Chapter 40: Striking A Deal With The Devil


    As all the other fights came to an end, Allesiah is also about to finish taking down the enemies on the castle. She freed her sister Sylph first and, as the two of them continued ascending the castle, no guard or soldier stood a chance.


    Actually, Allesiah didn''t even need her sister''s help as she is already doing smoothly on her own. The training she underwent in the forest is paying off as she continues seeing something unusual as she fights her opponents.


    "Don''t let here any nearer!" The mage leader said, making five of his underlings createrge fire spells.


    Allesiah pointed her hand on the spell, seeing the flow of mana that is moving around it. The image she sees is still faint but, it''s enough for her to make alterations to their spells. This is the unusual thing she now sees. With her training and, with the staff that could manipte mana, she can now see the flow of mana that is all over the ce.


    "Explode." She said, bursting her enemy''s fire spells which she followed up by shooting her [Shadow Spheres].


    With the help of the staff, she can now manipte 6 [Shadow Spheres] simultaneously. The additional number of spheres also came as a payout as her level rose faster than it ever did. This is all thanks to Zeke of course and all the fights he took Allesiah with.


    The adrenaline rushed throughout Allesiah''s body and, she didn''t even notice it but, she already went faster than Sylph. She took down all the enemies that came along the way freezing the hands of archers, striking an urate bolt of lightning toward melee soldiers and, jamming all the spells of enemy sorcerers.


    "Does she even need my assistance?" Sylph asked herself as there are no more enemies for her to fight.


    Soon enough, the sisters reached the top of the Castle. With Allesiah leaving havoc and destruction on her trail.


    "It''s over?" Allesiah said, feeling a bit disappointed that she can''t go all out.


    Sylph soon came up, not even breaking a sweat from theck of opponents. The two of them then opened the door to find Sylvia sitting on the side of a bed. The eldest Windsprite got shocked upon seeing her sisters and proceeded to hugging them as they ran towards her.


    "I''ve missed you guys do much." Sylvia said as the three of them allowed tears to flow down their cheeks. There wasn''t any exnation needed, nor any hateful speech. They allowed their actions to do the talking and took the moment in.


    On the other side of the battlefield, Zeke is still with de  surrounding the traitorous elf with his five conjured monsters. As he did, a bunch of notifications popped up.


    [The Sub Quest  Reunite the Windsprite Siblings has been cleared!]


    [10 Skill points are given as a reward.]


    [You finished a hidden quest  Titan yer]


    [This is attained through killing an opponent who''s rank or level outsses your own by more than 50%]


    [The skill - Titan yer is given as a reward.]


    "I''ve got no time for this right now." Zeke said to himself, hiding the other notifications and going back to the enemy in front of him.


    "So here''s the deal, if you kill me now, then Gallio wille looking for you. But if I tell him that you died, you can leave in peace." de bargained.


    "What makes you think that I can''t beat him?" Zeke answered, not taking his eyes off of his opponent.


    "Okay first of all, the only reason you were able to beat the General is because I took most of the fighting head on. If I wasn''t there to keep him in check, he could''ve easily escaped your poison." de said.


    "And what''s the point to your argument?" Zeke continued, making Cull stretch his bow in order to strike.


    "Fine, let''s make it clear then." de continued. As he said this, Zeke felt cold steele up to his neck.


    de appeared behind him, creating a double without Zeke even noticing. The one being surrounded by his generals dissolved like a mist.


    "You aren''t even a match for me." de continued.


    "Okay. What do you want then?" Zeke answered, taking down his summons.


    There is one thing that he is sure of now. That is  whatever de is nning, it didn''t'' involve his death. If de could perform a skill such as this, then the elf would''ve just done it right after the battle with Erio ended. Plus, de could''ve just easily killed him without the threats.


    "You know what I like about you Zeke? You''re not the same as every other human I''ve encountered. That alone is enough of a reason for me to let you live." de said, taking down his sword as he sat on top of Erio''s corpse  ying with the sword which is stuck to the Generals'' back.


