Chapter 142 - New World (1/2)

“My soul? That is a truly enormous price.”

The dark elf knew that Joshua must’ve signed a contract with a powerful Lich. Thus, if she was to hand her soul to Joshua, it would mean that she was handing her soul to that Lich too.

This was a contract much more unreasonable than telling her to sell her body. Should she sign the contract, she would practically become Joshua’s pet pigeon for the rest of her life.

“That is the most basic requirement needed for me to trust you. Besides, I do not believe this price to be too costly either. After all, ‘Léon: The Demon’ is not the only movie in this world.”

What Joshua said was not too appealing to the dark elf. If she really wanted to watch movies, she could very well purchase a ticket to watch one.

The reason why she was stealing the originium crystal with ‘Léon: The Demon’ stored in it was purely so that she could bring it back to the demon realm. The main reason why she was hesitating was because… she might not be able to leave this cinema room alive should she refuse Joshua.

She felt a gloomy and cold aura when she touched the door knob earlier.

An undead, or multiple undeads, were guarding the other side of the door. The dark elf does not possess any magic that could banish undeads. On top of that, there were a dozen fully armed human knights outside too…

Should Joshua become serious, the possibility of her being able to exit the Farucci’s Mansion alive would be slim to none. As such, she had no power to choose.

After weighing her options, the dark elf ultimately nodded her head. Her only purpose in staying alive in this world was to take revenge at the Heresy Tribunal and… to repay her ‘Mathilda’ that saved her.

“A wise choice… then, let us shake hands for our phony friendship.”

Joshua extended his hand with the Duke of Bones’ imprint.

The dark elf hesitated momentarily. She wanted to place her other hand on her dagger.

But, she felt an ice-cold aura blowing past her neck. That aura forced her to relinquish her crafty tricks and hold Joshua’s hand.

Through her palm, ice-cold magic power invaded her body. She was able to resist the magic power from a certain Lich with her own magic power. But, for the sake of surviving, she choose to relax her body.

Soon, the Lich’s magic power filled the core of her soul. When she released her hand, she felt a wondrous sensation.

“What do I need to do for you?”

The dark elf moved her hands. The imprint on her palm had disappeared.

To test out whether the domain preventing magic usage was still present on her body or not, she changed her appearance multiple times before Joshua. Only then did she change her appearance back to her own appearance.

Even though the dark elf detested the Holy Church’s Heresy Tribunal, the abilities given to her by the Heresy Tribunal were the foundation of her skills as an assassin and information agent.

“First matter of concern, have you heard of the God of Order before?”

Joshua could actually be considered as the God of Order Lloyd’s number one missionary. Even the frost elf Tylene who had just joined his entertainment guild joined Lloyd’s church for the sake of ‘going online.’

“The God of Order, Lloyd. It is one of the most basic rune systems in this world. It is also my most familiar rune system.”

The dark elf wrote a few rune inscriptions in the air. With those runes, a tablecloth placed on the side started floating in midair.

Then, over a hundred runes from the Order System started floating around her. The amount of runes she knew was totally comparable to a sage from the Sage Tower!