He did not think about whether Lin Li was really that young. After all, it was not easy to step into the Sanctuary-realm. Even if he was as talented as the High Elves, he would still need at least hundreds of years of accumulation.
Hence, when Garl heard that Lin Li was only in his early twenties, he was extremely shocked. A Sanctuary powerhouse in his twenties was indeed not someone that Osric could compare to. Lin Li's future achievements might really reach the level of the Immortal King.
In fact, at the same time that he heard the news, Gerney's resistance to submitting to Lin Li had unknowingly been reduced to a very low level. That was Connoris' strategy to compare Lin Li to the Immortal King. Who would be ashamed to be the Immortal King's servant?
"Okay, Connoris, since he doesn't agree, there's no need for us to waste time here." After saying that, Lin Li pointed his finger, and the Light and Darkness Sword was suddenly raised, and slashed at Garl's head again.
"Wait, I promise you, but we can only sign a master-servant contract between us!" After being frightened by Lin Li, the trace of hesitation in Garl's heart immediately vanished, and he frantically expressed his intention to submit.
The master-servant contract that Garl was talking about was the one that Lin Li and Connoris had signed. Although it was a binding contract, the servant still had a certain degree of freedom. For example, if Lin Li, the master, died, Garl, who was his servant, would be affected to a certain extent, but he would not die with him.
Upon hearing Garl's order, Lin Li finally stopped the Light and Darkness Sword from falling. He glanced at Connoris, and said, "Connoris, you'll be in charge of the contract."
Connoris smiled and quickly passed the contents of the contract to Garl.
Having narrowly escaped death, Garl's mind was already in a mess. Although he checked the contents of Connoris' contract, he did not have the energy to study it in depth. Hence, according to the terms of the contract provided by Connoris, Garl separated a wisp of his Soul Brand and formed an ownership contract.
However, what Garl didn't expect was that after he sent out the ownership contract, things changed. According to a normal master-servant contract, after the other party obtained the contract, they should also attach a wisp of their Soul Brand to the contract. Only then would the contract be considered complete. However, the other party did not do that. Instead, he stripped Garl's Soul Brand from the contract and imprisoned it with his mental strength. This was no longer a master-servant contract, but a true Soul Contract.
"You …" No matter how silly Garl was, he understood that he had been tricked by Connoris again. However, things could no longer be changed. No matter how dissatisfied Garl was, he had no way to vent at this time. Furthermore, with his Soul Imprint under the other party's control, he couldn't die even if he wanted to. The other party didn't even need to use the power of purification to deal with him and make him wish he was dead.
Garl was not a stubborn person to begin with, and under such circumstances, he naturally would not seek trouble for himself. He could only grit his teeth and swallow his blood.
"Don't be dissatisfied, Felic wouldn't want a useless person. He might even find you a more powerful host for you to parasitize in the future. Stepping into the Sanctuary-realm wouldn't be so far-fetched." When Connoris was in the Endless Abyss back then, he seemed to have suffered a loss at the hands of the Lord Devourer. Now that he had schemed against Garl, he actually looked extremely smug.
"Master Felic, this …" At this moment, Archbishop Martin and the others who had been waiting at the back finally couldn't help but step forward. The communication between Lin Li and the others just now, including the signing of the contract, was all through mental strength. Archbishop Martin and the others did not know what Lin Li had been doing just now, so they were rather puzzled.
"It's fine now. Sorry for the long wait, Archbishop Martin." Lin Li did not explain further, and simply dispelled the Light and Darkness Sword before turning around to return to the expedition.
Seeing this, Archbishop Martin and the others finally knew that Lin Li had clearly subdued that hideous thing. Otherwise, he wouldn't have let it go so easily. However, what use did that ugly thing have? That was not something they could imagine.
Seeing that Lin Li did not want to explain, Archbishop Martin and the others did not probe further although they were puzzled. They simply sized Garl up strangely before returning to the team with Lin Li.
Although Garl had lost his host and the power that was comparable to the Sanctuary-realm, the Heart-piercing Potion did not affect his body much, and he still had strength that was close to the peak of the Legendary-realm. Hence, when he saw Lin Li and the others heading back to the expedition, he immediately cast the Power of Flight and floated up to follow behind Lin Li.
It couldn't be helped. As a servant, one had to have the awareness of being a servant. Garl had no choice but to accept his fate now. He only hoped that his human master would really have great potential like Connoris had said, and one day, he would be able to stand at the same height as the Immortal King.
However, to everyone's surprise, after Garl followed Lin Li to the expedition, the people of the expedition did not do anything about his hideous appearance. Instead, Angelano, who was wearing a comical armor, suddenly darted over.
"Devouring Demon! How dare you appear in front of me, Angelano? I'll crush you into powder! " Angelano actually recognized Garl's identity, and looked as if he had a blood feud with him. He swung his hammer as if he was really going to smash Garl into pieces.
Although Garl was no longer the Lord Devourer, he still had strength that was close to the peak of the Legendary-realm. How could he be easily smashed by Angelano's hammer? After casting the Power of Flight, Garl's body flashed, and he dodged the hammer that was smashing towards him. He then shrieked, "I was wondering why I smelled a stench from afar. It turns out that there's still a remnant of that disgusting race here."
Although Angelano's entire body was covered in armor, Garl had clearly recognized Angelano's identity through some means. Besides, his words revealed that he seemed to have some kind of relationship with the Goblins, and that relationship was likely to be a deep feud.
Even Lin Li was a little surprised by the behavior of the two of them, let alone Archbishop Martin and the others. The civilization created by the Goblins was in the era before the appearance of the High Elves. Besides, it was very short, and there were not many historical records. The Devouring Demons were actually very mysterious in the Endless Abyss. Until now, no one knew how many Devouring Demons there were in the Endless Abyss.
