The village guard carefully examined the contract, reading it word by word, then flipping through the contract to search for patterns on the paper.

He had heard before that some demons would disguise demonic language as patterns, writing them on contracts to form supplementary clauses.

Many people signed contracts without knowing, only to be trapped by demons.

The village guard wanted to study it longer, but he simply didn’t have the conditions to do so.

Given the current situation, before he could find any clear problems immediately, signing this contract was his only option.

As the village guard dripped his blood onto the party B position of the contract, it represented the official establishment of the contract.

It was at this moment that Naimes received some feedback.

After Naimes controlled the Whale Man Lia with the Oath Rope and brought her to his own basement, he set up protections at the basement entrance with the Oath Rope.

Only then was the contract officially completed as a prerequisite.

[Commandment Updated]

[Primary Commandment 1: Oath Keeper]

[Commandment Feedback: Added – (Mutation): The material of the Contract Artifact has undergone mutation, possessing some living characteristics.]

[Primary Commandment 2: Forgiveness]

[Commandment Feedback: Added – (Village Guard): Containment Control – extremely strong adaptability to abnormal forces entering the body; (Whale Man Lia): Heterophagy – able to consume some abnormal foods to acquire certain traits.]

Although the purpose of signing the contract was to better exploit the village guard, Naimes indeed used this method to forgive both the village guard and Lia.

“I see now…” Naimes sensed the newly acquired commandment information and gained a general understanding of the whole village guard situation.

The commandment feedback was not given at random; it was entirely based on the related persons.

Combined with the information the village guard himself provided, Naimes could deduce the cause and effect of the matter.

The village guard took the opportunity to steal a piece of whalehide ore.

That piece of ore was brought back to his own home by the village guard.

According to Lia’s heterophagy trait, it was highly likely that Lia had eaten that whalehide ore, which caused her to contract the Whale Transformation Disease.

Because of this, when Op later held her accountable, Lia entered a state of apparent death instead of truly dying.

“This ability is actually quite useful…” Naimes stood at the basement door, extending his hand, and a very subtle black aura overflowed from it.

This was the trace left behind when Naimes previously used his original body’s power, causing some damage to his body.

Because of the containment control ability, Naimes was able to remove this wisp of aura relatively easily.

At this moment, the village guard glanced one last time at the basement before turning around and leaving.

Tangs was also asked by Naimes to stay hidden; he had used demonic power and was covered in demonic traces.

If he ran into the old priest again, it wouldn’t be so easy to escape.

Of course, this was not absolute; Naimes had a method to deal with excessively obvious demonic auras, but it required some time to research.

Afterward, only Pur remained in Naimes’ home.

“I want to ask you, sir, to grant me power!” Pur knelt halfway and looked up at Naimes, making his request. Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn NoveIＦire.net

In this ambush battle, Pur’s two arrow attacks were just right.

But… too weak!

He basically had no chance to participate properly in the fight and could only shoot arrows to find enemy weaknesses and interfere.

It seemed like he had blinded one of Lia’s eyes, but after Naimes brought Lia to the basement, her eye had mostly recovered.

This was a special recovery ability unique to patients with the Whale Transformation Disease, but it also revealed some issues.

Pur had no problem dealing with some beasts but could not truly fight the extraordinary.

“Whether it’s summoning demons to possess me or other methods, I need to gain power.”

“Only with power can I better assist you, sir!” Pur’s eyes burned with sincere desire for strength.

“I have already made arrangements for this,” Naimes said with a smile, satisfied with Pur’s attitude.

“What do you think of the village guard’s ability to control his own whale transformation?”

During Naimes’ pursuit of the village guard with the Shadow Hound, he had already had this idea.

To replicate the village guard’s controllable whale transformation on Pur.

After all, Pur himself was a reserve village guard and had drunk from the deep well water, already meeting some conditions.

Naimes had once seen a demon in the Abyss.

Normally, demons’ maximum stats capped at 100, possibly exceeding this limit by 10 to 20 points under certain circumstances, but that was the extreme.

Mutated demons were special exceptions among demons; although not as strong as high-rank demons, their stats could reach two to three times that of normal demons due to expansion effects.

Naimes’ demon form had stats of 300.

Under these conditions, Naimes had overwhelming power among demons, with most demons unable to withstand even one of his attacks.

However, there was one demon exception: the Whale Transformation Demon.

That demon seized a whale body in the material plane, gaining many extraordinary traits.

Under those extraordinary traits, Naimes spent much effort to defeat it, and the demon even escaped.

Because of this, that demon left a deep impression on Naimes.

The current village guard and Lia seemed to have gained whale transformation powers but had not actually developed their full potential.

“That’s exactly what I need!” Pur did not shrink back from the dangers of the Whale Transformation Disease.

“Rest for now. I will transform you at dawn.” Naimes had gained a certain understanding of how the village guard controlled whale transformation power.

It was time for practical operation.

As for whether this would put Pur in danger, Naimes did not care.

As the Abyss, he needed to indulge the evil of demons.

Let the restless souls rejected by reality find a home.

Pur was rightly supposed to dedicate everything for himself.

He was to become the savior of villains like Pur, not their nanny.

Time passed quickly, and it grew brighter outside the window.

Naimes took Pur down to the basement and took some of Lia’s blood.

Waiting for the right moment.

When the Floating Whale drifting in the sky sees the sun, it emits a long, lingering call.

At the same time, Lia could not help but respond.

Two whale songs similar yet different.

The Floating Whale’s call could stir one’s perception of time, waking people quickly from sleep and invigorating their spirits.

Lia’s whale song, however, was a method of disease transmission.

Seizing the moment, Naimes injected Lia’s blood, trembling with the whale song, into Pur’s body.

Immediately, Pur’s body jolted, sharp pain causing him to tense up and want to flee.

Naimes intended to control his pain with the Oath Rope within him.

But he found that Pur had begun praying.

Not to any deity, but to Naimes.

A power surged from Pur’s heart, then interacted with the Oath Rope.

“This is… faith power!”