End of the Magic Era

The girl tossed the quills that she was holding, and rolled the scroll in front of her before she stuffed both into a metal box. Then, she looked down at Lin Yun with a strange smile.

"So, expert from the main plane, let's begin our transaction."

After saying that, the girl threw the light crystal plate to Lin Yun. She then took out a new scroll, and quickly wrote on it with a quill in each hand.

A few minutes later, the girl threw the scroll out. It was a dozen meters long and full of bloody words that were written in the soul language of the Plane of the Undead, which could only be construed by soul power, and was known as the most flawless language. Even soulless creatures could sign contracts in such a language.

The cost to violate such contracts would be one's life and will or the feeling of existence. It could simply erase all traces that proved a creature's existence. Even the lifeless undead creatures and the soulless vampire ancestors could be bound by such contracts.

"Sir, would you like to take a look at the contract? We can talk about the plane later."

Lin Yun's eyes glittered. Weird brilliance surfaced in his pupils as he scanned the scroll.

"Lilith, you might have forgotten, but I offered the coordinates of the bone plane for the deal, not the plane itself. I'm not obliged to personally take you to the plane. That must be clarified in the contract.

"Also, I'm Merlin. You may call me Merlin."

With a smile, Lilith changed the contract without wasting any time.

"Alright, Merlin. You're right. It's better to clarify the contract. Now, according to the contract, you should submit your coordinates."

While Lilith talked, a thick tentacle suddenly extended out of the counter, and fetched a black stone box from one of the cabinets in the edge.

After opening the box, Lilith was suddenly stunned.

"Merlin, hold on a second. Those stupid undead creatures messed up the goods again. I need to find it."

Another five tentacles extended from the back of the counter. They seemed to be infinitely long. All the six tentacles searched the cabinets, moving the stone boxes here and there.

Watching the scene, Lin Yun narrowed his eyes.

He suddenly thought of a natural-born extraordinary creature known as the Devil's Secretary. They had the upper bodies of human girls and the lower bodies of octopus tentacles, which could infinitely regrow and extend as long as they had power. They had special abilities too.

When they wrote anything down, it would be 100% authentic. When anyone else read it, they wouldn't be tricked or fooled at all. Even an ordinary person wouldn't be tricked when they read anything written by a Devil's Secretary.

Even an extraordinary creature couldn't trick an ordinary person into seeing something different.

The sordid and suspicious devils only trusted such creatures when they needed to sign contracts. Only the contracts that such creatures wrote could be trusted by two devils at the same time.

That was why they were known as the Devil's Secretaries.

Many things in the library of Heiss City were written by a Devil's Secretary. They were the most knowledgeable beings. It was said that the library of Constance, the Lord of Wisdom, was managed by a Devil's Secretary too.

Because the contract was written by a Devil's Secretary, Lin Yun gave up the plan of summoning Lord Shawn, and asking him to check it. The blood was a mixture of ordinary living creatures, dead creatures, and undead creatures. There couldn't be anything wrong.

While Lin Yun searched his memory, one of the tentacles dragged an ancient book that was more than a meter long to Lin Yun.

Two simple yet strange symbols were engraved on the cover of the book. The moment he saw the symbols, Lin Yun realized what they meant.

"The Forgotten Book! The Secretary's Forgotten Book!"

Lin Yun looked at the book in amazement. After it was opened, he saw that each page of the book was full. However, the content was clearly not written by one person.

Some of the content was written in the soul language, some was in the undead language, and some was even in the Nesser language…

All sorts of languages could be found in the book. There were secrets, special curses, and even the locations of some treasure troves in the book…

But most of the content in the book was language. A lot of ancient wisdom and special curses were written in the book. There was even a way to kill a devil overlord…

However, while he understood them perfectly when he read them, he found that he didn't remember anything at all except that he had just seen something incredible after she turned the page.

Still, Lin Yun was pretty certain that he didn't see anything about the truth of Noscent's destruction.

Unfortunately, after he read a couple of pages, the Forgotten Book was turned to a new page.

"Merlin, according to our contract, please write the coordinates of your plane in the book and complete our deal. We will give it to someone who needs it."

Lin Yun smiled, and wrote down the coordinates of the bone plane in the Nesser language with a quill.

