Soul Contract

Chapter 76 Soul Contract

I've been to the ant nest several times before, so I'm quite familiar with the place.

The queen ant's telepathy is quite amazing. Within the ant nest, she can send messages and issue commands to the tribe through the antennae of all the gold-eating ants.

It's like a huge network, and it's the host.

The worker ants seem to lack intelligence, working tirelessly and without complaint to mine minerals.

Deep inside the nest, Alphonse saw the queen ant again.

Its reaction, however, was quite unexpected for Alphonse.

The queen ant stared intently at the Holy Snow Crystal held by the shadow soldier, drool dripping from her enormous mouthparts.

Its tentacles continued to twitch, conveying to Alphonse the message, "I want to eat!" "Give me some!"

I knew that the gold-eating ants liked to eat minerals, but I didn't expect them to be so greedy for the Holy Snow Crystal.

"This isn't for you to eat." Alphonse led a group of Shadow Soldiers forward, beckoning them, "Keep your heads down."

The queen ant slowly lowered her upper body, placing her enormous head in front of Alphonse, her saliva still dripping onto the ground.

After absorbing five clusters of holy snow crystals, Alphonse took out the Summoner's Notebook from his pocket, placed one hand on the queen ant's large head, and began to recite the incantation.

It's possible to absorb more, but considering the chance of failure, Alphonse only intends to give it a try first.

Magic surged forth, and a magic circle composed of white light appeared in the void.

It looked like many spheres of different sizes were connected together, with a six-pointed star mark among them, and strange characters swirling and floating around.

Without feeling any resistance, the magic circle merged into the queen ant's head.

In an instant, Alphonse felt a close connection with the queen ant, as if he could communicate with her at any time.

Is that all?

Alphonse was somewhat surprised, as he hadn't even used up all the magic he had absorbed.

Thinking about it carefully, it doesn't seem strange. The queen ant was already bewitched by the soul-capturing technique and was completely submissive to her, so she wouldn't put up any resistance.

Later on, the method of returning the enslaved monsters to the summoning space will no longer be needed.

The queen ant herself is not very strong, and her only attack method is mental attack.

Moreover, it cannot move on its own, so using it as a summoned beast would make it a sitting duck. It's also too troublesome to contract all the Gold-Eating Ants, and it's not cost-effective.

It would be better to leave the queen ant in the nest and let her breed more gold-eating ants.

Gold-eating ants are excellent miners.

The queen ant's antennae twitched rapidly, and the thoughts she conveyed became clearer.

"I want to eat it!" "Give it to me!" "Please!"

After a moment's thought, Alphonse realized that any unused Holy Snow Crystals could be sold.

After Coldwind Territory acquired a large sum of money through territorial wars, it was no longer short of funds. The queen ant made her subordinates work hard without complaint, so it was only right to give them some benefits.

After all, it's my own summoned beast.

He immediately issued a mental command, instructing the Shadow Soldiers to deliver the Holy Snow Crystals they were holding.

*Crack! Crack!*

The queen ant continuously fed clusters of sacred snow crystals into her mouth, as if she were eating snacks.

A cartload of Holy Snow Crystals looked like a lot, but compared to the Queen Ant's enormous size, it was nothing.

Before long, the queen ant had devoured all the sacred snow crystals.

The queen ant shook her enormous head, and her antennae trembled again.

Alphonse received another message from the Queen Ant.

"Is that all?" "Delicious!" "I want more!"

After all, magical beasts are not wild animals; their intelligence is only slightly lower than that of humans, and some powerful magical beasts are even incredibly cunning.

The queen ant seems to be quite intelligent.

They can understand the meaning of words through telepathy.

Alphonse clutched the Summoner's Notebook, shrugged helplessly, "That's all. I'll figure out how to buy you some later."

After consuming two thousand gold coins' worth of Holy Snow Crystals, the Queen Ant showed no remarkable changes. Buying more to feed her would be a waste.

I thought it might evolve a little.

The queen ant shook her head again, her huge compound eyes fixed on the summoner's notebook in Alphonse's hand.

The thought entered Alphonse's mind again.

"Yes?" "A way to practice magic?" "Teach me?" "Sure?"

It had just seen its master reciting incantations according to the notes in this notebook.

Alphonse was speechless, never expecting the queen ant to make such a request.

With so many demands, are you the master or am I the master?

The Summoner's Notes does contain meditation techniques, but those are methods of human cultivation.

Would it be useful for Warcraft?

In my previous life, I did obtain the extraordinary horse-taming technique of "man and horse as one" from the Blood River Sect.

But horses are not human beings after all, and one can only infuse them with true energy to keep them energetic, so that they can travel a thousand miles a day without getting tired, and also increase their riding speed.

It's impossible to let them cultivate on their own.

This requires a precise understanding of the horse's meridians and its tolerance, as well as the ability to subtly control the vital energy, allowing them to utilize the power of the vital energy without harming their bodies.

His internal energy cultivation was still shallow, and he couldn't control it to the slightest degree, so Alphonse had never used it.

Monsters are stronger and more intelligent than ordinary animals, so perhaps teaching the queen ant the meditation method would have unexpected results?

Give it a try.

Alphonse was not worried at all about the queen ant's betrayal. He had made a soul contract with her. According to the notes, this contract would be engraved deep in the soul of the magical beast, and it could not get rid of it and could only obey its commands.

The queen ant was illiterate, so Alphonse could only read to her.

According to the meditation method recorded in the notes, one should use a special breathing frequency to enter a state of selflessness and focus on inner perception. When starting out, one can try to visualize inner scenes, such as a garden, a flowing stream, or a starry night.

This visualization process helps practitioners isolate themselves from the external world and focus their attention on the inner world.

In a meditative state, practitioners with magical talent can try to find and sense the magical energy hidden within their bodies.

It may manifest as a subtle tremor, a feeling of warmth, or some form of radiance.

Cultivators need to concentrate and enhance this energy through focus and perception, and further, they need to communicate with the magical elements in the outside world through meditation.

The method of changing breathing frequency, although somewhat similar to the breathing techniques of internal martial arts, was completely useless for Alphonse himself.

Without magical talent, it's impossible to condense magical power.

After reading the meditation method, the queen ant simply twitched her antennae slightly, seemingly deep in thought.

I don't know if it understood or not.

Alphonse tried asking, but the queen ant only replied with a thought, "Focus?" "Meditation?" "Radiance?"

It seemed as if it was caught in a dilemma.

Alphonse could only try to explain the meaning of these three words to it.

But it didn't seem to need that. Like a puppet, it froze there, with only its tentacles trembling slightly.

(End of this chapter)