Player Reload
Chapter 452 - 420: Contract

Chapter 452: Chapter 420: Contract

"Speak."

The Horse-headed Man’s attitude was friendly, although it might also be because he didn’t see the players as opponents.

Binary Tree didn’t waste words, first taking out a printer from the backpack, controlling it with an electronic brain, and then inserting a sheet of papyrus with a balance pattern into it.

The printer buzzed as it sprayed large sections of text onto the papyrus surface.

[Item Name: Thoth’s Balance Contract]

[Type: Magic Contract]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Special Effect: An Oath that Must Be Kept. The contract is signed when both parties voluntarily, fully understand, and recognize the contents of the contract. If either party violates it, severe retaliation will occur.]

[Consumption: 500 points of Spiritual Power Value]

[Cooling Time: None]

[Use Conditions: Intellect Attribute greater than or equal to 5]

[Remarks: The Balance Contract can be used multiple times; at the same time, only one can exist until the contract is completed, or one party voluntarily breaks the oath, or it reaches the predetermined time limit.]

[Remarks: "Sign this, I just want a little sense of security," the noble said to the slave, holding the contract of sale.]

Magical contracts that are quite popular among the player community are not limited to one type,

They include eastern fantasy-themed Jade Dishware, as well as western fantasy-themed Sheepskin Scrolls, with functions that are mostly similar, where agreements are made by both parties and notarized through supernatural power. If one party violates, punishment is enforced.

This [Thoth’s Balance Contract], refers to Thoth, the Egyptian god of wisdom overseeing writing and documents.

His wife Maat is the Egyptian goddess of truth and justice, also the host of the Satisfaction Ceremony recorded in the Book of the Dead.

The consumption of 500 points of Spiritual Power Value almost matches some attack-type perfect quality Skill Scrolls, and its effect is naturally quite domineering,

The oath-breaker will have their heart dug out and be subjected to a large number of debuffs, including but not limited to reducing the upper limit of Spiritual Power Value, slowing Spiritual Power recovery, mental chaos, physical weakness, sealing all special abilities, etc.

It’s roughly equivalent to regressing from Tyr to Tyson.

However, due to Thoth and Maat being Egyptian gods symbolizing wisdom, truth, and justice, the contract clearly requires no traps, demanding both parties fully understand and recognize the contract content, leaving players with little room for maneuver.

In contrast, there’s an analogous item in the DND world view, [Bator Hell Demon Contract],

which imposes no restrictions, allowing both parties to fill it with numerous textual traps, loopholes, routines, and even disguise contract borders with unknown text,

The game is about who is more ruthless, scheming, and without moral bounds.

The content Binary Tree wrote on the papyrus is relatively fair, merely asking the Horse-headed Man to fully disclose its ability boundaries, release the Red Roar in complete form if defeated, and not settle accounts with players, etc.

And players should not attack the Horse-headed Man.

"You players are really interesting."

Horse-headed Man S curled his horse-mouth, glanced at the papyrus casually, and decisively took the pen offered by Binary Tree and wrote down the name S.

"Thus, the contract is fulfilled."

Binary Tree also signed with his real name and tightened expression, not relaxing in the slightest—the contract’s major party is between him and the Horse-headed Man, irrelevant to Li Cheng and Red Spider.

Yet the Horse-headed Man signed, sufficiently proving he was confident not fearing Li Cheng and Red Spider’s betrayal.

"So, who among you will come?"

The Horse-headed Man rubbed his palms together eagerly. As the theatre manager, he couldn’t wait to recruit new "actors."

"Let me..." Red Spider raised his hand emotionlessly, not expecting Binary Tree to interrupt directly, "I’ll go first."

"Uh? Are you sure?" Red Spider wanted to say more but stopped, he had a corresponding skill ready in his hand.

"Trust me, it should work."

Binary Tree nodded, stepped forward, and removed the VR glasses, revealing an exceptionally delicate, seemingly original mechanical eye.

"Hehehehe."

Horse-headed Man S grinned lightly as the invisible force radiated out from him, stirring up a breeze.

On the audience seat, numerous blurry human silhouettes appeared out of thin air, all turning to stare at Binary Tree.

"Look into my eyes."

The Horse-headed Man pressed his right hand onto Binary Tree’s shoulder, and the horse-like eyes on each side of his head emitted an entrancing orange-red glow.

Binary Tree fearlessly stared back, internally, his electronic brain named [Neural Wanderer] spun with full force, taking command of his thoughts.

In just a few seconds, the breeze turned into a violent gale,

The stage curtains roared, and a group of puppets including Blood Lion Roar, along with desks, backdrops being lifted by the wind, spun rapidly around above the theatre.

"Blocking sand and sheltering from the wind, huh."

Gray Rain grew in height, transforming into the size of a double-door refrigerator to shield Li Cheng from the flying desks and chairs.

Li Cheng stood still, activating the Information Integration Glasses special effect, observing the two frozen figures, not missing a single detail.

Binary Tree demanded a direct confrontation with the Horse-headed Man, somewhat tantamount to sacrificing himself to win a chance for his companions.

Of course, he wasn’t merely seeking death but was truly confident.

Buzzing——

[Neural Wanderer] electronic brain emitted noise, Binary Tree who was expressionless earlier subconsciously had his lips curl upward into a smile, ’Going to gamble requires courage...’

"What’s happening?" Red Spider’s eyebrows furrowed, in his view, Binary Tree’s limbs showed a tendency towards puppetization, and then quickly recovered. Such cycles repeated.

Li Cheng faintly guessed what happened—Binary Tree had deleted a large amount of memory.