“Demonic language?” The rat-demon’s anger vanished in an instant, replaced by equal parts greed.

“Your fluency in demonic language doesn’t seem like that of a holy knight at all!”

In the material plane, some villages often stationed two to five clergy members.

Among them, priests needed to master certain divine arts, while holy knights had to learn the sacred breathing techniques, allowing them to mobilize origin power of life at any time to slay demons.

These clergy all needed to have some understanding and knowledge of demons. Demonic language was an elective subject. For someone from such a small place to be so proficient in demonic language was abnormal no matter how you looked at it.

“People always need some preparation; otherwise, how could they succeed?” Naimes gave this as a reason, then went straight to the point: “Come, let’s sign a contract, demon.”

“I know a method to let you break free from your current physical vessel and exist long-term in the material plane.”

“I will help you escape this current form, and in return, you must lend your power to help me with some tasks!”

Naimes revealed his own ‘purpose.’ He knew the thought process of these little demons very well.

They were smart, but not very much.

“Heh heh heh... Seems like an ambitious person!” The rat-demon chuckled darkly, then spat out a mouthful of black blood.

That blood emitted black smoke, drawing forth the power of the Abyss. A demonic contract containing Abyss power instantly appeared before them.

The only Abyss privilege of a little demon — the demonic contract.

It allowed a demon’s own identity to involve some Abyssal power, binding the contract.

Then, the black blood the rat-demon spat out formed demonic script, falling onto the contract.

“Come on, ambitious holy knight, sign your name!”

Naimes took the contract, his fingers stroking the paper material — ordinary demonic parchment. As for the clauses, a glance was enough for him to recognize several big traps.

“I think some adjustments need to be made. This doesn’t conform to the principle of unified rights and responsibilities,” Naimes said as he grasped the contract, his mind activating it. The contract’s clauses began to change.

This was the basic manifestation of Abyss power, ensuring that even ordinary people who didn’t understand demonic script could know the contract contents when holding it and could easily modify it.

Of course, this script comprehension power was limited strictly to demonic script.

The rat-demon was stunned as he watched the changing contract. How did this holy knight seem even more professional than him?

His gaze was also inevitably drawn to the contract.

Clause One: Naimes Dartmanley shall provide the method for the demon’s permanent residence in the material plane and assist the demon (——) in completing this method. Thɪs chapter is updated by NoveI-Fire.ɴet

Clause Two: The demon must cooperate with Naimes, avoid attracting outsiders’ attention, and maintain secrecy as much as possible.

Clause Three: After the method’s completion, Naimes must ensure no harm comes to the demon and maintain the method’s sustained effectiveness.

Clause Four: After the method is completed, when Naimes requires the demon’s power, the demon must provide assistance.

Clause Five: After this contract is established, neither party shall disclose this contract by any means, implication, or behavior.

After seeing clauses three and four, the rat-demon sneered and directly modified them to —

“Naimes must ensure no harm comes to the demon before and after the method’s completion and maintain the method’s sustained effectiveness.” And “After the method’s completion, when Naimes requires the demon’s power, the demon may provide assistance depending on the situation.”

“You want to trap the demon with contract loopholes like this?”

Naimes gave a cooperative embarrassed smile, then signed his current identity name, Naimes Dartmanley.

“Please also sign a selection of your true demonic name!”

The rat-demon originally planned to sign a false name but paused upon realizing this holy knight was an expert. He had no choice but to invoke Abyss power and sign a selection of his true name — Kullog.

With the contract established, the atmosphere here instantly eased considerably.

At the same time, Naimes felt his oath-keeping rules being subtly activated with the new contract.

The hidden oath artifact was also gaining a certain enhancement.

“Follow me!” Naimes said without more explanation and led Kullog toward the sheepfold.

Seeing this, Kullog understood the contract’s existence was the greatest guarantee for both sides, so he lurked in the shadows and followed silently.

Along the way, Naimes roughly asked Kullog who had summoned him, but received no clear answer.

The summoner never appeared, only signing some agreements with a sacrifice during the summoning to allow Kullog to cause some commotion but restricting him from mass slaughter.

Obviously, the summoner was very cautious.

Inside the sheepfold, Tangs was anxiously waiting. Even the soft, large tail of his beloved sheep flicking in front of him no longer interested him.

His breathing grew rapid, his whole body slightly trembling. He was waiting, waiting for a turning point in his fate.

Once he gained power and became a superior man, he would never have to live in this stinky sheepfold again. Then, whether in the village… no, the surrounding towns, he could do whatever he wanted!

Just as he excitedly fantasized about the future, footsteps came from outside.

“I–Is that Lord Naimes?!”

“Now, listen to me!” Naimes entered the sheepfold, standing before Tangs and immediately giving orders.

The torch flames flickered, making Naimes’s figure seem to writhe at this moment.

At this point, Tangs’s desires had reached their peak; his mind was fully occupied by the thought of gaining power and becoming superior.

He was like those people who got blinded by huge profits and fell for even the simplest scams.

Upon hearing Naimes’s words, Tangs immediately became like a puppet on strings, waiting for Naimes’s commands.

“Cut your finger and let the fresh blood drip onto the soil in front of you.” Naimes swung the knight sword, placing it before Tangs.

Tangs’s actions synchronized with Naimes’s words. He reached out, grabbed the sharp blade, and cut his own finger.

“Good child!” Naimes praised, using the knight sword to draw on the blood-stained soil before Tangs. A simple inverted pentagram symbol appeared.

“Now, repeat after me!”

At this moment, Tangs didn’t even know what he was doing. He could only instinctively follow Naimes’s words and unconsciously chant —

“Listen to my desire, gaze upon my soul, drink my fresh blood!”

“My body is lacking, my soul is thirsting, all of me radiates emptiness.”

“Please enter my body… demon!”

When the word demon appeared, Tangs froze instantly, belatedly realizing what he had just chanted.

But before he could react, a black shadow in the darkness was drawn in, then surged into his body like smoke and water being sucked in.

“Heh heh heh, your body belongs to me now…”

“No, Lord Naimes, save me, Naimes da—” Tangs felt everything being stripped away.

At this moment, Naimes completed the follow-up action. He slightly flicked his sword, and the blood-stained soil painted into the inverted pentagram was directly flicked off, falling onto Tangs’s body.

The original inverted pentagram was thus imprinted on Tangs, forming a seal.

“Let me tell you a fact: before and after the method’s completion does not include the moment of completion, foolish little demon!”