Chapter 46 Oath
Emilia looked at Xavier with an excited glint in her eyes. She said," You made a Qi Condensation Pill! An actual Qi Condensation Pill!"
Xavier looked at her and laughed ruefully and said," Yes I did, didn't I?"
Xavier could understand why Emilia was so excited. As said earlier, the Qi Condensation Pill was a very difficult pill to concoct even with a grade 1 Alchemist. That was because there was such an abundance of energy inside the pill that it was difficult to turn it into a pill and preserve all that energy. So it was turned into a powder and even though it was difficult, it was still ultimately not a pill.
But a try Qi Condensation Pill was almost as difficult as refining a grade 2 pill. And anyone who could refine this pill was almost a grade 2 Alchemist.
In alchemy, grades were again divided into numerous levels. The first grade was grade 1 who could concoct pills for martial grandmaster and lord stage experts but they were best suited for Grandmaster stage experts.
Grade 2 alchemists were for lord stage experts and the level increased with the corresponding level in martial arts.
And Xavier, being able to refine the Qi Condensation Pill was almost equal to a grade 2 Alchemist, someone who could concoct pill fire Martial Lord stage experts and works soon advance to grade 2 in Emilia's eyes.
Even she, with her immense background, though she could find grade 2 alchemists, she would not find someone so young and also had the talent to advance further and truly become an expert in the alchemical field.
And furthermore, she had heard from Melissa Snow that Xavier was also a very proficient combat master. This meant that she was getting a very well rounded talent and not those other alchemists who were just focused on alchemy, had eyes above their heads and strutted around thinking that nobody would kill them when in reality, if they didn't have combat masters protecting them like family heirlooms, they would have died thousands of times at the hands of their enemies.
Emilia's excursion turned from an excited one to a pondering one and she thought for a long time and asked," Do you want to join me?"
"Join you?" Asked Xavier doubtfully.
"Yes. I'm participating in an instance war and I want you to be a part of my faction." Emilia said as her expression for serious.
Xavier thought for a moment and said," I really don't want to but I know that you are not going to leave this matter be. So what are the benefits you are giving me for my services?"
Emilia thought for a moment," I'm going to give you all the herbs you need for practice as well as a powerful backing that can keep you safe. But I won't restrict your freedom and I will also keep your talents a secret. I just need you to be a secret weapon for me in the war. After all, with your talents, if someone can't recruit you and control you, they will try to kill you. I'm the best option you have."
"But just what guarantee do I have that you will also not do the same to me. Use me till you want to and when you can't control me, get rid of me to solve future problems." Asked Xavier.
Emilia thought for a moment and said," Wait for a moment. I'll bring you something which will guarantee that I will not go back on my word. "
She left the room and came back after 15 minutes. She brought something together with her this time. It was a golden scroll. It was cleanly rolled up and tied with a golden thread. One could see numerous making on it in an arcane language and each of those words pulsed with a magical light.
While others might not recognise this easily, Xavier could do so. His training for 10000 years was not in vain and he immediately recognised the scroll.
Emilia came near him and said," This is an oath scroll. It was found by me in an ancient ruin in the forest while I was staying in the South Star City. I almost lost my life in that ruin and got it with 3 things. 2 of them were the scrolls. Is a scroll which is used to make pacts under the witness of the heaven and whoever breaks the oath will be punished by some mysterious power."
"As soon as I touched the scrolls, a wave of information came into my head and was made aware of the functions of the scroll but to be sure, I tested it using some people and it works."
Emilia looked at the scroll and sighed," The lost Ancients had wonderful methods indeed."
Xavier also nodded. The grade of this scroll, which was an artifact, was at least higher than what he could create. Xavier was actually very surprised that there was such an advanced artifact in this world. It seems that the world is not as simple as he had thought.
[If course it's not simple. Just the fact that the system was chosen for a person inside this planet makes it not simple.] The system replied after reading Xavier's mind.
Xavier nodded. After all, who would believe him if he said that he had a system and he was more than 10000 years old.
"Ok then. I'll make the oath." Xavier nodded.
Emilia was surprised. Seeing his suspicious attitude from the beginning, she thought that he would refuse or at least express some doubt but seeing that he really agreed, it seemed that there was more to him than what meets the eye.
Emilia nodded. She opened the scroll and said," We 2 must each put a drop of blood into the scroll and say an oath under the heavenly witness. After that, the scroll will automatically activate and bind the oath. I'll go first and show you."
Emilia then bit her thumb and a drop of blood oozed out. She then quoted out on the scroll, made a solemn expression and declared," Under the witness of the heavens, I, Emilia South, swear an oath that I will fulfill all the reasonable needs of Xavier Argent and not retain his freedom and not harm him in any way."
Xavier also followed and declared," I, Xavier Argent, swear an oath that I will do everything within my power to help Emilia South to win the inheritance war."
As soon as they both finished reviewing their oaths, the scroll tried into numerous spots of light and entered both of their bodies.
Just as the light was about to go into Xavier's sea of knowledge, it suddenly disappeared and a very bleak cry was heard.
[FOREIGN ENTITY TRYING TO INVADE THE HOST DETECTED. TERMINATION PROTOCOL ACTIVATED. THREAT TERMINATED.]
Xavier was surprised by this sudden notification. He didn't think that the system would take the oath as a foriegn entity and eliminate it. But just before he could think further…
[OATH TAKEN BY PARTIES INVOLVING THE HOST DETECTED.
UNIQUE SKILL: WORDS HAVE CONSEQUENCES ACTIVATED.]
Xavier looked at this and was again surprised. "System, what do you mean by activating the skill now?"
[You made an oath host. So the skill will activate. This skill is not only for your enemies, it also acts on you, host.]
Xavier didn't know whether he should laugh or cry. He didn't think that as soon as he got out of one oath bidding, he got into another one.
"System, what is the reward and punishment for this?"
[It will be decided by the host's performance.]
Xavier nodded. He was about to talk to Emilia when a roaring alarm rang throughout the city.
Xavier's omniband turned red and it also rang with the same tune. Emilia and Xavier looked at each other, both of them having a grin excursion on their faces.
This was code Red. A threat level which could destroy the entire city.