After some deliberation, Angel chose to sign a contract with Shadow.
Contracts are better for restraining actions than swearing by the will of the world. Swearing with the will of the world is very noble, but this is only limited to official wizards. They swear with will and spirit, so when swearing, trying to deceive the will of the world through language loopholes is basically unworkable.
But the wizard apprentice is not good, because the will and spirit of the apprentice are not enough to spy on the will of the world from a distance, and the end of forcibly spying is likely to be a mental breakdown. Therefore, swearing by the will of the world between apprentices and wizards can only be done through language, and language itself is a communication symbol that is most easily deceived. A pun, an unclear language... It is possible to bypass the surveillance of the world will.
Angel is very aware of the loopholes in the will of the world, and he does not challenge himself or the shadow who has better language skills. It is safest to choose a well-established contract.
The contract of words may also appear tricky. But the contract that Angel wants to use was read from a wizard magazine, passed down from generation to generation, drafted and altered countless times, and almost no loopholes.
"Kurna's Drafting Contract at the Tomb of the Desperate Tyrant".
This is a wizard apprentice named Khulna, who is about to explore the tomb of the ancient wizard "Desperate Tyrant", an equal contract drawn up with another wizard apprentice, in the hope of shackles each other when exploring the tomb.
The content of this contract has been perfected a long time ago. After nearly 10,000 years of inheritance, some small loopholes have been revised by future generations. Today, it is almost flawless. At this time, it is just right.
Writing a binding contract requires paper that can hold magic.
Angel rummaged through the bracelet for a long time, but couldn't find any suitable paper. In the end, he could only take out a piece of Chaos Drum beast skin paper with a painful look on his face, which he took on the Twilight Big Shot. There are only 50 pieces of 700 magic crystals. It is a kind of leather paper that can carry magic energy arrays, which is very precious.
Because it is too precious, he has never used it himself. He didn't expect to use it for the first time, not to carry the magic energy array, but to draft a contract!
This is completely overkill. But Angel couldn't either. He didn't have any other vellum that could carry magic power.
With heartache, flesh pain, and liver pain, Angel quickly drew up the contract and threw it into the fog.
When the drafted text contract was placed in front of Shadow, Shadow was stunned for a moment.
"Kurna's drafted contract... Oh, you really are not a wild way." Do not choose the world's will to swear, and the contract also uses the ancient provisions, which clearly shows that Angel's identity is from an orthodox wizard organization.
After Shadow finished this contract, his heart settled down a little. Since the other party is willing to sign a contract, then he does not need to open the last trump card. After all, this is related to his chance of promotion, and he doesn't need it if he can.
This is an equality contract, the content is basically not to hurt, entrap, or frame each other, and to communicate with each other on an equal basis. The time limit is: 1 year.
After the shadow had supported the weak body, it was confirmed.
He raised his head and glanced at the seabird in a tuxedo coat glaring in the air, and the multicolored dragonfly flickering next to it. Shadow sighed, "I admit it."
After the shadow said, he used his own magic power as a guide, and dripped his own blood on the contract. The blood essence slowly rolled on the vellum with the magic power, and finally at the bottom right, the blood essence melted into the vellum and turned into a circular mark.
"It's so round? There's no smudge? The power of blood essence and magic lock is firm, and the magic power is not leaked at all... This paper is very high-end?" Shadow flipped open the back of the vellum.
When he looked at the circles of patterns that looked like chaotic clouds, he was stunned.
"Are you kidding me? This is Chaos Drum beast skin?!"
Angel didn't answer, and his heart was also aching at this time. He signaled Toby to bring the contract back. After Angel made sure that the contract was valid, he also dripped his blood essence.
In an instant, a huge and magnificent aura passed around the two of them. The witness of this contract is the will of the world, so there is no doubt that this breath also comes from the will of the world.
When the contract slowly lifted off, Angel canceled the misty illusion and released the shadow.
This is the last step, the signer of the contract will witness the establishment of the contract together.
The shadow covered his wound and walked limping to Angel's side, looking at the contract floating and burning in the air, his face felt distressed.
"Is this really the chaotic drum animal skin?", "Is it?", "Look at the texture, it is simply the tanned chaotic drum animal skin!"
Shadow kept asking. The more he listened, the more his heart felt like a knife. It was expensive, a piece of paper with at least 10 magic crystals! Even if he is very rich now, he has used energy stabilizers to burn money, but it was used on the edge of the knife... And today, he is really "burning" money!
The contract signed on the chaotic drum animal skin slowly burned in the air, and finally became ashes.
Immediately after, two rays of light penetrated into the shadows and Angel's bodies... A contract was made!
