"My dear lover," Sonia heard Ash's loud laughter, "You are still so easy to understand, just like you were in the cabin."

"When you lie in the cabin, you will suddenly become talkative, using reasons and excuses to cover up your true feelings and use a lot of words to divert others' attention."

"You said you wanted to kill us, and if that's a lie, that means you definitely won't kill us."

"Why don't you kill us? The answer is obvious - the Secret Avatar is too important to you. You can't afford to risk losing it, so you try to use threats to make us surrender."

"That's a bold guess," Denzel said. "But aren't you afraid that I'll get mad and throw you out?"

Ash turned his head to look at Sonia, who turned her head away and didn't look at him, but just exerted a little force with her fingers.

"Then just throw it away." Ash said, "I heard that spiders will tie people up and make yogurt before eating them. I'm curious about this way of death. Are you interested in letting me try it?"

The wind stopped, but the rain did not stop. Suddenly, the surroundings were so quiet that only the sound of Diya pulling the silk thread and the low hum of the eight-eyed weaving spider's mouthparts cutting through the air remained.

"Oh."

Bang! Ash and the other man fell heavily to the ground. Diya hurried over to help them up. The three of them stared at Denzel who was leaning against the fence. The terrifying eight-eyed weaving spider became her background, adding to her domineering pressure.

"I didn't expect you to be such a greedy man." Denzel folded his hands. "In order to keep the "Secret Incarnation", you not only gambled your life, but also the person next to you..."

Ash: "Teammate."

Denzel glanced at Sonia and said, "Aren't you afraid of losing the bet?"

"I only know that if I bet, I might lose, but if I don't bet, I will definitely die." Ash said calmly: "If I hand over the "Secret Incarnation", you will really throw us out to feed the spiders."

Denzel narrowed his eyes. "I'm not that bad."

It sounds like she's just being coquettish, but the flat tone makes people feel that her subtext is 'I'm not bad enough'.

"You are a soul crazy for love. When you are alive, you can distort the definition of love by killing and build a cage of love with corpses. As long as you can carry out your love, no moral laws or rules of conduct can hinder you."

"Your current master..." Ash said word by word, "... is the All-Knowing Weaver Lord whom you once regarded as your forbidden delicacy, right?"

As early as a few days ago, Sonia told Ash that Demilo was most likely from the Starry Kingdom. In addition to the title of Xingtang, she strongly suspected that the owner of Xingtang was the guardian of the Starry Kingdom, the Starry Lord.

Ash naturally did not doubt Sonia's words, but he did not believe them completely. After all, Sonia had her own story world, and it was normal for it to be related to reality.

However, the appearance of Denzel completely proved that the wandering heroic spirits in the time continent were the work of the gods. The "evangelical incarnation of the all-knowing weaver" mentioned in her answer meant that she was an ancient magician from the kingdom of the gospel thousands of years ago, and she might have made great achievements. Perhaps Ash might even have come into contact with her bloodline descendants.

Denzel didn't answer. Instead, he tapped the wooden boards of the railing with his fingers, and the troops outside the fence suddenly became excited.

"You are a person who is used to rooting out the problem," Ash said. "We know too much. Even for the sake of the All-Knowing Lord, you will not let us go easily. The Secret Avatar is our only amulet. Once you take it back, you will have no more worries and can turn us into projections of magicians in the virtual world."

Denzel remained silent, but the eight-eyed weaver behind him quieted down.

"The Quiet Area is almost here." Ash glanced at the sky. The giant feet of the white bull were no longer visible. The distant sky was filled with a gloomy cold light, squeezing out the golden rain bit by bit. "Didn't you say that you like smart people the most? Smart people will only make one decision at this moment."

"What's the decision?" Denzel finally asked. "Isn't it about letting you go?"

"Let us go, we will come back to this area sooner or later." Ash said with an unchanged expression: "You will have a chance to snatch the "Secret Incarnation" from us then. If you kill us, then you... will disappoint your lover."

The commander's knocking finally stopped.

"You will come back?"

"Why wouldn't the magician come to the Void Realm?"

"just in case--"

"You can only trust us." Ash said, "It's impossible for us not to come to the Void Realm. Besides, I don't know where you will appear, nor do I know how to avoid you."

Sonia and Diya said nothing, but lowered their heads silently to avoid Denzel seeing the joy in their eyes.

Of course they knew where this commander appeared, and they also knew how to avoid her pursuit!

Ash's virtual map had already shown that the Sky Bull's route was a circle, and it would reach the same area every other cycle. That was to say, when the Sky Bull was about to reach the Spider Tower area, they would just rest that night and play their own games. Anyway, they would not go to work in the virtual world, so they could naturally avoid being hunted down by Denzel, the client.

But Denzel shook his head. "I don't believe you."

Ash's eyes narrowed.

"I only believe in contracts."

Denzel snapped his fingers, and her appearance instantly changed from a mysterious assassination expert to an intellectual and beautiful female clerk wearing a miniskirt, high heels, and a pair of plain glasses - although she was a little taller.

Ash was stunned: "Is this also... a type of soldier from your Spider Tower?"

"No." Denzel shook his head, stretched out his fingers, and suddenly pulled out a contract from the air: "This is the 'job type' responsible for production."

She had no intention of explaining further. She flicked her fingers and three contracts fell in front of Ash and the others.

The content of the contract is simple.

"Party A: Spider Tower Commander 001"

"Party B: (Waiting for verification of magical power)"

"If the Bull of the Sky Chariot enters the Spider Tower area, Party B must stay in the Spider Tower area for more than three hours."

"If Party B possesses a 'Soul Summoning' spirit, Party B is not allowed to abandon the 'Soul Summoning' spirit."

"When Party A encounters and captures Party B, Party B must voluntarily hand over the 'requiem' spirit."

"Breach of contract penalty: For the first breach of contract, Party A will deprive Party B of one of his or her spirits (the summoning spirit will take priority); for the second breach of contract, Party A will deprive Party B of two of his or her spirits; for the third breach of contract...; for the tenth breach of contract, Party B will die."

"Contract takes effect from the date of signing."

"Sign it." Denzel's tone was indifferent and unquestionable. "Or I'll throw it out."

"But you have to think carefully. Once you sign this contract, even if you hand over the soul summoning spirit, it will not end. You will either be hunted down by me in the virtual world and killed, or you will be punished by the virtual world after ten failures."

Sonia shook her head: "If we climb to a higher level of the virtual realm, won't we definitely breach the contract? I won't sign a contract that will end in death."

Denzel's expression remained unchanged. "I didn't think this through. I'll add it now."

Then there was an additional clause in the contract: "If Party B is unable to enter the Time Continent due to entering a higher level of the virtual realm, this contract will be invalidated."

The three of them looked at each other, and Denzel raised his eyebrows. "Do you have any other opinions? I have already allowed you to have a way to escape permanently. You are not expecting more, are you? Or do you think I will let you go without any restrictions?"

After signing, Ash and others must go to work on the day of the Spider Tower round. If they are absent, their salary will be deducted. If they are absent ten times, they will retire directly - permanently retire.

"Of course." Ash glanced over the contract: "However, there are no clauses binding you here. Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

"How else do you want to restrain me?" Denzel's voice didn't contain any accusatory anger. It was as if he was genuinely asking, "I can't let you go like this. I won't show mercy the next time we meet."

"Once you are captured by me, you must hand over the 'necromancy' spell and become a snack for my followers."

"It's right here." Ash said, "If we don't sign the contract, you won't let us go; but if we sign the contract, you may not let us leave."