Chapter 130 - Red Wings (1/2)

The next three skills that Ray had unlocked, didn't require any mana to use but each one was interesting. The first skill was called.

This skill only worked on people who were far weaker than the user. It was a type of hypnosis spell that allowed the user to ask one question. Whoever it was used against was forced to answer the question truthfully and after they would have no memory of the question being asked.

Ray had a lot of questions about the academy. Especially about whatever they were hiding and what the Dark guild was after. Ray thought of many ways he could use this skill but it was a shame you could only ask one question on a person and there was no way to tell whether it would work or not beforehand.

The next skill was what interested Ray the most called Contract.

The contract was a skill that could be used only on people who were willing to accept the ”Contract”. If the person it was used on refused, then nothing would happen. For those that would accept, a marking of the user's choice would be branded onto the person.

This branding showed that your life now belonged to the user. If any commands where disobeyed, the user was able to end the contract, also ending the person's life.

The people who were contracted were linked to the user. What this meant was Ray was now able to use skills with contracted people, that required him to touch them before. For every person Ray was contracted with, he would be able to either use the skill mana steel or mana share no matter where they were in the world.

The last skill was called.

Dragon roar would only work on those that were contracted. Each person that was contracted would get a 5 percent boost in all their stats. This skill could only be used once per day.

Ray was quite pleased with all the skills he had obtained. For the last month, he was thinking over what do to with them and how he would be able to find out the academy's secrets.

Ray had planned to create an army for himself this whole time. One that could not only rival the human race but also the thing called the shadow plaque. Ray had also now made a new enemy out of the Dark Guild. It looked like he would have to make this army sooner then he thought.

The problem was he couldn't trust humans. He had learnt that many times in the past, especially after the incident at the academy. That's where the contract skill came in at the perfect time. It was a sure way to get someone to prove their loyalty to him.

Ray had invited three people up to the roof with him and he was currently waiting patiently for them to arrive.

Finally, after waiting for a while the first person had arrived. It was a bulky muscular man who carried a giant great sword on his back, it was Jack.

Ray was interested in Jack for more than one reason. Jack himself seemed to not know of his origins. When Ray asked Jack what he was in more ways than one, Jack had no clue what Ray was talking about. Jack was either the best liar in the world or truly didn't know anything.

Ray tried using the Dragon's truth skill on him but it seemed to have no effect. Most likely because Jack was considered too powerful.

But Ray knew one thing and it was the fact that Jack had tried helping him at the arena, even when he was told to go against the academy. He had fought against Wilfred, one of the master knights without even asking any questions.

”It's been a while,” Jack said. ”Again, I'm sorry about what happened to your friend.”

Ray had currently decided to socially distance himself from the others as much as possible. Attachment seemed unnecessary but the words Jack used stung a little.