Chapter 2399: Contract with Light

The black-haired coroner's eyes moved to the card face:

"This is the reward I promised when I invited you to solve this matter. If it weren't for you this time, I'm afraid things would be more troublesome. I don't want 【Eternal Light】 to easily provoke the 【Grey Gloves】 or the 【Intelligence Agency】, and I don't want to provoke them both at the same time."

Standing under the bridge, he looked at the river water flowing toward the southern ocean again:

"【Eternal Light】 is still very weak now. I can neither let it have any connection with a large organization like the 【Light-Chaser Seminar】 nor provoke secular trouble."

"Then did you see that there is something strange about this card?"

Xia De asked again. Mr. Albert smiled:

"Of course I can see it. Everyone has their own unique light, and I can see it clearly at close range. For example, the moonlight on you is so pure and charming, while the Chosen One, Iluna Beias, has the scorching light of the sun."

The light of objects is weaker than that of living things, but I can also see some. And this card... with this card in front of my eyes, my vision can even directly see the tides of spirits and elements scattered in the world."

"The goal that countless diviners and high-level Ringed Shushi dream of is just picking up this card for me."

A few Chosen Ones can get special abilities from the "Cards of Fate," such as Joey Barton. And the common point between him and Mr. Albert seems to be that they have had wonderful experiences in the New Continent.

"Then why don't you keep it?"

Xia De asked again. Ptolemy Albert shook his head:

"If I say I want to use this card in exchange for you, the 'God-Caller', to become my friend, do you agree?"

"We are already friends."

"No, you see me as a friend just because of Armand's existence. You and he are what are called true friends. Our relationship is indeed friendly enough, but still not enough. Mr. Watson, you want to talk to me about the Chosen One, right?"

Xia De glanced at him, then looked at the Taton River flowing in the fog. Under the bridge was a shallow beach, and there were still ships preparing to go to sea on the wide river surface. Looking at it, the lights on the big ships in the distance were like the eyes of sea beasts.

"Yes."

Xia De nodded:

"The 【Dragon-Feast Cult】's god-descent ritual is imminent. This time, even if I am the so-called 'God-Caller', I have no confidence in defeating that god. Mr. Albert, I won't beat around the bush—when the Dragon-Feast sacrificial site appears again, are you prepared to face fate? That evil god is trying to obtain the power of an ancient god, but the power of an ancient god should also be able to defeat him."

After a sigh, the coroner asked Xia De:

"Do you know that I once encountered strange things in the New Continent?"

He didn't seem to be deliberately changing the subject. Xia De nodded:

"I investigated your past through other channels, and I apologize to you here. Yes, I know that during your service in the New Continent, you encountered a giant dragon in the mountain valley forest."

"That was not a giant dragon."

The middle-aged blood-born creature's voice suddenly became very light, and even though Xia De was by his side, he had to listen very carefully to hear it:

"That was... a beam of light. To this day, I cannot describe the experience at that time."

"A beam of light that had been traveling through the material world since the distant past hit us that day. Many of my colleagues melted in that light on the spot. I was originally within the attack range, but strangely, I was not assimilated by that beam of light."

This should be the so-called "adventure." The Outlander was looking forward to this when he first arrived in this world, but later he didn't look forward to it, because his adventure was behind him.

【Thank you.】

"She" said gently.

"That ancient light merged into my body. It existed in the material world for too long, and the information recorded in it became pure spirit and became a part of me. I gained power, discovered talent, and also learned about the Chosen One."

He smiled:

"When I first met Armand when I was young, I was not a diviner. It was that incident that allowed me to see the context of history and fate, which made me a diviner. So, I lied to you; Armand didn't lie to you; he didn't know I was a diviner."

"Is the unknowable relic 【Hope Diamond】 in your hands?"

Xia De asked again. Mr. Albert nodded:

"I understand the Chosen One ritual and the "Whispering Poem," Mr. Watson. You don't need to explain these to me. Just before I agree, can you answer me a question?"

"Of course, please ask."

"If necessary, would you sacrifice yourself?"

Xia De was startled. Not long ago, under the tree of the Forgotten Church in the Randall Valley, the Guardian also asked this question.

This time Xia De's answer remained the same:

"No, I don't live alone; there are others who need me, and I cannot just die like this."

He knew this was not the correct answer, but the Outlander had never liked to lie about such questions.

Ptolemy Albert looked at the Taton River in the fog, lost in thought:

"But what if implementing justice requires you to sacrifice?"

Xia De shook his head:

"I never think I am just, Mr. Albert. I only do what I want to do, and I don't believe in the nonsense that 'with great power comes great responsibility'... Only with greater power does greater responsibility come."

