Chapter 233: The Book of Resurrections

'THE BOOK OF RESSURECTION!? That piece of paper belongs to the book of resurrection! How the hell does she have something like that?' Avilia inwardly screamed in his head, unable to believe what she had just witnessed, leaving Moby dumbfounded and confused about what was happening and what Avilia's words meant. 

Yet, before Moby had the chance to ask her what was going on, sweat running down his face showing small cracks in his outer face of confidence, Avilia yelled in his head once more.

'Use your inspect skill on that paper! Use it now! I know what I am seeing but this is too unreal for me to believe! I need a confirmation,' Avilia's hysteria and heavy breathing was unlike anything he had ever heard from her in the past, making him inwardly nod and do as he was told, taken off guard by how odd Avilia was acting, immediately doing as he was told without saying a word as he too was also extremely curious. 

'Inspect!' 

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Resurrection: the book of new beginnings (Fragment)

A ripped piece of paper from the legendary and all-mighty book created from the combined magic of over 1000 greater demons in the pursuit of properly resurrecting their demon empress whose soul was imprisoned in her legendary golden necklace. 

Adjustments added: 

Pitiful contract binding enchantment:

An extremely weak enchantment allowing 2 parties to decide on a set of rules and bet their lives on it. If a person had lied and broken the rules before the contract was signed, the signer would die on the spot. The effects of the contract can be broken or overwritten by a being that exceeds the power of the contract itself.

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Moby took his time carefully reading everything that popped up in front of him, only needing a split second to finish reading everything, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets reading such a thing, leaving him completely speechless.

'IT IS! It's the book of resurrection! How the fuck does she have that!? What happened!? Was the book lost along with my necklace or something!?' Avilia screamed once more, her breathing growing more and more irregular. 

'And! What kind of incompetent fool wasted such a high-quality paper with such a laughably weak enchantment!? My people poured their heart and soul into it and they sullied it in such a way!? How dare they!?' Avilia bellowed, shaking the foundation her subspace once more, her brain spinning in circles trying to understand everything that was going on, and the underlying meaning of everything.

'I only saw the initial formation of this book before my true deep sleep, something must have happened to the book along with my necklace! Such a weak enchantment on such a valuable piece of paper is laughable! No demon would be so incompetent to waste such a thing like that! This must mean that the fucking shalkers, not knowing the true power of the book, managed to enchant it using a very basic knowledge about demon magic, just like how you did before becoming a demon. So, these fucking shalkers might have more pieces of the book! I'm gonna need answers! Such powers do not belong in the hands of any mortal!' Avilia continued, her anger and hysteria still on full display, only slightly less as she was beginning to calm down and take things in before she went completely silent, only the sound of her heavy breathing in his head.

Trying to stay calm, both inwardly and outwardly, Moby focused on Avilia's words, the information rushing into his head like a tsunami as he spoke. 

"Avilia, calm down… The world has changed a lot since you were last conscious. This is good, you are learning more about what happened while you were in your slumber,'

Moby tried his best to calm and comfort Avilia's madness that clearly stemmed from reality hitting her in the face and bad omens about the state of her people. 

Heavy breathing still in his head, he heard 1, massive breath far louder than any other before it before he once again heard Avilia speak

'I apologize for that unsightly outburst… Right now, I want nothing more than for you to fight and get that paper back, but with all the cameras in the area and the fact that she is stronger than you and it being a 2 on 1, that would not be possible…'

Her voice was odd and shaky with a hint of unease, like she was trying her best to suppress her many emotions. 

'It's fine I completely understand, we can figure out everything we need to know after we finish what we have to do… I'm positive that your people are fine… Stay confident,' Moby continued, his smile and faith making Avilia feel slightly better in her dark times. 

Taking another long breath, she responded.

'For now… Let's get back to the big problem ahead of us… That contract… I know it's extremely weak, but since it's written on such a powerful piece of paper, with your current strength, there should be no way for you to override it. The conditions she will give are obvious, meaning that our last plan is pretty much ruined. But… to get that paperback and ensuring Abby's safety, the only way we could do it is to accept the contract… This is our only chance to actually get it...' 

The unusual pain and shakiness in Avilia's voice remained, making Moby want to comfort her mind even further but knowing that there were more pertinent things to discuss. 

'Well, it also means that her lord wouldn't be able to join the fight, so the real question is if me and my group and can defeat Emilia, HikariYami, Abby, and a possible first seat in their gang with no outside help… They all did get stronger but considering how strong Emilia and HikariYami are, and possibly someone else just as strong, I'm not confident of winning…' Moby spoke with a heavy voice. 

'There is a risk in everything, I've gone into seemingly unwinnable fights many times and came out on top. You are extremely lucky to be in the situation you are in now. If it weren't for all the camera and security around the school, you would have gotten instantly ambushed and captured by Emilia and HikariYami and that would have been the end of everything, once the secure school is finished, then you are as good as dead unless you heavily protect yourself at all times, but then the chances of you getting the paper and Abby back would be virtually 0. Now you have a shot at a seemingly fair fight to win everything, it is the best offer you will ever get seeing that Emilia is being extremely confident and is desperate in trying to capture you as fast as possible. There are surely many ways you could win this...'