    "Gallio wille back here any minute now. He loves torturing his opponents but he gets easily bored at it." de continued.


    "I''m guessing you want me to go before he arrives." Zeke said, getting a hint on where things are headed.


    "Ding! Ding! Correct! But that''s not all. I want you to help me in the plot I''m scheming." de said, staring nkly at the sky before continuing.


    "You see, I want to murder everyone in my household and all our supporters."


    The words left Zeke in a s state of disbelief. He knew that this is also a possibility but, the chances of de wanting something like this is so low that Zeke brushed the idea aside.


    "Oh and don''t worry. I know just how we can reach an agreement to this." de said, snapping his fingers and creating a sheet of paper that is left nk.


    Zeke''s [Analysis] worked its magic and revealed that the paper is a contract. One that, after getting filled, binds the two parties and making all the rules and conditions set irrevocable.


    "In here, we will discuss all the things that will happen after this incident. You can''t betray me at this point because if you do, I''ll just kill you off. Oh and by the way, the contact is life binding so, going against any of it will have either of us killed." de continued.


    "Right." Zeke replied, knowing that de''s words hold true. He has no choice but to follow de.


    "But! We''ll make this deal as fair as possible. That''s why, I''ll let you decide on three rules while I decide on five."


    At this Zeke smiled. The situation might be unfavorable for him but, if he has a hold on three rules that are to be set then, he can ensure his survivability and also, the highest rewards which could be gained.


    "Let''s alternate. I''ll add two and then you add one. Then I''ll add another two and while you add one more. Then, we both add ast rule. Only one condition can be made per rule so no sub uses can be added."


    "Agreed. Zeke said."


    At this, the contract began getting filled by the following rules.


    "1. Zeke Elwood must eliminate the Leonis household and all its followers except for de."


    "2. The contract must be fulfilled within a year."


    The first two conditions are favorable to Zeke, making him have a wide smile on his face as he gave his first part on this contract.


    "3. Nothing outside the mission may be included by de Leonis in this contract."


    The contract removes a lot of things from de. One is the inclusion of tasks that may be of a great disadvantage to Zeke as, de may add conditions that do not concern the primary goal. The second is, it removes de''s freedom in adding another condition as he will be forced to add a rule which would have the same effect toward Zeke. That''s why Zeke only stated de''s name in the rule.


    de smiled at this, already letting go of the other things that he wanted to ask from the human. ''I''ll have fun ying with you.'' Were the words running through de''s head as he gave out his next conditions.


    "4. Nothing outside the mission may be included by Zeke Elwood in this contract."


    "5. No reward will be given to Zeke Elwood once the contract is over."


    "6. Should Zeke Elwood die while on the mission, a person whom Zeke will entrust everything to shall im a fairpensation."


    "7. No harm wille to de Leonis which is done or acted upon by the other party."


    "8. Uponpleting the request, Zeke and his chosen subordinates will be transported to a ce that is dangerous and unknown to everyone."


    "Thatst one is a bit surprising." de said as the information is filled. A contract mark then appeared on the wrist of both men, sealing the deal.


    "It doesn''t concern you." Zeke answered, moving towards the corpse of General Erio.


    "Are you going to perform that thing you did with the Wood Scouts and the Shadow Wolves?" de asked.


    Zeke didn''t answer and proceeded to conjuring Erio. The me containing the general glowed until it became a crimson red. The me crackled as if wanting to devour everything around it. Zeke stopped it at this point.


    "Looks like you failed." de said.


    "Shut up." Zeke replied.


    He then performed the skill again. Gaining the same feeling but, holding on to the me nheless. At this point, even de can see the me and even hear the cries and agonies of all the opponents which the General destroyed.


    "You will heed my call!" Zeke shouted,manding the me that tried its best to break free from him. The me grew evenrger but Zeke kept it going. Stronger and stronger until the me exploded.


    A strong wind came as a result and, out of the me came the General.