Kapitel 171: Meeting (II)
M2 went silent. He paced back and forth. His tail swished from side to side as he was deeply engrossed in his thoughts. Even his ears went up and down in irritation. "You sure?"
"You should already know the answer to that question."
"Damn it. I was hoping my guts were just stirring for no reason." M2 kicked a rock off the cliff in frustration. "This would explain everything. The abilities, the supernatural events, and the veil."
"So what is an Awakened and a Veil?"
M2 stopped. "A veil is the other side. I call it purgatory. An Awakened are players who have received the gift of enlightenment. Special skills and abilities that a normal player does not have. You have to be chosen to receive the blessing, but the question comes down to who is the giver of these gifts."
"It's a girl."
"A girl? How do you know this?"
"In the Special World Quest Event, Dion spoke of a girl. I briefly heard it spoken from the vampire's mouth. Aldrin has heard of it as well."
"Aldrin. You mean the Hercules guild leader?"
"Yes."
"This is fascinating. I must look into this."
"If you do find the answer, I would like to know."
"What would you give me in exchange."
"I knew you would say that." Zero pulled out a book that he was working on. The worn leather pages and the disheveled amount of papers sticking out of it. "The first copy of the Drezo Regalia History personally written by me. Free of charge. In exchange, I would like an equivalent amount of information."
M2 eyes sparkled with interest. His hands were inching toward Zero's book, ready to snatch it away. Instead, zero pulled back the book out of M2 reach. At that exact moment, Zero knew M2's weakness. His deeply engraved curiosity.
"Well...."
"You do know what a Drezo Regalia is, don't you? The new race of dragons that are out to play. Even now, as we speak, more dragons are being born."
"They are just new races. What benefit would that do for me?"
Zero quickly thought it over, searching for a different answer. "We are the keeper of knowledge."
"Draconis Library..." M2 spoke softly, realizing where this was going.
A light smile escaped Zero's lips, and he had to reign it in quickly. "I'll give you the third access pass to the secret files only if you are willing to work hand in hand with me."
"The secret files that not even a regular player can get their hands on." M2 gulped, and he drew in his drool.
Zero nodded. In actuality, they were one more access level above the third pass. It was the Forbidden files that not even he could just waltz in and look at. He still hadn't found a way into that locked room, and even Garrett did not know what was beyond the locked doors. Only rumors about the Forbidden files floated among the Lunar Rabbits.
"A-a-are you saying t-t-that I will get to read those books?"
"Only if you go into a contract with me."
"Yes!" M2 jumped in on the offer.
Zero grinned from ear to ear. He pulled out a special type of paper in his Zenith pouch. A magical paper has been soaked in holy water, prayed upon for ninety days by a Bishop of Infinity three times, and kept in the holy sanctuary for seven years. Blessing one paper was difficult in itself. It was the paper on which the Contract of Infinity was supposed to be written. Not only that, he had a couple more stashed away in his Zenith pouch for later use.
With a feathered pen in hand, Zero quickly went into work, jotting down the contract between M2 and him. God blessed even the pen he was using. Obtaining the paper was an ordeal in itself. To go through a thirty-day process was a pain in the butt, but it did not take too long to accomplish.
"Here." Zero handed him the paper and a pen. He had signed the contract at the end.
"I agree with most of what you have written; it's just a couple that is slightly too constraining. You know how to make contracts."
"Which one?"
"Not talking about the information one has obtained in the third access pass."
"How about this? Just don't share information without an equivalent exchange of information, and anything that has to do with the Drezo Regalia's secret you can not tell anyone at all."
"That's not a problem."
Zero jotted it down on the paper. M2 picked up the pen and signed it. A blinding light erupted from the paper, blinding both of them. Zero and M2 had to cover his eyes and Squint. An
Angelic being appeared before them as she spread out her wings.
As a witness for the Lord of Infinity to the contract between two parties, this contract will be in effect till all eternity through the generation of one's bloodline. If one of the party members wishes to break the contract, one must go through the ritual of Infinity with the consent of both parties. If one shall break the Contract of Infinity, the one who has broken the contract will be given a respectable curse. Be wary of contract holders, for the curse of Infinity is not a trifling matter.
Zero gulped. He could feel the binding power of the contract between both of them. It was an iron-clad binding that was not something both of them could not escape.
