"Invitation"

Just like the previous two times, the silver-white and black candlelight condensed a beam of light and landed on the left chest of Lumian, which had fallen into Pain and chaos.

Amid the diffuse Gray Fog and the strange black wind, silver-black illusory liquid flowed out from there.

At some point, Lumian forgot about the pain and dizziness, and seemed to have become a different person.

He stood in the wilderness, opened the wooden bow in his hand, and shot a long arrow with a shimmering blue luster at the prey in the sky.

Vaguely, Lumian still remembered who he was, but felt that all of this was extremely real and that he was experiencing it right now.

The pointed blue sharp arrow cut through the sky and penetrated into the belly of a gray-black Vulture.

Severe pain suddenly flooded into Lumian's mind, and he saw himself flapping his wings and falling to the ground with a sharp arrow that almost penetrated his abdomen.

No, how could I turn into a Vulture... In a vague way, Lumian flashed such a recognition, and was not completely assimilated by the current scene and physical condition.

Bang!

He fell heavily to the ground, feeling his bones broken one by one, and the pain was excruciating.

Lumian almost fainted when he saw a Hyena rushing towards him.

Warm and fishy flesh filled his mouth, and he found that he was chewing on the gray-black body of Vulture, and the arrowhead with a faint blue luster had been broken inside the body of the raptor.

It tastes so bad... I'm not the little Monster like Ludwig...Lumian couldn't help but curse a few words in his heart.

He did not completely think of himself as Hyena, but continued to bite Devouring uncontrollably, not sparing the parts that had been infected with poison.

Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his back and was pinned to the ground by sharp claws.

The attacker was a strange Lion with multiple parts of its body rotting and bleeding yellow pus.

Lumian bit Hyena's throat in one bite and hid in the nearby grass with it in his mouth.

While watching this scene from the perspective of a bystander with a sense of detachment, he quickly dismantled Hyena into his belly.

Feeling satisfied and disgusted, Lumian's abdomen began to hurt. The extraordinary power that was already on the verge of losing control was completely stimulated by the toxin, bringing about Mutation.

He quickly lost Rationality and became crazy, leaving only the desire to destroy all living things in front of him and wanton destruction.

No, it can't be like this... The most important thing has not been completed yet... Lumian sniffed the scent mixed with the elegant and sweet fragrance of Gray Amber, and did not allow himself to immerse himself in that kind of madness.

While running like a catharsis, he saw a Hunter and pounced on Past.

Lumian, who was holding a wooden bow, smelled a strong fishy smell and saw a Lion whose body was rotten everywhere and with two head-like sarcomas growing on its shoulders.

The mouth with traces of bright red flesh and blood was opened to the limit.

Lumian was horrified, and finally regained his complete self-awareness, and found that the "body" of Hunter, together with Vulture, Hyena, and Lion, had become blurred and turned into complex silver-white and black characters and strange symbols.

These words and symbols were connected end to end, forming a ring, and suddenly shrank into the human body.

Lumian suddenly opened his eyes and saw the quietly swaying silver-white with black candlelight, and saw the half-meter-high stone that acted as Altar.

The experience just now was so real... It was just like being a Vulture, Hyena, Lion and other human beings... Lumian rubbed his painful head and stood up slowly, recalling the previous experience and digesting the extra knowledge in his mind.

He couldn't remember when he was rolling on the ground in pain.

Phew... After a brief period of recovery, Lumian confirmed that he had obtained a new Gift and became "Contracted One".

He quickly packed up Altar, lifted "Spirit Wall", picked up Carbide Lamp, and was ready to leave this place at any time Quarry Cavern.

At the same time, Lumian reviewed his own abilities of Change and "Contracted One":

His spirituality has increased a lot;

His flexibility from "Dancer" and his ability to endure more extreme environments from "Mendicant Friar" have been improved to some extent, but not much;

His intuition of sensing Fortune has also been slightly enhanced, but after discovering that Termiboros can affect his own Destiny and judgment, he rarely uses this ability anymore and is wary of the opponent;

"Summoning Dance" can affect a wider range, and the strange creatures that can be forcibly possessed by it have a higher level;

"Contracted One" only adds one new ability, which is to sign Contract with the recruited creature to directly borrow the ability of a certain trait.

But unlike what Lumian expected, this special Contract was integrated into his body and soul when he was promoted and could not be transferred to others.

In other words, he itself is equivalent to a component of Contract, and it is also the most important part. Later, we must rely on this to write out the remaining parts of Contract and give it to the target creature to "sign".

