Chapter 12 Chapter 12 The deal was done.
Although that is impossible.
Don't say they don't know each other at all——
And if we really talk about age, he can probably be more than just a brother to her.
People like Heiyan all have important backgrounds, and their real ages are probably not what they look like.
The number of pedestrians nearby gradually decreased. They crossed a street, entered a pub with little business, and went out through a small door in the back kitchen.
The kitchen staff ignored the two of them.
The back door leads to a rugged and narrow alley with bumpy cobblestone roads.
Dark green moss grew in the cracks of the road, and occasionally a few tenacious weeds swayed in the corners of the wall.
It had probably rained not long ago, and the stone slabs were still a little slippery. Su Cheng almost fell because he didn't stand firmly.
Kai walked beside her and quickly gave her a hand.
He grasped her arm, his thick palm resting on the tip of her elbow, and completely wrapped his arm around her with one hand, firmly supporting his entire weight.
"...Thank you," Su Cheng said quickly, "Ah, I really lack exercise."
Kai let her go and said, "Everything has a beginning. Now that you have decided to go out and take risks, everything will change."
Su Cheng tilted his head and looked at him.
She knew he was a very considerate guy and wouldn't always ask questions, so he didn't mention what happened in the guild hall until now.
They passed through several winding alleys, with low stone houses on both sides and their blue-gray exterior walls were extremely mottled.
After turning two more corners, a staircase leading downwards appeared in front.
Kai was the first to walk down the uneven stone steps, then stopped, turned around and extended his hand.
Su Cheng tried it and found that the steps were still very slippery.
She silently held the commander's hand.
There was a big difference in their physiques, so rather than holding hands, it felt more like she was being held in the other person's palm.
He also wore gloves made of some kind of animal hide, the grain of the leather rubbing against the delicate skin.
During the brief friction, Su Cheng could feel the tight tension of the leather and the powerful strength contained in the other person's fingers, palms and flesh.
She jumped down the stairs and as expected, her foot slipped. Fortunately, she was supported and she was able to stand steadily.
Su Cheng curled his lips, "...Does every mage who goes to the underground street have the same agility as a warrior?"
"No," Kai said casually, "When you see magicians with bruised faces and noses in those shops, there's a 50% chance that they fell here."
Su Cheng couldn't help laughing, "Where's the other half?"
"He could have fallen somewhere else," he said darkly. "This isn't the only entrance, it's just the closest to us."
Su Cheng laughed out loud, "Are you kidding or serious?"
Kai remained noncommittal, "At least I saw it with my own eyes."
When they walked to the bottom of the stairs, Su Cheng smelled a strange scent, a pungent mixture of various medicines and the musty smell of ancient books.
A few passers-by walked by in a hurry, all wearing cloaks or hoods, and they quickly climbed the stairs.
Sure enough, one of them fell on the stairs.
But fortunately he was going up, so he stood up with the help of the stairs and walked away without saying a word.
Su Cheng: “…”
Suddenly I felt comforted.
Leaving the staircase archway, they turned into a dim alley.
There are stalls on both sides, selling all kinds of things.
Various glass and crystal bottles contained strange insects and stones, or liquids suspended in empty bottles, as well as bones engraved with complex runes. The origin of those bones could not be identified at a glance. There were also some things that looked like magic scrolls, with a variety of words written on the scrolls.
Su Cheng couldn't help but take a few more glances.
Big cities like Jinpo City are under the strict surveillance of the Church and the Magic Guild, and it is difficult to find too many high-level contraband in the urban area.
Even in the underground black market, most of the magic materials are untested and of unknown origin.
She followed the head of the group around and around and ended up in a dead end.
It is very quiet here and no one is setting up stalls. At the end of the road is a dilapidated stone house.
A crooked copper sign hung on the door lintel, with a few incomplete runes engraved on the edge, faintly flickering with a dim blue light.
They pushed the door open and walked in. The hall on the first floor was dimly lit. The ceiling was covered with rusty pipes, with chains and some dark green tendrils wrapped around the pipes. Dozens of chandeliers were hung between the chains, but only two of them were on, illuminating the wooden counters below where various bottles and jars were displayed. The cabinets were covered with cracks and looked shaky and would collapse at any time.
The air was filled with the scent of sulfur, herbs, and metal. The boss, who was sitting behind the counter, poked his head out and squinted his eyes to look at the two of them.
Kai walked over. "Mature blood-sucking vine crystal core, solution extracted from red-tailed scorpion oil, top-grade Qingshuang stone powder..."
He named more than ten kinds of materials in one breath.
The boss has an excellent memory and doesn't use a pen to take notes. After listening, he gives me quotes one by one in the order he says.
It was also mentioned that one of the gels was out of stock because the raw materials had been taken away by the Vatican.
Kai: "...I just need a little bit, and you have absolutely no stock?"
