The Monster in the Darkness

Was the [Fantos Manuscript] powerful?

Absolutely!

There was no doubt about that.

But its drawback was equally undeniable: the cost was too high!

Establishing a contract required points, skill points, gold skill points, or gold attribute points, and summoning required them as well. Even though summoning cost only a quarter as much as establishing a contract, it was still a tremendous burden for any player.

And there was an even more important issue: Evil spirits were vulnerable to items such as holy water!

This was no ordinary weakness, either. It was fatal.

If a vial of [Holy Water VIII] affected a lower evil spirit as though it had come into contact with concentrated sulfuric acid, what would higher-grade holy water do?

It would probably reduce the spirit to ashes outright.

Qin Ran suspected that even a higher evil spirit would not last long against holy water ranked among the top three, or even the top four grades. Destroying it would be a matter of minutes.

More importantly, [Holy Water VIII] was not expensive for veteran players.

Any competent veteran player would carry such an item.

As for the natives?

He naturally did not need a contracted evil spirit's help against those he could handle easily.

And those he could not handle?

A contracted evil spirit's help would inevitably be limited.

But even with all those shortcomings, the [Fantos Manuscript] was still worth putting away.

Qin Ran knew very well that, as a lone player, he could never know what he might encounter. One more option meant one more safeguard.

Especially when that option was genuinely powerful in certain respects. Naturally, he would not discard it.

Of course, he did not mind testing the exact cost of contracting an evil spirit.

According to the description of Evil Spirit Contract, different methods