The Witch Hunter System
chapter-872

Nevertheless, while Vaan was in deep thought, Hecate gave him a strict reminder.

"Although I shouldn't need to tell you this, I feel like I should still make it clear. If Goddess Thyia's inheritance is truly hidden in this secret realm, you must ensure this information never spreads, Sir Vaan," Hecate solemnly stated.

"That is for sure," Vaan calmly acknowledged in understanding.

For Hecate to say such words, he could also ascertain that she wouldn't do such a foolish thing either.

After all, it was from her that he learned Goddess Thyia had raised a number of True Divinities with her True God Sermons during her years of travel around the Eternal Darkheaven Sector. Even if the number of beings who benefited from her was but a drop of water in the vast ocean, the number of beings who respected her was still frightening to consider.

As such, if word of her inheritance were ever spread outside, the interested parties wouldn't just be the Great Devils of Gehenna or the Divine Beings of the entire Skymagia Star Kingdom. It would involve all ambitious and capable Divine Beings throughout the entire Eternal Darkheaven Sector, especially those who cultivate her related laws.

Should that happen, Gehenna would be caught in the heart of the storm.

The intense competition over Goddess Thyia's inheritance would turn into a bloodbath, and the destruction from the divine battles would lay waste to Gehenna. Even Pangea wouldn't be able to escape the implications.

"Are you confident in overcoming the inheritance trial, Sir Vaan?" Hecate shortly asked, solemnly adding a word of warning, "If you aren't confident, it's best not to risk it. Those Death Eaters aren't your average foes."

"Those Death Eaters certainly drain any confidence or courage out of a person," Vaan nodded with acknowledgment before saying, "However, would you believe me if I told you that Goddess Thyia's inheritance trial might be designed for me to succeed, Lady Hecate?"

"Those words are certainly arrogant and hard to believe," Hecate calmly acknowledged before saying, "However, since it is you who said it, I'll have to believe it."

"Even a Great Devil like Abaddon couldn't do anything to you and was even felled by your hands. You overcame what should have been considered a great disaster to most people and achieved the impossible."

"Goddess Thyia's inheritance might be heaven's way of rewarding you for overcoming its tribulation," Hecate guessed.

It was also for this reason that she didn't have the slightest interest in Goddess Thyia's inheritance despite learning about it.

Although Goddess Thyia's laws of life and death were suitable for supplementing her existing laws and raising her strength by a significant degree, Goddess Thyia's inheritance wasn't meant for her.

To forcefully take what didn't belong to her was the surest way to invite calamity upon herself.

"Since you have put it that, I feel a little more assured," Vaan casually said before mentioning, "However, it's still uncertain how long it will take once I challenge Goddess Thyia's inheritance trial."

"In that case, we should perform the contract ceremony beforehand," Hecate suggested before commenting with amusement, "It would be unfortunate if we missed the deadline to comfort the other Great Devils' weak hearts."

"Haha, it would indeed be unfortunate," Vaan softly chuckled.

Neither of them seemed to put the other Great Devils in their eyes. Their aspirations, potentials, and destinies were far beyond them.

The Great Devils were only mediocre beings within the vast and boundless Chaos.

...

Shortly after, Vaan and Hecate relocated to Pangea to find an ordinary spot for the contract ceremony. They settled for an open space near the black pillar and crimson zone in the Great Ratholos Empire.

Upon their arrival, Hecate quickly began drawing the magic circle for Vaan's contract with Gehenna. At the same time, Vaan also prepared the recording-type magic tools as proof for Hecate to deliver to the Great Devils afterward.

Of course, it did take much effort and time since the magic tools were readily available from the last war with the Holy Knight Empire.

As such, Vaan took the spare time to study Hecate's increasingly complex magic circle as layers upon layers of runes and minor circles were added. He could tell that each set of runes confined within a minor circle was related to a single clause or condition of the contract.

It was self-evident when the complex series of runes transformed into recognizable characters of the common language upon completion.

Thanks to his learning of the runic language back in the Red Dragon Clan, he was able to understand the information contained within the formation of runes. Even so, its increasing complexity made it more difficult.

It became clear that his present understanding of the runic language was inferior to Hecate's.

As such, Vaan understood the need and importance of increasing his understanding of the runic language.

After all, the runic language was universally applicable to all aspects of the world. It was like the coding to create any program, except it had the power and potential to act on the world and transform it in ways unimaginable to the uncreative mind.

It would be foolish not to master this universally useful knowledge, which could be applied anywhere that wasn't purposely restricted in its usage.

...

When Hecate finished drawing the highly complex magic circle for the contract, Vaan finally saw the depth of her runic understanding and came to a realization.

Although the contract magic was designed to bind him under oath, it was also only a link to an already existing contract between the Great Devils of Gehenna. Specified clauses and conditions within the existing contract were already set for him.

Hecate's only responsibility was to add his name to the existing contract and receive his voice of agreement for the additional binding to be effective.

Since the Great Devils had already preset the contract, it was easy for Hecate to include additional parties in its binding but extremely difficult to rewrite its existing clauses and conditions.

This was the biggest reason why the Great Devils could entrust the task to Hecate. They believed their contract was foolproofed.

However, having personally witnessed Hecate rewrite a single clause in favor of him as per their arrangement with minimal effort, Vaan understood that the Great Devils had clearly underestimated Hecate's runic capabilities.

She wasn't the Great Devil of Illusion, Sorcery, Witchcraft, Moon, Night, and Light for

nothing.

Her understanding of magic and runes were leagues above others in these aspects.

"It's done. I've made the contract ceremony as simple as possible for you, Sir Vaan. You need

to step into the magic circle with me and say, 'I accept.' You don't need to read out the entire

contract."

"Thank you, Lady Hecate."

Once Vaan followed Hecate's instructions accordingly under the recording of the white crystal-looking magic tool, the entire magic circle disintegrated into countless light particles

before flowing into his mind.

At first, he felt a slight discomfort, as if shackles had been placed on his soul. However, the feeling quickly disappeared.

In its place, a miniature magic circle of the contract could be found orbiting around his soul core. He only needed to focus his consciousness on it to review the content in its entirety.

Vaan figured the Great Devils also had the same contract magic circle within their sea of consciousness. He didn't doubt some of them, if not all, would be outraged once they

reviewed the changes.

That said, the complicated contract was supposed to have powerful binding powers on him. However, it looked so pitifully small and feeble before his soul core.

A single thought was all he needed to erase its existence-should he choose to do it.