Chapter 310 A trap?
Chapter 310
"That's… something." Morial, the red haired wyvern said as he looked at the scenery in his sight. As for Wei Jun, he simply felt like he was…
[In a cozy sauna?]
'Yep.'
The expression of bliss on Wei Jun's face was a testament to how good he felt. He was quite happy with how things had turned out. And how had they turned out like that…
"Four generals, including me, would be signing this contract with you. Whoever breaches this contract will have their heart stopped." General Ming explained. As Wei Jun grabbed the piece of paper, he was a little skeptical until he received the following notifications.
[Warning]
[The user is in the possession of a highest ranking binding contract]
[Once agreed, the user would be bound to the mentioned conditions in the contract]
[The process is irreversible]
[Would you like to proceed?]
[Yes\No]
'…' Wei Jun remained silent he contemplated for a while and asked the system, 'Is it possible to avoid the penalties in this one using money as well?'
Wei Jun was able to avoid the penalties of a magical contract he made with the wyvern with the use of an item that cost him only one billion yuan. He needed to know before agreeing to such a thing that even the system was warning him about. The best person to ask was naturally the system.
[Not a chance]
[That was just a verbal promise with no appropriate circles intertwined]
[Now to mention, that was between a mana user and a cultivator]
[This contract, however, is tailored to be for the cultivators]
[And since the circles are properly constructed and everything is thought well through, without extensive knowledge of mana and expert control over it, you wouldn't be able to break this contract]
'Is there another option?' Wei Jun asked.
[Not to my knowledge, no]
[But you could ask the system]
'I am asking you.' Wei Jun replied.
[Not me]
[I'm not the system]
[I just converse with you through the system]
[The real system is an entity far beyond me]
'…' Another piece of baffling information that was news to Wei Jun. All this time, he thought that the overseer was the system but it wasn't. The real system was something else.
'How do I ask the system?' Wei Jun asked.
[How do you ask an AI questions?]
Wei Jun didn't give a reply to the rhetorical question and asked, 'System, can I break the contract or avoid its penalties?'
[The user can break the contract if his INT stat is above 1000]
The system really replied. It wasn't the annoying voice as usual but the androgynous voice of the system which neither belonged to a male nor a female. Just a monotonous tone that didn't have an ounce of emotion in it.
'…?' Still, Wei Jun was left speechless. He didn't know such a function in the first place and now that he did, he was wondering how far he could exploit it. But that was for later. Currently, his INT stat was barely in double digits and it was also bound by the level restriction. With that logic, he'd need his level to be at least in the well 500s to have that kind of INT stat.
'Is there no other method?' Wei Jun asked.
[The user can purchase the skill 'Status Immunity' from the shop?]
'The hell is that?' Wei Jun asked. Just as he did, the hologram changed and the panel that appeared before him detailed the information about the skill.
[Skill: Status Immunity (Passive)]
[Tier: Undetermined]
[Effect: The user becomes impervious to all kinds of curses and status effects]
[No QP required]
[Cost: 100,000,000,000,000]
When Wei Jun read the cost of the skill, his eyes widened to the point they could. General Ming and the men with her were thinking of Wei Jun as nothing but a nutjob when his expression kept changing to different shapes.
However, if they knew what Wei Jun was going through, they would sympathize with him, not think of him as such.
'Is—Is that price even real?' Wei Jun asked. If it was Damien, not Wei Jun, then that much money wouldn't have been a problem for him, but the current Wei Jun was just beginning to enter the world of business.
He barely made a few billions which was proving to be useless at his current level yet an amount of a hundred trillion, which in real time money would be 10 quadrillion, was something he'd have a hard time gathering. Unless of course, he was to rob the entire world. Otherwise, even if he were to print money for an entire year, he wouldn't be able to print that much.
[I think it's a fair price]
'From what angle? Aren't your cultivation techniques cheaper?' Wei Jun asked. The cultivation techniques in the shop were at most a hundred billion in shop coins.
A trillion yuan at most. However, the cost of a skill like that was that much. How in the world was that fair?
[Host, are you an idiot?]
[What is a status effect?]
[Have you forgotten about them?]
