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The spiritual imprint is absolute, and under the agreement of both parties, the contract ceremony carried out by either party is not violated, otherwise the invalid contract will be compensated for at the cost of death.

"I'll just give you a minute to think about it. ”

Baker thought about the situation in his favor and raised his head to look at the other party: "What's the benefit?"

"The greatest benefit is to gain eternal life, with adults. ”

"Your Excellency?"

"You don't need to know this for the time being, do you want to choose life or death?"

"To live or to die......?"

Baker replied: "I promise, but I have the conditions. ”

"Conditions, you're really good at bargaining!"

"I don't want your mind and will to be erased by you. ”

The shadow mages are the true enemies of the Temple of the Four Directions, the shadow mages manipulate shadow magic, play with people's lives and souls, they are the most evil of people, and the deepest darkness in this Vogulite continent.

In the past thousand years, most of the continent's general list has been filled with these shadow mages, these shadow mages are more withdrawn than ordinary magicians, and the Sifang Temple's crusade against them is easier than dealing with dragons.

Hundreds of years ago, a shadow mage appeared on the continent of Vagolet, and this shadow mage gathered all the shadow mages of the time to form an organization to fight against the Temple of the Four Directions. Except for his name, Baker didn't know much about the inside of this organization, and the only people who had this information were people from the Blue Dragon Temple.

So far, the name at the top of the list of mainland compilations is the shadow mage of this organization, which is much more dangerous than those assassination organizations that were established only a hundred years ago or decades ago. What the Shadow Mage did would most likely affect the situation on this continent, a fact that the Temple of the Four Directions did not want to witness.

Baker smiled wryly in his heart.

"You have such conditions, and I also have my own requirements. ”

The old shadow mage was thinking about it, thinking about how to get the most out of it.

"I can allow you to have your own will, and you cannot disobey my commands and wills. This is your price, how can I call it mercy, you fall into the hands of other people, you have no choice, you will be at least skinned by them, and even hollow out your inside, and make you a real human puppet. ”

(Losing freedom is also called the best)

Baker cursed in his heart, but on the surface he remained silent, no matter what, he had only one choice.

"I promise. ”

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"We're going to do a blood pact, and the first thing to do is ...... Rattle...... You should get used to it. The old shadow mage turned around with his sharp dagger in his hand, a smile on his face that seemed terrifying to Baker.

"I like blood the most, the fresher the better, even if it's not ** blood. ”

Baker closed his eyes and didn't speak, it took so much effort to deal with an ordinary person, is it a blood contract?

Baker smiled wryly, he was really a valuable piece of research material.

In his right hand, he held a long thing hidden in his arms, it was the teleportation scroll that Desmond had given him, should he use it? Now is the best time to escape, the old shadow mage has let his guard down.

(No, wait)

Baker opened his eyes and saw that the other party was in front of him, and he stretched out his left hand.

The old shadow mage sliced Baker's left hand with a short sword, holding a bowl full of blood.

Baker felt more and more uncomfortable in his head, as if he had been slammed on his head, and he slammed his head again and again, which was already a symptom of moderate anemia, and it was all up to willpower to resist. Because there is so much blood loss, if you are an ordinary person, you may not even be able to go up the stairs.

The consciousness is clear, but the feeling coming from the head is not ordinary severe pain.

"What beautiful blood. ”

The old shadow mage looked happy, carefully put the bowl full of blood aside, and slashed the bowl in his left hand with his short sword in his right hand, and blood spilled down the wound.

"Oh, I'm too old, it's the first time I've seen such old blood, two hundred years, it's a long time. ”

The old shadow mage filled his blood with another empty bowl, put the two bowls together, put down his dagger as well, and reached out to hold the two bowls in front of Baker.

"You can't tell which bowl is your own blood, do you?"

Baker gritted his teeth and took a step.

Baker looked at the two bowls in front of him, distracting himself from the dagger in his afterglow.

(Be sure to get it)

The dagger was not far from him, and was placed on top of a low cabinet by the shadow mage.

"Before I do that, can I ask you a question?"

Baker took two steps closer, feeling his head pound harder with each step, shaking his head inwardly in an attempt to distract himself.

(It's bad enough to look like this)

We must not let things get more out of control, and this must be done.

(Must do)

(Must do)

Baker repeated it over and over again in his mind, staring at each other.

"Why choose me?"

"That's an interesting question. ”

Baker turned around, turned his back to the old shadow mage, and slowly stretched out his hand where the other party couldn't see it.

The outstretched hand touched the short sword on the top of the cabinet, but did not make a superfluous sound.

It worked!

Baker managed to get his hands on the dagger.

"Didn't you say that before? You're a valuable material!"

"Karga Ga!"

The old shadow mage stared at Baker's back and let out an ugly laugh again.

Baker's hand shook a little, and the dagger almost fell out of his hand, but he was able to catch it in time.

Such a simple action is easy to do in normal times, and in the current state, it is difficult to walk with your head up or down, and it is all up to your will to resist. With a slight sigh of relief, Baker turned around and hid his dagger behind him as he turned.

Took two steps forward and came to the front of the shadow mage.

"Is there anything else you want to say? I'm ready, let's get started. The old shadow mage urged, as if he had become impatient.

Is it a curse of the blood pact?

"I have one more thing to say, please be patient. ”

Baker bowed his head slightly, and quickly pulled out the short sword hidden behind him, and pressed it against the opponent's throat.

"I see, that's what you're trying to say?"

Baker took a few steps forward and circled behind the shadow mage, the only way to make it impossible for the other party to escape.

However, these steps were quite drastic for Baker in this state, and he had to slow down and make his head comfortable.

The old shadow mage was not at all scared or nervous, and in his opinion Baker's actions were simply insignificant.

Baker sneered, no matter what tricks this old guy had, he couldn't escape.

Holding the short sword against the opponent's throat in one hand, he reached for the magic scroll hidden in his arms with the other.

If he used it now, Baker would be able to bring this shadow mage back with him, and he would be very good at interrogation.

"You're trying to threaten a shadow mage like that? you're taking me too lightly. ”

The old shadow mage said, and Baker also noticed that a pitch-black staff appeared in front of him out of thin air.

"O ancient darkness, in response to your will!

As the incantation came out of the shadow mage's mouth, Baker threw the magic scroll in his hand before the shadow mage could finish speaking, and in an instant, a dazzling light filled the room.

The figure was engulfed in light, and at this time, Baker didn't know that the magic of void teleportation collided with the shadow magic behind it, causing some distortion, even if he left smoothly, the injuries on his body were aggravated, so that he was unconscious all the time. Moreover, the shadow mage also took this opportunity to break free from Baker's control, and was also affected by the two colliding magics, and suffered some injuries, but none of them were passed away.

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The previous few chapters turned out to be more than a few chapters, Baker's perspective is written longer than expected, and the night will be as short as possible, and the end of this part of the plot will be hurried, and the focus is on Neil's story.