The Devil’s Cage - Chapter 293

Chapter 293

The [Fantos Manuscript] was shining brightly .

Notifications popped up in Kieran’s vision .

[High demon has voluntarily offered to sign a contract, Cost of signing greatly reduced…]

[1,000 Points to sign a Demon Contract, Yes/No?]

"1,000 Points?"

Compared to Louver, whose cost was sky high, the demon before Kieran was much cheaper .

Kieran hesitated though .

The high demon before him was definitely a monster that exceeded third dungeon difficulty . If he could kill it, he would acquire a Rare Rank piece of equipment, or even a Legendary one .

However, Kieran decided to sign a contract with the high demon instead .

The decision was simple . Kieran was quite fond of the high demon’s illusional abilities . If he could use the demon’s power with a mere 250-Point cost, he would gladly take it .

Although the item that might fall off the high demon might also possess such an ability, that was just an assumption .

Between gambling with his luck and sacrificing something for a positive outcome, Kieran decided to go with the latter .

"Yes!"

[Initiating Demon Contract, Target is a high-tier demon, Faction unknown, High compliance, Extremely Weak Condition, Calculating 1,000 Points . . . ]

[1,000 Points paid, Contract established!]

[Acquired Demon: Bloody Mary]

[Bloody Mary: An accident in the past caused the Blood Queen Tiara to give birth to the high demon . Bloody Mary has Lifesteal, Illusional and Hand-to-Hand Combat abilities . There are two forms available when summoning it: 1 . Blood Tiara form, a fixed, unchangeable form (one of its skills will be temporarily available in the summoner’s skill slot); 2 . Human Disguise form, able to summon at any time (Bloody Mary will have access to all its skills) . ]

[Note 1: Each summoning will cost 250 Points, no matter if the summoner needs to complete one mission or use the demon for 10 minutes . ]

[Note 2: Bloody Mary is Heavily Wounded, Unable to summon for 60 days, 0/60]

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"An accident in the past caused the Blood Queen Tiara to give birth to the high demon?"

After going through the description of Bloody Mary, a horrible feeling bloomed in Kieran’s heart .

Every creature had a reason for being born .

When a human was pregnant with a child, the mother’s appetite would increase as well .

Demons that were tethered to items suffered even harsher birth conditions . Not only did they require a sufficient amount of negative emotions, but the item itself had to be unique and a huge amount of energy was needed as well .

Which part of the Sunshine Mary would have the highest energy surge?

The auction room of those rare, priceless treasures .

Kieran rushed down the stairs and headed straight for the auction table .

The rooms on either side, the corridor he was sprinting through, and the table before his eyes were all so familiar .

"The illusions from before were all real?"

Kieran was shocked . He would never have thought that the illusions Bloody Mary had made him see had some truth to them .

Kieran unconsciously looked behind the curtain by the auction table .

If part of the illusion was real, then all the auction items and the beautiful lady in the cage would be behind the curtain .

When Kieran thought of the lady with the beauty of a crescent moon, his breathing became slow .

After a slight pause, he jumped up on the auction table and dragged open the curtains .

The curtains revealed a huge magic circle .

A magic circle formed by hundreds of piled-up bones . Its shape was like a flat whirlpool with the skulls at its center . The vertebral columns, ribs, humerus and femur bones were laid down like waves of ripples spreading out . On top of the skulls were the palms and the feet .

The feet bones were facing down and the palms up, forming a big strange bowl . On top of the bowl were a few rotten items .

After a quick glance over the items, Kieran knew that those were the items auctioned in the Sunshine Mary .

He unconsciously touched his chest, feeling a small heartache .

It was like a dozen of Legendary Rank items and pieces of equipment were waving goodbye at him . Kieran’s body shivered uncontrollably .

He calmed himself down after 10 seconds .

Then he rushed up to the no longer functional magic circle and searched the rotten items, hoping to find some salvageable valuables .

The outcome was disappointing . None of the items had any value anymore .

Kieran sighed and walked away .

He wanted to know whether the beautiful lady really existed or not .

He saw the cage where she had been locked in the past . However, inside the cell was only a skeleton .

It was not that different from the skeletons used in the magic circle . The only difference was that the lady’s skeleton was intact, while the others had been torn apart .

As he looked at the skeleton before his eyes, Kieran could not connect it to the beautiful lady in his memory . Judging by the outfit the skeleton was wearing though, it had to belong to her .

"Beauty will eventually fade off in the face of death . . . " Kieran muttered as he turned around .

He searched around the auction room, but made no further discoveries and went back up to the deck .

He had a general idea of what had really happened to the Sunshine Mary .

The Sunshine Mary had disguised itself as a luxurious ferry that transferred wealthy passengers from the West to the East and back, but it was in fact an auction venue that travelled by sea .

Not only did it auction off rare priceless treasures, but it also provided prostitution services . That particular service attracted more and more wealthy people, and more treasures were brought to the auction table as a result .

As more and more treasures gathered at one spot, this eventually attracted the attention of a mystical individual that was after both treasures and wealthy passengers .

Kieran even speculated that the mystical individual had been hired as a prostitute .

This was not a hard feat considering the Sunshine Mary’s wealth . However, the mystical individual had wanted more than money from the job .

Given the circumstances, no matter what she had wanted to achieve, it would have been all too easy for her . And yet, she had still failed in the end .

The accident had given birth to the high demon and sped up the hatching of an inferior Hell Fiend Spider .

The most important point was that this accident had caused the Sunshine Mary to disappear .

Otherwise, considering the connections of all the wealthy passengers and the mystical individual on board, the crew would not have given up just like that .

The mystics also had their own organization . The man who had raised the demons was the best example of that . His death had produced the [Fantos Manuscript] .

The mystical individual on board, who had wanted to achieve her goal, must have sent the [Fantos Manuscript] and some other items away before the accident had occurred .

She had tried to ask for help .

"She still was not able to prevent her demise though!"

Kieran took a deep breath as he reached the deck again .

A notification was blinking in his vision .

[Sub Mission: Ghost Ferry (Completed)]

[You solved the mystery of the Sunshine Mary, Dungeon rating increased significantly!]

The notifications were expected, but what came right after made Kieran frown hard .