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In the green hall, surrounded by the nine fire pillars, Ye Qi in spirit state bowed with one of his hands on his chest. His clear made the roaring stop. After a stuffy silence, the low returned to its initial calmness.

"A Demon Hunter? Hmm, human you know what kind of entity I am?" Ye Qi could hear the derision in the voice when it mentioned the word, Demon Hunter.

"Even though I have not personally seen one before, I have read many records on entity related to Your Excellency through our literature. Therefore, I do have some inkling on the kind of entity Your Excellency represents."

"In that case, how dare you talk to me in such a manner?!"

The Demon's presence swamped the room once more and it was several times more intense than before. It pressed Ye Qi to the floor and the young Demon Hunter was not even able to lift his head.

"Since Your Excellency has brought my soul in this realm and wishes to sign a contract with me, it means that Your Excellency has a need for me! Since my corporeal body is caught by the Noble Vampire, then why don't we commit to a trade? Your Excellency will help me survive this ordeal and I will help Your Excellency finish the objective that you want me to!" Ye Qi screamed into the wind with his head half-raised.

"Human, you're clever, I'll give you that, but why would you think you've the upper hand to bargain with me?" Ye Qi's offer obviously had brushed the Demon the wrong way. The pressure on Ye Qi increased. This time, Ye Qi could see his spirit rippling, if this was allowed to continue, Ye Qi believed his soul would shatter and disperse.

"Trade is exchanging what both parties need. As long as both parties are satisfied then the trade is successful. There is no upper hand in a trade because we would have parted with what each of us wanted!"

Ye Qi felt the pressure on his spirit state increase and the rippling was getting stronger. Ye Qi tried his best to talk his way out of this but the Demon did not show any sign of stopping. Ye Qi felt his heart drop, he thought with despair, "It's over! I shouldn't have thought of using a Demon to help me get over this hurdle! I was no match for even a projection! A trade is based on a balance of power, I should have realized that sooner! How dumb I was!"

"Very good! I agree to do this trade with you!"

Just as Ye Qi was ready to surrender to his fate, the voice began again and the pressure weighing down on the young Demon Hunter disappeared.

Ye Qi who was ready to face death stood up cautiously. On the surface, he maintained a calm and polite demeanour like the Demon did not just toy with his life, but internally, he was cursing the Demon out.

"F*ck, this is how a Demon bargain?" The Demon Hunter who was filled with mocking internally continued in a respectful tone reserved for when he was conversing with a powerful entity, "Your Excellency, please name your terms and demands!"

Suddenly, the goatskin parchment before Ye Qi exploded in a spark. The original runes on it burnt in the flames and were replaced with what Ye Qi could recognize as Erebus Language. Obviously, this was the Demon's terms and demands. Ye Qi smiled when he saw the updated parchment, "Your Excellency, I know fairness is nothing but an ideal but is it possible for our trade to be as fair as possible? After all, I can only recognize a few letters of the Erebus Language. Also can you please remove the decorative patterns around the parchment?"

When Ye Qi said the last sentence, there was a subdued condescension that crossed his eyes—These decorative patterns around the contract were how Demon got a pull over their contracted humans. Erebus language with their curlicues and swirls camouflaged easily into the decorative patterns and if one did not pay special attention, one would have signed plenty of things away without realizing the many small prints in the contract.

Erebus language was different from the different languages of the human world. It was complicated and their pronunciation was quite different from normal language pronunciation. Even their writing system was something completely alien to the normal human. Oftentimes, a long paragraph would be describing something that could be captured by a single English word. Therefore, other than Erebus language scholars, Erebus language was like gibberish to normal individuals. The fact that Ye Qi could recognize a few letters of the language was already better than most.

"Human, you are testing my patience!" The voice dropped icily.

"Since Your Excellency has decided to commit to this trade, then both of us have to show some degree of sincerity! Humans have their dignity too!" The smile around Ye Qi's disappeared and there was only determination.

Ye Qi of course would not compromise at such a crucial moment, or else his earlier effort would have been wasted. If he unknowingly signed his soul and body away, then what was the point of having a trade? To be someone's slave? Ye Qi would rather die.

As the young Demon Hunter said so, the hall was quiet, even the flickering of the fire from the nine pillars had gotten eerily muted. Suddenly, the goatskin parchment lit up with another spark. When the fire disappeared, the writing on the parchment became normal human language and the decorative patterns around the parchment had all but disappeared.

On the parchment, three clauses were written in simple language. They were:

One, the Demon would help Ye Qi survive the imminent danger and in exchange, Ye Qi would help the Demon find a series of stuff in a set period of time.

Two, whenever Ye Qi managed to locate one of the stuff, the Demon would bestow upon Ye Qi power as reward.

Three, with both parties' soul as pledge, this contract will be signed. Neither party will be allowed to reveal the other's existence or harm each other in any way.

Ye Qi looked at the contract with widened eyes and blinked with disbelief. This contract was absolutely in his favour, especially the second and third clause, it made the young Demon Young screamed internally with joy—if there was one thing about the Demons that was praise-worthy, they were never stingy to their slaves if their demands were met. Ye Qi started imagining what kind of power he would get, control over fire? Mind-breaker attack?

However, he quickly calmed down and reviewed the contract with a closer and more suspicious eye, "Isn't this contract too favourable to me? Could this be part of the Demon's seduction? But if this is real, no wonder there were so many people willing to make contract with Demons throughout history even though they knew the kind of evil Demons represent!"

With a nervous heart, the young Demon Hunter checked the goatskin parchment multiple times before pressing his spirit state thumb on the parchment.

Instantly, a blinding light shot out of the parchment and lit up the entire hall.

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