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Chapter 40 Dark Canyon Chapter The Devil and Signing a Contract
The sword poisonous snake told Fu Kou the story of her and the rattan frog, and the content in it made him very interested.

"Jerf is the most powerful mage we have ever seen. So far, we have not seen a stronger one. He broke into the base camp of the mage who imprisoned us by himself, and The miraculous power gave us new abilities, and many of us monsters became 'demons'. Under his leadership, we fought back against the group of mages and won a big victory."

"After leaving the place that gave us nightmares, many of us planned to follow Jeff to repay his life-saving and rebuilding grace, but he didn't want everyone to go through life and death with him, he Said that what he did in the future would kill a lot of people, and he didn't want to involve us all in it."

"Thus, me and the rattan frog, who were weak at that time, and some other monsters in the same situation as us were screened out. He hoped that we could live in safety, so he took us to this deep dark canyon Here, and promised that he would come back here one day, and then he left with those monsters who were selected as his entourage, without a trace."

"I think the reason why the rattan frog saved you is because you have black hair and black eyes like Jeff. If you don't completely annoy us, we won't be willing to kill you."

"After living in this canyon for a period of time, more and more monsters became impatient, and they chose to leave, one after another, and in the end it was only me and that guy who kept the agreement with Zeref and stayed Here we are. We live together and know each other. Yes, neither of us is called 'Masefield', in fact that was the name of another dead monster. My name is 'Hilary' and his name is ' Atwood'."

"Atwood and I have lived in this empty canyon for a long time, probably due to the influence of Jeref's power, we have not died until now. We are here, waiting for Jeref and The return of other monsters, but they didn't come back, we seem to be completely forgotten."

"We also tried to go outside the canyon, but at that time we were huge, eye-catching, and ignorant of the world, and soon became the targets of a new group of wizards. I think they Do you think that killing us can gain a high reputation? In short, they regard us as evil and want to kill them all, so we retreated here again."

"In the next period of time, we don't know what to do and what the goal should be. After so long, we no longer expect Jeff and his monsters to come back, but we believe they are still alive, Somewhere in this world. Then we had to start our own lives. We didn't like each other because of our bad tempers, so we divided up our respective territories, and then there was a snatching of 'Masefield' at some point The justification for the name, we started fighting day and night."

While speaking, the sword poisonous snake Hilary Li spit out a red letter, detecting the heat in the air.The two big red eyes on her triangular head always stared at the ceiling of the cave full of stalactites.After the story was finished, she stood upright herself, and the faint moonlight projected in from the small hole behind her.Her eyes returned to Fu Kou, and her eyes seemed to want him to judge.

Fu Kou granted her wish.

"Jerph? This shouldn't be the first time I've heard this name. In fact, you should know that I'm also a wizard. And Jeff is indeed very famous in the wizarding world. I remember, He seems to be known as 'the most powerful black mage'. It is said that he is the maker of all the demons in the world and the embodiment of evil and death. After listening to your stories, this rumor seems to be true. And ...he and his demons should still be alive."

"I don't think so. If he is really the embodiment of evil and death as you say, he won't save me and Atwood. He has no such obligation at all."

"Don't be in a hurry to refute, Hilary, I didn't say that I also support this point of view. It's also because I heard your story that my impression of him has changed a lot. If you really recognize a person, you shouldn't rely on hearsay. But It is also true that many demons are running around and respecting Zeref as their 'master'."

"I don't know why it became like this, maybe it's just that those monsters from back then made their own decisions. Compared with Jeref, I think you mages are the embodiment of evil. In order to master more powerful magic, you don't ignore We are living creatures, we have been continuously exploiting and squeezing us, and now I don’t know how many of my group have survived, maybe I am the last one.”

When the sword poisonous snake Hilary Li said this, she was very angry at first, but then her tone gradually became sad.

"Don't include me in your definition of mage, because I'm not interested in the magic of 'manipulating monsters'. And, to be fair, not all mages are eager for quick success and greedy. I know A group of utterly stupid mages, they will fight for some inexplicable reasons, but they will never do such a thing to wipe out other races for the sake of strength."

"After all, this is a minority, how many of them are there?" the sword snake Hilary asked sarcastically.

"A group of people, only a group of people." Fu Kou replied truthfully, "I don't intend to let you dispel your dislike for mages, because I don't like many of them, since I can't do it myself , I won’t ask you to do it either. I’m just explaining a fact to you, and I hope you don’t become monsters like demons outside, killing innocent people indiscriminately in order to avenge the group of wizards back then.”