After a period of pondering, Lumian roughly grasped the specific situation of the ability to "receive a contract":

The consent of the target creature must be obtained before signing Contract;

After signing Contract, you can choose the characteristics you want according to your own will;

Every time you sign a Contract, you will not only get an ability, but also a certain influence from Contract Creature. The higher their status, the greater the negative impact they will cause;

The number of Contract signed depends on your own ability to bear it. Those with higher status or very powerful traits may only be able to bear one. The more common ones that are equivalent to their own level are definitely three. The ones that are particularly weak and of low enough status can have more;

When signing a Contract, you need to pay a price, part of which is given to Contract Creature, and the other part is given to the witnesses of the contract. The price can be life, limbs, blood relatives, lovers, Sacrifice, the upper limit of spirituality, part of Rationality, etc. The specific price depends on what Contract Creature wants.

Therefore, most of the knowledge Lumian gained through this Gift is information about the corresponding creatures, including specific abilities and traits and the "rewards" the other party wants to obtain.

But most of these strange creatures are evil and weird, and the price they need to pay is the same. Lumian doesn't want to choose among them.

Of course, the main reason is not this, but that these creatures included in the knowledge of Mysticism that comes with the power of Fate may have a certain relationship with the existence of That One named after Fate. Lumian is worried that signing Contract with them will suffer hidden influences, causing his own Destiny to slip into Abyss.

For this reason, Lumian does not intend to use the existence of That One as the object of prayer and the witness of Contract when signing Contract.

He has better options:

Mr. "The Fool"!

According to what Lumian heard from Holy Scripture in "The Fool" Church, this Great Ones is Spirit World's Ruler, and Angel of Spirits next to his throne is in charge of Spirit World on his behalf.

Even if this is an exaggeration, it is enough to show that Mr. "The Fool" has a strong influence on Spirit World.

In this case, Lumian, who was sealed by Mr. "The Fool" and made Mr. "The Fool" the object of prayer and the witness of Contract, tried to use Mr. Spirit World Creature When is the target of Contract, it is likely that there will be considerable bonuses and hidden benefits, just like other "Contracted One" signing Contract with the weird creatures in Gift's own knowledge.

Lumian quickly sorted through the knowledge he had just gained and found that some of the descriptions were very vague and seemed to contain many possibilities.

For example, "the consent of the target creature must be obtained before signing Contract" does not limit the method of obtaining consent. Relying on Sacrifice Bribery to make the other party agree is consent, and beating it until it surrenders completely is also consent. Similarly, the "remuneration" demanded by the latter should be negotiable.

In addition, the combination of the two knowledges "Contract Creature will bring certain negative effects" and "it has a limited ability to bear" eliminates Lumian and relies on Spirit World The seal of Mr. "The Fool", the master, is cheating. If you pay enough price to find High Sequence creature to sign Contract, it is possible to obtain the power of Divinity.

But no matter what, the feature of being able to choose any ability combination within a certain range makes "Contracted One" have a high upper limit. Of course, the lower limit is also low. If you choose the wrong ability, you will pay the price of Error, and it will not even be as good as the best among Ordinary Person.

Lumian calmed down and whispered happily, "Termiboros, do you have anything to add?"

Frankly speaking, when entering Underground, what Lumian was most worried about was whether Termiboros would take advantage of this time to pray for Gift's Ritual to do something and try Destruction, after all, the level of Gift Power he obtained is getting higher and higher, and the Angel that really starts to harm this Fate, even if he is tightly sealed, will find ways to cause trouble, and is unlikely to sit there waiting to be weakened.

When Ritual is praying for Gift, the seal will definitely open slightly so that Power of Fate can flow out, which will give Termiboros a certain chance.

Lumian originally planned to request Protection before formally praying to Gift. Unexpectedly, Monet appeared strangely and That One was behind him. The existence of Angel brought the matter of Protection forward, and Termiboros became more calm and did not make any obvious disturbing behavior in the future.

Termiboros replied with a still magnificent voice, "Mine entrance."

Mine entrance... what does it mean? Lumian carried Carbide Lamp and walked towards the current entrance and exit of Quarry Cavern in confusion.

As the yellowish light tinged with a bit of blue illuminated the area covered with gravel, he saw a piece of neatly cut cardboard.

It wasn't there when I came in... Lumian tensed up and slowly moved closer to Past. He saw an almost imprinted Monocle painted on the surface of the black Paper, with four lines of thick and bright red Intis language Vocabulary written on it:

"'Different from the Rest'Dance Hall

"Lovers’ Night

"7pm on the last day of every month

"You are invited to participate."

"Different from the Rest"Dance Hall...Monocle...Lovers’ Night...Lumian instantly appeared in his mind, Monet wearing Monocle inside Eye Sockets in his right eye.

He clearly prayed for Mr. "The Fool" Angel's protection and help, and also did counter-tracking many times, but he still failed to get rid of that strange Swindler?

"No, Mr.'The Fool's Angel Protection has a very High Sequence's Anti-Divination Anti-Prophecy effect, unless Monet has been hiding around me and has never been thrown away, otherwise he can't catch up again!" Lumian was startled and looked around almost instinctively.

Quarry Cavern In the darkness at the edge, everything was quiet to death, but Lumian had goosebumps, as if there were countless pairs of eyes hidden in the air.