Chapter 15 Contract
It was the plane passage that Dakris had exonerated in the past, and it was one of the ones left behind by Dakris that Caesar had been able to ignore the dimensional barrier. Yihao led the elders to the lava pool and explained to them what was going to happen.
"As I just explained, this is a passage to hell, and I will summon some high-level demons to replace your contract demons. Of course, you don't need to look at it to know that your contract demons are all low-level demons, right? No wonder the magic power is so low that it is not like words......" Yihao's gaze swept over the elders, and many of them lowered their heads in shame.
"Honorable, honorable mentor replaces the contract demon...... Is this really possible? One of the senators asked tremblingly. When they made a contract with the demons, they paid a high price, and were told that the contract was valid until the end of their lives, and that if they broke the contract, they would also pay with their lives.
"Of course, basically making a contract with a demon is like making a deal, and if there are better conditions, immediately change the deal." This explanation completely shattered the common sense of "from the beginning" in the minds of the patriarchs, but probably only Dakris was qualified to say such things.
"First...... It's you who step forward. Yihao's gaze swept over the patriarch and finally stopped at Gullit.
"Yes, yes!" Gullette stood up, looking nervous, like a bride about to marry her bride.
"Call out your contract demon first." Yihao ordered like this, but Gullette looked embarrassed, and looked at Yihao with a wolf. "Tutor, excuse me...... Is it now? ā
"Less nonsense, hurry up." Yihao waved his hand impatiently. Gullette closed his eyes as if resigned, muttering to himself as if chanting, seeing this appearance, Yihao raised his eyebrows, but pouted and endured it for the time being.
As the minutes ticked by, the contract demon didn't show up in the slightest. Gullit was still muttering to himself, but a dense cold sweat had already appeared on his forehead. Yihao stomped his feet impatiently beside him, and the "click" sound hit his heart like a drum.
It took another ten minutes, and after Gurlett begged and made a lot of promises, the contract demon reluctantly agreed to show up. Then a little bit of darkness rippled in the void. A slender demon about a man was high, and the demon emerged from the ripples, spreading out a pair of bat-like black wings and floating in the air. It looks like it's a lot of style.
"What are you calling me for?" The demon looked at Gurlett condescendingly, and his tone was extremely arrogant, but Gurlett looked a little overwhelmed, and saw the expression of the contractor. The demon frowned disapprovingly.
"I am the one who called you." At that moment, a hand grabbed his wings from behind and pulled him violently. The demon's entire body was torn to the ground, and then it was slammed to the floor.
"Wow!" The demon's face and the hard stone slab collided and screamed. "Who! Who dares to do this to me! The demon groaned in pain, and was about to turn to confirm the perpetrator, but one foot stepped on his back, and was pressed down with a force that heavily healed Tarzan.
"Shut up." Yihao stared coldly at the cockroach-like demon on the ground. "But a black bat demon actually dared me to wait for a full twenty minutes, your face is really enough...... Could it be that you've forgotten the rules of hell because you've been in the world for too long? ā
"Hell? You...... No, you're ......" The Black Bat Demon turned his head to look tremblingly, although he couldn't see Yihao's appearance, but the demonic aura churning behind him made him shudder, and the other party was definitely a demon god-level figure. The rules of hell are that the strong are respected, and when he thought that he had actually made a demon god wait for twenty minutes, the black bat demon was suddenly frightened.
"Small...... The little ones don't know if it's the adults coming to the mortal world, so please forgive the adults! Big...... Whatever sacrifices the adults need, the small ones are prepared for the adults immediately! ā
"No need." Yihao grabbed the Black Bat by the neck and lifted it up for him to face Gurlet, who was already in a daze. "You don't have to think about it, you know that what you made is definitely a unilateral forced contract with the devil, and I want you to terminate the contract with him immediately."
"Solution...... Break the contract? Is an adult a contractor who likes a small one? The black bat's eyes widened, of course, he was reluctant to accept the many benefits that this contract brought him, so he cleverly recommended to Yihao: "Well, tell the adults, the small ones also know more about the suitables, they have more power in the mortal world than this guy, and they are bent on pursuing the power of darkness. If they know that they can have a chance to be favored by a powerful demon god like an adult, they will definitely dedicate themselves to the adult at any cost, do you want to take you over to see ......"
"Less nonsense!" Yihao carried the Black Bat Demon to the lava pool, grabbed his neck, and made him float in the air on the churning lava. "If you don't want to break the contract, I'll throw you down, anyway, if you die, the contract will be automatically terminated. Besides, with this insignificant power, you have almost enjoyed enough of swaggering and deceiving in the mortal world for hundreds of years, right? ā
"I'm willing to lift! I'm willing to lift! Please be merciful! Please be merciful! The Black Bat nodded again and again, quickly taking out an ancient parchment roll from his bosom and presenting it to Yihao, fearing that he would be dried by the heat rising from the lava below him if he was a second too late.
