Arkanos used all means to break free from the hand, but the hold was just too strong for him. He tried to form the ice blades but they fell apart halfway. He could not keep his focus to maintain the blade with the terror pain he felt all over his body. This was the first time he felt such great pain in his life. It was as if his flesh along with his bone was being squished, and his innards were gripped. This was the worst.
It did not take long before the magic circle appeared above his forehead. It was a signal that Arkanos had given up and was willing to form the contract. This was not even a fight. That was just torture. The creature was torturing him until he tapped. He did not know the trick but what he experienced was just the worst.
"I thought you were tough," Tang Shaoyang released his grip, letting Arkanos fall. He then bent forward and placed his hand on the magical circle, "It's not even five minutes yet," he muttered for the spirit to hear.
As soon as his hand touched the magical circle, Arkanos' figure burst out into blue mists and entered his forehead.
[You have established a contract with Grade A+ Spirit, Arkanos the Ice Blade!]
As soon as the contract was established, he heard Rosalie's voice in his head. She spoke to the newly contracted spirit, Arkanos the Ice Blade.
—Long time no see, Arkanos. I don't think we will serve the same Master as a contracted spirit.
Not long after that, he heard the surprised voice from Arkanos. The guy did not expect that Tang Shaoyang had been telling the truth all this time. The guy immediately replied to Rosalie with a furious roar. While listening to them, He was going to continue with the summoning. Just like he said, he needed to return to the Gigante Forest quickly. He was kinda concerned that the Gator Tribe would come out of the swamp and attacked the camp even though Aki assured him that the Gator Tribe would never come out of the swamp.
He walked toward Derekh Malone's bone and skin. Yes, it was just bone and skin. He then extended his hand toward the Epic Rank's corpse and cast the skill. This time, the corpse burst out into the red mist. It was the same phenomenon when he summoned Arkanos. The only difference was the color of the mist.
[You have summoned Grade B+ Spirit, Liliana the Crimson General!]
A figure stepped out of the mist, it was a woman with red armor with two swords on her waist. The woman looked at him before she scanned the surroundings. At the sight of the dead bodies, the woman furrowed her brows before her gaze returned to him.
She had the same red hair as Rosalie, but Liliana kept her hair short around her shoulder, and her crimson eyes were alluring. However, what Tang Shaoyang liked the most from the feature of her face was the mole below her right eye. That was so sexy to him but unfortunate that she was a spirit.
At the same time, the quarrel in his head stopped. Arkanos and Rosalie stopped quarreling at the sight of the newly summoned spirit. From their reaction, they seemed to know the girl. He did not know if this was a coincidence or not but he kept summoning the spirits that were acquainted with each other.
—Liliana! She's here. Thank god that you managed to summon her.
That was a dramatic voice from Rosalie the Flame Queen. Even though he had been only a few days with Rosalie. This was the first time she showed this kind side of herself. Getting emotional, she was not this emotional when he told her about Crystal.
'Who is she?' Tang Shaoyang needed to find the woman's background to smooth the talk. Or else he would waste his time fighting the female spirit. Talking it out smoothly would help him to bond their relationship, 'But I am kinda lucky that I kept summoning beauties,' He thought to himself. Crystal, Zowen, Rosalie, and now Liliana. All of them were top-class beauties.
"So this is the feeling of being a spirit. This is the first time that I get summoned as a spirit but I know the general rule for being a spirit," Liliana opened her mouth. Her voice was firm and clear, understandable since she was titled Crimson General, "However, I know how things work. Let's not fight and make a deal instead, how does that sound?"
"I am willing to hear," Tang Shaoyang nodded.
"Good, I will be your contracted spirit and serve you for fifteen years, no twenty years also fine. I don't mind. In exchange, I want you to find a way to revert me to not be a spirit!? It's kinda hard to word. I will make it simple, I don't want to be a spirit anymore," Liliana voiced out her terms.
"You don't want to be a spirit? But why? You must have a grudge or regret if you decided to be a spirit. Why change your mind all of sudden? From the look of it, this is your first summon too," Tang Shaoyang wondered what happened to the girl. She was the first weird spirit he had encountered so far. The spirit who did not want to be a spirit, that was weird for sure.
"I have a regret. I thought I could amend my regret if I became a spirit. So I accepted the system's offer to be a spirit but then I realized that I could not do that if I became a spirit," Liliana's tone softened when they talked about her regret. She was a similar spirit to Karan. Becoming a spirit because of regret instead of vengeance.
"Then why don't you tell me what your regret is? Maybe I can help you. There's nothing impossible with the system," Tang Shaoyang expressed his thoughts. He was telling the truth, there was nothing impossible with the system. He could even revive a dead person.
"That's true," Liliana nodded her head, "I have been spending my life as a General and been fighting on the battlefield. But there's something I can't do during my lifetime. It was to be a mother and raise my children."