pappabearbooks Chapter 1290: Contract Offers
Chapter 1290: Contract Offers
Chapter 1290: Contract Offers
'VOW!' Skullius thought. This had caught him way off guard.
The Voice of Worlds was giving him counsel, again!
From his alter's memories, Skullius had learned that the Voice of Worlds had done this before, when Aurolio had given him the ancient page with the soul of the Corrupted Deity Nunax!
(A/N: Refer to Ch.684).
The guidance field had several useful functions that allowed users to essentially cheat through some of the universal norms; one of them was the
VOW's advice right now...
'TITEMIUS?' Skullius thought on it. Who was this Primeval Deity? Was he dangerous?
"You should listen. Wy- the Voice of Worlds does not speak lightly. You're being favoured," Serenity said, and it was true.
VOW had always favoured Skullius.
The Hybrid Warmoth nodded at Serenity words.
If anyone would know the Deities very well, it would be the Voice of Worlds. He would be a fool not to listen.
'Alright. I suppose it stands to reason that one of these contracts was sent by this TITEMIUS. Let's look through them.'
The guidance field responded to his intent immediately. The contracts were shown, presented in a grid form before Skullius.
[LIMITED CONTRACT OFFER]
+++Seal of Primeval Deity, JOISEN ANTERRAS+++
>ENTREATY:
Little anomaly, let's be friends. You have something I want, and I'm sure as a fresh little Divine yet to expand their Broader Existence, you will benefit from my terms. I have been rather liberal with what I'm offering, I think. For you, this should be plenty.
++Terms of Trade++Nôv(el)B\\jnn
In exchange for (1) remote usage of your Exotic Parlous Nature, Second Divine Sinew, I am willing to grant you the following:
+Immortal Realm Physique of the Third Stratum, Expanded Shadow Fiend's Leather; +Realm rank Wicked Treasure, Malefic Gold Hand;
+(3) skins of Exora Mead
[LIMITED CONTRACT OFFER]
Exora Mead skins?
Deity Tears?
Realm rank treasures and Immortal Realm Physiques?
All this information staggered the Hybrid Warmoth!
He had paused for so long that Elita ended up poking him.
"What's wrong?" she asked with a concerned look. Her assumptions immediately landed her
to the bizarre way Skullius had zoned out back in the Honing Fortress, after he had healed Stylla. She thought it might have been the same thing.
Skullius turned to her. His phantoms were arguing and discussing so loudly that he could
hardly focus on Elita.
"Uh... give me a moment, will you?" he said and went back to considering the contracts.
'Of course, this TITEMIUS just had to have the best-looking offer out of all of them!' Skullius
thought, frustrated.
The other offers he had gotten proposed fewer and less tantalizing rewards than those TITEMIUS was willing to give.
While Skullius didn't know what the significance of Exora Mead was or even the Tears of Deities, he was sure being offered two Corrupted Deities was substantial! It had to be! There was no way sealing away Corrupted Deities was just a poor trend in the wider reality.
As the ancient page he possessed implied, Corrupted Deities were used as familiars or combat units. Their value seemed to lie in that alone, perhaps more, depending on what kind of Deity they were. Being offered two of these by TITEMIUS when the other Primeval Deities had
offered none said a lot about the value.
TITEMIUS was staking a lot in his interests.
However, what Skullius would need to give up in exchange was what made him uneasy. 'Perpetual uses of Second Divine Sinew?' he thought. He didn't like that.
This was what D'JORRO and TITEMIUS wanted. To Skullius, it meant they wanted the opportunity to use his Exotic Parlous Nature anytime they wanted, and this made him uncomfortable. Was this wise?
On top of this, D'JORRO seemed like the hostile sort. He had flat out spelled the fact that rejecting his offer meant making him an enemy, and Skullius wasn't sure he could handle that. Unlike Luserus, it seemed the Primeval Deities weren't scared of the Existential Parallels. Heck, even Boron wasn't.
With VOW telling him to not associate with TITEMIUS, Skullius automatically rid himself of
the possibility of accepting his offer. The Deity seemed nice and kind, but Skullius trusted
VOW more.
Besides, it was all but clear that Deities were the best at playing the long game; they were masters of pretense.