The meeting spot was a small cabin a little way outside the city. On the way there, Mia seemed a little worried.
"Do you think this is a good idea?" she asked.
"It was your idea," Vorgath said.
It was true. She was the one who found the forum and those people, but she couldn't shake the feeling of fear. What if they were dangerous people who wanted to do something to them? Kidnap them, or worse.
"Relax," Vorgath said. "We only have to be careful with one person, the adventurer. The others won't be able to do anything to us."
That wasn't entirely true. After all, anyone with a blade or a gun could take on the two of them. He still had a long way to go before he was truly strong.
"I'll try to calm down," Mia said.
The two decided to ride their bikes to the location. It wasn't actually that much slower, thanks to the traffic. The only problem was safety. Since the cabin was isolated, there were some strange people wandering the streets. Luckily, nothing happened.
To get to the cabin, they had to go down a dirt road surrounded by a pine forest. And since it was nighttime, it made everything even more frightening. There wasn't a single living soul around them. If they needed to call for help, no one would come.
That fear began to circulate inside their bodies. It was difficult to even think. However, as soon as they opened the cabin door, they were surprised by friendly smiles.
"Welcome, demon," one of the women said.
Both Mia and Vorgath were wearing their demon masks, along with the black hooded clothes. It was the way they'd decided to hide their identities. Besides the woman who spoke, there was another woman beside her.
The man Mia had mentioned wasn't there. The reason was simple. She had told him the contract wouldn't happen that day, which was a lie. The truth was, Vorgath only wanted to make contracts with women at that moment. But of course, he didn't share that with the two ladies.
"Please, come in," the woman insisted.
The inside of the house was much cozier than they were expecting.
The interior was well-lit, and there was even a fireplace in the corner. The furniture was simple, but with plenty of decorations scattered around the cabin—small vases and even plants. Mia had mentioned these people were part of some kind of cult.
They were normal humans, but they believed in magic and had performed rituals before the system and the dungeons appeared.
There had been many such cults scattered across the planet, but with the arrival of these new things, their faith changed. Now, it was greater. Magic and monsters were real, right before their eyes. What was there not to believe?
"This contract will really work, won't it?" the woman asked.
"Yes, it will," Alex replied.
He still wasn't completely sure it would work, but he was confident. Vorgath didn't know for sure how much he could ask for in return, so to maintain a good safety margin, he decided to ask for only one point in each attribute. Maybe he could risk asking for two.
But what if the contract failed?
Vorgath didn't want to make another contract in front of them. How his power worked needed to remain a secret. He didn't trust these people.
"Let's have some tea first," the woman said.
The four of them sat around a wooden table. One of the women, a redhead, placed a cup of tea in front of each of them. Vorgath and Mia didn't drink theirs. Of course they wouldn't accept tea from strangers. Besides, they were wearing masks and weren't about to take them off right in front of them. The two women didn't seem to mind.
They talked about a few random things, and of course, about the contracts. One of them wanted to find out if her husband was being unfaithful. She could use other, normal methods to find out, but through the contract Vorgath would make, everything would be much easier. The other wanted to increase her own attributes, as she was an adventurer who ventured into dungeons.
After about fifteen minutes of conversation, the first woman signed the contract. It was the woman who wanted to know about her husband. She asked to read the contract. Vorgath had already prepared for this. He had hidden the part of the contract that detailed the benefits he would receive.
The woman read her section and didn't seem surprised by what was written there. Mia had messaged them and told them the price of the contract.
"You know this part about sexual relations is a little weird, isn't it?" the woman said.
And it really was. It would be hard for a person to believe and not think that Vorgath was just taking advantage of their beauty. However, the contract usually gave the benefits first. In other words, the person signed, received what they wanted. But if they didn't complete their part of the deal, what they received would be taken back.
With the adventurer, it was very simple: she would receive some attributes, and if she didn't agree and didn't go through with the sexual relations, she would lose the attributes.
The other woman was a bit more complicated. As soon as she signed the contract, the information about her husband would enter her mind. She would know the exact place, date, and time to find her husband's infidelity. But if the information was already in her mind, why would she need to complete her part of the agreement? Couldn't she just run away with that information?
Vorgath had prepared for this, putting some slightly more severe breach-of-contract clauses in for that woman. Just for her.
"If you don't complete your part of the contract, you will suffer," he said.
"Suffer how?" the woman asked.
Simply erasing the information about the infidelity wasn't ideal. Vorgath went a bit more extreme. He put in the contract that the woman would receive dementia, Alzheimer's, and the worst of everything in her mind. She would forget everything she had ever lived and who she was.
"Isn't that a little too extreme?" one of the women asked.
"Perhaps," Vorgath said. "But you need to understand that if you complete your end of the bargain, none of that will happen."
In the end, the woman obviously accepted the contract. She signed it. As soon as she did, the information about her husband entered her mind in a magical way. She couldn't be sure if the information was true or not. However, according to what came to her mind, her husband would betray her the next day.
"After you see the information is real with your own eyes, come find me," Vorgath said. "If not, you know very well what you will suffer."
"Of course, of course," the woman replied. She still seemed perplexed, unable to believe what had just happened. But the world now had a system that gave levels and monsters. Maybe this wasn't so crazy after all.
After that, it was the adventurer's turn. She was quite excited when she saw that the other woman seemed pleased with the result.
"I can give you one point in each attribute, at most," Vorgath said.
As soon as he offered the contract to her, the system gave him a message. It was a message regarding the contract.
[Warning, you are making a contract with a dungeon delver. Do you wish to continue?]