novelraw Chapter 1015 717: Defeat Contract
Chapter 1015 717: Defeat Contract
Annoyed!
Li Zheng feels really annoyed right now!
He thinks the Terminal's irresponsible behavior is morally coercive towards him.
At this moment, no matter what choice he makes, in a certain sense, it is wrong.
"Damn, wretch!" Li Zheng thought over and over, finally cursing indignantly: "Now I understand why that senior took an early leave; he left such a huge pit waiting for someone else to fall into!"
He guesses the pit dug by the senior was meant for the Terminal to fill, unexpectedly, the Terminal shifted the burden, handing the choice over to Li Zheng.
After all, the Terminal is a representative of positive personality and can't make decisions against his principles.
And Li Zheng, as a clone of the Terminal, essentially has the rights to make certain choices for the Terminal, but the 'mistakes' he made are unrelated to the Terminal itself.
"Damn it! Is the bad guy role left for me?" Li Zheng gritted his teeth: "Moral coercion, huh? As long as I have no morals, no one can damn well coerce me!"
He called out to Mirel and Feng Yue: "I've changed my mind, leave her here to grow old alone, let's go!"
Having said that, he turned and walked along the path into the distance, leaving behind three people staring at each other, unsure of what was happening.
Feng Yue said nothing, he just followed Li Zheng, documenting experiences that could significantly alter Li Zheng's bodily data during this journey, everything else was none of his business.
So he didn't hesitate; when Li Zheng called him, he silently followed.
Mirel was originally explaining what Mudala should pay attention to after going to the Outer City. After a moment's astonishment, she abandoned Mudala and also followed Li Zheng.
Mudala watched the three walk away, her expression remained calm, seemingly having anticipated this outcome.
Yet deep within her eyes were filled with disappointment and fear of loneliness.
She stood there like a statue, watching helplessly as Li Zheng and the three vanished from sight without moving.
...
"What exactly happened?" Mirel ran to Li Zheng's side and asked: "Going back on your word isn't like you."
"What else could it be?" Li Zheng seethed: "I've been duped!"
He recounted the beginning and end of his recent contact with the Terminal, "If I take her to the Outer City and others discover her Blood Qi, what do you think will happen?"
Especially the tribesmen of the Blood Patterned Black Dragon, what would they think?
Why is it that someone from the Destruction Race who bears the Blood Qi of their entire race can enter the Outer City, but their chiefs and ancestors cannot?
Not worried about scarcity but rather inequality.
"Why not just ignore them?" Mirel said: "If anyone gossips, you can expel their entire race back to the Wilderness. See if they dare talk nonsense again."
Li Zheng paused: "Doing this would dishonor the contributions of the three chief elders."
The three chief elders died in the Sin Domain for the stability of the three tribes, allowing them to remain in the Outer City without any concerns.
If their entire race were expelled because of this, would he have the face to confront the domain formed by their sacrifices in the future?
"So is being fair to the Destruction Race now?" Mirel said: "Little Cherry's existence depends on them as well, unless you can extract the Destruction Race's genes from her and return them."
"This..." Li Zheng hesitated, Little Cherry's five genes are perfectly balanced; it's not just impossible to extract any gene without causing her body to collapse but even if there were a way, is there still time to return it?
Isn't this self-deception?
"Mirel, let me ask you a serious question."
"Go ahead."
"Does the Enchanting Demon Race support polygamy?"
"We don't support it, but we also don't prevent it."
"Good!"
...
Mudala stood motionless in front of the cabin, lost in thought.
Finally, her expression showed a hint of relaxation as three figures appeared from afar, returning.
Li Zheng hurriedly walked to Mudala with Mirel, then turned to Feng Yue and said: "Be my witness!"
"Yes, Pathfinder sir." Feng Yue slightly bowed, the shell on his back limited his bending angle, looking somewhat awkward.
"Adapt to the situation." Li Zheng asked Mirel: "Do you want to marry me and be my lawful wife?"
"I do." Mirel nodded gently.
Li Zheng then grabbed one of Mudala's hands, asking seriously: "Mudala, do you want to marry me and become my second lawful wife?"
Mudala didn't understand his action, just cooperated by nodding: "I do too."
"Alright." Li Zheng turned to Feng Yue and said: "You are the witness to this wedding, and they both agreed to become my lawful wives, so I can take my lawful wives to the Outer City, right?"
"The Destruction Race still welcomes outsiders during the competition period; many Outer City residents want to bring back the Destruction Saintess they won but the Terminal disagreed." Feng Yue scratched his head, saying: "Otherwise, you wouldn't go without seeing a single hybrid bearing the Destruction Race's bloodline in the Outer City, right."
"..." Li Zheng said: "I'm different from those people; I have higher authority. You just need to acknowledge you witnessed my wedding with Mudala."
"Uh... Okay, I acknowledge witnessing your two... three weddings." Feng Yue replied helplessly, discovering this Pathfinder was more mysterious than he thought.
It turns out he can freely contact the Terminal in the Central Hub.
Because before, only the Terminal could contact Outer City residents by issuing mandatory tasks; never had an Outer City resident initiated contact with the Terminal.
"That's all I need!"
Li Zheng took out the Inscription Card and edited a message to the Terminal: "I have married the Destruction Saintess Mudala under the witness of Feng Yue from the Rogui tribe, now I should be able to take her to the Outer City, right?"
Terminal: "...What kind of marriage is it with just the title 'husband and wife,' how do you ensure she won't harbor malice after entering the Outer City?"
Li Zheng immediately burned with anger, cursing vehemently: "Damn you... no, can't curse, cursing him is cursing myself."
Neither this works nor that works; this was the most reasonable method he could think of, and yet it still won't do.
"Just be clear, what exactly must be done to take Mudala to the Outer City!" Li Zheng calmed down a bit, waited until he was slightly at ease before messaging the Terminal again, afraid he might accidentally send a few curse words.
"Actually, it's not that difficult." The Terminal leisurely replied: "The Destruction Race has a Spiritual Secret Technique called Defeat Contract, which functions by voluntarily offering loyalty to another person, making one's life and death entirely controlled by that person, with just a thought, she can be killed. Have her offer you the Defeat Contract, and I'll let you bring her in."
"Defeat Contract?" Li Zheng couldn't help but swear: "Why didn't you mention this sooner! Making me do useless work just then!"
He turned to Feng Yue and said: "The wedding witnessed earlier with Mudala is void!"
Feng Yue shrugged: "Mm... alright."
Then Li Zheng required Mudala to offer him the Defeat Contract, Mudala smiled slightly, firmly uttering a single word: "No!"
"Defeat Contract?" Feng Yue heard this request and couldn't help but say: "Pathfinder sir, the Destruction tribesmen would rather die than offer a Defeat Contract to others."
"Such a contract not only lets others control the Destruction tribesmen's lives, but it's also an unspeakable shame for the Destruction Race!"