Tower Defense Game: My Eternal Kingdom

Chapter 16 The Contract of the Dead

"What are you doing?"

Zhang Yao asked.

"What a chef will ask you to do is to help it find ingredients, serve dishes, clean up kitchen waste, etc..."

Cheng Shen pondered.

"Serve? Serve to whom?"

Zhang Yao was shocked.

"Why do you think there is a cook in the castle?"

Cheng Shen asked back.

"Uh……"

Zhang Yao was stunned for a moment, thinking in astonishment, ghosts also want to eat?
"Either of those two possibilities, there's only one thing you have to do—find the ingredient, try to touch it.

It may have information about other "tenants" in the castle. Knowing this will be of great help to your survival, but this matter will definitely be very dangerous, and you will die because of it if you are not careful. "

After Cheng Shen clarified his pros and cons, he stopped talking.

Leave it to Zhang Yao to make his own decision.

He gave enough reminders.

But this is all based on his own point of view to think about the problem.

Everyone's personality and ideas are different.

If it were him, he would definitely choose to fight hard. It has never been Cheng Shen's character to sit still or let nature take its course.

But not everyone has the determination to take the initiative to break the current environment.

Hang up the communication.

Cheng Shen stayed by the campfire to warm up for a while.

After a long time, he bravely approached the well, and after making sufficient mental preparations, he poked his head out quickly and looked down.

Gone.

gone?

Hope it never comes back...

Cheng Shen sighed secretly.

With a glance out of the corner of his eye, Cheng Shen's movements suddenly froze, cold sweat dripped down, and he saw a bloodless face piercing through the black water in the iron bucket hanging on the edge of the well. Stare at him.

"I……"

Cheng Shen choked back his beautiful Chinese.

and many more!

Something is wrong...

It seems that the bucket of black water was not specially left by the female corpse to monitor him.

It was because the bucket was endowed with the power of rules by the system, and it was abruptly intercepted in the Black Sea...

Cheng Shen didn't know why he had such an idea suddenly.

immediately.

He realized.

This is most likely a psychological hint given to him by the system. This bucket of black water was deliberately left for him by the system!
but,
Why would the system do this?
Could it be that it is hinting to itself that although the weirdness is scary, as long as you find the right method, you can also intercept their power and use it? !

"I see."

A look of wisdom flashed in Cheng Shen's eyes.

"It seems that the curse conveyed by those corpses is not aimed at me personally, but at the system behind me..."

"Fate?"

"I seem to be close to the truth..."

Thoughts flashed through my mind.

Hesitate for a moment.

Cheng Shen still stayed away from the well.

He didn't have a container suitable for holding the bucket of black water, and he didn't feel at ease carrying such a terrifying thing with him.It's just a pity that the well, after what happened to him, he dare not use it again.

"The speed scroll can be used later, wait for the missionary to sort out the information booklet, maybe you can get some useful information..."

"Let's dig the cellar first..."

Cheng Shen pondered.

Both bread and raw meat have a short shelf life at room temperature.

Although storing it in the territory treasure chest can greatly slow down the rate of decay, it will only last for a few days at most.

He opened the trading market.

Search Tools.

Immediately found several shovels for sale.Cheng Shen bought two for one gold coin, then looked through and saw a special prop.

【Dead Contract】

【tool】

[Level: Normal]

[Description: After use, two skeleton servants can be summoned. The skeleton servants only have low intelligence, are 100% loyal to the summoner, and can execute some simple commands. The skeleton servants will never grow due to quality effects]

[Price: 5 Gold]

……

This item can be regarded as a directional unit recruitment scroll.

But the actual value is not high.

Because the grade of the skeleton servant is too low, its combat power is basically zero. If it is followed by the word "warrior", it may be able to sell for some money.

Its only value is as a unit of production.

But the inability to grow limits its potential.

Like other units of the same level, whether they are farmers, miners or low-level elves, they can continue to grow and become high-level arms.

In contrast.

This dead man's contract is like a child's toy.

However, it also has an advantage.

Can be reused.

Rather than a one-time prop like a scroll.

Although the maximum number of skeleton servants that exist at the same time cannot exceed two, the advantage is that even if it is damaged, it can be replenished at any time. Buying this contract of the dead is equivalent to having two permanent tool people.

This adds a lot to its value.

Cheng Shen negotiated the price with the seller, and finally decided to win it at a price of 3 gold.

[Obtain: Contract of the Dead! 】

……

What he started with was a dark gray sheepskin scroll. The surface of the sheepskin scroll was engraved with black lines, forming a profound and mysterious hexagram pattern. As soon as he took it, Cheng Shen immediately felt a sense of familiarity.

This is……

Props made with weird power? !

Cheng Shen was shocked.

That ominous aura was exactly the same as the cold and dead silence he felt when he came into close contact with the female corpse in the well just now!
It's just that the energy contained in this contract is so faint that it is almost imperceptible.

Sure enough, can the strange power be used...

Cheng Shen's eyes flickered.

Who made this contract?
is the system?
Or is it a survivor who gained great power earlier?
In addition to being uneasy, a strong interest rose in his heart.

Choose to use.

Swish!
Dark gray air streams suddenly emerged from the center of the sheepskin scroll, intertwined and entwined in the sky above, forming a vortex half a meter in size.

inside the vortex.

A tall and vague statue of a god stands looming.

But before Cheng Shen could see clearly, his eyes were covered by a bleak paleness.

Click, click.

Two skeletal monsters that were completely assembled from human skeletons came out of the vortex. In the sleek and terrifying heads, there were two ghostly green will-o'-the-wisps.

"Buzzing..."

They bowed and saluted stiffly, and a strange wave was caught by Cheng Shen, and it was automatically translated in his mind as:
"See Lord Lord!"

The parchment behind him lost its strength and fell to the ground. Cheng Shen stepped forward to pick it up and noticed that the original ominous aura had dissipated a lot, as if it was used to maintain the existence of the two skeleton servants.

He put away the parchment and looked at the properties of the two.

【Skeleton Servant】

【curse】

【Affiliation: Survivor Cheng Shen】

[Level: Normal]

[Level: 1 (Cannot grow)]

【Loyalty: 100】

【Status: Standby】

【HP: 100%】

【Mana: 0/0】

[Physical: 1]

【Wisdom: 1】

【Strength: 1】

[Agility: 1]

【Charm: -999】

【Lucky: 0】

【talent】

[Cursed creatures: Passive, special creatures that rely on the power of curses to survive. They are not afraid of death, do not need to eat, and are tireless. When they come into contact with items of the same nature, there is a certain probability that unpredictable changes will occur.】

……

(End of this chapter)