"But in my opinion, you are just unwilling to bear the pressure of the word 'justice'."

He finally looked at Xia De again. The blood-born creature's somewhat special eyes stared directly into Xia De's eyes. The middle-aged man was very serious at this moment:

"【Eternal Light】 also needs me. Do you know what your invitation means to me?"

"Of course I know. You have to complete the trial at the scene of the god-descent ritual, hold the ancient god's ritual, and then face an evil god. Yes, this is very dangerous."

The coroner nodded gently:

"Then do you think I should agree to you?"

This time Xia De did not answer immediately. He was unwilling to sacrifice himself, so naturally, he could not force others to sacrifice themselves:

"I don't know."

"Alright, let's make a contract. No, not the kind of contract you have with the Marquis of Mosen, use my contract."

The six-ring life ring behind him slowly emerged. This close contact allowed Xia De to see Ptolemy Albert's four core spiritual runes clearly: Enlightenment 【Blood】, Enlightenment 【Thorn】, Enlightenment 【First Light】, Enlightenment 【Monster】.

And accompanied by the lighting up of the core spiritual rune - 【First Light】, his hand also lit up with a faint light.

That was not the special light scattered in the fog, nor was it the four-colored spiritual light. That was the purest, most primitive light. Just by staring at this light, Xia De almost felt that his own skin had a tendency to transform into the form of light.

He held his hand up, and "she" in his ear reminded him gently:

【Outlander, you have touched the light of the First Era left by the ancient god "Dragon of Radiance," and you have felt a miracle.】

【Outlander, your miracle "Ancient Sound" has been triggered:】

【In the first era, the ancient dragon god used his own scales, the light of birth, the courage of mortals, the violence of the first fire, and the hope for a brand new world to create the first dragon in the world. He hoped that his eldest son would help him sort out the light of the world and manage the dragon race, but the eldest son eventually went astray because of his greed for power and was deprived of "light" and his name by the dragon god. This is the "Nameless Eldest Son."】

"So, this beam of light from Mr. Albert is..."

【Just one of thousands of strands in that light.】

【Outlander, you have touched the power of an ancient god. Are you willing to make a covenant with the Chosen One in the name of the light of the God of Light?】

Ptolemy Albert, who was holding hands with Xia De, asked seriously:

"In the name of light... what is your true name?"

Most contract-type abilities require a true name, so Xia De was not surprised:

"Xia De Su Lun Hamilton."

The coroner was startled. He obviously knew this name. Even though it was a very serious occasion, he still asked:

"What? Hamilton? Are you that person from Tobesk... Oh, sorry, this is really... cough, cough, in the name of light, Xia De Hamilton, are you willing to make a covenant with me:"

"If I, Ptolemy Justice Albert, become the Chosen One and sacrifice myself in the Battle of Moon Bay, you will abandon part of your power and integrate it into 【Eternal Light】;"

"If you, Xia De Su Lun Hamilton, sacrifice yourself in the Battle of Moon Bay for the sake of protection, I will gift a part of my own light to your closest person;"

"If we both survive the upcoming great war, we will exchange the power we need most from each other."

Xia De raised an eyebrow and easily understood his intention:

"You have your eye on my moonlight? You want to use your participation in the war in exchange for my moonlight?"

"I just want a strand of the light. This is not a loss for you; after all, what I am offering is the light of an ancient god."

The coroner replied. While Xia De was hesitating, "she" in his ear said:

【Agree to him.】

"Alright, I agree to this covenant."

Thus, the ancient light on Mr. Albert's hand wrapped around Xia De's hand. The ancient light only partially integrated into Xia De's body, making him feel that his power had been slightly improved.

And when this simple but inviolable covenant ended, Xia De asked curiously:

"What is Eternal Light? I thought this was just the name of the organization."

"After I encountered the 【Eternal Light】 organization in Moon Bay, I took a new name for the light I possessed. If I die, that strand of light I encountered in the New Continent will leave again. Although the ancient God of Justice has left, his light still travels in the world. I will not be the last person chosen by light. Just like justice exists forever, it's just that we don't notice it."

The coroner drew the holy emblem of the ancient god on his chest quite piously, and Xia De did not dwell on this point:

"Then how much do you know about the Chosen One ritual now? I mean the content of the ritual?"

"The location is the 【Dragon-Feast sacrificial site】, and the content of the ritual is to pull out the sword, or rather, to forge the sword. This requires five ancient relics, and also the seven dragon scales passed down by the seven local families. No, I didn't choose to stay in Moon Bay after I retired and returned to the Old Continent because of this. When I came here that year, that light hadn't given me this knowledge yet." ===== CHAPTER 2400 =====