*This chapter and subsequent ones would be from Igor's POV*
With all five of us declaring our wish to form a pact with Baran, he grinned and said: "so be it".
Out from the thin air, a scroll magically appeared together with a feather pen. Each of us took turns to sign the contract in front of us. As the last person, who called himself Orpheus Tucker of the Turker march signed the contract, each and every one of us could feel a powerful surge of energy running viciously through our veins.
The process was very painful as it feels our bodies was breaking down and rebuilding itself in an instant. We all fell to the floor groaning in excruciating pain, wilting like leaves. The process took quite a while before it subsided and we were beginning to feel relieved.
Cold sweats were running down our faces as we were all panting heavily. The pain we felt a little while ago went away as if we never felt it in the first place, so we stood up. I as a person could feel changes in my body, I've grown a bit taller and my physique a lot sharper. A mana vessel and channel had formed in my body, i could feel immense energy running through them and my veins.
Everyone could feel changes in their body. I looked at everyone and there were two major changes, the color of their hairs and eyes have changed. My sister and I shared the same hair and eye color of brown but now my sister's characteristics were nothing short of yellowish blonde and yellow eyes. I was quite perplexed with this enormous change in characteristics.
The blonde woman of before now had blue hair and eyes. The man in tunic dress _ Orpheus, who had black hair now has red hair and eyes. The brown haired man who was the first person to sign a pact with Baran now has green hair and eyes. I looked at everyone, especially my sister intently, i wonder what color my physical characteristics changed to, so i asked:
"Seraph you look so different, your hair and eyes have changed and also others".
She replied:
"Yes and so are you".
"What's the color of my hair". I asked.
"Purple, your hair is purple, so is your eyes ". She replied.
"You have all received power from me as part of our agreement, now it is time for yours ". Baran said as he interrupted us.
"Normally i would have collected your souls during your transformation but I'll wager because of your planets ancestors, they were quite a good visitor of mine, I'll delay the collection till your death ". Baran continued saying in a melancholy voice.
Then he snapped his fingers. We met ourselves _ i and my sister, lying on the streets with our changed characteristics, but as we woke up we noticed additional difference, it was our ear, no longer was it wide and short but now wide with the upper part been elongated. We at first thought it was due to Valiers powers we became this, but no everyone other than us also changed.
Some were pig-like, others had green skin with large noses and large elongated ears, some were doglike, others catlike. Some had narrow elongated ears and others ant sized with wings. Some were dwarves and others have short elongated ears.
What could have caused this wide spread mutation in everyone in the nation, it surely not Valiers powers. It was later found out that the magic research conducted to stop and prevent anyone from having access to converse with a demon or devil went out of hand and led to the phenomenon we call 'the magic plague '. It mutated everyone including us.
As for us, i and Seraph could feel a connection between ourselves, probably because we took power from the same source which means if we by chance meet any of the other three persons we could know. My sister tapped me by my shoulder and showed me a mark by her shoulder.
It was a forward facing dagger with a star surrounding it. Looking at it i tried searching for mine also, i have mine by my left arm. This is the Emblem of Valier that we saw in the throne room earlier.
But there's something have been thinking about, Baran's last words saying that he will delay the collection of our souls till our death because of our planets ancestors, who are those, what are they like?
I don't know, but one thing I know is that that bastard of a devil tricked us, we never negotiated at all !