Chapter 453: Contract
Ace shook his head and bowed respectfully to the Crystal Dragon: “Respected Holiness, actually, I have a request.”
The Crystal Dragon smacked its lips. With its small short claws behind its back and sticking out its bulging crystal belly, it said: “If you didn’t have business, you wouldn’t have specifically sought me out. Treating me to a big meal—this God is quite satisfied with you. You guy, over ten years ago you were just a little bug, but now your life level has actually reached Level 3. Truly incredible.
“What request do you have? Seeing as you treated me to gourmet food, as long as it’s not too excessive, I agree.”
Ace continued to speak respectfully: “Thank you for your generosity, Your Holiness. I seek the method to traverse worlds!”
The Crystal Dragon stopped pacing. Its eyes went wide, and its iridescent eyes stared at Ace. Ace’s goal was pure and direct as he looked back at the Crystal Dragon.
The Crystal Dragon paced left and right, and finally said slowly: “It’s not that I’m stingy, but the secret method of Astral Travel is not equivalent in value to a gourmet meal. Your request is too much!”
Ace looked straightforwardly at the Crystal Dragon. He keenly noticed that the most important words were “not equivalent,” and respectfully answered: “What you say is true. Dare I ask what you feel would be equivalent?”
The Crystal Dragon stuck out its crystal belly, its iridescent eyes looking directly at Ace, and said: “Give the embryonic form of the supernatural Gourmet Path to me. You can still create magical food and make magical food, but the supernatural Gourmet Domain embryo needs to be given to me. In exchange, I will teach you the entire secret method of Astral Travel!”
Ace was a bit confused. Although magical food was extremely popular in Nightlight City, he hadn’t discovered the supernatural Gourmet Domain the other spoke of at all.
He couldn’t say this directly, as that would reveal his ignorance. He needed to probe the other party again. Ace wore a confident smile: “Your Holiness, this is a domain Embryo—extremely precious. I feel this exchange is not equivalent enough.”
Hearing Ace’s words, the Crystal Dragon felt it was indeed so, but He was determined to obtain the Supernatural Gourmet Domain. This was one of the domains He wanted to acquire. As long as He had this domain, He would have as much food as He wanted in the future!
“Haha, what conditions do you have? We can discuss,” the Crystal Dragon suddenly pounced next to Ace, grabbing his hand and saying affectionately.
Ace looked at the Crystal Dragon, thinking. He gently pushed away the other’s claw. A Demi-god acting like this made Ace a bit uncomfortable. He was more certain that it must be something extremely important.
Trading it wasn’t impossible, but he had to know what it actually was and how to maximize the benefit.
“Your Holiness, we have a Demi-god guardian here. I cannot decide many things myself. Could you let me report to the Guardian Demi-god, His Holiness…”
The Crystal Dragon, who was originally acting coy, suddenly became extremely alert. His dragon tail rose unconsciously, and his crystal-clear scales stood on end: “No need to find your guardian god. I will give you the Astral Travel secret knowledge completely, and gift you Level 3 Spatial Knowledge for free. This is the greatest sincerity I can offer.”
Ace looked at the other’s demeanor and felt he couldn’t continue probing. In fact, he didn’t want to find Thoth either. He didn’t want Thoth to know too clearly about this private matter.
The Crystal Dragon had used a unique concealment method to enter Thoth City-State. As long as He didn’t approach the Thoth Temple or get bumped into by Thoth’s clone, it was unlikely He would be discovered. In fact, neither Ace nor the Crystal Dragon wanted to be discovered. Ace’s words were just to fight for greater benefits.
“Respected Holiness, your will is my wish. Let us use the Great Source as a witness and conclude an unbreakable contract!”
Ace bowed respectfully at forty-five degrees and said to the Crystal Dragon.
The Crystal Dragon nodded, scratching its head with a short claw: “Let’s go to the Outer World to conclude the contract to avoid alarming your guardian god.”
After speaking, He tore open the spatial barrier and appeared directly in the Void Sea of the Outer World.
Ace didn’t hesitate. He took a step forward, passed through the spatial crack, and also appeared in the Void Sea. Under the view of the Void Sea, the Prime Material Plane of the Inner World was a magnificent sphere of pure gold.
Mount Kaya floated above the Prime Material Plane. Hundreds of sub-planes and demi-planes rotated around it. The Endless Abyss, Nine Hells, and Underworld—these three quasi-planes—were entangled below the Prime Material Plane. Hundreds of evil, chaotic, and lawful sub-planes and demi-planes surrounded the three.
Countless alien dimensions were born and destroyed in the Sea of Illusion and Reality. Further out was the hazy and uncertain World Crystal Wall. This was the panorama of the Kaya World.
Inside the Prime Material Plane was a vast, boundless starry universe with the Earth Center as the center. The internal space was constantly expanding.
Outside the Prime Material Plane was the Multi-planar Crystal Wall System. All planes floated in the Sea of Illusion and Reality, wrapped by the sturdy Crystal Wall.
The originally small Crystal Dragon instantly became huge.
With a body length of nearly a thousand meters, short and thick limbs, lion claws, a snake tail, a lizard-like head, sharp glowing scales, and a soft belly studded with various supernatural gems forming a sturdy abdominal armor, He opened his iridescent eyes, exuding the terrible majesty of an epic beast.
Dragon Might!
This was a word Ace subconsciously thought of. He thought of that Legendary-level Skeleton Giant Dragon. If he saw it again, he could cut off more than just its bone claw.
The Crystal Giant Dragon’s lizard head, nearly a hundred meters large, approached Ace. Such a huge size difference made Ace’s mind tremble slightly. This dragon’s power was strong; even in the Demigod sequence, He was probably the extremely strong kind.
After becoming a Legend, Ace’s body and soul had been preliminarily sanctified. Not only could he exist for a long time in a vacuum, but he could also survive in the terrifying Sea of Illusion and Reality.
He looked straight into the iridescent dragon eyes, bowing respectfully and waiting.
The Crystal Giant Dragon’s magnificent body, nearly a thousand meters long, cruised in the Sea of Illusion and Reality. He prayed rhythmically in Ancient Draconic. Ripples rose, and the aura of the Great Source gradually descended. A phantom image of a contract scroll covered in dragon scales appeared.
Ace’s eyes glowed with bright white light. It wasn’t his first time contracting with a Deity. He could basically identify that Demi-god level contract.
The dragon extended its short dragon claw, its fingertip approaching Ace. Ace extended his right hand to gently touch the fingertip. No words were needed; under the witness of the Great Source, their thoughts were the content of the contract.
The thoughts of one dragon and one human clashed fiercely. Finally, the contract content reached was roughly as follows:
“Contract established. True Dragon Paralanda and human Ace conclude the contract as follows: After Ace helps Paralanda obtain the embryonic Supernatural Gourmet Domain, Paralanda will gift the complete Astral Travel secret knowledge to Ace. Paralanda will first gift Ace Level 3 Spatial Knowledge as a sign of sincerity.”
Milky white light bloomed from the dragon’s fingertip and Ace’s right hand. The Great Source recorded their contract. No other punishment measures were needed. Once breached, the Great Source would ruthlessly send down the Punishment of the World.
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