Chapter 11: The Price of Strength

The thunder beast was attracted by the fleeing Xiao Qiang, and chased after him, Xiao Qiang's strength was average, and his feet were indeed not slow, only to see him roll and move, deftly avoiding all kinds of vines and roots, and flying and disappearing into the dense forest.

Seeing that he couldn't catch up with him, the thunder beast roared angrily a few times, and the electric light on his body was connected into a net. The thunder beast has a fat body and short hooves, so it is not good at long-distance chasing, so the thunder beast gave up Xiaoqiang who was running away and walked towards the snow mark instead.

Seeing all this in his eyes, Xueji was anxious and helpless, and he was even more afraid of the strangeness of this space.

It's a terrifying experience, standing in your own eyes and feeling like you've got two selves. The strong sense of doubt generated by the separation of consciousness and body forms a strong mental pressure, and the feeling that consciousness and body are in danger at the same time, and both are on the verge of destruction is extremely terrifying.

He threw his fist at the ball that wrapped around him, only to feel as if it was hitting an extremely thick steel plate, and his fists hurt, but the black ball did not even crack.

No matter what object is hit, the fist can more or less feel the reaction force from this object, but the feeling of hitting this black ball is completely different, ordinary people may not feel it, but the keen snow marks can be clearly perceived, this black ball is like a completely inelastic object, which is completely not destroyed by ordinary external forces.

At this time, on the ground outside the sphere, a small pool of black water appeared, gradually forming a black shadow with the same appearance as the snow mark, but it was more than half smaller than before. Obviously, this hemisphere wrapped in snow marks is also part of the black shadow, and the black shadow seems to have consumed a lot of money to make this himself.

This time, the dark shadow's face was calm, and he returned to his gentlemanly manners, and he couldn't tell that he had been angry a few minutes ago.

"Feel the powerlessness, you now understand how important strength is. Come, sign this contract, and you will have supreme power, save your mother, and defeat the enemy. ”

The shadow pushed the scroll forward again.

"What about the price? Since it's a contract, I can't be the only one who benefits. Snow Scar asked, the pain in his hand reawakening him a little, and he was now more sure he wasn't dead. The recurrence of emotions before, most of which was due to the fear of death affecting him, is now reassured, although he is in danger, his mood is not as messy as before.

Judging by the performance of the Black Shadow, his purpose was to get himself to sign the contract, which was the mysterious golden scroll in front of him. And the other party was confident, indicating that the crisis of the thunder beast was not a problem in his eyes. Then before he signs the contract, he will probably not watch himself die. Thinking of this, Xueji calmed down.

"My mom said that there is no such thing as a free thing, and if you want to get it, you have to pay. ”

The shadow's face twitched a few more times, and he seemed to have a neurotic aversion to the problem.

"What a good mother. The black shadow was silent for a while, the twitching on his face stopped, and the signature smile hung on the corner of his mouth again: "You will gain supreme power, guarantee that you will be addicted as soon as you use it, and you will be able to break through all obstacles and save your mother." The price is ...... You. ”

"You will fight all your life to be one of us, to be part of our people, and of course you may die for us. ”

"You see, I'm not glorifying or hiding anything, even if it might make you think things too seriously. In fact, you don't have much to give, you just do what we do. As for who we are, even if I tell you, you may not understand it now. ”

Snowmark was silent again.

"Do you love your mother?"

"Love"

"Do you love her more than yourself?"

"Yes"

"Then what's the hesitation? sacrifice yourself to save your mother. You were so desperate for power just now, and now that power is in front of you, you hesitate, it seems that your love for your mother is far less than you think you are, you ...... He's a hypocrite. ”

Ordinary children may be immediately angry when they are ridiculed like this, but Xuechen has experienced more and is mentally mature, so he is not moved by it, nor does he immediately refute it.

He didn't say yes right away, he didn't say no right away, he really fell into a deep hesitation, no matter how much the shadow acted like a liar, but what if it was true? If he really could give himself supreme power as he said, should he give up himself to save his mother? The answer was "yes".

But on the other hand, if this is not an opportunity but a scam, he is likely to put himself in it, and there is no possibility of saving his mother. In this case, the answer must be "no".

And the strangeness of this series of events has far exceeded the cognition of snow marks, and it is impossible to use common sense to infer the truth or falsehood. It's like taking a big gamble that will decide the fate of a lifetime.

It's hard to understand the difficulty of making this decision if you're not an immersive person. Such a choice is a difficult problem for an adult, let alone an ignorant teenager.

The golden light shimmered, and the black mist scroll floated up and down in the air in front of the snow marks.

The thunder beast outside the "eye" had already come to the unconscious snow mark at this time, less than two meters, and if it took another step forward, it was about to eat the snow mark into its mouth.

And Snow Marks had already made a decision at this point.

Snow Scar stretched out his hand to touch the scroll, and the shadow smiled when he saw this. But at this moment, Snow Mark's hand suddenly stopped in mid-air. He stared straight at the wide open jaw of the thunder beast outside his "eyes", and remained motionless.

The black shadow watched Snow Scar's movements freeze in mid-air, and his smile froze, knowing that Snow Scar was affected by the crisis in the outside world without asking.

The black shadow let out a regretful sigh and looked at the thunder beast outside.

"In a crisis like this, it's really hard to feel at ease. I didn't expect you to be affected by it. I thought it would work well, but now it seems that I should reflect on my approach.

"I was too mean to you before, and I apologize to you. ”

The shadow bent down gentlemanly. But from its sly smile, there was no apology at all.

"You're really different from everyone else, and I shouldn't treat you the way I treat ordinary people. And you're hesitating, most likely because you don't know how powerful something you're going to accept. You don't know what a precious opportunity you are facing, an opportunity to get you to the top in one step. ”

The black shadow's expression was a little more serious, and with the content of his speech, people couldn't help but be attracted.

"Who's the best person you know?"

Snowmark thought for a moment: "Hunter leader Goron, he can kill thunder beasts without traps, he can kill manticore lions hard, I may never be able to surpass him." ”