Contract Vassal

Spider Mother Rose slowly opened her eyes and saw a man standing before her. Once she clearly made out the man's appearance, she instantly remembered the sequence of events. Her pupils involuntarily constricted, and she took a step back.

"What on earth do you mean by this? I already agreed to you, so why are you still attacking me!"

Hearing this, Lin Guang smiled faintly.

"Lower Rank Five has already been killed by me, and the conditions I promised you have been fulfilled. So now is the time for you to honor your commitment."

With that, Lin Guang placed a piece of parchment in front of Spider Mother Rose.

After taking the parchment, Spider Mother Rose looked it over carefully, then raised her head to look at Lin Guang and said, "Did you really kill Rui?"

Lin Guang nodded and said, "Of course. If you don't believe me, you can go to Mount Natagumo and see for yourself. But before that, you need to sign this first."

Then, Lin Guang pointed at the parchment in Spider Mother Rose's hand.

Spider Mother Rose looked at the parchment in her hand and saw two characters written on it: "Contract".

"Obey you, and no longer harm people, no longer eat people."

Hearing Spider Mother Rose read out the words above, Lin Guang nodded slightly.

"That's right. You just need to drip a drop of blood on it."

Hearing Lin Guang's words and recalling the abilities Lin Guang had previously displayed in front of her, coupled with this somewhat strange "contract" before her, Spider Mother Rose began to harbor some doubts about Lin Guang's identity.

"What kind of person are you, really?"

Seeing Spider Mother Rose ask this once again, Lin Guang smiled faintly.

"Once you sign this contract, I'll tell you."

Hearing this, Spider Mother Rose became even more curious. Finally, after looking at Lin Guang for a few minutes, she ultimately made a decision.

"I've already agreed to you anyway. If you wanted to kill me, you would have done it long ago and wouldn't have waited until now. Although I don't know what on earth this thing is useful for, perhaps you're just doing it for peace of mind. Since it's like this, I'll sign."

With that said, Spider Mother Rose squeezed a drop of blood from her fingertip and let it fall onto the parchment contract.

Just at that moment, a miraculous thing happened. After the parchment absorbed Spider Mother Rose's blood, it emitted a white glow all over and floated into the air.

Gradually, all the words emerged on the parchment, and in front of the two characters for "Contract", the two characters for "Slave" slowly surfaced.

Immediately following that, a wisp of blue-and-white transparent, soul-like substance drifted out from Spider Mother Rose's body and entered straight into Lin Guang's body, and a white spider pattern appeared on his arm.

Finally, it burned with a boom and completely dissipated into the air, while a circle of curse inscriptions also appeared around Spider Mother Rose's neck.

As the soul of the Spider Mother entered Lin Guang's body, Lin Guang instantly learned everything about Spider Mother Rose's past.

Looking at the contract that had suddenly burned away and vanished, as well as the various inviolable rules that had appeared in her mind, Spider Mother Rose slumped onto the ground, looking at Lin Guang in disbelief.

"You've got to be kidding me, how could such a thing possibly exist!"

Lin Guang walked up to Spider Mother Rose and said softly, "Follow me, and you'll witness even more unbelievable things."

Then, Lin Guang gently tapped Spider Mother Rose between the eyebrows and continued, "Next is the last thing: Curse Purification!"

Lin Guang's finger lit up with a green glow, which went straight into the Spider Mother's body.

The Spider Mother instantly felt waves of excruciating pain wash over her, causing her to collapse to the ground. Just as she wanted to say something, she discovered the changes in the blood inside her body.

A drop of crimson blood located deep within her heart was connected to a tiny spider-shaped drop of blood, and this spider-shaped blood in turn wrapped around her entire heart with a web of red blood.

When that green glow entered Spider Mother Rose's body, it hunted specifically for that drop of crimson blood and the spider-shaped blood, swallowing them up in one gulp.

Subsequently, the green glow gradually disappeared, and a drop of blood bearing a spider pattern appeared inside the Spider Mother's body.

This drop of blood instantly transformed into a hundred strands that merged into her viscera and limbs.

Suddenly, Spider Mother Rose let out a soft moan.

"Mnh-ah!"

Spider Mother Rose's sudden sound made Lin Guang's eyes widen.

What the hell! When I used it on that Demon earlier, there wasn't a reaction like this? What is going on here!

Only to see the red dot-like patterns on Spider Mother Rose's body gradually fade until they finally vanished, revealing her delicate and pretty features.

Spider Mother Rose slowly opened her eyes, a trace of pink blooming on her fair, tender face.

At the same time, Muzan Kibutsuji, having returned to the Infinity Castle, once again sensed that a sliver of his own blood had lost control.

"To think a Demon would lose control again and again. It seems I need to go pay a visit to the Upper Ranks."

Backing over to Lin Guang's side, at this moment, save for her pale white skin and mismatched fingernails, Spider Mother Rose looked no different from an ordinary human.

Suddenly, the system's voice rang in Lin Guang's mind.

[Ding! The host has completely subdued Spider Mother Rose, unlocking the vassal feature!]
[Ding! When the host's vassal kills Demons, there is a certain chance to drop Treasure Chests; the Treasure Chest drop rate will be lower than the host's.]

Lin Guang looked at Spider Mother Rose in surprise. I didn't expect it to even have a feature like this. Now I finally don't have to painstakingly hunt monsters and grind for Treasure Chests all by myself.

Seeing Lin Guang's expression, Spider Mother Rose smiled faintly, her eyes looking at Lin Guang with even greater curiosity.

She understood that in this lifetime, she would never be able to break free from the control of the man before her. Furthermore, what made her especially curious was how on earth Lin Guang had managed to purify Muzan's curse while also enhancing her strength.

Right after that, Spider Mother Rose knelt before Lin Guang and said, "Rose pays her respects to Master."

Hearing Rose's voice, Lin Guang turned his head and said, "Mm, now you've completely shaken off Muzan Kibutsuji's control, and even if you speak Muzan Kibutsuji's name aloud, he won't be able to do a thing to you."

"Also, how is your strength right now?"

Spider Mother Rose extended a single finger, and in an instant, the entire dilapidated little shack was enveloped by spider silk, leaving not a shred of light inside the room.

Immediately following that, a spider web appeared between Lin Guang and Spider Mother Rose, and Spider Mother Rose passed right through the spider web to stand by Lin Guang's side.

"Master may now test the strength of this spider web."

Seeing this, Lin Guang drew his Nichirin Blade and slashed at the spider web with a single stroke-clang! Lin Guang's blade bounced right back.

Seeing this outcome, Lin Guang tried again using a Breathing Style.

"Ice Breathing! First Form! Ice Blade Slash!"

With white frost coating the blade, he slashed toward the spider web, slicing straight through the webbing with a shing.

"The strength of your silk can rival that of Lower Rank Five. I never imagined the boost would be this massive."

Spider Mother Rose moved a bit closer to Lin Guang, speaking with a respectful attitude, "Because Master acted, my body was truly able to absorb the blood of Rui and Muzan."

Lin Guang smiled faintly. He was very satisfied with Spider Mother Rose's attitude, then said, "Not bad. As it happens, I have a matter I'd like to test out on you."

Hearing this, Spider Mother Rose's fair, tender face flushed with a hint of red.

"Master, could it be that you want to..."

Seeing Rose's expression, Lin Guang knew her mind had wandered into the gutter, and immediately cut her off. What on earth are you thinking? That kind of thing is impossible!