āā¦ā¦ Hell, it's this kind of contract! Yihao took the contract with one hand
Immediately crumpled into a ball of waste paper and threw it on the ground, and couldn't help but kick Gulie: "Bastard!" Do you dare to agree to such a contract? You're a disgrace to an alchemist! ā
"Yes...... It's a mentor. Gullit was so scolded by Yihao that he couldn't raise his head at all, while the other elders carefully picked up the contract on the ground, looked at it, and then all of them were gloomy, obviously their contract was not much better than this one.
"For the sake of you handing over the contract honestly, I won't pursue your swagger." Yi Hao turned back to the Black Bat Demon and announced that the latter immediately showed a look of pardon, but the corners of Yi Hao's mouth quickly curved into an evil arc again. "But the sin that kept me waiting twenty minutes is another matter...... Go down and take a lava bath, and if you're lucky, you might even turn into char and go back to hell. ā
As soon as Yihao let go, the black bat demon fell into the lava pool with a long scream. Watch as the demon screamed and wailed in the lava. In the end, the scene of being slowly engulfed by lava made all the patriarchs feel a deep chill in their bones. If they were looking at Yihao before and still wanted to see the monster, then at this moment, they undoubtedly worshipped Yihao as a god.
"What are you doing? Bring me the contract. ā
Retracting his gaze from the lava pool, Yihao yelled at Gurlet, and immediately ran three steps and two steps to snatch the parchment roll. Respectfully presented to him with both hands. Yihao took the parchment roll and shook it casually. The blood-smeared handwriting burned in the flames.
"Who are you looking for...... Yihao muttered for a few seconds as he looked at the new parchment roll in his hand. Forget it, anyone can do it...... Can Bayliss hear me? When you hear the words, come here at once, I have something to look for you. ā
It took twenty minutes for Gurlett to call out to the Black Mant. And Yihao reacted almost as soon as he finished speaking in the lava pool. Churning lava erupts high. Then it spread out to the sides and formed the shape of a door, and a knight in full armor rode out of the door on a ghost steed.
"......," the knight looked around wordlessly, and there was no other movement, but the heavy pressure quietly enveloped the whole room, making people feel as if the room temperature had dropped by ten degrees suddenly. It was far from the power that the previous black bat demon could match.
āā¦ā¦ Dakris? The knight fixed his eyes on Yihao, and he recognized the dark aura on Yihao's body.
"That's right, it's me." Yihao waved his hand at Gullit next to him. "Baylis. Are you interested in introducing a good fit-to-date? ā
āā¦ā¦ He? The knight moved his gaze to Gulllet, looking at him in silence.
In the face of the wordless and heavy coercion, Gullett's legs couldn't help but tremble slightly. It doesn't matter whether he is brave or not, Yihao summoned one of the strongest demon gods in hell, Belis, even in Dakris's era, only a very few top alchemists can conclude a contract with him, and for the former contract demon is only a low-level black bat demon land, Gurlet, this is simply a step to the sky!
"Please...... Please look after me in the future. It took all his strength for Gurlett to barely get a word out between his teeth.
āā¦ā¦ It's too weak. The knight's conclusion made Gurrett almost faint, but fortunately he followed later. It's excellent though. ā
"You agreed? Then sign it. Yihao handed over the parchment scroll, and while the knight was looking at Gullit, he had already updated the contents of the contract.
The knight took the parchment and looked at it in silence, then turned his head to look at Yihao. āā¦ā¦ It's not fair. ā
"It's just for now." Yihao waved his hand nonchalantly. "As you can see, this guy's qualifications are not bad, and I guarantee that he will become an alchemist who is good enough to match the strongest demon god, and you will also be good when the time comes."
"......" As if measuring Yihao's mention, the knight was silent for a moment again, then nodded slowly, stretched out his hand, branded his own sigil on the parchment, and then handed the parchment to Gullett. ā¦ā¦ Seal with blood. ā
"Okay." Gullette took the parchment with both hands, immediately bit his finger, wrote his name in the lower right corner of the contract, and then respectfully handed it back to the knight, but was stopped by Yihao. "Wait, didn't you have the habit of reading content when you signed the contract? Read it to me! Otherwise, I don't know when someone buys it, and I have to help count the money. ā
"It's a mentor." Gullette bowed his head to Yihao, and the more respectful his attitude became, Yihao's statement just now was equivalent to announcing his intention to take him as an apprentice, and he opened the parchment scroll with joy, and at this moment, even if this contract sold all the Adolf family, it is estimated that he would not have an opinion.