[Poison]
[Bleed]
[Severed limb]
[Exhaustion]
[Paralysis]
[Sleep]
[And so on]
[The list keeps going on and on]
[And that skill grants you an immunity to all that]
[Basically, it turns you into an immortal]
[Well, not really an immortal]
[But a damn close one to it]
[Give any human that option]
[And they'd sacrifice everything they have to have that skill]
[You're getting such a skill in exchange for just money]
[Paper]
[Isn't that a fair deal?]
'No, I mean…' Wei Jun had no comeback. So, being as wise as he was, he chose to remain silent. In the first place, that debate was useless. After all, he didn't have the money to purchase that skill, did he?
'Is there any other option, system?'
[Searching for available routes for the user in the given conditions]
[Conditions found: 3]
[Two of them have been stated]
[One is yet to be]
[No other option available]
[Would you like to review the last option?]
[Yes\No]
"Can you please hurry up?" The man with General Ming rudely asked even though his words indicated he was asking politely. Wei Jun ignored him and willed the 'Yes' option on the hologram.
[The third option is for the user to not sign the contract at all]
'…' A black line appeared on Wei Jun's forehead and if he wasn't a rational person, he would have exploded at that reply.
But, it appeared there was more to that option.
[The contract conditions stated are between cultivators]
'...' Once again, Wei Jun didn't understand what that meant.
[Host]
The annoying voice of the system was back again. But, Wei Jun was focused more on what it had to say.
[The system is a genius]
'What do you mean?' Wei Jun asked.
[The contract can only be made between cultivators, right?]
'Yeah?'
[Look at your palm]
Wei Jun did as the system said but there wasn't anything on his palm.
[The other one]
And that was when it clicked. Didn't he have a being that couldn't use Qi? One that wasn't a cultivator but a mana user.
'Oi, sign the contract in my stead.'
{THE HELL I WOULDDDD!!!!}
Fwooh…
Wei Jun let a simple breath out. When the generals saw him acting like that, they thought he was finally going to sign the contract but he didn't. He looked at the contract again while he conversed with the being under his control.
'I order you. Sign it.'
{HAH!}
{YOU IDIOT!!}
{Do you think a pact would have such a weak link present?}
[It does]
[The contract requires blood]
[Not sign]
[Or Qi imprint]
[In simpler words, party 'A' and party 'B' are not specifically announced]
'Wait a minute. If that's so then…'
[That's right]
[There's a chance the mentioned party 'A' isn't the one sitting before you]
Signing the contract would have been a lot simpler had he just put his faith in the people before him.
He didn't.
He didn't trust them in the least. Even if they were telling the truth, he was sure they wouldn't let him run wild with no repercussions attached so they'll definitely try to pull one over him.
But now another reason had been involved, a reason that he had overlooked until it was properly mentioned. The party 'A' in the contract and the party 'B' weren't specifically mentioned.
Party 'A' and 'B' could be anyone in the world as long as they were to put their blood on the contract.
There was a very good chance the blood on the paper as signed as party 'A' belonged to some criminals who were nothing but expendables.
Even if they were to breach the contract, they wouldn't get penalized while Wei Jun would. Seeing the possibility that it could be like so, he thanked every ethereal being that was out there that such a thing was pointed out in time.
'Oi, sign it. Sign it now.'
{…}
The wyvern remained silent for a few moments before on Wei Jun's thumb, blood began to appear. It seemed as if he had cut himself but it was actually the wyvern's blood.
Wei Jun didn't hesitate for a second and put the thumb on the paper. The paper shone for a few moments before it died down.
The generals thought that the contract had been made and took the contract back with a smile.
{Fools}
[Fools]
'Why?' Wei Jun asked.
[The contract, when successful, binds both the parties together]
[It's actually quite flashy]
[But when nothing happens after the verification]
[Everything dies down]
[My guess is it's not an everyday thing for them]
'Well, whether it was or not, I don't care.'
"So, what's my first mission?" Wei Jun asked.
"Quite eager I see," General Ming said with a smile that quite suited her. She then instructed none other than Haogua to guide Wei Jun to the first-ever dungeon he would be attending under the military's care.
And that brought us to the current scene…