After he wrote down the coordinates, he felt that he forgot something. He glanced at the Forgotten Book, and knew that he had forgotten the coordinates. Or rather, the coordinates could only be seen in the Forgotten Book now.

Nobody would know the coordinates until they paid something to get them out of the Forgotten Book.

"Alright, Merlin. The deal has been completed. Are you interested in another deal? Since you know the Forgotten Book, you should know that there are a lot of secrets in the book that nobody else possibly knows.

"For a half, wait, one-third of your soul power, you'll be allowed to read anything in the Forgotten Book. You may choose any entry that you need, and you only need to pay one-third of your soul power.

"By paying one-third of your soul power, you'll be able to learn any secret you want to know."

With a smile, Lin Yun closed the Forgotten Book, and slowly shook his head.

"Although I don't remember what I read, there wasn't anything I need. The secrets in the book are useless to me.

"However, there's indeed another deal that we may be able to make. I need the rest of this plate, and in exchange for that, I can establish a Planar Path to that plane."

Hardly had Lin Yun said that when the air became suffocating. Lilith turned cold, and dozens of her tentacles appeared around Lin Yun. One of the tentacles even turned into a sharp sting that aimed at Lin Yun's head.

"Merlin, even the cunning devils don't dare to trick me when it comes to contracts!"

Lin Yun pushed away the tentacle unconcernedly.

"Alright, Lilith, stop doing this. The contract has been signed, and the deal has been completed. We cannot go back on it. You should know the consequences of violating the contract better than I do."

Lilith's expression was quite awful. Because of the clarification that Lin Yun added to the contract, the deal was entirely different.

"Lilith, as I said in the very beginning, what I offered were just the coordinates of the bone plane, and what I got was an unimportant part of the broken crystal plate that had few words.

"It is not nearly as valuable a complete new, undeveloped bone plane. You must know that very well.

"The broken piece for a pair of coordinates is a fair deal. Whoever successfully builds a Planar Path with the coordinates will get a completely new bone plane and make a fortune. Considering that possibility, I'll suffer a loss from the deal."

Lilith slowly withdrew her tentacles, and nodded solemnly.

"You're right. That deal was indeed not fair. We've completed that deal. So, let's begin our next deal."

As she talked, Lilith began to write the contract. The scroll this time was more than 20 meters long. Lin Yun read the contract carefully, and didn't find many things that he needed to change.

"This part needs to be changed. The deal won't involve the way I build the Planar Path or anything else that I know. After I construct the Planar Path, I may forget the location of the Planar Path so that you can sell it out.

"This part needs changing too. I won't start constructing the Planar Path until I get all the parts of the plate. Set the time limit to 10 years in Noscent time. Most of the materials that I need aren't available in the Plane of the Undead. I need time to collect them."

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"Alright, the party who violates the contract will lose everything…"

A new contract was signed. The contract scroll turned into two streaks of light that darted into Lin Yun and Lilith.

"Lilith, I have to say that it was very pleasant doing business with you."

Lin Yun put on a smile. He was very satisfied with the deal. The crystal plate he got was from the right half of the whole plate, and took up one-fourth by his estimation. There were a few words on it. After deciphering them, Lin Yun confirmed what it was.

It was the legendary Quotation of Light, which was said to be written down by the first creature who was born in the light after the world was created. It was the best explanation on the law of light. It could even be considered as the law of light itself.

It contained a lot of secrets of the world, and was one of the components that he had never got for the Book of Death!

He would certainly pay anything for this. In Noscent, it would've definitely been impossible to exchange for that with a bone plane.

The rabid dogs of the Holy Light Alliance would fight for it at all costs. The ascetic founder of the Holy Light Alliance, who didn't care when the Holy Light Alliance was about to be destroyed, would certainly postpone his meditation and join the competition…

However, in the Plane of the Undead…

Even if anyone noticed that the plate wasn't simple, they would only call it a crystal plate that contained the power of flying monkeys.

The angels under the command of the Lord of Holy Light had fought the undead creatures of the Plane of the Undead more than once. Many experts of the Plane of the Undead were summoned to Noscent for war. Naturally, they knew how disgusting the energy creatures that flapped their wings were. The power of light was just the power of flying monkeys in the Plane of the Undead…

Nobody wanted that in the Plane of the Undead.

