
“uhuk uhuk, I'm fine..” I spit out a mouthful of blood and wiped the traces of blood from my lips while looking at Marana and Akiah.
My body is completely covered in wounds. My current condition is truly tragic. In fact, the present me could easily be killed by someone in the tenth or eleventh layer.
That's the price to pay for breaking the laws of the universe.
The laws of the universe are the rules that make the universe work, breaking the laws of the universe is not something that the universe would allow easily.
Moreover, what I did just now broke more than one rule. It violates the individuality of the soul, the concept of death, and the entropy of the universe. With the contract in effect, it means that Raven's soul will be bound to my soul for a very long time, retain its memory after every reincarnation, and obtain a part of my concept of immortality.
Unfortunately, the contract was incomplete, it was flawed.
With the current contract, the soul that could most accompany me through reincarnation was two or three times, after which, that soul would slowly fade away, disappearing for good.
But maybe this time it will be different.
I examined the bond between our souls vigorously.I realized it when I saw Raven's soul. His soul is special. Other people would die sooner after signing a contract with a cursed weapon as powerful as his dagger.
I realized that his soul was using a bond with a dagger to slowly learn the properties of the dagger. In other words, his soul used that bond to learn the law of the dagger!
If I can take advantage of the uniqueness of his soul, then maybe I can perfect his contract so that others can learn the law of my eternity. With that, I will never again be afraid of losing the person I love after every reincarnation.
I can even find a way to make them immortal! Live happily ever after with the people I love!
But as I examined the bond between our souls, my joy slowly turned to disappointment.
(It didn't work, yes) I sighed deeply and shook my head. (Well, at least I found a possible method to realize my goal.) I saw Raven sleeping on my arm and my expression softened. No matter what, at least I found a little hope.
I then turned towards Marana and Akiah. They saw Raven and I with a mix of worry and fear. Of course, those worries were mostly directed towards Raven and those fears were on me.
“A-What happened?! How's Revan doing?!” I gulped nervously and gathered up his courage to question me. Today, most of his hatred has been replaced by extreme fear.
“Don't worry, he's fine. Just a little tired.” I smiled gently and held Raven in my hand as if she was a treasure. Marana and Akilah were shocked when they saw my expression. They couldn't understand why my attitude had changed so suddenly.
But now, it doesn't matter.
"You ... You're hurt." Marana said while looking at my bleeding body.
"It's okay." I shrugged and moved the mana from my core to heal my wounds. In the blink of an eye, the wounds that appeared around my body disappeared. In less than thirty seconds, my wound was completely gone.
When Marana and Akilah saw that, their mouths gaped. They looked at me as if I was a monster and their faces were tinged with despair.
After witnessing the contract with Raven and seeing how easy it was for me to heal my wounds, they realized that escaping my control was even more difficult than they thought.
Before this, they harbored little hope of finding a way to deal with me, but now, their hopes were dashed.
I ignored them. Instead, I examined my body carefully.
Although I heal my outer wounds quite easily, the truth is I am more injured than it seems. I will need about five hours to heal the wounds in my soul and core where I am, he said, and even after that, my cultivation will fall from the fifteenth layer to the twelfth layer.I will need about a year to recover from such a decline.
However, it's worth it. What I got many times was better.
I turned my eyes to Marana and Aki. "Take me to the room, I have to change clothes. Also, take Raven to a safe place. She will wake up about twelve hours later.”
Marana and Akilah were surprised before nodding in the next second.
…
After changing clothes, I went to the main office of the Red Skull gang. This office belongs to Marana, but now that I've taken over the gang, it belongs to me.
Marana nodded and quickly explained everything to me. He didn't bother to hide anything and answered all my questions honestly.
Of course, not because he became loyal to me all of a sudden. Instead, after taking a glimpse of my true strength, he was too intimidated to have any other ideas.
His current fear of me suppressed the thought of resistance. Actually, he could have attacked me when I was injured after making the contract, but his fear of me became so great that he did not dare to move, even after seeing my heavy injuries.
Of course, if he tried, he would fail.
I cringed a little for that. As I said before, I don't like it when others are scared and treat me like a monster, but there's nothing I can do now.
Thinking about the situation back then, I could be more careful when making a contract. At least I can find a better place than the headquarters of the middle gang to realize the contract.
Well, there's no point crying over spilled milk.
After hearing Marana talk about the gang situation, I was a little surprised. Marana's management of the Red Skull gang was excellent. He manages to perfectly control every part of the gang and keeps detailed records of the gang's income, costs, losses, relationships between members, relationships with other gangs, and relationships with other forces.
He even told me who the spies belonged to and who their powers belonged to and how he organized different members according to their specialties. It was so detailed that I wondered if it was a gang report or a secret special forces report.
I breathed a sigh of admiration. “Truly impressive. Your gang management is practically flawless. I even wondered why your gang was still a medium-sized gang.”
Marana smiled wryly. “It's not easy being a big gang. There were only four large gangs in the imperial city, and each of them was a stronger monster than some noble families feared. Even if our high-level combat power is comparable to theirs, there is a huge difference between our low-level strength. Besides, the four strongest gangs have powerful forces supporting them from behind. I dare not think of replacing them.”
"Oh? However, I was thinking of making this gang the strongest gang in the capital. ”
Marana surprised. "… Are you kidding me?"
"What do you think?"
"… You're crazy."
“Hahahaha... What? Don't you trust me?”
Marana was silent for a moment. Given the terrifying strength I showed not too long ago, his expression turned bitter. "Yes, thinking about it, maybe it might be for you."
I smiled confidently and put my hands behind my back. Looking out through the office window, I observed the night sky of the capital.
“My destination is bigger than you think, Marana. Do you want advice? Take advantage of this opportunity. It won't come twice.”
Marana was silent for a moment. ". I'll think about this."
I smile. It was his choice if he wanted to believe me or not.
At that moment, someone hurriedly entered the office with a panicked expression.
"Boss, bad news!"
Marana is so shocked that she forgets that she is no longer the boss. "What's going on?!"
“The Blood Night Gang ambushed the third master! He is currently being attacked by two of their vice leaders.”
"That bastard!" Marana's expression fell. "How dare they plot against my little brother ?!"
In an instant, his presence changed completely. Missing was already the fear that he showed, and instead, it was replaced by a strong anger.
She then looked at me with a stern expression, as if telling me that she was going to leave no matter what I said. I smiled and shrugged my shoulders.
"Let's go, I want to see how strong one of the four strongest gangs in the capital is."