The sword poisonous snake, Hilary, remained silent. She didn't even move her body, as if she was already dead.After a long time, she said, "I'll take you out tomorrow."

Fu Kou said: "Thank you very much, I'm just waiting for you to say this. Now I'm going to sleep first, and when the time comes tomorrow, wake me up, okay?"

"You are really good at calling people."

The sword viper Hilary did not raise any objections, and Fu Kou fell asleep peacefully.Before he fell asleep, he glanced at Aphrodite. She showed that there were 17 hours and 21 minutes until the system update was completed.

The next day, Fu Kou woke up by himself. The sword poisonous snake Hilary Li was not there, and the cave was pitch-black. He checked the update time of Aphrodite to determine the current time. 9 hours, which means he slept for 8 hours, it should be dawn now.

He climbed out of the cave, and it was really gray and foggy outside, and the sun had not yet risen.He heard a muffled sound, and thought it was the sword viper Hilary who had returned, but it turned out that not only Hilary, but also Atwood the rattan frog appeared in front of him.

Atwood, the rattan frog, brought some fruits as usual and put them in front of Fuko. It seemed that he really treated Fuko as his little pet.

"Hilary told you everything, she is really a soft-spoken sword viper." Atwood the rattan frog said, "If it were me, I would not tell you anything."

"Hmph, you will say it sooner or later, I understand you." The sword poisonous snake Hilary Li responded very unconvinced.

"Anyway, she came to me early in the morning. I thought it was going to start a fight again, and my body was ready. Who knew she came to me for reconciliation, which surprised me."

The words of the rattan frog Atwood made the sword viper Hilary, who took the initiative to look for him, turned her head and wagged her tail in displeasure.

"After careful questioning, I realized that it was you who found her and said that. You also heard our story and said something again. I admit, you are cunning, there is some truth in what you said .And we're old too, so it's really meaningless to be tough on each other, not to mention you can see our relationship."

Fu Kou frowned and said, "Wait a minute, something is wrong. Your relationship...is it a love affair across races? I haven't seen it yet."

Both the rattan frog and the sword viper were silent, and they looked at each other strangely.

"I mean our partnership."

"Isn't that the same thing? ... Well, well, don't be angry, don't be angry, I'm joking, you go on."

Atwood the rattan frog then spoke in ventriloquism—he never opened his mouth because he considered his tongue to be his secret weapon and should be guarded—and said: "Anyway, we have a pretty good impression of you, so We will take you outside the canyon. However, you need to promise us one condition."

"Conditions? What conditions?" This was a development that Fu Kou did not expect.

"You need to take us and find Jeff."

"Huh? This... To be honest, how can I take you to find Zeref? There is not much information about him, and he is also the 'most powerful black mage'. If he doesn't want people to find him , who has this ability? Also, do you know how huge you are? If I take you out, within a day, the entire Kingdom of Fiore will know my name and yours."

"So we have also considered the risks. We have experienced a lot, and we have achieved many wishes, but before we die, there is one last regret, that is, we have not met Jeff, the benefactor of the year. We hope that we can see To him, for this reason, we are willing to be your "summoning monsters", so that we can be satisfied with living here, and at the same time, we can appear by your side at any time."

"'Summon Beast'?"

"Yes, that was an important type of magic of 'manipulating monsters' back then. Although we hated it, after living for such a long time, this disgust has long been indifferent. Using this magic, you can put us at any time Summon from here to where you are. In addition to looking for Zeref, if your life is in danger, you can also call us, and we will save you. After all, you are dead, and it will be difficult for us to find a new contract host."

"so……"

"Let's sign the contract, kid."

Fu Kou had never seen such an arrogant contract signing.He had to cut his own fingers, smear a small magic circle on the rattan frog Atwood and the sword viper Hilary Li respectively, and then read a series of spells, and after the magic circle glowed and disappeared, the two of them Even if the contract between them is signed successfully.

"I didn't expect it to be such an ancient way of signing contracts." Fu Kou said unhappily, sucking his cut finger.

"Listen." The sword viper Hilary said at this time, "You can only call us in two situations. The first is that you have news about Jeff, and the second is that your life is in danger. Otherwise, we will Refuse your summons, this has been written in the contract."

"Ah, is that so? How do you feel that I am the contracted monster?"

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, kid, I'll take you out of this place now." The rattan frog Atwood and the sword viper Hilary Li said in unison.

　【Modified for the 1st time】

　　
　
(End of this chapter)