When George finally staggered out of the human-shaped pit, Hilna was already looking at the "Natural Law Scroll" that she had read back and forth several times.
Although George was mentally prepared to face the humiliation of defeat, the crazy arrogance in George's heart made him refuse to admit his lack of strength.
Seeing Hilna's relaxed look, George blushed, gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and after trembling his lips a few times, he finally choked out such a sentence.
"In other words, from the beginning, I have no winning rate?"
"Yes! When my servant breaks through the fourth level and understands the domain or ability, you may have a chance of winning!"
Hilna was talking to herself as usual, not noticing the difference in George today at all.
"Stop talking about this, call out the golden retriever and husky. I haven't seen them for several days. I miss them so much!"
Golden Retriever and Husky are the nicknames that Sirna gave to George's wolf soul leaders, Loki and Thor. After George accidentally introduced the dogs on the earth to Sirna one time, due to Sirna's affection for these two The names of the two dogs were particularly pleasing to her, so she decided to give the wolf soul these two nicknames.
"Enough is enough, they are noble wolves, not local dogs! Why are the top people in this world talking to themselves about the fate of the weak? Can't you all understand and respect the poor lives of the weak? You are born with Can top talents do whatever they want?"
What responded to George's hysterical shouting was a slap from Hilna, the blade of the desperate dagger that she snatched away in an instant and quickly swiped across George's face, and a look of disappointment on her face.
"It's not that I can't understand and respect those pitiful but hateful ants, I can show the best respect by killing them with my own hands! But, servant, your last speech really made me unhappy! You, and I know that I What!"
Then, Hilna did something that surprised even George!
With a flash of cold light, the dagger of despair swiped across Sirna's little finger. The precise force controlled the depth of the wound within the range that could be easily healed. Then, several drops of blood dripped on the blade of the dagger of despair. The blood lines on it were greedy. After smoking it, it instantly turned into a plump red color!
After throwing the dagger to George, Hilna turned around and left, instantly disappearing from George's sight. Only her last cold words before leaving were left in the air.
"Servant, don't forget the expectations I have placed on you, don't forget the promise you made to me, and don't forget the contract that connects my destiny to yours. But, servant, If you are still unable to become a strong man, how can you make me believe in your ability to fulfill the contract?"
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The big devil is an absolute contractualist, George knows this.
The big devil is extremely talented and has unfathomable strength, and George also knows this.
However, as Silna said, George had no idea about the years and time before the Great Demon evolved from an ordinary Cregan into a Great Demon.
Therefore, Hilna chose to convey her story to George in this silent way.
When George held the Blade of Despair and absorbed the blood of Sirna remaining in the dagger, the past belonging to the great devil kept flashing in front of George like a revolving lantern.
It was a cruel world that he had never seen before and could not even imagine.
The endless sky was filled with swirls of black smoke. The air was hot, humid, and filled with the smell of putrid sulfur, and the scorched ground crunched underfoot like dead leaves in the forest.
This is the home base of the Cregans and the native plane of the great demon clan.
It is not that George has never seen these humanoids in various cities of the Negras Empire. Apart from their slightly redder skin and conspicuous horns on their heads, their basic strength and talents are almost the same as ordinary humans. Although They have a somewhat violent temperament, and it is said that there were riots by the Cregans in history, but when they were sober, they did not have the guts to act recklessly on the territory commanded by Emperor Gaudos.
At least, George hadn't seen it before.
However, in this world filled with the pungent smell of sulfur, the Kerrigan people here completely respect the law of the jungle and the survival of the fittest. All creatures have to survive on this pitiful land with few resources. Endless fighting and contention.
Even the descendants of top hunters cannot escape this law.
No, precisely because she is the daughter of the great demon Geralt, Sirna has to climb up to purgatory on her own!
Even at her age, even the movement of wielding a sword with one hand seemed quite clumsy.
In the demon castle of the great demon Geralt, under the cruel high walls of the training ground, he fought with all kinds of opponents day and night, with limited food to fill his stomach, except for the sword in his hand. , there was no trustworthy interpersonal relationship around her, and Sirna spent her childhood like this.
In addition to fighting, in the training ground and the devil's territory, Sirna was used to seeing deeper hells:
She was used to seeing female Cregans being insulted by beast-like enemies while speaking obscene words after their resistance failed;
She was also used to seeing young Cregans who pretended to be pitiful and begged, but when they were being laughed at and beaten, they drew their swords and killed their enemies;
But what she has never been used to is the ordinary Cregans who have become numb to the exploitation of the strong, who don't know how to make progress but feel sorry for themselves all day long.
The young Sirna understood very early that in the face of challenges, resistance may fail, but if you don't resist, you will only become a fish, and resisting requires strength!
Power equals freedom, power equals food, power equals everything, this is the eternal truth!
But when did Sirna come out of this extreme personality? George couldn't answer just based on the vague memory brought to him by the art of reading blood.
Perhaps after she awakened the devil's unique magic pattern from the near-death killing, when she saw her father touching her head and giving her the "Scroll of Natural Law", her face was painful and bitter, but she had to squeeze it out. when smiling;
Maybe it was his mother, the human sorceress Tris, who rescued her from the endless trials in Castlevania and brought her to this plane regardless of the danger, and finally quarreled with Geralt until they separated; maybe...
No matter what reason Hilna had, this time, George felt remorse from the bottom of his heart, and how wrong he was.
It’s not that Sirna doesn’t know how to respect the lives of the weak. On the contrary, precisely because she fought her way from the bottom of the food chain from the beginning, she understands better that no matter how many scum lives are harvested, as long as the weak exist, they will Compliance and inaction will become a breeding ground for scum.
However, she still keeps harvesting the lives of these scum, not for the so-called justice, not to protect the weak, just because she can do it.
And George, who has been immersed in the role of "Arrogant Captain", only interprets Sirna's behavior as a strong man showing off his power to the weak, and even in order to regain his self-esteem that was injured due to a complete defeat. , but his hysteria really hurt this simple and kind-hearted devil.
The guilt in his heart made George secretly make up his mind that it was time to return to the George he was before.
"Let's find a chance to apologize to Sirna tomorrow. After all... we... have all signed... a master-servant agreement... ha... I'm so sleepy..."
Returning to the guest room of the Asmodeus family in a daze, George yawned while thinking about his plans for the next day. His last consciousness before falling asleep was on your soft and huge bed, and The entire Asmod family mansion was filled with a somewhat sweet smell.
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