After Varre, the player came under attack several more times.
The attackers included, but were not limited to, White Masks just like Varre, the vampire lady encountered at Blood Moon Manor, and various disgusting monsters such as Blood Nobles...
In a pitch-black cavern, there was, remarkably, a little roadside stall. A merchant draped in dark red robes sat there, looking half asleep.
Only when the player approached to speak did the merchant start as if waking from a dream and ask in a fluster, "Oh! Ah... a customer. What would you like?"
The player browsed the wares and noticed a tablet similar to the one they had picked up earlier.
The player bought it.
Obtained: [Clean Tablet] [(Can you set me free? Give back my liberty.) Can you set me free? Give me back the right to break free. (Can you set me free? To break this misery.) Can you set me free? End this bitter servitude. (This is life's last bet, final dance with death.) This is life's final wager, the ultimate dance with death. (Let the flower sway, crushed in dark and light betrays.) Let the flower sway, only to be crushed by day and night. (Raging fire, blurs my eyes.) Scarlet fire blurs my eyes.]
The merchant said, "Oh, sorry, the goods aren't quite perfect... It's been so long since there were any customers here..."
The player selected [About that tablet].
The merchant said, "That... seems to have been written by the Blood Lord himself... It's quite popular in the Blood Dynasty. At least those lunatics wearing white masks love it... Ahem, customer, you'd best not display it."
After leaving the merchant, the player followed the winding stone steps upward. A lift slowly rose, carrying the player to a broad platform.
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