Hence, no one would think that Angelano and Garl had anything to do with each other, be it from a personal or racial point of view.
"So what if you can fly? I'll let you fly!" Seeing that Garl had flown into the air, Angelano immediately raised his arm, and an Alchemy Array on the armor on his arm suddenly lit up. Immediately afterwards, a fire snake chased after Garl.
Garl, who was flying in the air, did not dodge at all. Instead, he suddenly opened his mouth and sucked in the fire snake. Just like how the Lord Devourer had devoured the Alchemy Colossuses and Abyssal Demons previously, the fire snake that Angelano had sent out was immediately sucked into Garl's mouth.
Garl deliberately burped, and said to Angelano in disdain, "Is that all you've got? That's not even enough to fill the gaps between my teeth."
"Is that so? In that case, I'll make you the first Devouring Demon to be stuffed to death!" Angelano said as he threw the hammer in his hand away. He chanted, and got ready to summon his Alchemy Colossus.
However, at this moment, Lin Li reached out and patted Angelano's head, and said, "Alright, Angelano, I don't care what problems there are between you two, but you'd better leave them for me to resolve in the future. I don't have time for you to mess around now."
"Felic, why did you take him in as your servant? The Devouring Demons are naturally sinister and cunning. They're the most shameless and indecent creatures. They don't deserve to exist in this world at all," Angelano said in displeasure, but he also stopped summoning the Alchemy Colossus.
"Is that so? How much better are you guys? If I remember correctly, I'm afraid you're the only one left of your race. Look, the facts have proven that your race doesn't deserve to exist in this world, "Garl said in a sharp voice as he flew lower.
"What about you guys? Don't tell me that you Devouring Demons have already occupied the abyss. I'm afraid you're the only disgusting guy left in the abyss now. Besides, I believe that it won't be long before you Devouring Demons are completely finished, "Angelano said as he waved his arm threateningly.
It was not a good thing for Lin Li's new and old subordinates to get into a fight. Archbishop Martin and the others were too embarrassed to continue watching. Hence, they bade farewell to Lin Li, and returned to their teams to arrange for them to rest without waiting for Lin Li's response.
Looking at the strange gazes that were constantly cast at him, Lin Li rubbed his temples helplessly, and had no choice but to first make Garl shut up through Soul Shackles, and then snatch Angelano's hammer away. Only then did the two of them finally calm down. However, he could still notice that the way Garl and Angelano were looking at each other was still filled with a strong sense of conflict, as if they were fighting with their gazes.
"What the hell is going on?" Lin Li asked Connoris helplessly as he looked at the two of them fighting each other. Among the people present, Connoris was probably the only one who knew what had happened between the Goblins and the Devouring Demons.
However, Connoris was not an omniscient and omnipotent god. He would only learn about, participate in, and remember things that interested him. After all, he had already existed for tens of millions of years. How could he possibly remember everything that had happened over the long period of time?
Hence, Connoris could only vaguely tell Lin Li that the extinction of the Goblins seemed to have something to do with the Devouring Demons, and the reason why the Devouring Demons gradually went extinct in the Abyss was said to be because the Goblins had used some means. In short, perhaps only Angelano and Garl knew the exact reason, or perhaps even they themselves were not aware of it. They only knew that there was a great hatred between them that was similar to the extinction of their race.
That matter really gave Lin Li a headache. The members of the team were not on good terms with each other, and that was a rather troublesome thing for the exploration. In particular, Angelano did not have any contract with Lin Li, and the reason he stayed in the Tower of Dusk was because Lin Li could provide him with enough materials for alchemy research. However, Lin Li was not sure if that alone would make Angelano willing to work with his enemy.
However, it was clearly not the time to solve that problem now. Lin Li had no choice but to use the Soul Contract to restrain Garl while persuading Angelano. It took him a lot of effort to get Angelano to agree to not stoop to Garl's level for the time being.
In fact, the main reason why Angelano agreed to Lin Li's request was because he had heard that Garl had signed a Soul Contract with Lin Li, and had become Lin Li's slave. Angelano's status in the Tower of Dusk was equivalent to that of a guest, and a guest of Lin Li, the President of the Tower of Dusk. In that case, Angelano's status was naturally much higher than that of Garl, who had become Lin Li's slave.
"You're just a slave, and I can't be bothered to argue with you now. I'll settle the score with you after we get out," Angelano said to Garl in disdain.
Hearing this, Garl was not annoyed, and instead yelled at Connoris, "Did you hear that, Connoris? He said that we're just slaves, and we don't deserve to talk to him at all."
Garl was originally very displeased that Connoris had lied to him, and after hearing Angelano's words, he immediately got Connoris involved.
However, as an ancient demon deity who mastered conspiracy and deception, how could Connoris not see through Garl's thoughts? Indifferently, he said, "Slave? I think you're mistaken. There's a huge difference between a servant and a slave. "
Connoris and Lin Li had signed a master-slave contract. Although there was also a restriction that prevented him from betraying Lin Li, he still had a lot of freedom. For example, if Connoris did not want to come to the Sky Castle this time, Lin Li could not really force him. If Lin Li died accidentally, Connoris' soul would be damaged, but he would not die together with Lin Li like he did when he signed the Soul Contract.
Connoris' answer unsurprisingly made Garl furious. Wasn't he the one who caused me to sign the Soul Contract!? However, Garl was well aware of his current status, and he was the kind of person who had to stand up straight even if he was beaten. Arguing with them would only be asking for trouble.
However, Garl was not without allies. After establishing a connection with Lin Li's soul, he soon sensed that both Ujfalusi and Norfeller had Lin Li's aura on them. Hence, he immediately flew to Ujfalusi and Norfeller, and began to talk to them.
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