Chapter 374 - 327 : Fate Contrac (1/2)

”I don't believe you.”

Lucy replied with a cold voice as she stared back at the relaxed Losha. In response, the blacksmith shrugged her shoulders whilst adding:

”I care not for your opinion. Either you follow me or you'll have to defend against the forces of the White Specter clan. I'm certain that they'll catch up to you before you're able to can escape to a safe place.”

Lucy kept her deadpan face despite being threatened. She didn't care about the White Specter clan and despite the large difference between them and her clan, she's not about to give up.

”Hmpf! Go ahead and call them, it's not like we're stopping you.”

The dark-haired woman crossed her arm and erased the grin from her face before seriously saying

”In the end, why are you so determined to reject my offer? You've literally got nothing to lose.”

Before Lucy could reply, Losha resumed talking

”We can even sign a Fate Contract.”

Such a term was foreign to Lucy, who furrowed her brow. Seeing this, the other party explained:

”A Fate Contract is made between two or more parties and the conditions set in it cannot be broken or else he'll be punished by death. It's a fairly known method to strike deals, especially when hiring mercenaries or assassins.”

Through Arthur, Claud also confirmed Losha's explanation and gave her a bit more details.

'Once a Fate Contract is made, both parties cannot go against the aforementioned rules. If they are courageous enough to defy the conditions, they'll be killed by Fate itself. Though against some individuals, such a contract is pointless for they cannot be killed by Fate.'

'Is this reincarnator one of those individuals?'

Arthur asked Claud, afraid they'll be tricked by her.

'Definitely not, I can count those individuals on two hands.'

'Then this is the best solution, for now.'

With no choice but to accept this Fate Contract to assure their safety, Lucy nodded her head in approval. In fact, Losha knew that Lucy was talking with Arthur about the contract but she just couldn't sense him at all. There was nothing suspicious in the mansion and her sense could spread for a third of this city yet he seemed to have vanished into thin air.

Seeing Lucy's nod, Losha took out a golden scroll from her storage and presented it to Lucy, who accepted it.

”First, write your conditions then I'll write mine.”

After discussing the conditions with Arthur, Lucy wrote them down and gave back the scroll to Losha, who gazed at the several lines of words.

1: Repair the dark blade within a period of three months or less.

2 : Within this period of time, Losha has to protect Arthur and Lucy from any aggressive outside forces.

3 : Losha cannot harm Lucy or Arthur in any way.

4 : Losha cannot divulge any information about Lucy or Arthur.

”Hah! Isn't that a lot of conditions? Well, whatever.”

Losha swiftly wrote her condition then showed them to Lucy.

1: Lucy will temporarily become Losha's disciple.

With that, both parties were pleased so they each used a drop of Blood Essence to seal the contract, which flashed with a bright light before engraving a white tattoo on both women's abdomen.

Just as the contract was finalized, Losha's was startled to see the flower on Lucy's head suddenly vanish as an expanding black whirlpool appeared for a split second before Arthur was standing next to his wife.

”Every single of you reincarnators is weird.”

Losha complained but didn't inquire about the method he used to hide. Her interest wholly laid on Lucy, of course, she still had to fix the dark blade, Makaze.

Since she was so excited and didn't even try to hide it, Losha quickly brought Arthur and Lucy to the blacksmith building from before. Soon, they found themselves standing in a large arena underground. It was considerably wide and devoid of any people.

There was various foreign equipment that Arthur never saw.

”Now, before I begin to train you, I want to see your current overall strength, what you lack and what you excel at.”

The woman got rid of her long robe, revealing her alluring curves and perfectly shaped body. While it's true Arthur was staring at her, his full attention was elsewhere. His eye shone with a blue light as he tried to see what's she about to do.

A milky-white energy revolved inside her body before transforming into a layer of energy that resembled an armor.

Losha took a punching stance before taking a deep breath and punching the machine in front of her. The machine in question didn't seem to be from the universe as it definitely resembled the technology on Earth quite a bit. However, this one seemed much more advanced.

Despite the destructive force behind that punch, neither the machine broke nor the arena suffered any damage, it seemed as if all the damage was only focused on the machine.

The couple approached Losha and saw a number engraved on the machine. More precisely, it was '2899'

”Now, I want you to try punching this machine with all your force.”

Losha eagerly waited for Lucy to test her strength. If she's going to be her disciple, she needs to know everything about her and only then can she create a suitable and perfect training routine for her(Lucy). With the knowledge coming from her current and past life, Losha was certain that Lucy's strength will sky-rocket.

Lucy stood before the machine, bent her legs while straightening her back before punching the machine with her strength that surpassed 2 billion points.

Just like Losha's case, Lucy's punch was strong but didn't cause any damage to its surroundings, which is definitely strange for a punch coming from a Sovereign, moreover, one with a Strength that had long since surpassed the limiter.

A four-digit number appeared on the machine, greatly surprising the calm Losha. She didn't know Lucy stats and seeing as her new disciple was a Little Sovereign, she expected the number to at most have three digits.

'2461'

”Good gracious!”

The first thing she did was turn toward Arthur. Even with her Physique and special Race, Lucy couldn't have such strength if not for another factor which boosted her strength.

Heck! Lucy's punch had almost the same power as hers! She never expected to see such a number, this left her curious about Arthur, who seemed to be a melee type, contrary to Lucy, who relies on long-ranged attack despite being quite adept at using a saber.

”Why don't you show us now?”

Losha taunted Arthur as she was curious about his strength. In response, Arthur shrugged and walked to the machine. With the contract protecting him and Lucy, he had nothing to fear.

His figure suddenly blurred as a black whirlpool appeared for a split before a larger silhouette could be seen. Lucy didn't have that much of a reaction, however, Losha's mind shook.

'Is he a druid? No, a druid can't take the form of a flower. Then... a devil? No, that's impossible too.'

It is widely known that most reincarnators have a mysterious and strong Race, she's an exception because she purposely wanted to reincarnate into a human. Though it gave her a disadvantage compared to the others, when the time comes, the advantages of being a Human will start showing.

The corpse Arthur took was of a minotaur. Amongst all the corpses he has, excluding the Divine Beast, this one had the strongest strength-related passives.

The moment he possessed it, more than six passives were activated, enhancing his Strength stat. He never uses this body in battle because its inefficient and not as flexible as a human body. Though, if it's testing his strength, this was, without a doubt, his perfect choice.

The body was over three meters in height, he got on all fours and activated the Dark-Star Strengthening technique to create a black layer that envelops his body, slightly increasing attack and greatly boosting defense.

Like a raging bull, he charged at the machine and hit it with his head. Unlike the two others, the machine finally shook from the impact. It wasn't damaged but the blow was strong enough to cause shake it which shows how monstrous Arthur's charge was.

'3750'