Right as Alice was staring expressionlessly at Greem, her mind filled with various fancies and conjectures, a green-skinned goblin suddenly poked its head from behind the man, throwing a puzzled and alert glance over at her.
āAlright, Snorlax, this is the Alice I told you about. From today onwards, she will be an exclusive servant-girl for me. Your task is to teach her the proper manner of a servant-girl, I hope I can see her carrying her duty as soon as possible. Now, bring her with you!ā
What he said was like a sudden thunderbolt out of a clear sky that struck right into Aliceās mind and caused her to feel giddy, as sparks flew before her eyes. Was this guy serious? He really planned to make a Pseudo-Adept who possessed a rare innate talent of spatial his servant-girl?
A moment ago, Alice had tried her best to keep a calm exterior, yet her face was blushing right now, as she fiercely gazed at this bumptiousā¦ master.
āWhatās wrong? Do you have any opinions of your own, Alice?ā The smile on Greemās face becoming weirder and weirder. āBefore we agreed to our bet, you had said it clearly that youāll make me your master. So, donāt tell me you canāt even carry out the duties of a servant-girl?ā
āYouā¦ fineā¦ā Alice spewed out a few words from her tightly clenched teeth, furiously pulling the blanket and covering her body, before stepping down from the bed.
When her feet touched the floor, Alice felt a severe pain coming from every part of her body. This had made her lose her balance and stagger her steps, nearly falling to the ground. However, though she was a little loli with the pretty face of an angel, Greem wasnāt moved a tiny bit at all and didnāt show any signs that he was going to stretch his arms out and help her stabilize herself.
After all, Alice was a Pseudo-Adept who took the element path, thus her Physique was far weaker than that of Greem, who had his body transformed into Elementium. So far, Aliceās Physique hadnāt reached more than 10, and this had even caused her ability of body recovery to be inferior than those of Advanced Apprentices who had a high Physique.
Gnashing her teeth and holding the severe pain, Alice left Greemās residence, and came to Snorlaxās room located next to Greemās.
Upon entering Snorlaxās room, all her expressions of pain, resentment, and mortification immediately disappeared from her face. They were replaced by the same old arrogant and overbearing look. Even her frail and weak appearance was gone, as if the injuries and pain all over her body couldnāt even affect her a tiny bit.
āI need some better healing medicines and Asun Water which can remove scars. Also, Iām hungry, get someone prepare me a set of mushroom trout fish rolls, golden roasted goose and Schiffman tea. Remember, the trout fish must be those devil trouts caught from the Abyss of Darkness, and can only have three whiskers below its jawā¦ also, the honey applied on the skin of golden roasted goose must be from the Snow Beeās honey from the East Coast, in addition to thatā¦ā
As the true owner of the room, Snorlax had its mouth opened wider and wider. In the end, it was so angry that it simply jumped to its feet, waved its fists and let out a furious roar. āYouāre dreaming! You wildly arrogant little human! This place is the territory of the great Snorlax, and youāre just a servant-girl newly recruited by the master! I came here before you, and you mustā¦ā
Snorlax hadnāt finished its lecturing, because Alice had ripped open a tiny spatial crack and kicked it inside.
Nearly ten minutes later, when Alice reopened the spatial crack and let Snorlax out, the robe clad on its body had turned ripped like those wore by street beggars, and its skin was covered with scratch marks as a result of being attacked by some sharp fangs and claws. From the other side of the spatial crack, one could even hear the savage howls of wolves.
Just looking at the wounds that were only found on the Snorlaxās back, Alice had instantly drawn a conclusion to its character. She casually dismissed the spatial crack and with a cold voice, she said, āNow you should know who the boss in this room is, eh? If the pack of Carnassial Tooth Wolves just now canāt satisfy you, I can always send you into the nest of Two-legged Flying Dragons!ā
Though Carnassial Tooth Wolves could only be considered as Beginner Apprentice level demon beasts and didnāt possess formidable offensive strength, but for Snorlax, a goblin who didnāt own any offensive ability and could only escape by relying on a handful of disguising abilities, they were no doubt dreadful monsters. If thrown into the nest of Two-legged Flying Dragons, a type of demon beasts who had an incredible sense of smell, it would be impossible for it to make its return!
In next second, Snorlax simply went down on its knee, hugging Aliceās silky smooth legs and crying out loudly, āBoss! Boss! Boss! Youāre the boss hereā¦ Iāll obey everything you tell me to in futureā¦ā
Alice gave it a kick in disgust, furrowed her brows and said, āGo now! Prepare me some clothes, foods, and healing medicines. When Iām having my meal later, I want you to tell me everything between you and that rasā¦ that guy!ā
The backlash coming from the magical contract imprinted in her soul made Alice halt for a brief second, she had no choice but to change the way she addressed that ārascalā into āguyā, a rather neutral way of addressing him. If she didnāt do that, even if she was a Pseudo-Witch, she too couldnāt be immune from the severe pricking she felt at the depths of her soul.
Only the heaven or ghost might know why it happened. In order to have a better control over that āguyā, she specifically picked a magical contract with the best binding force from the private treasures of her granny. But nowā¦ she had actually trapped herself into this awful situation, and it simply made Alice feel frustrated and furious!
