Chapter 2: Contracts
Located in the southwest corner of Valkx City, this ancient academy with a history of more than 300 years has given birth to generations of outstanding people while precipitating the years. Or move mountains and reclaim the sea, the mighty great mage, or gallop on the battlefield, invincible in a hundred battles, or strategize and win thousands of miles. All this has contributed to its prestige as the No. 1 Demon Martial Academy of the Miro Empire.
At this time, it is the end of the semester in the late spring and early summer, and the new semester will start in September.
However, it is not easy to have a pleasant vacation, not only to complete the internship tasks assigned by the college, but also to achieve the haode ranking in the next college competition.
Sorry for the students who didn't complete the task or didn't perform well in the academy competition, most of your vacation will be spent in "tutoring".
As the sun set, facing the afterglow of the setting sun, a group of four people was walking towards this century-old college. It was the high-spirited Kane who started the way, Ellie and Bruce followed, and Zuihou was the distracted, visibly absent-minded Dick.
Bruce poked Dick behind him with his elbow, and when he saw that his gaze was finally in focus, he asked, "Dick, what's wrong with you?" ”
"I'm thinking about the big competition at the end of the month. Dick lied, in fact, he had been studying the black orb that the demon shaman wore around his neck all the way, but no matter what method he used, he couldn't figure out that the lifeless orb of Weishenme would summon him.
Of course, Bruce didn't know what Dick was thinking, "Don't worry, although your level is low, you are also a dual cultivator of magic and martial arts, even if Yujian is one level higher than you, you can handle it." ”
"yes, yes, wouldn't it be easy for you to kill the demon clan with the stick?" Kane said with a grin.
"Maybe. ”
While everyone was talking, they had already arrived at the door of the academy.
The gate of the Valx Academy is three meters high and has a dark golden color, which makes it look extremely tall and majestic. Continuing on, we came to a huge square, in the center of the square sat a statue of the god of war Tlansius, the patron saint of the Miro Empire is the image of a lonely middle-aged man, the resolute face is angular, a pair of slightly sunken eyes are particularly attentive, and there is a sense of majesty between the expectations.
In the right hand direction of the God of War's sword, there is the martial arts department of the Demon Martial Arts Academy, scattered with more than a dozen buildings of different heights, as well as several huge martial arts training grounds.
To the left of the God of War is the Ministry of Magic of the Demon Martial Academy, which is shrouded in a huge magic enchantment, and only the outlines of a few mage towers can be vaguely seen from the outside.
Behind the god of war is the liberal arts department of the college, which teaches extremely complex things, such as the art of war strategy, aristocratic etiquette, continental knowledge, history and geography, politics and culture...... Abound.
The four of them talked to each other all the way, until they reached the statue of the god of war before they dispersed, and Kane took the five demon limbs to the head of the courtyard to deliver the task. The other three went back to their dormitories to rest.
The Vallx Academy occupies a very large area, so all students have their own individual dormitory.
As soon as he returned to his dormitory, Dick threw himself on his bed without saying a word. After sleeping in the mountains and forests in the wild for so many days, it is really comfortable to lie in bed at this moment.
After a few moments, Dick finally got out of bed, reached into his bosom for a while, and took out the black orb he had obtained from the demon shaman, and put it in front of his eyes to examine it carefully.
As I've done so many times in the past, I still don't see any signs of it this time, but it's certain that this thing is not the black pearl I thought it was.
Dick looked at it carefully, and even tried to infuse the beads with spiritual power, but there was still no result. Dick suddenly felt a wave of annoyance in his heart for no reason, what is this? First, he summoned himself, and when he got it, he didn't react at all!
Thinking of this, Dick immediately slammed the bead in his hand to the ground!
What Dick didn't expect was that the orb was far more fragile than he looked. When it hit the ground, it immediately shattered into countless pieces. At the same time, a thick, pure black mist rose from it. Gradually, it filled the room. It is very strange, the sun is setting outside the window, the sunset is full of sky, but the room is completely dark, as soon as the light of the sunset reaches the window of the room, it is immediately swallowed up by the black fog, expelled. It was as if an invisible barrier had split the inside and outside of the room into two parts.
Inside the room, there was darkness, with the only exception being the two blood-red rays of light floating in the air. It's like the fierce gaze of a vicious beast!
Dick smiled at this time: "I thought it was something, it turned out to be a sealed demon, or such a weak demon." ”
"Human, such an arrogant tone, with your little strength, you dare to be arrogant?" a low, hoarse voice came from all directions at the same time.
Dick snorted coldly, "No matter how powerful you were before you were sealed, now you only have so much strength left, just a purification technique can destroy you!"
“......”
The darkness was silent for a long time, and finally said, "Human, do you want to trade?"
"Hahahaha......" Dick bent over with laughter as if he had heard some big joke.
"What are you laughing at?" a deep voice echoed in the darkness again.
"I laugh at how you demons can do this, and, dear Mr. Demon, are you qualified to trade with me?" Dick said with a sneering face, "The current situation is: you can't help me, and I just need to shout, and someone will come and kill you immediately!"
There was a long silence again.
"You can do this by destroying me, but don't you want to undo the curse on you?"
Dick immediately tensed his whole body, and his eyes revealed a sharp gaze that was rarely seen on weekdays, "You know that I have a curse on my body?"
