Chapter 11 - Occult Tesseract Law (1/2)
”And what could it be?”
”Foremost, refers to me as the merchant.”
The merchant grabbed the intersection of the cloak to reveal numerous items within and strapped on his jacket. Of course, none of them are truly what he was trying to offer, as his other hand reached onto a dagger.
He took off the glove of his right hand, and stabbed the palm using the dagger. The blood dripped but never reached the ground, it became static in the air. Slowly, the blood branched and revolted, moving uncannily still in a small space within the air before the liquid took an abrupt stop and shaped itself into an array vertically.
MF hasn't seen anything like this before, she never knew how symbols could be used in spell circuits. The man in front of her didn't really come from this era and she should be wary. In fact, her brain had already processed 10,000 simulations of possibilities of what's going to happen, 78% of them ended up in her getting badly messed up, 10% resulted in good, 2% of it resulted in an awkward session of getting pranked.
The array warped the space inside it. In reverse action, it became a scroll.
”The forbidden god had declared their land on Neamh, its mighty followers clad in obsidian of impregnable armor. At the dusk of death, they will harbour a cold cauldron made of ancient deities. This is the Occult Tesseract Law, the forbidden knowledge of the end, He he he he...”
He grasped the scroll violently but the scroll started to twist and twitch the moment his hand was closing in. It shrieked, the scroll wailed in perpetual cry. Each of its disastrous melodies had trembled every 'void' within MF, it's like she had no choice but to acquire it to find out what was going on.
”Fetch me the price,” MF said, giving the merchant a devilish smile. But before he could speak, the devil was always ready to bargain. ”Will 960 mid grade mana crystals do?”
The cultivation law wasn't her target, it was the knowledge that comes with the forbidden god in it. There was a high chance that this Occult Tesseract Law is a mana cultivation law, which was something MF couldn't utilize. Then again, the 'void' resonated furiously upon hearing its wail. It had to be something to do with the 'void'.
”He he he he, the price won't be in the form of mana crystal.” The man shook off the wind like forcefully slamming a door with the scroll on its hand. ”Give me the fresh heart of a broken maiden, then this forbidden knowledge will be yours.”
”You want me to kill someone, for that scroll? What if there isn't any interest within me?”
”The scroll chose you.”
”Then why won't you just give me?”
”Because you're also chosen by me to retrieve the object of the task I gave you.” He chuckled.
”If the rain bothers, I could just jump into the sea.”
”The will of the forbidden god is the sea.”
”The forbidden god is a swamp, muddy and gloomy.”
”A playful zest you have.”