Only by gaining a better understanding of the enemy, could one defeat the enemy with the minimum cost!
Alice had made up her mind, from now onwards, she would never underestimate that hateful rascaā¦ ouchā¦ guy. She would take her time in patiently and meticulously understanding everything about that guy, after thatā¦ hmph, he better not has the wishful thinking of using a rubbish contract to confine a greatā¦ ouch, ouch! Pain, it was really painful!
As the loser of the bet, every word and action of Alice was restricted and bounded by the powerful magical contract. Once a disrespectful thought or intentions of hurting her āmasterā arose in her mind, her soul would have to suffer from different degrees of backlash by the magical contract. If such backlash occurred too rapidly, it could cause a frightening and irreversible damage to her soul.
At that point in time, her future path as a Witch would have to come to a premature end!
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Unavoidably, the spiritual ripple happened on the other side of the contract had also affected Greem.
It had been less than fifteen minutes since that little girl left his residence, yet he had sensed seventeen strange ripples coming from the magical contract. Most of them were mere ripples of curses or disrespect, so Greem had simply handed over the executive right of the contract to the Chip, then he had just cut off the spiritual connection between him and the contract.
With the arrogance and wild pride of that little girl, if she wasnāt taught a hard lesson, she would never stop from continuing to do what she did. Therefore, the order Greem gave the Chip was to have a full feedback to all the spiritual ripples, any disrespectful thoughts would be punished through the contract, no delay was allowed, and no indulgence would be given as well.
Right when he finished settling that nasty little girl, a fragrant scent wafted from behind, before a warm, soft body cuddled onto his back.
āGreem, why donāt you hand me that Alice and let me teach her? I promise Iāll make her into an obedient servant-girl and guarantee itāll be more effective than that magical contract.ā The seductive and charming voice of Mary resounded beside his ears, it was even mixed in with a subtle nasal voice of moaning.
Aww, here came another one!
Greem nearly couldnāt hold onto himself and rubbed his forehead.
āMary, let me give you a grave warning, you better give up the idea of turning Alice into your blood slave!ā Greem said solemnly. āThe true identity of Alice is still a mystery, but Iām certainly sure that she is connected with those witches from the North. Although you can have a strong binding force to those blood slaves created after you āembraceā them, but it doesnāt mean there is no weakness at all. As long as the source of the bloodlines is killed, which is you, your control over Aliceās soul would vanish. So, if this Alice does have a serious background, then youāre just asking to get killed!ā
āI Understand, I understand! Iāll not be that silly and fight a girl with you. Butā¦ā Mary licked her red lips excitedly, continuing to say, āI donāt think it will be a big problem if I suck a little bit of her blood?ā
Greem sighed softly.
āDonāt tell me you canāt see it? This Alice must have just become a Pseudo-Adept, and she couldnāt wait any longer so she came straight to fight with me. She didnāt even nurse her body and Spirit to the best condition. If you suck her blood now, perhaps she would drop back to the level of Advanced Apprentice immediately. Donāt be silly, we need to cultivate her properly! Her abilities play a very vital role in my plans!ā
āYou just donāt let me suck anyoneās blood! Then how am I going to improve my overall strength? No way, I need to find a suitable apprentice mission, I have more freedom outside than I do in this place!ā With Maryās hot-temper, she meant what she said. She turned around and left Greemās residence, rushing to the Mission Hall.
Greem sighed again, turned around and took out a magical spell book, placed it on the table and started to read it quietly.
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On the fifth floor of the Swampy Tower.
Inside of a dark and gruesome secret room, Anderson waved his hand and dispelled the magical mirror in front of him. A pondering and hesitant expression was on his face.
āAdept level element golem? How did that kid do it? In my memory, there is never an Apprentice Adept that could bypass the threshold and control an Adept level golem or magical beast. If anyone tried to do it by force, perhaps just the requirement of summoning would instantly draw all his Spirit to the last drop, turning him into an idiot who had all his brain power depleted. Yet, that kid had done it with ease! Maybe, I should find an Automata Master and get him to verify if there is anything special on his summoning cores?ā
After pondering for some moments, Anderson waved his hands again in front of his face, revealing a mirror that showed him the image of another secret room.
It was a magical secret room that was nearly isolated from the outside world. Countless complicated runes and secret magical arrays were carved on the floor at the center of the room. They consisted of numerous strange symbols and characters which looked like tadpoles, and many of them were in the mysterious knowledge that never appeared in the outside world.
Although the magical array looked complicated and mysterious, but all the runes, arrays and magical rings were pointing to the three core nodes. At these three core nodes, one could see three objects that looked rather similar to a torture chair.
Judging from the overall design and structure, this should be a vicious magical array with the mixed functions of official Adept Advancement Ceremony and vitality extraction. The two torture chairs placed at the outer perimeter were the source of energy that drove the entire magical array, and it seemed they were prepared for Acteon and Mary. As long as they forcefully advanced into official Adepts with the help of a special magical ceremony, then the magical array would extract all their vitality and injected the energy into the center magical ring.
At that moment, with the nourishment from the flesh, blood, and innate talent of two new Adepts, it was highly possible that Anderson could breakthrough the threshold that was holding him back for a long time, and eventually, make him into a formidable Second Grade Adept.