"But that aside... You have also piqued my interest. For that reason, I have a personal offer; would you be interested in forming a contract with , Mr. Novels?"
dea asked Adam, who opened his eyes up in shock at the offer being presented to him.
"Are you... are you serious right now?"
Adam asked, a little lost for words, but it was a valid question indeed. But dea just nodded her head, as she responded as such.
"Of course I am serious; if I wasn't, why would I bother asking... why is there a problem with asking?"
Naturally, there was no problem with forming a contract, but it was the spirit in question that was asking him, a re child, to form a contract with her; as such, he replied back.
"No, that's not it, and you damn well know it. What I'm saying is this: You're the highest-ranking type of spirit anyone could ever encounter, a literal embodint of a universal concept. That's what a Divine Spirit is, after all."
Adam said as he made his statent clear and elaborated deeper on it as he continued.
"In terms of existence, you stand above even the gods themselves. So forgive if I find it just a little suspicious that soone of your caliber wants to form a contract with a re five-year-old child like myself."
Said Adam, causing dea to chuckle at his words. However, that aside, she continued to speak as she said.
"I an, co on."
dea scoffed with amusent.
"And besides, it's not every day that I run into one that is not only interesting but also has a sea large enough to contain my power. Don't worry, I won't ask much in return."
dea said as she continued.
"After all, it's been a while since I last descended to the lower realm. You do understand, don't you? Spiritual beings like can't anchor ourselves in the material world unless we have a contractor."
"That's the whole point of the contract between spirit and man. We give you our power; you give us a ans by which we can survive, get stronger, and be able to descend into the material world."
"Given spirits can't survive in the material world eternally like they could in the spirit world."
dea said as she continued.
"Thankfully, though that rule of death doesn't apply to Divine spirits like myself. But it does affect elental, unique, and great spirits."
"And as the Divine Spirit of Promise, it is my duty to ensure that all spirits can exist in the material world through the contracts I create. Without these contracts, the very concept of magic would never have co into existence."
"Moreover, you should already know that using a spirit's power isn't free. You must fulfill the end of the contract deal as well. By doing so, you not only help the spirit grow stronger but also sustain its existence in the material world."
Spirits, much like stars, can fade away with ti if they lose their energy; that's a risk they take when they cross over to the material world.
It was a known fact that following the terms of the contract is like heating them up with a conditional laser to make sure they can exist indefinitely in the material world, as it replenishes their power. The contract also acts as an anchor, so they anchor themselves to an individual Astrum Sea.
"And the mont a contract is void, the contracted spirit will return back to the Spirit World, and the contractor will lose the spirit-attributed Astrum."
dea leaned back slightly, her arms crossed, as she watched Adam with a calm but knowing expression. She had explained the basics of the contract process, but now she was getting to the real point.
"Look."
She said, her tone casual but firm.
"You've got nothing to lose by forming a contract with . If anything, you'll gain way more from this than I will."
dea said as she smiled casually while explaining her argunt.
"And as for why I want to make a contract with you? It's simple; I'm curious."
She tilted her head, studying him like a puzzle she hadn't quite figured out yet.
"You don't fit in here. Soone like you in a world like this? I want to see where you'll end up."
Her gaze flickered as she pressed forward even more.
"I'm mostly tied to this realm; it's just the way things are for . But I can step into the material world now and then, as long as I leave behind a representative."
She shrugged, as if it were no big deal.
"But all that aside, just making a contract with will let you use my power via the use of magic, if you master the use of spirit language."
She held out her hand, her expression expectant yet patient.
"So? What do you say? You want to form a contract with or not?"
Adam looked at dea, closing his eyes. He sighed to himself as he said as such.
"Fine."
Adam sighed, crossing his small arms.
"But I am not making a final decision until I see your conditions, what I have to give or do in return for your power."
His gaze sharpened.
"And while you're at it, tell the contracts for the other spirits too. It's about ti we wrap up this deal."
dea chuckled, the sound rich with amusent. Adam still wasn't used to the fact that she had taken on his form to interact with him; it was unsettling, to say the least, but he pushed through regardless.
Without another word, dea reached into the air and pulled out a folder as if from thin air. She flipped it open, revealing two neatly stacked docunts.
"Everything you need to know is in here."
She said, handing it over.
Adam of course grabbed the folder without hesitation, his fingers tightening around the edges as he flipped it open. The mont his eyes landed on the pages, his mind was flooded with understanding.
Despite the fact that the language written before him was one he had never seen before. The contract itself wasn't sothing that needed to be read.
Instead, the aning forced itself into his consciousness, as if the very essence of the words refused to be misunderstood. It wasn't that he could read the contract. It was that the contract made itself readable.
His brows furrowed as he scanned the contents.
The first thing that stood out made his breath hitch.
The contractor, Adam Novel, has called forth a total of sixty-seven Elental Spirits.
Sixty-seven... That number alone would have been absurd under any normal circumstances. Most spirit contractors barely ford bonds with a handful, yet here he was, staring at a contract listing dozens of them under his na. Heat, Earth, Water, Air, Space, Ti, Darkness, Light, Energy, and Nature spirits; all of them had answered his call.
But that wasn't what sent a chill crawling down his spine. Beneath the long list of standard spirits, another section caught his eye.
