Global Game: Developing a Knight Clan-Chapter 41: Tier Four Contract, Consciousness Communication
"AWOO!! AWOO!!!"
"ROOOAR~"
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Lince was utterly speechless.
’Seriously, what is up with the Demon Beasts in this world?’
’In the previous simulation video, the Forest Wolf also surrendered without a second thought!’
’But the Forest Wolf was only a Tier Two, so it made sense for it to surrender to a Tier Three Giant Lizard.’
’But this Unihorned Demon Bear is a Tier Four Demon Beast, for crying out loud!’
’And it’s clearly been a Tier Four for quite some time, considering its Growth Level is already at thirty-eight percent.’
’Besides, this thing has been alive for nearly two hundred years.’
’Wasn’t it just arrogantly firing a Sound Wave Cannon at me a moment ago? Why did it immediately drop to its knees and surrender the instant I roared and dived?’
’Is the Rock Steel Giant’s Dragon Might really that powerful?’
’Is this some kind of Kingly Dominance? Any Demon Beast that sees it just instantly kneels and surrenders, is that it?’
Lince was once again at a loss for words as he watched the Unihorned Demon Bear kneeling before him. It was wailing frantically at the Rock Steel Giant, expressing that it didn’t want to be harmed and was willing to submit.
Yes, the Unihorned Demon Bear had surrendered!
Without a moment’s hesitation!
As for why?!
The Unihorned Demon Bear would say it felt incredibly wronged!
Because when Lince had fully unleashed his Dragon Might, a terrifyingly familiar yet strange sensation had sent a violent shudder through the Unihorned Demon Bear.
It was a fear that came from the depths of its being, and it also dredged up a terrifying memory from the Unihorned Demon Bear’s youth.
Back then, the Unihorned Demon Bear was still deep within the Demon Beast Mountain Range, and its mother had died in a battle between High Tier Magical Beasts.
The creature that left the deepest impression on the Unihorned Demon Bear was an immense Flame Sub-dragon.
That enormous Sub-dragon looked very different from Lince’s Rock Steel Giant, but without exception, Sub-dragons also possessed their own Dragon Might.
The terrifying sight remained etched in the Unihorned Demon Bear’s memory to this day, like a shadow from its childhood.
A fear born from its heart and Bloodline surged forth, so the Unihorned Demon Bear had, without hesitation, cried out in terror and dropped to its knees to beg for mercy.
The intelligence of Middle Tier Magical Beasts was already considerable.
If Low Tier Magical Beasts were equivalent to human children, then Middle Tier Magical Beasts possessed an intelligence comparable to that of human teenagers.
However, they lacked systematic education or experience interacting with the Human Race. Thus, the thought processes of most Demon Beasts were relatively simple. To them, submitting to a Strong Person wasn’t a disgraceful act; on the contrary, it was a natural law of survival.
Moreover, the Rock Steel Giant was part of the Demon Beast faction. So, as long as Lince was powerful enough, most Demon Beasts wouldn’t feel much resistance or defiance.
[The Unihorned Demon Bear has submitted to the Player. Do you wish to initiate a Master-Servant Contract?]
’A contract? Or no contract?’
At first, Lince had actually been leaning toward not forming a contract. After all, he wanted to see how long a Demon Beast’s loyalty would last without one.
But now, looking at this baffling creature that also seemed to have a decent intellect...
Lince felt it was necessary to learn about the situation in the Demon Beast Mountain Range from it.
After all, only by establishing a soul contract could Lince use the game’s system prompts and even switch perspectives to understand what these creatures were roaring about and what they were thinking.
That’s right. For any contracted party, Lince could use the perspective-switching function to watch and observe them in real time.
Although Lince couldn’t directly control the autonomous actions of these Demon Beast servants, just like with York.
However, he could type in the message bar of the game screen to give these contracted characters so-called ’Oracles’ or even summon them to him (the Rock Steel Giant).
Therefore, Lince currently believed there were benefits to forming a contract with the Unihorned Demon Bear.
Besides, more than half of his game time for this session was already gone.
Wasting too much time wouldn’t be good. If possible, he could always find another Demon Beast to test its Combat Power or even the duration of its surface-level loyalty.
As for using up his last remaining contract slot... so be it.
Plans often can’t keep up with changes. As long as it worked out, it was fine.
Furthermore, the Rock Steel Giant was only fifteen percent away from reaching Tier Five. The next 400-day simulation should be more than enough to get there.
And so.
[Combat scenario complete. The Player has chosen to form a contract with the Demon Beast, the Unihorned Demon Bear.]
[Congratulations to the Player for unlocking the Consciousness Communication function.]
[Consciousness Communication: Extraordinary Beings of Middle Tier and above undergo a transformation in their Spiritual Willpower. At this stage, almost all of them gain the ability to engage in temporary Spiritual Communication. This reward allows the Player and their role-played character to conduct barrier-free Spiritual Communication with any Race or creature within a one-hundred-meter radius, with no time limit or Spirit consumption. It also allows for Spiritual Communication with contracted servants regardless of distance.]
Lince was a bit stunned when he saw this reward.
Because, for Lince the Player, this reward was actually rather dispensable.
After all, even if Lince couldn’t communicate effectively with multiple Races or even Demon Beasts during his Consciousness Descent... once he withdrew his consciousness from the game and returned to reality, he could just look at the simple translations and prompts on his computer screen.
Even the game’s servant perspective-switching function allowed Lince to understand his contracted targets’ thoughts and the meaning of their words without any barriers.
Therefore, from Lince’s perspective as a Player, this function seemed somewhat redundant.
However, Lince soon noticed that this Ability also seemed to be granted to the role-played character.
’In other words, when I’m offline and the simulation begins, the Rock Steel Giant will also be able to engage in unimpeded Spiritual dialogue and communication with multiple Races, regardless of distance or time?’
’This ability is useful! Very useful.’
Just as Lince was thinking this, a stuttering but deep, masculine voice suddenly began to echo urgently and fearfully in his mind.
"M-Master."
"Don’t eat me... I’m strong, I can... hunt... and offer... to you. Lots... and lots."
"..."
???
Lince was taken aback, his dragon eyes immediately looking down at the big black bear kneeling on the ground.
"Are you the one speaking to me?"
The Unihorned Demon Bear had just been instinctively expressing its fearful submission, but it was startled when a voice suddenly echoed in its mind!
But the moment it looked up, it noticed the Giant Dragon craning its neck to look down with a ’fierce’ gaze. The Unihorned Demon Bear immediately trembled and frantically buried its head in the ground again, while quickly transmitting its thoughts.
"It... it is I... Master."
"Don’t eat me... I’m very loyal... I’m useful... I’m willing to hunt for you, Master, lots and lots, just... as long as you don’t eat me, Master..."
Hearing this, Lince’s interest was piqued.
’Not bad. Although the information this guy is transmitting through our Spiritual Communication is quite stuttered, I can definitely tell its intelligence isn’t low.’
"I won’t eat you, rest assured."
"Since you’ve chosen to submit to me, first tell me about yourself. For example, have you always lived here? Are there any other powerful Demon Beasts nearby, or any that you can’t defeat? Also..."
Lince found it rather amusing to see it cowering in a ball, looking like it was about to pee itself in fear. He had half a mind to tease it for his own perverse enjoyment.
But on second thought, Lince remembered his time was limited, so he cut the nonsense and barraged the Unihorned Demon Bear with a series of questions.
This barrage truly left the big black bear completely baffled.
Evidently, with its current intelligence, it couldn’t process so many questions at once, and it didn’t even know which one to answer first.
