The telephone poles on the side of the street cast an unreal shadow on the wall of the alley in the blurry sunset, pointing diagonally towards the crossroads not far away.

This is a residential area in the main world. It has a Japanese modern style. It is not difficult to tell from the fact that there are very few motor vehicles on the road. This is not a big city, but small cities also have the advantages of small cities. There is no atmosphere of urgency. It seems that even time has changed. It's so long that people can't help but relax their guard, like soaking in a hot spring.

There was a sound of frolics at the intersection accompanied by the sound of bicycle bells. Li Kai, who was leaning on a telephone pole to smoke, looked casually at the teenagers in student uniforms pedaling furiously as if in a competition. His eyes couldn't help but There is a little blur of recollection.

He only wandered for a moment, then opened his eyes and looked towards the gentle slope from the intersection. In the last glow of the falling sun, a person was walking slowly on the orange light spots shaking on the ground.

"Waiting for me?" The man was as tall and thin as a cypress. Because of his height, he was used to looking down at people, but his temperament did not appear arrogant at all, and he even sounded joking when he spoke.

Li Kai did not respond to the joke. Instead, he squinted at the other party with a cautious look, pondered for a moment, and asked: "I broke the appointment. According to your rules, will there be dungeon characters coming to trouble me next?"

For uninformed people, they will definitely feel confused when they suddenly hear such words, but for those who are in the know, they will definitely be on alert immediately, because the other person does not live in the main world. Dungeon characters are not players, but a special type of existence manifested by the "Metaverse" system. Most of them are active in the main world in different identities.

The gentleman-like man in front of him is what players call a contract demon. Players can summon him in the main world with his exclusive sacrificial ritual, pay first, and then ask for cooperation in doing things, but only for cooperation in actions. It involves exploring dungeons, protecting, fighting, etc., and as long as it complies with his rules, it can be done.

So if the contract fails in the end, it must be the player's problem.

Li Kai summoned the opponent before downloading the dungeon of "Initial D" and asked the other party to open the dungeon with the dungeon token that was accidentally cut off and provoked a hunt, and then invited him to use "Initial D" as a springboard to enter the dungeon. This is no problem for the special existence of the Contract Demon.

And because he is the real owner of that dungeon token, as long as he enters that dungeon as agreed, there will be no time limit like entering the "Your Name" dungeon. Instead, there is a third time limit on top of that. A copy serves as a retreat, and there is no restriction on exiting after seven days. As long as you want to exit, it only takes a moment.

This method is undoubtedly the strongest operation to save life in a highly dangerous dungeon, but only he can explore and put it into practice, because not only does it consume a lot of money, but it is also generally inconsistent with the benefits. After all, for the players Generally speaking, dying in the "Metaverse" is not a big deal. You will just be forced to log out and return to the real world. You can still log in again after the ban time limit has passed.

But if the final income is not as expected, the price will be at least two dungeon tokens. Compared with this, the reward for summoning the contract demon is insignificant.

Because of this, this life-saving method may have been explored by some players a long time ago, but there are very few who actually do it. I am afraid that only he who has a secret will do this.

But he also needs to consider the issues of costs and benefits, so when he obtained the basis: Weathering Child in the copy of "Your Name", his sense of crisis has been greatly reduced, and naturally he is no longer willing to take risks. This risk refers to a

On the one hand, it is the risk of life that you have to bear when entering that dungeon, and on the other hand, it is the risk of wasting precious dungeon tokens, so no matter how you consider it, it is better to wait until you have enough strength.

And because what the contract demon needs to do is very simple and easy, Li Kai pays very little in compensation. Correspondingly, if he breaks the contract, although the reward he has paid will never be returned, due to the nature of the contract demon belonging to the system, the copy token

On the contrary, it can be retained, and the punishment for breaking the contract is equivalent to the difficulty of what the contract devil is asked to do.

So Li Kai made the decision easily.

Now, the contract devil is coming to your door.

Hearing Li Kai's questioning words, the smile on the Contract Demon's face gradually faded. He raised his hand and threw it, and a golden replica token that looked like a token or some kind of symbol appeared out of thin air and flew out in an arc.

Li Kai raised his hand to catch the copy of the token, glanced at it and put it away in the storage column. Just as he was about to say something more, the gentleman-like devil raised his index finger and interrupted what he wanted to say, narrowing his deep eyes slightly.

A little scarlet showed through, and he said in a deep voice: "There is no need to waste your words on me. I am a tool of the system, and I cannot be accommodating no matter what. Besides, since you have made a breach of contract, you must have done it."

Mentally prepare yourself for punishment, right?"

Li Kai remained silent, as if his thoughts were exposed.

The Contract Demon continued with an indifferent expression: "Because this is your first breach of contract, you may not know much about punishment, so I will explain it to you here."

Listening to the other party's tone, which was like a notice, Li Kai subconsciously became serious, even though he had already collected the corresponding information when he heard about the other party's existence.

"The scale of punishment caused by breach of contract is the difficulty of the agreed matter. From high to low, it can be divided into five levels: extremely difficult, difficult, ordinary, easy, and extremely easy. Corresponding to the five levels of punishment, what you asked me to do should have been

The fifth level, but because you took advantage of my characteristics and illegally used the copy token, the penalty level is increased by one, which is the fourth level."

The Contract Demon spoke in an indifferent tone. In this state, he had an indescribable calmness. Li Kai felt that the air was oppressive and heavy, and he couldn't help but breathe heavily.

But then he was awakened by what the contract demon said, and he couldn't help frowning, and thought to himself: There really are not so many loopholes to exploit here. Even if he can succeed for a while, he will definitely catch up in other ways in the future.

Of course, he knows very well that the "Metaverse" is not without loopholes to exploit. For example, the operation of straddling two copies to protect itself is within the tacit approval of the "Metaverse", and the reason why this time

The penalty level is increased by one because he used the contract demon, a tool man belonging to the system.
Chapter completed!