For a professional lawyer, drafting a contract that meets the requirements is fundamental.

Of course, this work does not require a lawyer to sit in front of the computer and type out word by word, what age is it now? It's too tiring to still use the traditional way to make contracts, such as contracts or contracts, which have templates, and mature lawyers must learn to learn from the wisdom of their predecessors and then make fine modifications according to specific situations.

On the continent where Transencia is located, the contract summoned by the astral plane also has a fixed template.

As Tracy said, any summoner in their right mind will choose those demigods with a peaceful and friendly personality to complete their summons, but while summoners are divided into various factions, astral summoners and otherworldly summoners are notoriously dangerous, so it is only natural that the contract templates used by these two classes need to be a little thicker.

But it's only a little thicker, at best, the summoner adds dozens of more words to ensure his rights and interests according to his own understanding of the contract.

After all, the other party to the contract is also wise, and those cunning astral creatures who tend to be chaotic are especially good at exploiting loopholes.

Triss has told Murphy a similar story, what summoner tried to use the contract to completely control the summon but was counterattacked, and what summon deliberately stuck a bug and caused the summoner to die.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in psionic worlds, and perhaps it is because of such and such risks that the ancient profession of astral summoner, full of unknowns, adventures and the risk of death, is becoming more and more obsolete in this era, and the simpler and safer wilderness summoner or elemental summoner is popular.

After all, the brains of beasts and elemental creatures are clumsy compared to the cunning astral creatures, and all they need is a little meat prepared in advance, or something that can make the elementals happy, which is not much harder than snatching candy from a little girl's hand.

Tracy could guess that Murphy would have done quite a bit of preparation for the summoning contract with Eternal Mannes, but when Murphy actually walked into the secret room last night with the contract, the Scarlet Witch was still taken aback.

"What's that thing in your hand?"

She exclaimed:

"Why is this scroll so big! If you don't say it, I thought I hugged a rock! ”

"Huh? Is this still big? ”

Murphy looked at the scroll in his arms, which was still a little heavy and rolled up with his hands, and said:

"I think it's okay, it's just 1,226 contract rules and 70,000 words, just a short story, and it will take an hour or two to read it quickly.

I don't think it's safe.

If it weren't just a day to prepare, my personal legal counsel, Brother Raven, could draft a more specific contract for me.

Alas, what a man with a bottom line, he even refused my request that he decorate the scrolls with Latin in the Pattern Art font, and hide loopholes in them that I could use. ”

"You"

Tracey watched speechlessly as Murphy slammed the scroll of the contract body on the ground.

The thing even smashed dust when it landed, which shows the exaggeration of its weight.

She had never seen such a battle before, so she stepped forward and opened the scroll, pulled it out and read a paragraph:

"This contract applies to the exchange of power based on the concept of 'equality' between the contractor Party A (Refno Murphy Lesembra) and the contractor Party B (Endless Mannez) and the contractor Party B (Endless Mannes) and the mutual binding of the parties at the existential level, so all the items in the Terms shall serve this purpose.

The Parties shall regulate the actions of the Parties in accordance with the terms set forth in this Agreement, which shall be used to bind the Parties and achieve a benign cooperation for the benefit of each other.

In order to prevent the parties from questioning the binding force of this contract due to unclear concepts, it is hereby explained that the "material realm" referred to in the contract should include all areas within the effective scope of the planet itself and its gravity, which can be used by physical life to exist and live.

The term 'astral plane' should include all areas that are shrouded in astral psionic energy and the escape of its energy.

Since Party B is a descendant of time, it is hereby stipulated that during the effective time of the contract, Party B shall not circumvent the terms of the contract by mobilizing the power of time to generate a time-space paradox, travel through time, or disrupt the flow of time.

The definition of 'equality' in this deed is as follows: (2,000 words are omitted below). ”

Just the first paragraph made Triss dizzy.

The variety of adjectives and long sentences, coupled with the explanation of almost every word that may appear in question, made the contract unreadable to ordinary people, and even the psionic lord had to pause and think for a moment to figure out some of the obscure terms before he could jump out of the logical trap deliberately set by the crow.

She rubbed her head, looked at Murphy with a relaxed face, and said:

"You had that idea before you decided to sign a contract with Mannis, right? Do you want to turn that snake around? I don't think it'll be fooled. ”

"It has a request for me, Trace."

Murphy didn't reveal what Mannis said about the "Alpha Project" and the Ascension to the Divine Steps, because of the vague connection between Tracy and the Divine "Midnight Hostess", so that Murphy now has a PTSD for the four words "Ascension to the Divine Steps".

He replied briefly:

"I've confirmed this in our previous conversation, that Mannis needs me more than I need it at this stage, and to put it mildly, the basis for the bait it to work is based on the fact that I still have humanity.

If I decide to abandon humanity, it means that Mannes has no cards to play.

In this case, I was clearly on the strong side.

