The Devil’s Cage - Chapter 290

Chapter 290

The [Fantos Manuscript] was undoubtedly very powerful .

However, such power came with a huge downside . Its cost was just too high!

Signing a contract with a demon required Points, Skill Points, Golden Skill Points, or Golden Attribute Points . The same went for summoning the contracted demon . Although summoning the demon would only require 1/4 of the contract cost, it was still a heavy burden for any player .

Another important factor was that demons were easily restrained by holy water and similar items with holy attributes . Such items were not just damaging, but also lethal to demons .

If [Holy Water VIII] was like acid splashed onto a demon, what about higher-quality holy water? Perhaps one tube of high-quality holy water would be enough to vanquish any demon .

Based on Kieran's predictions, even if a higher-tier demon was facing off against the best quality holy water, they wouldn't last long . It was a matter of time before they would be turned into ashes .

Any qualified veteran player would always carry such items on them .

As for facing natives, if Kieran was able to deal with them by himself, he wouldn't need the help of a demon . If he could not deal with someone, then a demon would also be of little help .

Even though the [Fantos Manuscript] had a lot of weaknesses, Kieran kept it anyway .

He knew perfectly well that no one could guarantee what he would come across in the future . More methods to defend himself meant more insurance .

Plus, that particular method was very powerful from a certain perspective, so Kieran would never give it up . He didn't even mind testing out the cost of signing a contract with a demon .

According to the description, different demons would have different costs .

Kieran glanced over the demon vessels bowing before him . He believed those demons were the more affordable kind .

However, when that strange growling sound was heard again, the whole ferry started to tremble .

A crack formed on the remaining wall of the captain's cabin, revealing a hidden stairway leading down to the lower deck .

"Come! Come forth!"

A slightly old voice, that Kieran was unable to tell whether it was a man's or a woman's, was heard from beneath the stairs . It lingered in Kieran's ears .

He did not feel anything when he heard it, but the demon vessels around him started to become frenzied .

Some of them lost it completely and started knocking their heads hard against the floor, crashing their skulls and spilling their brains all over the deck . Some of them were twitching non-stop, biting the main arteries on their wrists and letting their blood gush out like a fountain .

Other than the word 'frenzy', Kieran could not think of any other suitable word to describe their actions .

"What the…"

Kieran scanned his battlelog, but saw nothing unusual . However, the scene before him was telling him that something must have happened . Something that he could not understand .

"Is this something only effective against demons?" Kieran guessed .

However, Louver made Kieran question his theory . Louver was one of the vessels of the raised demons, yet he was not acting like the others .

"Maybe Louver is one of a kind?"

As soon as that thought bloomed in Kieran's mind, he unconsciously used [Demon Contract] on Louver .

The notification that followed shocked Kieran .

[Demon Contract used, Demon is Special, Faction unknown, Attitude friendly, Condition great, Calculating cost…]

[Cost Required: 2 Golden Attribute Points]

[Insufficient Golden Attribute Points!]

[Contract Unable to be completed!]

"Two Golden Attribute Points?"

When Kieran saw the required cost, he felt like his own flesh was being cut out .

Although he had expected that the required cost would not be a small amount, when he saw it with his own eyes, his jaw dropped .

"Is it because he is Special?"

Kieran unconsciously glanced at Louver .

Louver was dull and lifeless, allowing Kieran to inspect him all he wanted . He did not reply or avoid Kieran's gaze . If it wasn't for the long sword in his hand and his killing aura, one might have thought that he'd had a mental breakdown .

"Come! Come forth!"

The unisex voice that sounded slightly old came from a pitch black hole beneath the stairs once more .

The darkness around the hole was obviously of a supernatural origin . Despite his exceptional sight, Kieran could not see what was inside . His [Tracking] was also activated, but all Kieran could see was a blur . He could barely make out some shadows and shapes inside . That was the best he could do .

Other than Louver, all the other demon vessels had died when that voice had been heard . Their blood had flowed out of their bodies and turned into a small stream on the uneven deck . The blood stream slowly flowed into the black hole .

Suddenly, Kieran heard some sucking sounds from the inside of the hole . It sounded like something was sucking at an almost empty can of juice using a straw . Kieran frowned . His mind had already painted a picture of a vicious monster drinking the fresh blood of a victim .

What came to him right after that image was the auction list, or more precisely, the other items that shared the same value as the [Fantos Manuscript] and the Hell Spider Egg .

After glancing over the stairs, Kieran was certain it was those hidden stairs that led to the auction room .

All the valuable auction items were beyond those stairs, but so was that unknown powerful monster .

"So that's the secret of the Sunshine Mary?" Kieran thought .

His eyes were locked on the description of [Ghost Ferry] . "If you are able to solve the mystery of the Sunshine Mary, your dungeon rating will be boosted significantly . "

The description had made Kieran try his best to solve the mystery . He needed the valuables inside the auction room really bad .

Any one of them was worthy of Kieran's full effort .

Kieran took out a [U-II] grenade, ready to test the waters .

Damaging the valuables inside the hole was preferable to Kieran losing his own life . Even though he was a stingy person, he valued his life more than the valuable items inside .

Two seconds after the pin was pulled, Kieran hurled it inside the hole . Nothing happened though .

No explosion, no clunking noise as the grenade fell down the stairs . It was as if the grenade had been swallowed into a void .

Kieran frowned again . He picked up some pieces of wood and hurled them inside, but he got the same results as with the grenade .

"Kicking up a cloud of mist, huh?"

Kieran believed that the grenade and the pieces of wood had not vanished into the void . They had just been shrouded by the darkness .

He'd had some similar equipment before, that could block light and sound, the [Pitch Black Ring], so he was no stranger to that effect .

Suddenly, Kieran changed his plans . He did not have an effective way to repel the kind of darkness that could block light and sound, but he had a viable solution to lure the monster out and force it to a fair fighting place .

Kieran wielded [Arrogant Word] around and chopped off the blood stream flowing inside the hole . All the directions of the blood stream were intercepted one by one .

The sucking sound he had heard before proved that the blood was a crucial element for the monster .

The outcome was exactly as Kieran had expected .

After a few seconds, a human figure slowly emerged from the darkness and walked up the stairs .

When Kieran got a clear look at the figure's face, he drew in a cold breath .

"How is this possible?" he cried out in alarm in his mind .