
"You still have the energy to scream? I guess you are a captain after all," the vampire seemed amused at Geralt as he smiled and then clapped thrice,
"Bravo! Since you are that strong. I shall answer one of your questions. You see, this place is lingering with death energy, which is absorbing all the mana in the surrounding. You probably have no idea what that is, so I shall say no more."
"YOU! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE VISCOUNT WOULD DO IF HE FINDS US MISSING?!!" Geralt shouted again at the top of his lungs. Seemingly, he was using all his energy, shouting.
Probably because that death energy was painful, making it difficult for him to keep his sanity.
"Pfffft~ Hahahahaha!!! That was the best joke I have heard as of today. You probably do not know how things work here! Let me tell you, young human… unless a god or an angel comes down here. Nobody can touch even a hair on my body."
That vampire spoke as he looked at Geralt like a maniac.
"What about a Demi-God killer?" I asked curiously as I turned towards that vampire, making him turn at me. His eyes were confused as he analyzed me.
I began walking towards him one step at a time, while he observed me. And then a bunch of chains appeared from the ground before reaching closer to me, trying to bind me.
And then…
They vanished in an instant as I stood there with my disguise removed and my eyes looking deeply into him,
"What about a Demi-God killer?"