"This, this is ......," Gulllet's gaze could not leave the parchment, and after reading it in one breath, his face suddenly turned pale, and he glanced at the silent knight in front of him tremblingly, and then his gaze moved to Yihao's body again. Respectful...... Esteemed Mentor, this contract...... Can it really be? ā
"Of course, you can, but this is an extreme case, and I'm just showing you an example. Keep in mind that alchemists and demons are mutually beneficial and equal, and that there is a lot of bargaining in the contract that only low-level demons will have no brains to ask for sacrifices from the contractor. With that, Yihao turned to the knight. Bellis, please find me some more demons
There are quite a few people who need to exchange contracts here. I shouted out one by one~ Hmph, those guys have been in hell for hundreds of years, and they must not miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. ā
āā¦ā¦ Good. The knight took the parchment from Gullett and put it in his bosom, then turned and rode back to the lava gate on the Phantom Steed.
Follow Yihao to the rest of the land elders. Facing those desperate eyes, he smiled evilly.
"Alright. I've already shown you the process of changing the contract, and you'll negotiate with them yourself when the demon gods come...... Don't worry, low-level demons usually don't dare to disobey the orders of the demon god, as long as you negotiate well, they will automatically cancel the original contract for you, otherwise you can ask Bayliss to help. That guy doesn't like to talk, but he's quite reasonable. ā
Yihao waved to the elders. And he went to the door.
"Okay, I'll leave it to you. I'm going to check on the rest of the place, so if you have any questions, come and call me...... Ah, yes. Yihao, who walked to the door, turned around and added as if he remembered something. About the contents of the new contract. It's impossible to copy it all, but you can refer to the copy of Gurretti. ā
This sentence made Dakris's founding disciple suddenly become the focus of attention, listening to the noise of a vegetable market behind him. Yihao put a mischievous smile on the corner of his mouth, and then pushed the door open, leaving the noise behind.
In the square ahead, Anika was staring at the mountain of garbage.
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Dakris carved out a separate space between the slit between Hell and the Celestial Realm, and positioned the workshop in this space, which is why the Holy See and the Dark Guild have never appeared. Although theoretically the space in which the workshop is located can be extended endlessly, it is too large to set up and manage, so Dakris only set the right size - that being said, the various practical rooms and large and small storage rooms add up enough to be the size of a castle, and the various areas of the workshop are radially distributed outward and connected to the central square, so that there is no need to get lost.
"Ahem! Ahem, ahem! ā
Yihao pushed open the door of Dakris's private study, and a musty smell walked through the dust, choking him with a cough, and Anika who followed behind him immediately covered her mouth and nose, frowned. "Father, I think you should clean up this workshop first...... They haven't been here for hundreds of years, and maybe some monsters will give birth. ā
"Well, probably not...... " Yihao said, but a drum beat in his heart. In Dakris's research, there is indeed a part involving life creation, and this is the main purpose of his coming to the workshop, remember that before the workshop was finally closed, there was a part of the real yĆ n device that was not closed, if it was unlucky, it was possible that some monsters had really been born.
"No problem, all areas have a strong partition in the middle, and even if something goes wrong, it won't spread to other areas." Yihao's explanation is tantamount to admitting Anika's speculation. "But then again, it's all Dakris research materials stored here, so it's absolutely safe."
"Yes......" Anika walked in noncommittally.
This is Dakris's private study, but it is more of a combination of a large library and a gallery than a study, and the upper three floors are a full cabinet of books and bookcases mixed with all kinds of odd-shaped items, and occasionally some scraps of paper falling, only the desk in the middle of the lowest floor, but there is still a bit of study atmosphere.
"I didn't expect to miss this place...... Yihao walked to the desk. On the desk, Dakris still had the same appearance as when he left, but the ink in the glass bottle had long since dried up, and a few quill pens were almost completely bald, Yihao casually picked up a manuscript and looked at some of the things written on it, which attracted his attention.
"...... the law of 'spirit' and 'reason' runs through the beginning and end of the world, God relies on the law of 'spirit' to reign over all things, and man relies on the law of 'reason' to change nature, but it has been proved that even God is bound by 'reason', and even man can use the power of 'spirit'...... 'spirit' and 'reason' are mutually exclusive and interdependent, this is an inexplicable phenomenon, there is nothing more contradictory in the world, if there is really a so-called creation God, then why did he set up these two contradictory laws, I want to find the truth in them...... Fortunately, alchemy happens to be a discipline that integrates 'reason' and 'spirit', and if it can reach the ultimate in alchemy, then it may be able to realize the origin of these two laws...... Let's just call this 'the source'......"
Probably because it had been left for too long, the paper had become extremely fragile, and by the time Yihao saw it, the manuscript had broken from the two corners he had been holding, and then broke in the air and fell to the ground, a pile of debris.
āā¦ā¦ To the source? Yihao felt as if he had heard it somewhere, but just as he was about to think about it, Anika suddenly pulled him back to the door without saying a word.
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