The more Avilia spoke, the more it made sense in his head as he inwardly took a deep breath to calm himself down. Running away was never an option after getting as far as he did, his teammates who had trained so hard would not forgive him if he did, nor would he be able to forgive himself for abandoning Abby and the item that meant so much to Avilia out of the fear of defeat. 

Inwardly nodding back to Aviilia's words, his mind now set, and his resolve more indestructible than bedrock. 

Moby's conversation with Avilia lasted around 15 seconds in real-time, Moby's sweaty face of surprise shifting and shifting many times as he continued staring at the paper, clear confusion on Emilia's face.

To her, since she was not able to see the demon energy exuding from the paper she was holding, an extremely valuable paper that her lord had generously sent her to both confirm the identity of the person she had found and to lure them away from the planet in the form of a binding contract that he had written himself with his infinite power and wisdom, Moby must have seen something coming from the paper that she did not see, most likely the shocking power of her lord which made her inwardly smile at his bewilderment, Abby behind her looking at the paper with open eyes as she too was able to sense an aura from it, although to her it was rather faint. 

"Okay Emilia, I'm listening," Moby spoke, his face now completely calm making her even more amused seeing how this lesser demon earthling was trying to feign confidence in face of such great power that is her lord's very own enchantment.

"This is a contract, everything is very simple, we will both bet our lives and agree on a set of rules and conditions, if a rule is broken by any party then the party who signed the paper will die. Even if the rule is broken before you sign the contract, then the rule will still apply and you will die on the spot. Such is the power of this paper that my lord bestowed upon me! The power of my lord's magnificent writing and enchantment on full display!" The confidence and pride exuding from her words were rather unnatural, her tone always shifting when the topic of discussion went to her lord.

Moby's eyes grew wide hearing her words, gritting his teeth and grasping his fists tightly before he responded, finding it hard to keep his poker face from Avilia's hysterical laughter in his head, like she had heard the funniest joke of her life, a hint of contempt in her laughter which made Moby inwardly smile seeing Avilia's state.

"Fine! I'll agree and listen to your conditions!" He spoke confidently yet slightly reluctantly, Emilia's smile growing even more seeing his struggle. 

"First off, let us set things straight, the planet we will go on will be completely barren, nothing to give an advantage to either party, meaning no ambush. The only people allowed to be informed about such a thing is you and any demon in your household, and for me, it will be Me, HikariYami, and Abby, meaning that my lord and the military, Reids, Harts, and Griffiths cannot be informed about any of this. Please let me know if you had already broken this rule because if you did, signing this paper will be the end of you…" 

Without hesitation, inwardly scoffing and inwardly cursing at the rules like his plans were ruined, Moby responded. 

"No, I have yet to break any of those rules… And, I have a question… Why only you 3? What of the number 1 seat in your gang?" 

Moby's words made the already amused Emilia laugh at his comments before she responded with her arms wide open. 

"Why I am the first seat of course! Good news for you right?" 

"Well, those are all the conditions I have made, it's a fair fight right? If anything you are almost doubling our numbers… Do you accept?" She continued, her arms still out wide, Abby behind her smiling as she waited for the obvious response. 

"What's the point in asking? Does it look like I have a choice? Of course, I accept…" Moby spoke in a heavy yet disgusted voice. 

The paper still in her right hands, she lifted her other hand up to her mouth and bit her thumb, making blood drip out from it before she imprinted her blood on the piece of yellow paper, Moby seeing the paper glow a faint red, Emilia and Abby seeing no reaction at all which did not bother them. 

"Now it's your turn…" She spoke, handing the paper still in her hand to Moby, making sure not to let go of it just in case he placed it in his inventory and stole it.

Just like Emilia, Moby bit his thumb, making it bleed before he reached his hand towards the paper, imprinting it with his blood right next to where Emilia imprinted hers. 

As his hands were firmly planted and rubbing on the paper, he could not help but feel like the texture was something unique yet extremely familiar at the same time yet he could not properly remember.

Making sure that his blood was properly absorbed by the paper, he lifted his hands away, only for the paper to suddenly shine with the intensity of 1000 suns, the mixture of white and black light exuding from it almost blinding, catching both Moby and Avilia completely off guard as it enveloped his entire vision, tumbling back onto a wall with his eyes closed and his hands blocking his vision, the light so intense that it still managed to break through his eyelids.

The energy was so great that even with Abby's and Emilia's inferior vision, the light was still visible, which was the confirmation she was told from her lord that she had found the correct person that he was looking for. 

As the light gradually faded away, Moby slowly opened his aching, blurry eyes, rubbing them profusely as he tried to snap himself back into reality, the entire world spinning incircles all around him, Emilia and Abby watching him struggle, looking down at his kneeling figure from above. 

*Ding*

A loud, familiar dinging noise was heard in his head, one that he recognized immediately, that along with Avilia's heavy breathing like she was not able to believe her own eyes.

[ System Alert! ]

[ Oh great demon lord! Your glorious blood has been recognized and approved! ]

[ New skill unlocked! ]

[ Temporal mind shift ]