The moment the contract backlash appeared, Black Earl withdrew the contract barrier.
However, the power of the contract did not dissipate because of this. It still tightly enveloped Dox.
It was like signing a contract on parchment. If you breached it, then even if you tore the parchment to pieces, the contract would still take effect.
That was precisely Dox's situation. His screams continued for a full two minutes.
To Dox, those two minutes were probably the longest two minutes of his life. To everyone else, they were also a reminder and a warning.
Just how terrifying the power of a contract backlash could be.
And the contract barrier was merely the weakest kind of contract backlash. If it were a formal contract signed under the witness of the world's will, the backlash would be at least a hundred, perhaps a thousand times stronger than this.
Two minutes later, the contract's backlash finally dissipated completely. When the radiance faded, everyone saw Dox again.
Dox did not appear to have changed much outwardly. He was merely sprawled on the ground, a tear slipping from the corner of his eye, wearing an expression of utter despair.
"Is he... alright?" Wai broke the silence, despite having secretly sworn not long ago not to speak carelessly.
As Dox's old friend, it was Wai's first time seeing him like this. He was clearly uninjured, yet he looked as though he were about to die.
"If you two little fellows had suffered a contract backlash, you would probably be beyond saving by now. But Dox won't die." The two little fellows Black Earl referred to were Wai and Kael.
Wai said, "But he looks like he..."
Black Earl said flatly, "His bloodline-side body completely withstood the contract backlash. His clothes were not even torn. That alone