What's more, this contract looks exaggerated but doesn't actually go beyond the definition of 'equality', and if you read it all, you'll see that I don't intend to use it to turn Mannes into my loyal dog.

Totally unnecessary!

All the efforts of the weak to try to hold the strong hostage with intrigue will get themselves a sad invitation to hell because of the failure of the conspiracy.

The weak should have the consciousness of the weak, and it is very good for me to be able to maintain equality.

It's the Serpent of Time, Trace, and it only takes a second to read this and understand it, so don't worry about it getting angry.

I said, it's just for self-preservation. ”

"Okay."

Tracy closed the scroll of the "Devil's Whisper" in her hand, and when she saw Murphy begin to arrange the summoning ceremony, she reminded:

"Once you complete the contract with Mannes, it means that you will fall into the dilemma of your apprentice, and the contract power of an astral demigod of Mannis's level will squeeze most of your summon slots, which means that it will be difficult for you to complete the contract with other astral creatures until you reach the Golden Rank.

Worst of all, because the physical world and the astral plane are still firmly established, you can't summon Mannez to fight directly in most cases.

Your Summoner's Way will be temporarily nullified. ”

"Isn't that better?"

Murphy spat with relief, and then shrugged his shoulders at Tracey's deadly gaze, and said:

"I mean, I will definitely reap a sufficient reward at such a huge price, for example, although my apprentice touched you poor, although he lost the power to summon astral creatures in front of the silver level, his manticore lion was well raised by him, and he has stepped into the threshold of giant creatures, allowing the manticore's lethality to bloom to the fullest.

Although he has always kept a low profile, I guess he and his Manticore's actual combat power is in the top 30 of the current player base, which is pretty good given his usual style of hanging around and fighting well.

I don't think Lord Mannes will let me lose much. ”

"I hope so."

Tracey still had a lot of complaints about the upcoming astral contract, but she knew that when it reached the level of 100,000 lives, it wasn't a problem for her or Murphy to be at their disposal.

If this matter is known to Lord Pa Ying, the Lord will definitely force Murphy's head to make him complete the contract.

Instead of waiting for that embarrassing situation to arise, it is better to be well-behaved now, and leave a good reputation of "petitioning for the people" by the way, and by the way, strengthen the great image of Lord Murphy in the hearts of young players.

"I'm going to start."

Murphy took a deep breath and nodded to Tracy.

Just like last night, Tracy protects him, but today outside the secret room there is the heavily armed Knight Liwen and her best friend, Miss Pinkie, the "Genki Knight", who came to join in the fun.

The two guys are going to be looking out the door.

Knight Liwen held a jasper artifact in her hand, ready to summon the power of the Astral Dragon, while Miss Pinky was full of curiosity, she had never seen the power of a real Astral Demigod in action.

Well, 99% of the world's population probably doesn't have the privilege of seeing this with their own eyes.

As Murphy performed last night's summoning ritual again, Mannis, who had been waiting in the astral plane for a long time, quickly responded to the call of the material world, and the Infinity seemed to have a victory, and it let out a laugh that snakes could not have made at all, and said to Murphy:

"Come on, come on, my dear vampire, I'm desperate to get my thirteenth contractor."

"Can I ask offensively, what happened to the top twelve 'seniors'?"

Murphy complained, and the Endless One snorted and said:

"Can't! All I can tell you is that they can't afford the favor and affection of the Endless, they're too stupid and conceited, and the best of them didn't survive a month in the face of the Dragon Emperor's Jade Army.

Alas, in Ao's earthly territory, a poor creature like me is destined to not get ahead.

But Transncia is different, it's a land of vendettas and intrigues, and I think I'd enjoy and enjoy my time here.

Now, put down the hammer in your hand and take out your contract."

"Huh?"

Murphy glanced at what Mannes called a "warhammer" in his hand, shrugged his shoulders, held it up, and said:

"It's a contract, and of course it's fine if you call it my 'warhammer'."

“！！！”

Mannis, who has seen a lot of big scenes, was shocked.

It took several seconds to make sure Murphy wasn't joking, and then exclaimed, as Tracy expected:

"No, it's not a contract! It's just hellish shackles, you daring mortal is actually going to prostitute the great Mannes in this way, ah, I'm going to eat you! And then throw you into the stinking of time turbulence. ”

"No, it's a contract, you can read it."

Murphy said without changing his face:

"In a relationship that is destined to be unequal, I do everything I can to gain myself a little bit of power, please, you are the snake of time, you have enough time to read it and understand it.

So, don't pretend, okay?

If you're expecting me to be your puppet, a stepping stone to your 'great plan' and a dozen poor creatures to be discarded, then I don't think we need to talk about it.

Sincerity, you know?

It's bound to be an unequal relationship, but I can tolerate it, provided you and I both show sincerity. ”

"Shh

The Endless One made a nasal voice of disdain.

A shimmering light of time fell on the scroll in Murphy's hand, and after a second, Manners responded in pain:

"! It took me three years to fully understand it, and another three years to fully understand it Okay, well, I'll admit, the contract did a pretty good job, plugging almost every loophole that I could exploit.