"Is this Chaos Drum beast skin?" Shadow still asked.
Angel was expressionless: "Didn't you see it?"
Shadow: "I still can't believe that you actually used the Chaos Drum beast skin to make the contract paper. Which organization did you come from? You actually burn so much money? If you had known earlier, you would have given me the Chaos Drum beast skin, do you think? If I know anything, I'll tell you!"
Angel didn't say anything, raised his hand lightly, and canceled the extravagant nightmare realm.
Now that the contract has been signed, within the scope of the rules, Shadow will never dare to hurt him. Otherwise, the end will be doomed.
With the withdrawal of the extravagant nightmare realm, they returned to the cramped small room again.
The shadow ten fingers emerged from the puppet thread, and began to manipulate the previously unconscious puppets, slowly returning to their seats.
Everyone, there are ten seats in the entire round table, nine of which have been seated, and one seat that was originally a shadow is now vacant.
Shadow glanced at the vacant position, a cold light flashed in his eyes, slowly turned his head away, and healed his wound.
Angel asked, "Aren't you going to sit?"
Shadow: "I'll deal with the wound first."
When Angel saw that the shadow was not sitting, he sat down and looked at the apprentices who were smiling strangely at the corners of his mouth. Angel asked curiously, "Why do you control them?"
When the shadow saw Angel take his seat, there was a sneer in the corner of his mouth. Then he stood up, controlled one of the puppets to stand up, and sat opposite Angel.
"Although we have signed an equality contract, I don't need to explain to you what I do, right?"
"As you like." Angel said indifferently, he didn't care about Shadow, he just asked casually.
Shadow: "Anyway, we also signed a contract, let's get to know each other?"
"You can call me a mask." Angel said.
Shadow used the cleansing technique to shake off the dust and blood on the surface of the skin, revealing a handsome face with a very sharp temperament: "Masque? Well, if you don't want to say names, then we will all use code names."
Angel nodded, and the field fell into silence. Whether it is him or the shadow, they are adjusting their emotions. One moment is still fiercely hostile, and the next moment it is not easy to talk to each other calmly. So, this silence, both of them understand what to do.
Shadow recovered a limited amount of magic power and completely healed the exposed wound; his mind seemed to have adjusted to the same extent, and he said, "It's really bad luck, I didn't expect that I've been in this area for so many years, but I almost fell into the gutter at a critical moment. The boat capsized. Alas, since I signed the contract, I will not be rude. I will fulfill my previous promise now. I can tell you anything you want to know. "
Angel, who became a "gutter", did not argue about it, and said lightly: "I followed the magician to this party for two purposes. First, I want to leave the fairy tale world, so I need a map here." After a while: "If there is a map of other boundaries of the Fan Continent, it would be best."
"I can give you the map of the fairy tale world, but the Fan Continent is too big, don't say I don't have a map, even if I have it, I can't give it to you directly. But after you leave the fairy tale world, where are you going? If I knew the way, I would I can tell you." Shadow said bluntly.
Angel thought for a while. He was actually not very familiar with Nanyu. Since he came to Fan Continent, he has learned a lot from books, but he has never really been there. He has basically stayed in the savage cave all year, and has never traveled far.
What is a good place to say? Just a savage cave? Or the Sky Machine City
If I go back to the Savage Cave from the fairy tale world, and then go to the Sky Machine City, can I catch up with the opening of the Purification Garden? Angel doesn't know this question either. Because he doesn't even know where the fairy tale world is now, and how far it is from the Sky Machine City and the Savage Cave.
"Let's put this issue aside for now and talk about it later." Angel continued: "The second purpose of my coming to this party is to exchange some materials."
"Material? What material do you need, if I have it, I can exchange it with you." Shadow asked.
Angel directly took out a list and threw it to Shadow.
"37 standard quantities of mister silk, 20 standard cups of musk, and 1 standard amount of mister soft gel..." Shadow looked at the list, and he didn't say anything at the top, because they were all very common. It is a very commonly used material, but as he goes to the back, he also shows some strange expressions: "High copper 9 kilograms, star meteorite standard density 1 cubic meter, gloomy wood..."
"These are non-advanced materials, and the price is not expensive. But you want too many, and I don't have them here for the time being." Shadow paused, and asked curiously: "You want so many non-advanced materials. What are the materials for? Do you also want to be an alchemist?"
"Why use the word 'also'?"
"Because I know many of my peers, all of whom want to be alchemists." Shadow replied.
Angel: "Including you?"
Shadow shook his head: "No, I have no talent, and I have no interest in thinking about this idea in the laboratory every day."