Chapter 337: Ancient God Contract
“Inhale—exhale—inhale—exhale—” Accompanied by long, drawn-out breaths, Jia Na, who had been toiling all night, finally awoke from her meditation around noon.
“Hmm?”
Just as Jia Na was about to get up and wash up, a Emerald Green willow leaf on her bedside table caught her eye.
“Isn’t this the Essence of Life I asked Professor Grace to deliver to Headmaster Anthony?”
Feeling the vibrant Life on the willow leaf, Jia Na’s emotions were a mix of bittersweet feelings.
“Was it returned?”
Jia Na picked up the willow leaf from the bedside table and sighed, then put it back into her thorn bracelet.
“I wonder when I’ll be able to repay this kindness.”
Whenever Jia Na thought of Anthony-Black Sparrow being injured because of her, her mood would become exceptionally heavy. “Speaking of which, Headmaster Anthony’s messenger is too good at concealing his aura; I didn’t notice it at all.”
Jia Na brushed back the stray hairs from her forehead, then got out of bed. She first took a bottle of black coffee from the refrigerator, drank it in large gulps, then took off her pajamas and went into the bathroom for a hot shower. After changing into her loungewear, she sat down beside her experimental table.
“The Dark Sun Church is becoming increasingly rampant. If I don’t add some Life-saving methods, I might end up falling into their trap.”
Especially after this Blood Earl attack and the direct confrontation with the Blood Red Warlock, an unparalleled sense of crisis and urgency to become stronger arose in Jia Na’s heart.
“Even though Yulan - Blood Red’s Blood Servant clone possessed strength at the quasi-Wizard level, it was completely vulnerable when facing Formal Wizards like Headmaster Anthony or Professor Grace.”
Therefore, through this incident, Jia Na also realized more profoundly that only by advancing to a Formal Wizard could she truly possess a certain degree of autonomy in this world full of dangers.
Of course, even someone as strong as Anthony-Black Sparrow was utterly helpless when facing a single hand of the Blood Red Warlock.
And as the former arch-nemesis of Evefresia, the wielder of the Nature and Life Law, the existence of the Blood Red Warlock was like a sharp blade hanging over Jia Na’s head, keeping her constantly in a high-pressure environment, unable to relax for a moment.
“Given the current situation, to ensure my safety, I must go to Dordogne as soon as possible and seek the protection of the White Tower. Unfortunately, the Dordogne-White Tower only opens once a year. For Jia Na to receive the White Tower’s protection, she would have to wait until at least the beginning of next year.”
“Whew.”
After a long exhale and clearing her mind of miscellaneous thoughts, Jia Na’s gaze involuntarily fell upon the magic scroll spread out on the experimental table.
“Ancient God Contract—”
Looking at the mitchis text on the scroll, Jia Na lightly rubbed it with her finger while softly chanting.
“The Ancient God Contract, at the darkest and most yin hour, under the blessings of a time ritual, uses spirit as a bond, and with the aid of soul perception, connects to the Ancient God coordinates hidden beyond the river of time and space, using this as a contractual medium to complete the final ritual—”
Looking at the still baffling description of the spell on the scroll’s introduction page, Jia Na merely took a deep breath and continued to look at the main content of the scroll.
“Ancient Gods are high-dimensional Life forms with extremely long Life, leaving their imprints in the river of time. They usually exist in different time-dimensional worlds as energy or symbols, and also as abstract forms such as memories, fairy tales, and stories...”
Because the Ancient God Contract scroll was branded with a mental Curse, Jia Na’s mental energy would be rapidly drained while reading the main text.
Fortunately, with Jia Na’s current mental power, which had reached that of a Third-level Wizard Apprentice, she could barely cope.
“So, this is a Prayer Summoning ritual.” The content of the Ancient God Contract scroll wasn’t extensive; it only took Jia Na about an hour to read it through.
After reading it all, Jia Na finally understood that this knowledge, originally given to her by Anthony-Black Sparrow, was a Prayer Summoning corresponding to an advanced Contract Studies course.
Jia Na currently mastered two types of Contract Studies content: the low-level summoning rituals in Contract Summoning and Elf Summoning.
Additionally, in the field of Contract Studies, there were other summoning rituals that Jia Na had not yet mastered, such as Shadow Summoning, Undead Summoning, Ghost Summoning, Sacrifice Summoning, and Prayer Summoning.
And the Ancient God Contract scroll was a high-level piece of knowledge specifically detailing a niche branch of Prayer Summoning.
“Headmaster Anthony is indeed a good person.”
Although mentally exhausted, Jia Na was in an exceptionally good mood at this moment.
“However, the Ancient God Contract’s target is extremely special—not only must it have lived long enough, but it must have lived so long as to leave an imprint in the river of time.”
Thinking of this, Jia Na took out the white feather, given to her by the Seraph Lucifer, from her thorn bracelet.
“If it’s him, then he definitely meets the requirements of the Ancient God Contract.”
Angels, as long-lived beings dependent on the Heavenly Kingdom, naturally have extremely long lifespans. Not to mention, a Seraph like Lucifer, who has already reached the pinnacle of angelic strength. “Another point is that Lucifer is famous enough, especially in my previous Life—”
As a reborn individual, Jia Na had been extremely familiar with Lucifer’s story since childhood. Of course, in the stories she knew, Lucifer was usually called Lucifer, and was also a notorious “Fallen Angel.”
“If that’s the case, then there’s already a suspected Ancient God by my side—”
The Ancient God Jia Na was referring to at this moment was the messenger with whom she had signed an equal contract—Hermes.
Of course, this was merely Jia Na’s subjective speculation, as she didn’t really understand Hermes’s true background.
Moreover, she couldn’t be certain whether her messenger was related to the Greek God Hermes she knew from her previous Life.
“Let’s rest for a while first.”
The mental power of a Third-level Wizard Apprentice was just enough for Jia Na to read the entire Ancient God Contract scroll.
However, after finishing it, her mental power was almost exhausted, making it impossible for her to do anything else.
“If I could sign a contract with Lucifer, it would undoubtedly be a powerful guarantee for my current Life safety.”