The boss sneered, "Even the big workshops out there can't grab it, let alone us small merchants. They have to supply the mages in the kingdom's garrison."
She twisted her lips as she spoke, "Besides, the masters of the Vatican are just conducting a routine inspection. If we dare to go against them, wouldn't we become heretics?"
During their conversation, Su Cheng was still looking around the store.
On the wall on one side of the hall, there are several honeycomb-shaped recessed stone niches. Each niche is embedded with a miniature magic circle, and a fist-sized ball of light is suspended in the center of the circle.
If you look closely, you will find that it is not an ordinary light, but a group of condensed elemental spirits.
She stared at the elves in a daze.
The diameter of those light balls exceeded ten centimeters, and the density of the elemental spirits gathered was extremely high. They were tightly bound together by the power of the magic circle.
——Logically speaking, such a large number of elemental spirits, gathered in one place, should be easily perceived.
But she could hardly detect their presence and could only barely sense the wind elves.
Moreover, they were bound in a magic circle, and she had no way of controlling them to cast magic.
This is not surprising.
Her wind resonance level is high, and above high is special. As a cannon fodder supporting role, she will not have a very good configuration.
But anyway, for an elemental mage, this feels pretty uncomfortable.
Su Cheng couldn't help but release his mental power to carefully feel those fire elemental spirits.
On that small magic array, the crimson runes flowed with a magma-like red light, and the violent fire element continued to surge, angrily trying to break through the restriction.
This was not something she "felt", but something she saw with her eyes.
Once you close your eyes, it's as if they don't exist.
Su Cheng couldn't help but recall last night. After tasting the succubus's blood, her sensitivity to elemental spirits suddenly increased.
At that time, there was a kind of happiness that everything was under control.
However, the increase seemed to be short-lived, and now she has been reduced to her original state.
Although the prototype's level can be called genius, after having such an experience, it is difficult for her to be satisfied with the status quo.
“…Yeah, that’s how people are.”
Su Cheng suddenly heard a hallucinatory voice.
The blood was pounding in my temples.
A deep tremor was climbing up my spine, like a steel hammer hitting my bones, and a burning pain spread across the back of my neck.
Consciousness seems to become blurred.
"You're starting to get used to the rules of the game," the voice said. "Do you want to experience what it's like?"
"What?" she said in a daze. "What do you mean?"
"As long as you are willing," the voice continued, "your elemental resonance level will be further improved, and those elemental spirits will never disappear from your perceptual world again. Is this what you expect?"
Su Cheng was stunned for a moment, then understood what the other party meant.
My already drowsy mind became even more unclear in the ecstasy.
"...Really? I do!"
She heard laughter.
It was a rich, rich baritone voice, with a certain amusement in it. "Then it's a deal."
The sound was so close, as if someone was speaking right into your ear.
She turned her head dazedly and saw a floating dark golden light.
In the hazy and flickering light and shadow, the figure of a tall man appeared. His facial features were extremely handsome and his expression looked very gentle.
The man had rich, jet-black hair and skin the color of a honey-brown, like a gleaming copper.
His eyes, one gold and one silver, were like two glittering coins. Dense lines bloomed on his irises, and a black triangular tattoo passed through his eye sockets.
At first glance, the two eyeballs look like weights placed on both sides of a scale.
"As a price, before sunset," the man smiled and tilted his head, "give me an oathbreaker with exceptional talent."
Su Cheng woke up suddenly.
This face!
She had seen the image of the God of Contract before, and it was this face!
Su Cheng was horrified. "No, I didn't agree! The deal wasn't done!"
This is the God of Contract! Lin Yun had been warned several times by the old man in the bracelet not to easily touch the original power represented by the god himself.
In other words, don't fight the God of War, don't do business with the God of Wealth, and don't make deals with the God of Contract.
The man blinked and gave a gentle smile, "Oh, do you want to regret it?"
"Your Highness!" Su Cheng was so nervous that sweat broke out on his forehead. "I, I didn't mean that, but normally, shouldn't we finish everything before we can conclude the agreement—"
The other person leaned closer to her.
The deity's manifestation was extremely tall, far exceeding the size of an ordinary human, and almost twice her height.
His upper body was naked, his honey-colored flesh was strong and voluptuous, his muscles were as if cut by a knife or an axe, and his broad chest undulated like gilded wheat waves.
A three-finger-wide red gold chain slanted across the chest and wrapped around the waist, with snake-like and dragon-like creatures engraved on its surface.
Blood-red agate is inlaid as the pupil, emerald and sapphire are inlaid into scales, which are scattered like stars, appearing cool and gorgeous.
The man raised his arms, his arm muscles twisted like tangled roots. The waist chain suddenly tightened, rubbing against the skin of his abdomen, making a fine, wind chime-like sound.
He placed his raised index finger on her lips, interrupting her next words.
The skin on my fingertips was burning hot.
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