Chapter 277: New Contract. (1/2)

Chapter 277: New Contract

The roo in front of a desk Arthur Valerian and hiswith a lot of interest towards Roland He on the other hand wasn’t sure how much truth he should disclose The miners already revealed parts of the fact While he didn’t see theh time for both parties to speak with each other

‘They probably had ato the city Wouldn’t be strange if that Weda…’

Weda, had seen both histo the upper levels Then there was of course Jasmine the archer lady that ith that party She didn’t see the other tunnel but had been in the one leading out of the mine If he tried to deny the part about the eways Arthur would obviously know that it was a lie

‘There isn’t really a reason to catch h, they should have already had all the information they need I don’t think they even suspect any foul play here, they must think the Lich was just soered trap…’

Roland didn’t believe that anyone actually knew about the existence of the other dungeon It was already rare enough for two dungeons to connect with each other That athat had been ever docuh, perhaps sos were kept away from the lesser nobles like his house and the public This was not likely as it would endanger adventurers which the guild would probably not allow

‘But what is his end ga very naive or desperate…’

Arthur was being friendly for no reason and this was bothering hiuards with spears pointing at his throat The city lord was putting hi Roland in this roo him from outside it wouldn’t take much to set off a spell to explode this entire room They had to knohat he was capable of by nohich e

‘Does he really need me to trust hi to find allies is how Arthur seemed to him Could this little noble here be that desperate to need a sketchy runesround? Could he instead just be too friendly for his own good and seeking to befriend soround?

‘The first option ishis goal?’

This was the big question, if Roland fully joined Arthur’s ca hier The Valerian household, just like many other noble houses, took the war for succession very seriously If he truly affiliated himself with Arthur then perhaps down the line he would need to confront his elder brothers and their retainers

‘Thinkif he found out that I became a retainer of the opposite noble faction’

Wentworth Arden was a diehard fanboy of the royal fa it wasn’t the only one around, many powerful old aristocrats fors out They had their place, they needed to watch for an incodom's safety Both sides kept the the entire kingdom This however didn’t mean that each side didn’t want to rule without any liuess some of the truth will co, sooner or later they will discover the entrance to the other dungeon…’

Roland knew this already, even if he withheld infor it would eventually come to bite him This wouldn’t be a problem if he decided to ditch just like he did before Perhaps he could visit one of the neighboring countries to seek shelter there For so into tier 3 it would be that hard

There was a small problem however, the roots that he cultivated in this city were already deep He did not really want to restart everything from scratch each time a problem arose Perhaps in the past there was no other option but noas different His level and knowledge had grown enough to rise to this occasion Even when going against the cultists he was not powerless anyet through this without losing e

“Do you have some paper or parchment that can be infused with ed? Do you mean tosilent for several seconds While he wanted to believe in Arthur and his gang he needed sos went badly there needed to be so noble's sincerity or desperation he needed a binding contract

“Yes, a ree”

“I see… Runesmiths do have the skills for that…”

It ell known that runesress This s a lot easier as no other person besides as in this room would need to know about as in the contract Two identical copies just needed to be iven to each side

Roland wasn’t sure how these contracts actually worked but they bound people on so around the contract in underhanded ways it would trigger the curse effect Even if the paper it ritten doas destroyed the contract would persist The consensus was that the contracts were overseen by a divine being of soh divine intervention which wasn’t that easy to come by

“Yes, that won’t be a probleh with it, even when the punishment will be severe?”

“Severe? What do you wish to put us under if we break the agreement?”

All contracts caical deterrent which people either referred to as curses or debuffs This status could be so severe like persisting blindness While Roland didn’t want to go too extrereed to a curse effect that prevented hi above his brothers, then he could probably be trusted

‘There is one that I can do at my current level…”

“Deterioration of ree to this sort of contract, how could you even propose soive me some time to think”

The detrih-level curse Noricians or people like the abyssal cultists For so a contract It was like a loophole that was made to help people take these contracts seriously

Just like the name implied, the deterioration of mind and flesh did as it was described It would turn a person into sohoul than huiven a pungent smell This wasn’t all, with tience and willpower

To soet further in his life, it would be a disaster He would no longer be able to go to any noble parties or talk to influential merchants His charisma would drop below ten and no one would be able to stand his presence For soe, it would truly be terrible

“That’s quite the dastardly contract curse you thought up Wayland… but doesn’t that particular one have tre that you are capable of producing such a contract?”

Arthur seeered by the proposal while Mary was giving hilare Deterioration ofa contract that could only be alleviated by pure stats It was clear that whoever was able to put a powerful hex like that onto paper had to have superior numbers on their side It was al that he had been hiding his true level from the start

“Yes, it shouldn’t be a problem”