Bonus effect
For the first ever Contract of Infinity done by players, you gain a permanent status increase in luck. Your affinity for conversing with people has increased.
"The Contract of Infinity," M2 whispered. The angel dispersed into the light and burning fire of an Infinity mark stamped onto the paper. Then the paper was split into two giving one for Zero and the other for M2.
"Do you know what you have done?"
"Yes."
"The first Contract of Infinity done between players." M2 was speechless at what had just happened to both of them.
"It's not bad, you know. This contract is fair. Think of it like a business contract."
"I know that if any of us break the contract, we're both screwed! You just handed one of the sacred contract bindings like some tissue paper."
"Actually, no, this is my second one."
"Second one?"
"The Drezo Regalia ancestor's had one done with the King Diadem. The price was the Draconis
Library."
M2 went silent. He thought over what Zero had just said.
"Look. The Draconis Library is special. For King Diadem to have such a binding with the Drezo Regalia means something. I do not give up such sacred knowledge without repercussion. You should know knowledge is power, which could do more damage than enlighten people in the wrong hands. I am just following what my ancestor has done."
"So the Contract of Infinity has been done before..." M2 was not mad anymore but instead was even more curious. "I'll go along for now. I know this contract keeps both of us safe, but remember this, I work when I want to. How I obtain, the information is my own choice."
"I'm fine with that. I ask you to bring new books twice a month."
"That could be arranged."
Zero held out his hands. M2 stared at it for a moment and grabbed it.
"You are one sly person."
"I was just being safe. But, you know how deals can go sour." However, Kiyro felt that M2 was more cunning than him in taking information noticeably.
"I understand perfectly. I would've done the same."
"I'm great to hear that we are on the same page."
"Well, enough resting; it's time to go back and get things moving. We're not even a day away from the Draconis Village, correct?"
"Yes." Zero nodded. "At the rate we are walking and resting; we should make it on foot in the next hour."
"That's splendid. I was getting kind of tired of fighting these low-level monsters. Follow me if you want to catch up with the group." M2 bounded forward; he jumped off the sloping cliff and ran fearlessly downwards. Zero stares with gaping jaws at the brash jump. He was amazed that M2 did not break a bone or two from the slippery fall.
Zero was unsure if he should follow after M2 by jumping off the cliff or climbing down. The rate that M2 was running down the slope was extraordinary. He knew that even jumping off the cliff could cause severe damage to his health points or, worse, kill him from the fall. Right now, if he died from the fall, there was a chance that the cat people would lose their way through the forest and never find the Draconis Village. This meant he would fail the quest because he would have difficulty finding them in the thick forest. Zero carefully climbed down with a sigh and eventually made it to the large group of cat people.
"What took you so long?" M2 called out, his tail swishing back and forth. He tapped his feet impatiently.
"I don't have nine lives like you, you know," said Zero. "Jumping off a cliff can kill me." Though he did jump off the side of the wall once, that was when he was in his dragon form.
"Oh? Zero, you're back. Did you see how far we are?" Elder Mako came forward with his hands behind him.
"Yes. We just need to continue in the direction that we are headed. In another hour we should arrive at our destination."
"Splendid. Did you all hear that?" Elder Mako shouted.
"Yes!" Every one of the cats meowed and answered.
"Then let's move out."
"Let's hunt!"
"Yes!"
"The first one to kill more monsters gets first to draw on Catnip Coffee!" Elder Mako and Miki
spoke out with excitement.
"I would appreciate it if we could add one more."
"Such as?"
"I would like the skills that all of you guys make."
"That won't be a problem. You are the guide that we have hired. We don't mind compensating you with the spoils on our way." Elder Mako turned toward the group and yelled, "Anyone who kills more monsters and harvests them first gets twice as many catnip coffees!"
"Catnip Coffee?"
"Catnip Coffee!"
"Catnip coffee!" The cry of excitement rang throughout the whole group. The frenzy for catnip
coffee was wild to the point where Zero thought they would be hysteria over catnip coffee. But, he knew that this catnip coffee was something he could use to barter with the cat people.
Every cat participated in the hunt, from small to the elderly, and even the weak to the mighty.
Even M2 took flight in the rampant frenzy of hysteria to win over the Catnip Coffee.
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