Levitating above the sparkling lake under the shine of the moon was a black phantom that has its two black eyes looking at Rex with a complicated gaze, it doesn't need more than a second for Rex to recognize this black phantom.
The black tiara alongside the glowing half-crescent moon indicates clearly the identity of the figure.
"Countess of the Dark Lunirich..."
As the eerie bearing alongside the all-black dress, cloaks, and sparkling ornants that glitter under the moonlight, the Countess of the Dark Lunirich appears once again after disappearing for quite so ti, still as graceful as the last ti they t.
It was a pleasant surprise, there was no malice coming from her, and that is a good sign.
'If I'm not mistaken, she was angry from the fact I also possess the Blood Moon King Mark. Considering that she wanted to genocide the entire Lunirich Gods, I can see why she was angry at . But what makes her co out now...?' Rex wandered inside his head, not expecting the Countess of the Dark Lunirich to make the first move herself.
But as he thought of this, Rex glanced back at Delta who is growling at the Countess.
Since the Countess of the Dark Lunirich is an entity from the higher plane, the plane of Gods, he thought that she was unable to be seen or sensed by others except for the ones that are allowed to see her. Delta growling at her clearly shows that she also saw the Countess.
Rex doesn't know for sure as the last ti they t, there was no one except the two of them.
Even though he was a bit surprised from Delta's senses, he puts that at the back of his mind and gazes back at the Countess that hasn't said a single word. But her eyes are fixated on Rex, almost as if she's inspecting his condition.
"Are you just going to stand there and say nothing?" Rex asked once again.
Although the reason the Countess was angry at him is justified, he was not fine with the sudden attack from the Countess when he was about to kill Giana. It was a low blow for him, and he didn't appreciate it one bit.
"What you did is too far, you pull back your power at the worst ti and you tried to devour !"
But Rex was answered with nothing but silence, the Countess' lips are sealed.
It's almost been a minute yet the Countess hasn't said a single word and also was not about to say sothing either, and this puts a glint of confusion in Rex's eyes. 'Why do I have the feeling that she wanted to say sothing about the Kaiser first? She's a God but she seems to also have a normal ego' he thought while shaking his head.
But since she was the one that initiate this eting, Rex can't afford to be stingy.
Out of everything right now he needs to beco stronger, reclaiming back the Banished Dark Moon King Mark is one way of becoming stronger, and he was not going to let this chance slip out of his hand.
Rex's eyes changed, he has already fird his intention to reconcile with the Countess.
As angry as he was for what the Countess did, there was a bigger problem right now, and he really needs the Countess' power if he wants to put up a great fight against the Executor and actually beat him.
If their relationship is kept like this, Rex would lose out the most.
"I know you're interested in because of my desire to beco stronger. In a way, my desire to beco stronger is what draws you to . I can tell it's hard for you to accept that I am open to other King Marks. Even if it makes you uncomfortable, I wouldn't decline the chance to beco stronger if it was presented to . But if this can improve our relationship, know that the nature of getting the Blood Moon King Mark is completely different compared to you"
"Compared to you where we make a deal, I took the Kaiser's power and make it my own."
Although he was clearly trying to soothe the Countess' ego so that she would grace her power back to him, what he said is completely true. During the first ascension trial, the Kaiser clearly wants to kill him so he retaliated and took the Kaiser's power and makes it his own.
With the Countess, on the other hand, the two of them have a deal with mutual respect.
Similar to him, the Countess wanted revenge and he know how she felt despite not knowing her background. If that's the price he must pay to beco stronger, then he doesn't mind exacting revenge for the Countess.
Listening to Rex's explanation unmoving, still levitating above the lake, the Countess squinted.
'Why do I feel like a man that was trying to justify cheating on a woman...? She's damn childish' Rex thought before smiling wryly, he can see that the Countess is contemplating what he just said and trying to get to a decision.
Knowing that he needs a little bit more to sway the Countess, he decided to add for the final push.
"Don't worry, if you're willing to give in a little bit, I would definitely act as your tool for revenge," Rex added with a sense of confidence in his tone, he can feel that this sentence would put the cat in the bag and lure the Countess back to him.
It's quite hurtful for him to lose the Banished Dark Moon King Mark.
Although Banished Dark Moon King Mark doesn't add too much of a destructive force like the Blood Moon possesses, it still bestows him with quickness and also dinsional ability that would definitely be useful and powerful if he trained and get accustod to it.
Out of the tis he needed a power-up, this is one of those desperate tis.
The Countess finally moved a little, she turns her head to look to the side. For a brief mont, she seems to be distracted but she then quickly turns her face back towards Rex before she finally opens her mouth, "Does this ans you are willing to accept the transactional contract?"
"Yes, I'll accept it. Help get stronger and I'll help you get revenge" Rex replied without a pause.
Upon hearing this, the Countess tries to hide her smile, "I hear your plea, Royal Black Prince..."
"For now, I will forgive you for your profanity this once," she added with her ethereal voice.
Receiving this news the corners of Rex's lips curled up into a huge smile expecting to receive back the Banished Dark Moon King Mark's power, "Due to your irreverence action, we might need to change so parts of our transactional contract. Consider it lowering my conditions for you, be grateful"
"Okay, you can change it. But make sure to take into account the low blow you did" Rex replied.
The Countess pauses, her black dress billowing like seaweed in the depths of the sea as she waves her hand elegantly. If anyone else had seen her besides Delta, who was standing behind Rex and glaring at the Countess with wariness, they might have been frigthened by her eerie presence, which made her seem like an apparition.
A black magical parchnt scroll appeared out of thin air, and it descended toward Rex.
Looking at the black parchnt scroll that sizzles with steamy dark energy, a notification from the system appeared. It's the transactional contract that is presented by the Countess, the one that he would need to sign probably.
Upon reading this ssage from the system, the Lunirich Edict rolled open slowly. A particular glows from the Lunirich Edict turns brighter, exposing the foreign alphabets that are written on the parchnt scroll.
It was written in a foreign language, but sohow Rex can read it with unnatural ease.
Rex reads the Lunirich Edict and finds that it was basically stated his willingness to accept the Countess' condition for her power, but his eyes stopped when he reached the second paragraph that wanted him to go to a certain place.
A place called Field of Endless Hyacinth, it was the first ti that Rex heard of this place.
Wanting to beco thorough as this is a contract that he would sign, he decided to ask the system to check whether this Field of Endless Hyacinth is safe or not. 'System, do you have information about the Field of Endless Hyacinth?'
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