Blaine did not speak, and his brows were furrowed, as if he were seriously thinking about this question.
After a minute or two, not only was Blaine silent, but even Dormammu probably knew that Blaine was considering a problem at the moment, so it wisely closed its mouth. For a while, the entire magic circle fell into such a peaceful scene for the first time.
There was no roar of attacking magic, no roar from Dormammu, and no sound of Blaine's decisive attack. Dormammu did not even dare to take a breath, for fear of affecting Blaine.
After all, if Blaine made a wrong judgment because of a sound made by Dormammu, it would directly affect whether Dormammu could see the sun again.
At this moment, there seemed to be a clock between the two of them.
Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick.
Every time the hour hand moved, Blaine felt tangled in his heart. It was as if there were two little angels inside him. One told Blaine to complete the task first so he could be promoted to an S-rank Bounty Hunter, while the other made Blaine choose to sign a contract with Dormammu, so Blaine would gain a gold-medal fighter. The balance of fate kept swaying back and forth between the two angels.
Finally, Blaine seemed to have made up his mind and opened his mouth.
"System."
"Help me decide."
"If I put Dormammu into the Hunter space,"
"And then bring it to Earth,"
"Does that count as mission failure?"
"Or,"
"If Dormammu returns to Earth with me,"
"But I bind it,"
"And don't let it cause trouble,"
"Does that count as violating the mission?"
Yes, that was right. After weighing things for a while, Blaine finally chose Dormammu. In the universe, there were tens of thousands of Level Five Star Cores, but in the world, there was only one Dormammu.
As Dormammu had said, as long as a contract was concluded with it, Blaine had the final say. As long as he found that Dormammu was even slightly dishonest, he could directly expel it back into the Dark Dimension.
A master-servant contract was a master-servant contract. One was the master, and the other was the servant. Blaine was the master, and Dormammu was the servant. Therefore, after the contract was concluded, Blaine's orders would be, to Dormammu, the rules of heaven, and Dormammu absolutely could not resist them. Otherwise, what Dormammu would lose next was something else. That was right, it was the only soul it had left. In other words, as long as Dormammu disobeyed an order, it would be the end of both body and soul.
Of course, the premise was that Dormammu had to sign the master-servant contract. This was where Blaine's confidence lay.
However, on the basis of all this, it would be best to complete this mission incidentally. After all, upgrading to an S-rank Bounty Hunter was something Blaine had longed for after working so hard for so many days. So, it was best to ask the system.
"The tasks accepted by the host are:"
"One, protect the life of Stephen Strange."
"Two, stop Dormammu from invading Earth."
"Strictly speaking,"
"The three-day limit set by the host is reasonable."
"So,"
"According to Earth time, it is now past midnight."
"The mission has been completed."
"At the same time, the Level Five Star Core has also taken effect."
"Yes!"
"Awesome."
Since all the tasks were completed, there was nothing more to say. The choice of one or the other had now become a multiple-choice question. There was no need to worry about this result.
"Only..."
"Uh-huh?"
"And just?"
Before Blaine could finish celebrating, he suddenly felt as if a basin of cold water was about to be poured over him by the system.
"Only, the mission is to prevent Dormammu from invading Earth."
It was about Earth again. Blaine's heart tightened when he heard those two words.
"So, the focus is on the word invasion. As long as Dormammu doesn't invade Earth..."
"Whether the host uses the Hunter Space..."
"Or takes him out directly..."
"Both are valid."
"Oh, shit."
"You scared me."
Really, he had originally planned to negotiate with Dormammu, but the system had suddenly turned around again, giving him a gradual twist. Was this thing doing it for fun?
"Cough, cough."
"Dormammu."
"I promise you."
"But..."
"After the contract is made..."
"You have to listen to me."
Since the system judged that there was no problem, Blaine had nothing to worry about. He cast the contract-concluding magic again and spoke confidently.
"That is only natural."
Hearing that Blaine had agreed to its request, Dormammu also became a little excited. Perhaps it had been tormented enough inside this integrated magic circle, because next, before Blaine even told it the next step, Dormammu skillfully allocated a little soul power and directly integrated it into the contract-concluding magic.
Seeing this scene, Blaine also shook his head with a wry smile. Damn it. A servant was more cunning than his master. This made Blaine feel a little ashamed.
After seeing that Dormammu was finished, Blaine also controlled his soul power. Just like refining a magic weapon, he infused it into the contract-concluding magic as well.
In the next second, as the soul power of the two entered it, the originally blood-red magic circle gradually became transparent. It was as if someone had poured water into it and diluted it. Moreover, the angel-and-devil-like patterns formed by the lines inside seemed to begin moving.
Wrapped in soul power, the two patterns moved gradually, as if they were eroding each other, yet also seemed to be constantly merging.
Suddenly, a ray of light shot toward Blaine with a whoosh. Blaine dodged by conditioned reflex. However, after seeing an identical point of light flying toward Dormammu, Dormammu seemed to be used to it and waited motionlessly for the light point to enter its head.
Seeing this, Blaine smiled helplessly again. Hey, he was clearly the one who wanted to conclude a contract, so why did he look like the one who had never seen the world? It was a little embarrassing.
...
When Blaine also let the light point enter his head like Dormammu, at that moment, he felt his mind suddenly become lighter.
In the next second, Blaine carefully sensed everything, and everything seemed to be the same as before. However, there was one difference in the depths of his spirit. There, it seemed as though a pattern had been branded into him. Like a spiritual seed, it was hidden deep within.
Following the pattern, Blaine tentatively covered it with mental power. Suddenly, as if being drawn in by the pattern, Blaine's spiritual power was directly absorbed.
Blaine closed his eyes and carefully sensed that spiritual power along the pattern. Blaine discovered that he could feel the depths of Dormammu's soul. Although he still could not sense what it was thinking, Blaine had a wonderful feeling.
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