"Hehehehe......" This time it was the turn of the darkness in front of you, "it seems that you are troubled by this curse." ”
Dick took a deep breath, his tense body slowly relaxed, and said calmly: "Let's listen to the content of the transaction." ”
"I will help you lift the curse of imprisoning magic power, and help you become a generation of powerhouses, on the condition that the liliang you have cultivated, whether it is spiritual power, magic power or fighting energy, must give me half of it. ”
"Half, don't you think it's too much?" Dick said coldly, "It means that my cultivation speed is going to be halved." ”
A cold snort sounded in the darkness, "With this curse in your body, you can only stay at your current level in this life." ”
"Then I can try to lift the curse in other ways, why should I pay you a big deal?" Dick's eyes fixed on the two points of blood red floating in the black mist.
"Human, I know very well how powerful the curse is on you, don't put on this appearance, I'm not interested in bargaining with you. ”
Dick couldn't help but be speechless when he heard this, this demon was not false at all, there were no people who could lift the curse in this plane, but it was never more than two hands, and none of them were people he could touch. What I just said was indeed a bargaining mentality.
"But why should I believe you, the devil's credit is not good," Dick continued.
"Yes, we devils don't talk about trust, but at least we never deny it, so we tend to trade in a more efficient way."
"Contract?"
"Yes. A voice came from the darkness.
"So, Zuihou has a question, in your current state, how can you lift the curse for me?"
"I was also cursed with imprisonment before I was sealed, and it was much more domineering than yours, as long as I was allowed to enter your body, the curse Liliang on your body would be absorbed by my curse. ”
"And this kind of thing," Dick's lips rose slightly, "the deal is set!"
The black qi that filled the room suddenly converged and condensed, forming a vague black mist figure standing in front of Dick, and the two blood-colored rays of light unsurprisingly stayed in the eyes of the black mist humanoid.
The human form of the black mist was reaching out at this moment, and a cloud of black and pure black light condensed and formed above its palm.
As soon as the demon in the black mist shook his hand, the black light floated in front of Dick, "This is my contract, you can use your spiritual power to investigate the content of the contract, and if there is no problem, reach out and take it." ”
Dick carefully separated a small wisp of spiritual power and probed towards the black light, and as the spiritual power came into contact with the black light, a large amount of information poured into Dick's mind like a tide. And its content is a complete contract. The contents of the contract are not different from what the demon said.
"Alright?" the demon said coldly.
Dick took a deep breath, a trace of determination flashed in his eyes, and then, without hesitation, he grabbed his right hand towards the black light! There was a slight stinging pain, a hole was opened in the palm of his hand, and the blood flowed out of the wound, mixed into the black light, with a flash of dark red light, the black light and blood were gone, and even the wound on the palm of the hand had healed, without any trace.
On the back of the right hand, there is an extra dark red Xuanqi coat of arms. If you look closely, you can see that the coat of arms is made up of a patchwork of tiny symbols.
"Very well, now the contract has been established. The demon still said coldly.
"By the way, what should I call you?" Dick suddenly remembered that he didn't even know the demon's name.
"My name is Demichra. "The devil said.
"Now, then, Dimihera, it is time for you to fulfill your contract, and help me lift the curse. ”
The night is quiet and silent.
Dick sat cross-legged on the bed, quietly cultivating, he had just meditated for two hours, and now it was time to cultivate Dou Qi.
With darkness deeper than the night, Dimihera wandered around Dick's room. It's just that from time to time, one or two streams of pure fighting energy will emanate from Dick's body, swimming around the room, and Zuihou will be sucked into Dimihera's body composed of black mist. With each inhalation of energy, the black mist on its body seemed to be thicker.
"Boy, how long have you been under that curse?" asked Dimhera suddenly.
Dick didn't move, his eyes still closed, and replied, "About eight years ago." ”
"You said that you are fifteen years old, a seven-year-old third-level magic apprentice, in the parlance of you humans, a genius, it seems that I am lucky to have found such a powerful host. ”
"Who is so boring to curse you?"
"Does this have anything to do with you?" said Dick coldly.
So there was silence in the room again, one person cultivating quietly, and a demon quietly absorbing energy.
It wasn't until another half an hour passed that Dick quit his cultivation state and began to practice martial arts.
For the next nearly a month, Dick lived a simple and peaceful cultivation life, insisting on meditation every day to exercise mental power and accumulate magic power, as well as cultivating fighting qi and martial arts. Of course, at the same time, Dick did not give up learning knowledge, the large library of the academy is still the place he frequents, he originally turned his energy to the study of knowledge because he could not continue to cultivate because of the curse in his body, and now although the curse has been lifted, there is no reason to abandon it.
It's just that in this point, it attracted the ridicule of Demichra: "In the face of absolute strength, all other means are in vain." If you have time to read these idle books, it is better to accumulate liliang with haode. ”
In this regard, Dick only snorted coldly, "It's really typical demon logic, human shijie is much more complicated than your demon shijie, in human shijie, wisdom can always do more than a sword." ”
After nearly a month, perhaps because of the depression of the whole eight years, when Dick resumed his cultivation, in less than a month, even if he still had to feed a vampire on his body, his strength actually jumped two levels in a row, and he became a fifth-level magic apprentice and trainee warrior in one fell swoop.
And after such a long time, at the end of June, whether or not the internship tasks have been completed, the students of the academy have returned one after another. Because in the following at the end of June, the Academy's annual Grand Contest will be held!