Abyss Draconis

Chapter 262: Proposing A Deal

"I need something—a tool to bargain, a tool to place her under my will, or at least restrict her movements a bit. I can use brute force now, but that won’t always hold."

"If she regains her power, I might not be able to hold her back... or worse, I could be defeated by her."

"Brute force isn’t enough alone. I need to think," Ryuk mused to himself. That was when a notification flashed.

[SHOP!]

[Artifacts Tab]

[CONTRACT GRIMOIRE: A page that makes everything written on it unbreakable. Breaking it will usually result in intense loss to whoever does so, sometimes even reaching as far as death!]

[Requirements: Only two people can use the contract page, and they must be equal in cultivation or at the same power level. If one power level is too high compared to the other, there’s a chance that the contract will be broken with minimal consequences for the stronger one!]

[Price: A drop of life essence blood from both parties!]

The system suddenly came to Ryuk’s aid as his eyes flashed, locking onto the notification.

"Genius. This is just what I need. With this contract, I can force her into a deal that she won’t be able to break easily." Ryuk thought to himself, and in an instant, he spoke out loud.

"Okay, fine!"

Immediately, she suddenly materialized like a ghost by his side, a beaming smile on her face.

"You finally agreed?!" she asked, her excitement evident.

Ryuk rolled his eyes. "Only under one condition!"

He stretched out his hand, and a golden-colored paper appeared, inked in slashes of red and black.

The paper flashed in her eyes as she let out a surprised gasp.

"A Contract Grimoire!?"

"How did you—?"

"Yes, it’s a Contract Grimoire. If you want me to get you out of this prison, then you must agree to my deal and sign the paper!" Ryuk said as she looked doubtfully at the page for a while before eventually nodding.

GIGGLEEEE

She giggled loudly, her laughter ringing through the void as Ryuk looked at her for a while, his expression showing surprise. This only made her giggle more.

But Ryuk had only smiled in his heart.

’Already near my full potential?’ he thought to himself as he laughed darkly.

"My potential is an abyss that will most likely never get filled until my own death. You have no idea what you just got yourself into..."

[Well now, Host has a new servant.] The system’s voice rang in his mind as Ryuk grinned.

He had expected her to negotiate the terms of the contract—maybe something like she wouldn’t be able to harm an Endearthian. That would have been the expected move.

But Ryuk had devised something bigger so they could negotiate about it until they reached a level of agreement.

Who would have thought she would instantly agree to become a slave to his will, simply because she believed that in a couple of months, she would regain her power and become stronger than he was—thus breaking the contract?

Ryuk already knew the contract could be broken if he allowed her to grow strong enough. So, there was no way he would let himself stall behind her for long.

And her guess of him being close to his potential due to being from Endearth was just ignorance.

Ryuk might call his world Endearth, but he knew well that he was not an Endearthian.

He wasn’t born here.

He was an hybrid of two of the most powerful races in the universe.

His potential was an abyss, even he himself wasn’t sure if he would ever fill it until he died.

She had just essentially signed herself to his will for as long as he lived.

"Well then, what are you waiting for? Let’s get going already!" she said, dropping to one knee, pressing both palms onto the ground.

Soon, a runic portal appeared beneath her. Ryuk slowly stepped forward.

’Finally. It’s time to go back home!’

’I wonder how things are back in the real world.’