But can you explain to me what you mean by those 'additional terms' that you marked in special text in the middle of the contract?

What is 'emergency avoidance'?

Why should you take the initiative to end this contract when you feel that your life is in danger?

What is the definition of the term 'final interpretation'? ”

"You have the same rights, Mannes, and the word is clearly explained in Section 764, Paragraph 3, so stop complaining. My personal counsel told me that this was a good thing for all of us, and that coercion was no match for freedom under the rules. ”

Murphy Says:

"If you think you can, then sign the contract, I've wasted too much time on this."

"Hmph, you won't have to worry about time soon."

Mannis sneered.

In the next moment, the power that belonged to Murphy came into contact with the power that belonged to it and fused, and as the contract burned in the brass-colored fire of time, it represented the formation of the contract.

And a glittering Ouroboros symbol also quietly appeared on Murphy's heart, representing that he had finally chosen his own "Astral Guardian" as an astral summoner.

But at the same moment, Murphy realized that he had been "fooled".

He shouted loudly:

"Why are you so weak? Damn it! You can't even maintain the power of a demigod, and your previous strength was all pretended? ”

"Hehe, you can't return it anymore, my little Murphy."

The Endless finally didn't have to hide its weakness at this moment.

Shrouded in the light of time, it was unable to see the appearance of the astral body clearly, and for the first time, it exposed its form very clearly in front of Murphy's eyes.

It is a snake that is green in color.

Every other time a turquoise rune of power "locked" it on its coiled torso, as if it had put a strange "armor" on its body, and on its triangular head were two rather distinctive dragon whiskers that fluttered in the astral light and emitted a brassy light.

The most peculiar thing is the guy's tail.

It's not an ordinary snake tail, but it's shaped like a staggered hour and minute hand, which looks a little weird, but it also gives this guy a layer of mystery.

It wanders in the sea of stars, pulling out burning light at the edge of its eyes, and each time it spits out a snake letter, it brings ripples of time around it, and the spots and patterns on its green skin are quite beautiful and mysterious, like a long poem celebrating the power of time.

Overall, aside from the shackles of the turquoise locks on this guy, its appearance is indeed worthy of the majesty of a demigod.

And the image of this guy always makes Murphy inexplicably think of another "divine beast" that is also in the form of a giant snake and also lives in the sea of stars.

But the problem is that this guy's weakness is undisguised.

The locks on its body are the punishment from the Astral Dragon, and it is these things that interfere with Mannis's control of time, but the punishment of the Astral Dragon is not to let it die, so these seven locks suppress the power that Manners can mobilize to the limit, so that it can only maintain the wisp of charm of the demigod rank.

It can escape the round-up of the many demigods it has previously oppressed, but that's the limit of what Mannez can do now.

"Okay, okay, I'll admit I lied to you, but little Murphy, no matter how weak I am, I'm still an astral demigod."

The Endless reassured:

"The power feedback I can give you is enough to make you reborn in the black iron rank, I didn't even find out before, it's obviously a black iron but already has the combat power of the silver rank, and my thirteenth contractor is really strong enough!

Alpha.

Come, let me tell you everything I know, and then I'll have to cover myself with your breath and find a place to recuperate in the turbulence of time.

Don't be afraid, Murphy.

That bastard didn't do anything out of the way, so I can save you when your life is really hanging by a thread.

But if you want to control the power of the Infinite, find for me as soon as possible the 'power of creation' left by the Creator, even if it is enough for me to break the seal that Ao has placed on me.

Even the gods can't stand up to the forces that shape them. ”

Everything the Endless knew about the Cadman remnant was fed into Murphy's mind through the summoner-contractor and contractor's contact, causing the vampire lord to blink a few seconds later.

"I've been tricked by you, Mannis, I'm going to get some yards back."

In the astral light that dispersed around him, he looked up and said to the Infinite One hidden in time:

"I'm going to give you a code name for our future contact, after all, your reputation in the astral plane is too stinky, and I'm afraid I'll be hunted down by other demigod believers. Therefore, after that I will call you the Splitting Seat. ”

"What a broken name! But whatever you want, Lord Mannes is always generous in this regard. ”

In the voice of the Infinity dispersing, Murphy turned back to Tracy and said:

"I know where the locks are in them, somewhere in the Dark Mountains, alas, the Black Plague is not yet here, and I have activated a very difficult side quest."

"Murphy, I don't think your biggest problem right now is not thinking about the future."

Tracey looked at him and whispered:

"The feedback of the Endless Ones to your powers requires you to think hard to master, and you have to master them before the next battle, otherwise things will be bad."

"Huh?"

Murphy didn't quite understand what Tracey meant, but Tracey created a psionic mirror in front of him, and Murphy looked into the mirror, and he was shocked to find that a strand of snow white had appeared in his black hair.

The power of time has begun to affect him.

(End of chapter)