Two Hundred a Eyeball, No Returns

Lynne spoke indifferently, "Small business. I don't accept bodily compensation. Rest assured, I only want your right eye. You can redeem it once you earn enough money."

The girl o(╥﹏╥)o responded, "Alright… okay… sobs!"

…

A few minutes later.

[Ding! You've obtained a rare item: Blood Doll's Right Eye x1]

[Blood Doll's Right Eye: After possession, hunger level +10, usable skill: Invincible Stomach.]

[Ding! You've completed the task; you've received the task reward: skull coins x50, Surgery Skill Experience +50, Special Reward: Blood Doll's Fear Level +30, Blood Doll's Doll Fear Level +50.]

Lynne calmly washed the blood off his hands. Then, he placed the eyeball into a bottle filled with a special reagent and labeled it appropriately.

Turning around, he looked at the girl, who was covering one of her eyes o(x﹏╥)o and politely said,

"Bloodsaw Potion Shop sincerely serves you."

Lynne bowed deeply.

The girl o(x﹏╥)o clutching her doll, walked out, and her voice could be heard from afar.

"I should quickly find Mom… I won't come again, sobs… What a sinister shop…"

[Ding, You've triggered a hidden task: Blood Doll Finds Mom, assist the Blood Doll in finding her mother, task completion reward: Blood Doll's Favorability +200, Blood Doll's Doll Favorability +100, Special Reward x1.]

[Current Task Completion: 2%]

Lynne was taken aback. Looking towards the door again, the silhouette of the girl had already disappeared into the darkness.

Completion 2%?

Lynne's gaze immediately fell on the plate on the counter, which contained several organs scooped out from the girl's stomach.

[Unknown Woman's Hair x50]

[Unknown Woman's Ears x2]

[Unknown Woman's Comb x1]

Lynne: "…"

It had to be said he indeed had a terrifying conjecture.

Lynne stood up, washed those parts clean, and then sealed them in bottles, preparing to discuss this matter with the girl when she came next time.

He opened his own panel.

Due to the previous rewards, he had gained a total of 50 points of surgical skill experience and an additional 50 skull coins of his own.

The customer's money belonged to the shop; he couldn't use it. So, his total property at the moment was 150 skull coins.

Skull coins were a basic currency in the world he now inhabited, usable as a general equivalent object, but Lynne hadn't truly stepped out of this shop in the last two years. So, he also had no opportunity to use it. But having more money never hurts.

Time swiftly passed.

Lynne, with his eyes closed, held a bone-picking knife in his hand, like a statue.

The soul lamp at the entrance represented a kind of rule, telling the wandering souls in the darkness that this was a place with an owner; if filled with malice, they would certainly pay the corresponding price.

Most wandering spirit monsters generally would not invade when the soul lamp was lit. Because within the homestead sheltered by the soul lamp, the owner can use the soul lamp to suppress the invading evil spirits and monsters at any time if he wishes.

However, this does not exclude some extremely evil ghosts and monsters. For them, there are no rules in this world that will be obeyed.

Thump, thump, thump——

At this time, knocking sounds came from outside the door again.

"Welcome."

Lynne opened his eyes. And he instantly saw a monster with the body of a burly pig-headed man appearing at the front door, one of his eyes bloody, without an eyeball, wearing a scarlet apron and holding a butcher knife that seemed to have just cut something.

A panel instantly appeared in front of Lynne.

[Pigfolk]

[Level: 21]

[Race: Deformed Monster]

[Attribute: Lawful Evil]

[Combat Ability]: As long as you are willing to be eaten...

[Introduction: The owner of the Pork Shop in Wandering Soul Lane. He is your "friendly" neighbor, and is very willing to share his freshly killed prey with you, or share you with others...]

[Lynne's Sanity -5]

[Lynne's Sanity -5]

"Bad luck." The pigfolk cursed while covering his own eye socket, saying: "Just because there was no useless trash to give to that old woman, she took one of my eyes, next time I encounter her, I definitely... definitely... spit!"

He spat out a mouthful of foul-smelling phlegm, continuing his cursing. And in Lynne's mind, a system prompt also immediately sounded.

[Ding! Pigfolk Task: Help him match a suitable eyeball, task reward: 50 Skull Coins, Surgery Skill Experience +50, Pigfolk's Favorability +20. Special Reward +1]

"Please come in."

Lynne sat in front of the counter, emotionless, secretly gripping the bone-picking knife tightly.

The pigfolk strode in, the soul lamp flickering constantly.

A foul and bloody scent swept in, making Lynne feel a surge of nausea.

The pigfolk plopped down on the stool in front of the counter, the remaining sharp pig eye looking at Lynne, he glanced around and said: "Where's Bloodsaw, let him come out, exchange an eyeball with me, and I'll exchange top-quality prey with him!"

Lynne maintained his composure and quietly said: "My teacher is out on an errand, if there is anything, you can tell me."

The pigfolk paused for a moment, then turned his head, squinted his eye, and his gaze fell on Lynne as if he were scrutinizing a piece of meat.

"Oh?"

[Ding! Crisis increased to 89%]

Waves surged in Lynne's heart, but his face still maintained composure.

However, his decision was very right. If he tried to deceive and tell this pork demon that his teacher was in the backyard after he noticed the discrepancies, he would definitely attack him immediately. Being honest and straightforward, on the other hand, would make the other party wary.

"Which type of eyeball do you need?" Lynne turned around, quietly pointing to the eyeballs soaking in the reagents on the shelf.

"We have human eyes, pig eyes, undead eyes, bat eyes, blood doll eyes; you can choose whichever you like, different eyes have different prices."

The cruel light flashed in the eyes of the pigfolk, revealing a mouthful of fangs, and a rich foul breath swept through.

"I think your eyeballs seem quite good."

He stretched out his tongue and licked his own cracked lips.

[Lynne's Sanity -10]

[Ding! Crisis increased to 91%]

Lynne knew that as long as he showed fear, this pigfolk would undoubtedly attack him without any scruples.

"Mine?"

Lynne turned his head and looked at him calmly.

Then, under the vicious gaze of the pigfolk, Lynne slowly stretched out three fingers and, in front of him, inserted them into his own eye socket, bit by bit gouging out his right eye.

Squeak—squeak—

[Ding! Host Life Loss!]

[Ding! Host Organ Loss!]

A few seconds later, Lynne had his steaming eye resting in his palm, the empty eye socket was dripping with fresh blood, puffing out heat.

[Pigfolk's Sanity -20!]

But his face remained unchanged.

"One for 200 skull coins, if it doesn't match, no returns."

The pigfolk was stunned. He didn't expect that the seemingly frail human in front of him could gouge out his own eyeball so ruthlessly in front of him.

When he had his eyeball taken by that scavenger, he had wailed in pain for quite a while. Yet, Lynne could still maintain his composure.

[Ding! Crisis reduced to 50%]