Chapter 42 I obey, my master... [Asking for investment]
"Puch..."
The dark red eyeball burst, and the harder bones were penetrated.
Tissue fluid splashed out and stained Chen Xuan's wrist.
He didn't look at the remains of Succubus Sophie because there was no need.
"Master...Master..."
Kitty Girl walked over timidly and asked softly.
"We can enter the cave now..."
But Chen Xuan did not answer immediately, but made a calm gesture.
Next to the succubus, he carefully picked up a relatively complete fragment of the bottom of the test tube.
A silvery liquid mass as small as a grain of rice remained in it.
The [Insight] effect is activated and golden subtitles appear.
[A bit of mercury liquid that has not completely evaporated, of course, you can also call it magic tears in Naroa]
...
it is actually mercury!
Chen Xuan threw the fragments away with his backhand.
Inhalation and exposure to large amounts of this stuff can cause mercury poisoning!
But in open areas, the rate of dispersion and dilution is also faster.
Now it seems that the quilboar used a lot of mercury as a weapon to defeat the succubus.
Before he could think about it carefully, he suddenly noticed something.
He turned his eyes to the bushes in the direction he came from and raised his hand to say hello.
"Come out, dear Miss Ophelia."
After the words fell, about two or three seconds passed before the beautiful figure with blond hair came out from behind.
She was holding a straight hardwood bow with the arrow already on the string, her expression cold and alert.
But the slightly shaking shoulders showed that she was not actually calm inside.
"You...you can't be just a newcomer!"
Chen Xuan smiled lightly and walked towards her.
After taking only two steps, Ophelia raised her bow and aimed at him.
"Stop..."
The eldest lady of the beast tamer is not as silly and sweet as she seems on the surface. On the contrary, she has a maturity beyond the adventurers of the same level, and will never let down her guard easily in this situation.
And she happened to witness the process of Chen Xuan killing the wild boar man and the succubus one after another.
The 1.75 seconds when time stops does not exist for her.
But the impact of the pause cannot be concealed.
In Ophelia's sight, Chen Xuan's movements were like a ghost, and she could not see the opponent's movements.
Compared with the more unpredictable time stop, "fast" ultimately took the blame.
She thought that Chen Xuan's attack speed exceeded her visual capture ability.
As a half-elf, she has one-half elven blood.
They also inherited the super vision of some elves, and have a visual distance and wide-angle field of vision that far exceeds that of humans.
This is why most elves or half-elves are natural shooters.
But even so, she still failed to capture Chen Xuan's shot.
This was the biggest reason for her panic.
A powerful man with such extreme speed, but wearing a log badge. If there is no secret behind it, the wild dogs on the roadside would not believe it.
And she seemed to have become an "eyewitness" and gained insight into the secret of Chen Xuan's hidden strength!
Let’s not talk about the overly enlightened thoughts in the eldest lady’s mind due to poor information.
Chen Xuan raised his hands in shame.
"Don't be nervous, my dear."
"Don't you want to trade sweet water and 'Monster Happy Saw' with me?"
His voice was clear and his expression was as calm as water.
Ophelia's wary heart suddenly cracked when she heard Little Sweet Water and Happy Saw.
She lowered her bow again and answered in a hesitant tone.
"I want to!"
"But... I'm afraid!"
"I broke your secret!"
At this point, she simply got straight to the point.
Chen Xuan showed a cheerful smile.
"Don't worry, we can sign a contract..."
"We can keep each other's secrets without affecting cooperation."
"Contract..."
"Yes, there is still a contract!"
Ophelia, who was not far away, looked surprised.
Then he quickly activated the soul contract talent of the Naroa natives and drafted a secret-keeping contract.
Chen Xuan quickly checked the content through his mind, and easily left a soul imprint.
Anyway, any contract will be forcibly modified by Goldfinger as long as [Crossover] is activated once.
After signing the contract quickly, Ophelia's worries disappeared.
There is no way, for the native Naloa aborigines, the contract is so convincing.
She was obviously relieved, put down her bow and arrow, and walked quickly towards Chen Xuan.
When the two sides were less than three meters apart, she felt a momentary trance.
The next moment, Chen Xuan actually pulled Catwoman to her side and put a dagger at her throat.
Ophelia's hand subconsciously wanted to reach for the storage bag at her waist.
But it was discovered that the belt had been cut off at some point.
"This...this..."
"With the contract, you can't hurt me!"
Ophelia tried to struggle and twist.
But soon he felt the sharpness of the dagger's tip, and the only one who suddenly remembered the role of the contract was Chen Xuan.
"Don't worry, I won't kill you."
"As long as you sign a servant contract with me, even if the duration is only one water hour."
Chen Xuan has not yet [crossed the border], so the contract has naturally not been modified.
But just because he didn't take action didn't mean Rebecca couldn't take action.
When [Time Suspension] is activated, as long as he holds Rebecca, he can move together.
You must know that Ophelia is not good at close combat. Catwoman can kill her at any time when she gets close.
Facing Chen Xuan's request, she was still hesitant until Rebecca applied a little more force and the blade drew a thin blood mark on her fair skin.
"Okay!"
"I promise you!"
Ophelia gritted her teeth and agreed.
According to his request, a servant contract was concluded, lasting for one water hour.
The soul contract interacts through thoughts, and both parties can complete the review in an instant.
So the process is extremely simple.
After Chen Xuan concluded the contract, Ophelia became his second slave girl.
This is the safest and most reliable option besides silence.
He needs Ophelia's family background and connections, so he cannot silence her easily.
After completing the contract, he chose to [cross-border] where he was.
He returned to the scene within seconds.
The thought space in [Crossover] appeared as promised, modifying the two contracts just concluded.
Including the servant contract, not only changed the period from one water hour to ∞, but also exempted the master from responsibility.
Ophelia, who was standing still, looked shocked when he returned.
Due to the soul binding, she noticed the changes in the contract almost simultaneously.
"Impossible...this...this is absolutely impossible!"
Rebecca put away the dagger and looked at her sympathetically.
Chen Xuan didn't give any explanation.
The contract has established the most basic guarantee, and now all we have to do is give instructions.
"Ophelia, you are responsible for cleaning the scene and collecting the loot."
"Especially any traces that may be left must be cleaned up."
Faced with his order, Ophelia's body trembled. Between the restrictions of the contract and the Under the guidance, he answered as quietly as a mosquito.
"As you command, my master..."
Well, a little knowledge, during a certain period in the West, mercury was once called a holy medicine.
They took calomel to clear the intestines, believing that this could cure all diseases.
Of course, after taking it, there is a chance that you will drool like a fool...
In series of books such as "The Witcher", the saying about mercury exorcism is basically derived from this kind of allusion.
(End of chapter)