It was truly a bargain to pay a worthless plane for the Quotation of Light. It was even more perfect that the Forgotten Book was used. Lin Yun didn't remember the coordinates of the plane, and would forget the construction of Planar Path. His memory would be cut off by the Forgotten Book.

Even if the bones in the plane were dug out and the dragons wanted revenge, they wouldn't be able to find Lin Yun at all. Nobody would find any link between Lin Yun and that matter.

This deal was truly satisfactory…

Looking at Lin Yun, who was smiling, Lilith lifted her monocle, and put on a brilliant smile.

"Merlin, I think you would love to make another deal to ensure the completion of the contracts.

"To ensure that our deals can be carried out, or rather, that you can live long enough to fulfill them, let's make another deal. Tell me what you want to offer."

After Lilith said that, Lin Yun's expression changed.

Since Lilith had already warned him, it couldn't be her or the owner of the auction who wanted to hurt him.

He hadn't been in the Plane of the Undead for long. Very few people could've noticed him.

Who could be a fatal threat to him? The undead dragon? Unlikely. Having spent a long time with Xiuban and Reina, he carried the aura of dragons that were no weaker than Chromatic Dragons. The undead dragon had surely sensed it, and wouldn't come to him for trouble unless it wanted to get killed.

Was it the ghost? That was not very likely, either. The greatest suspect was Fred, the vampire ancestor.

Thinking about that, Lin Yun put on an awful expression.

The vampire ancestors were almost immortal. They wouldn't die even if they were beheaded. They would resurrect as long as one drop of their blood remained.

Obviously, Fred was not afraid of being killed. Even if he were burnt into ashes, the blood that he had left elsewhere would resurrect him with his consciousness intact.

He was soulless, which meant that he was immune to all soul spells. He was fearless of death. The best his enemy could do was to destroy his body, and then quickly run for their life before Fred resurrected and caught up to them.

If the news was leaked, it was possible that other vampire ancestors who were even stronger would be attracted to him!

To kill them, special methods and items were required, and clearly, Lilith had those special items…

Lilith pushed her monocle, and put on a sunny smile.

"Merlin, have you decided? This is for your sake. The ways that can make you live long enough to fulfill the contracts are right in the Forgotten Book.

"For only one-tenth of your soul power, you will be able to live a good life."

Lin Yun smiled and extended his finger. "One Kelingo spell for three Holy Blood Awls that can kill vampire ancestors."

Immediately, a tremendous number of tentacles were shaking around Lilith's body.

"That's impossible! That's impossible! How can you know Kelingo spells?

"Three Holy Blood Awls? Have you lost your blood? Two at most! Yes, two! I only have two…"

Lilith seemed to be losing control of herself. Lin Yun smiled, and casually wrote a strange curse in the Forgotten Book.

Upon seeing the curse, Lilith calmed down and stared at Lin Yun.

"Merlin, you are truly a strange guy. This is a Kelingo spell that has never been used. You know a Kelingo spell that has never been used…

"You win. There are only two Holy Blood Awls in this place. They've been soaked in the blood of great holy saints. They're yours."

Lilith extended one of her tentacles, and fetched a stone box from the highest part of a cabinet.

Lin Yun opened the box, and saw two awls. Each had a blood stain, but they otherwise looked exactly the same as ordinary awls.

The wooden awls were full of scorching power, as if the blood had just dropped on them.

The Holy Blood Awls had to be made of the Immortal Iron Wood of the Plane of the Undead that had been through 100 reincarnations.

The Immortal Iron Wood could live 100 years. When it was 100 years old, it would be reborn like a phoenix and revert to the condition it had when it was just born.

The Immortal Iron Wood that had been through 100 reincarnations was the best material for many undead overlords to make their weapons. Having been soaked in the power of light but never killed, it was a rare material that suppressed the power of the undead.

When it was stained with the blood of archangels, who were the most devout believers of light, it would turn into a special magic tool that could completely kill a vampire ancestor.

The more powerful a creature was, the more difficult it would be to completely kill them. The 73rd God, for example, endured a destructive catastrophe before he was fully developed. Even his soul was split up. He was then suppressed for so many years. Still, he was not killed.

At this moment, his resurrection had been disrupted, and he was reborn as Marianna. There was no telling when his memory would be awakened. In general, he would never be truly killed.