Awakened: Evolving to Godhood

The horrifying Mandrake looked calm as it believed that it had evaded certain death.

They were now bound to the rules of the contract, and breaking them would result in their death.

Five years later, Elliot needed to release him if he didn't want to suffer a backlash from the magic contract and die; that's what the memories of the girl it devoured told the Mandrake, causing it to smirk. However, its expression fell almost immediately. For five years, it needed to serve him obediently. That is something it would reluctantly do as it wanted to live, sigh!

"Of course," Elliot replied to Hope in his mind.

[-50 units of the essence of life]

[Congratulations! You've broken free from the rules of the contract]

Of course, it wasn't aware that the rules no longer had any effect on Elliot.

It was a one-sided trade from the very start, and it fell from the devil's whispers, the devil being Elliot.

The devil stored the contract in his subspace before looking at it and saying, "Tell me everything you know about this place."

Intent on fulfilling its part of the deal as otherwise, it would lose its life, the horrifying mandrake told him everything: "Tell me everything you know about this place."

Intent on fulfilling its part of the deal as otherwise, it would lose its life, the horrifying mandrake told him everything: "This is the Forest of Evil Spirit Monsters. I was born and raised here, and I know that it reflects the fourth hazardous zone of the Spirit World in the truest sense because I inherited the memories of that place from my father. According to what I know, we are in the nightmare zone of the Evil Spirit Forest. There are four other zones, namely, the Forest of End, the Forest of Eternal Night, the Forest of Blight, and the Forest of Eternal Snow. The last one is the most dangerous one among the five but, it's the only one that connects to all the other zones. If you want to go to another zone, you need to go towards it as that's the only way."

"What about treasure chests? Have you ever come across one?" Elliot asked with a pressing look on his face.

"I've lived here for more than a thousand years. Of course, I've seen my fair share of treasures. But I never went to pick up one for myself." It said, trying to hide its embarrassing past by twisting its words.

"There must be a reason, right? Otherwise, why would someone like you not take the treasure chests?" Elliot looked at it with eyes that demanded an answer.

Elliot's slave sighed, reluctantly saying, "Each of them was guarded by monsters more powerful than me in my prime form. Daring to go for them was the same as courting death. So I never tried to get one."

That's to say it knows about the location of many treasure chests. Elliot asked where it sighted them, and after several minutes, the location of several treasures rested in his mind.

Now that he had time on his hands, he took out the chest from his subspace and placed it on the ground.

"A treasure chest!" its eyes widened like saucers when it saw what he suddenly took out.

Elliot sat down next to it before using his godly right eye power to know everything about it.

The treasure chest, made of Yuan, a rare wood with spatial attributes, held many things inside of it. Yuan, a material needed to make a subspace! However, an alchemist could also use it to create spatial storage devices as long as they know of a method to do that. Undoubtedly, the value of this wood was unimaginable as alchemists could use them to create spatial items.

Back to the treasure chest, its surface looked like the starry night sky, truly, a sight to behold. He touched it and realized that it held the softness and smoothness of a jade.

The treasure was sealed by a lock that he could not see. It was a so-called spiritual lock. Only could only see it after pouring spiritual energy in their eyes, and Elliot did just that. The very next instant, he saw a golden lock with a keyhole. He lifted the lock and brought his face down to lock closely at the design of the keyhole. Some moment later, he memorized the design, then pictured it in his mind and used his godly powers to manifest the same key in his hand.

He pushed the key in the keyhole, then pulled anti-clockwise. His actions caused the golden lock to click open and drop to the ground.

"Open Sesame!" Elliot said as the lid of the treasure chest slowly opened. The horrifying nightmare that stood beside him looked intently at the treasure chest.

[You've opened a mid-grade Treasure Chest]

[You've gained 1000 low-quality spirit stones]

[You've gained 100 medium-quality spirit stones]

[Congratulations! You've gained a medium-quality artifact, the Gauntlets of Wind]

[Congratulations! You've Gained a medium-quality artifact, the Sword of Life]

The low-quality spirit stones held 100 units of spiritual energy each, while the better ones held 1000 units each. In a world without spiritual energy, such as planet Xavier and planet Earth, these stones were the only way for him to replenish his spiritual energy.

The Gauntlets of Wind could shoot out a blast of wind if he pours his spiritual energy into it. The sword of life, like its name, held the ability to heal and grow what it cuts and stabs, respectively, that is, if he gives a thousand units of spiritual energy to it.

Elliot's lips pressed together, but at the same time, his cheeks stretched back, causing a thin but wide smile to form on his face.

After seeing him so happy, the horrifying mandrake said, "Master, it looks like you have gained rare treasures. Congratulations!"

"Indeed, I have." Elliot put the gauntlet on his left hand and hung the strap attached to the sheath of the sword of life around his shoulder such that the sword was behind his back.

[You've equipped yourself with the artifacts Sword of Life and Gauntlet of Wind]