Three Unique Nad Spirits.
Unlike the elental spirits, which were bound by the natural forces of the world, unique spirits carried unique abilities that were often weird.
The first was Synthec, the Unique Spirit of Invasion. It carried the uniqueness of trespassing, a power that disregarded boundaries entirely. Walls, barriers, dinsions, nothing could truly keep him out if he used its power via the use of magic, of course.
With the right magic, he could slip into restricted spaces, walk between planes, and even step into the Spirit World or Dream Realm without obstruction. If sothing had a border, it could be crossed using magic spells that used this spirit attribute to cast them.
The second was Mordred, the Unique Spirit of the Classical.
This spirit granted dominion over anything ancient, legendary, or historically significant via the use of magic. Classical elents like fire, water, earth, and wind would bend to his will with greater strength when he used those classical elental spells if he used classical magic on top of them.
Legendary weapons, even those he had no right to wield, would accept him as their master. In places rich with history, his power would surge, and with a single touch, he could witness the mories of ancient objects, reliving the past through their very essence.
Then there was Estherian, the Spirit of Biological Theory. It was a unique spirit that governed the chanics of life itself. As long as a biological theory was known, believed, or scientifically proven, Adam could recreate its effects through magic.
He could modify his body, enhance his physical abilities, and even manipulate the biology of others. It was a spirit that existed solely around the evolution of the living form.
But even with all that power, nothing compared to the final na on the list.
A single Great Spirit had answered his call.
Alethia: The Great Spirit of Rumors.
Adam felt a shiver run down his spine as he read her description.
Adam felt a shiver run down his spine as he read her description. This wasn't just an elental force or a weird, unique power that Unique spirits offer.
Alethia was a great spirit that existed on the two extres, the first of which was the common, and the next which was of the uncommon. With her, magic with the attribute of rumors could be made real.
If enough people believed in sothing, that belief could be forged into existence. The strength of a rumor spell depended entirely on how widespread it was.
How deeply it was ingrained into the collective consciousness. But that also made it dangerous. Perception was a shifting thing, and if a rumor was ever redefined or forgotten, so too would its power change or vanish altogether. So it was kind of a tricky kind of magic to use in most cases, but if executed properly, it was quite a terrifying power.
But these were just the offers that he was being given here, of course, as soone trying to form a contract with the spirits.
There are things he needed to give in return for this power.
Power always cos at a price when it cos to magic.
And these spirits were no exception.
Their demands were simple, so even trivial, but they were absolute.
The eight Heat Spirits required him to bathe in cold water during winter and hot water during sumr as his final bath of the day. The four Earth Spirits demanded he jog two kiloters a week, but only on natural ground untouched by artificial interference. The four Water Spirits insisted he drink at least 2.9 liters of liquid daily. The six Air Spirits required him to sit atop a thirty-ter-high place for five minutes every day.
Then, there were the more unusual ones. The six Ti Spirits demanded a piece of his lifespan in exchange for their power, for every use of magic, joke on them his life span was basically infinite. The eight Space Spirits wanted a vast, empty region within his Astrum Sea, the immaterial realm within him as their own for as long as they are contracted to him.
The six Darkness Spirits required a 3-hour night walk per week, while the two Light Spirits wanted him to complete a task of his choosing during the day at least twice a week. The ten Energy Spirits forbade laziness, he had to actively pursue his goals, and never give up on them.
And the six Nature Spirits? They required him to never turn a blind eye to pollution, as long as it was within his power to stop it and to never be cruel to animals.
In total, they made up the sixty-seven elental spirits that had answered his call.
Then ca the Unique Spirits.
Synthec had an unusual request, it required him to defeat at least one nightmare per week inside soone else's dreams and harvest its essence as his own.
Mordred had a grander demand, it wanted him to begin building a kingdom. Even the smallest step toward establishing a dominion of his own would be enough, but the expectation was clear. This was a spirit that had followed rulers and conquerors across countless ages. If Adam was to wield its power, he needed to act accordingly.
And finally, Estherian required that he push his body beyond its limits. Strength alone wasn't enough. He needed to maintain a body that was both powerful and beautiful, one that embodied the peak of his race potential.
Then, there was Alethia.
The Great Spirit of Rumors had only one demand.
She wanted him to keep stories alive. To never let myths, legends, and the supernatural fade into obscurity. As part of their contract, he had to create at least three new legends or supernatural rumors per year, stories that would take root in the world and spread among the people, ensuring that the boundary between fiction and reality remained thin.
Adam looked at all these demands with knowing eyes, as he had already his decision, he did not plan to be lazy anyway, and most of these were things he was planning on doing anyway, well sowhat.
But before he could say a word, dea's voice broke through his thoughts.
"Now before we get to my contract... tell , do you accept the lesser spirits terms?"
dea said as she handed Adam a pen, Whether he took it or not was up to him.
Naturally, Adam did not hesitate at that mont and took the pen from dea's hand, and signed his na on the part where his signature should belong, and the mont he did, the contract went up into flas as particles flew from it back into the folder.
With that done dea chuckled and said.
"Congratulations, Mr. Novels, you're now officially a Spiritualist. But with that settled, shall we move on to our deal? Here are my terms of service. I'm sure you'll find them quite interesting."
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